Comparison · Light vs Revolut Business
Light vs Revolut Business expense management
Revolut Business is a business account with cards, expense management, BillPay and purchase orders: receipts by photo or email, AI receipt matching, custom approvals, supplier payments in 150+ destinations, synced into the accounting software you connect, such as Xero, QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Business Central or Odoo. Light is the agentic ERP that is the ledger, with cards, expense capture, AP, AR, vendor payments on local rails in 80+ countries and multi-entity consolidation in one system.
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Light and Revolut Business, compared
| Feature | Light | Revolut Business |
|---|---|---|
| General ledger and accounting system of recordRevolut Business: the ledger is the accounting software you connect; expenses and bills sync into it | Yes | No |
| Corporate and virtual cardsRevolut Business: cards on the business account, with auto-freeze when expenses run late | Yes | Yes |
| Expense capture and approvalsRevolut Business: receipts by photo or email, AI matching and OCR; custom approval processes on Grow, Scale and Enterprise plans | Yes | Yes |
| Accounts payable and vendor bill payRevolut Business: BillPay captures bill details, applies approval rules and pays suppliers in 150+ destinations; integrations and approval routes on Grow, Scale and Enterprise plans | Yes | Yes |
| Accounts receivable and customer invoicingRevolut Business: invoicing is part of Revolut Business; the receivables ledger sits in the accounting software you connect | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-entity accounting and consolidationRevolut Business: consolidation lives in the accounting software you connect | Yes | No |
| Financial statements (P&L, balance sheet)Revolut Business: statements come from the accounting software you connect | Yes | No |
| One system for spend and the ledgerRevolut Business: spend data is pushed to a separate accounting system through 2-way sync | Yes | No |
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Put spend on the ledger
Revolut Business captures receipts, matches them to card transactions and syncs the result into the accounting software you connect. Light's agents capture, code and post expenses inside its own ledger, under your finance team's controls.
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Pay every bill from one system
Revolut BillPay captures bills, routes approvals and pays suppliers in 150+ destinations, with a 2-way sync to your accounting software. Light handles expenses, supplier bills, customer invoicing and vendor payments on local rails in 80+ countries from the ledger itself.
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Close the group, not one account
Light holds every entity on the same ledger, with continuous consolidation and intercompany elimination, so group reporting is current any day of the month. Consolidation for a Revolut Business account happens in the accounting software you connect.
When to choose Light
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Cards and expenses built in
Spend posts to the same ledger as everything else.
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The close happens in one place
The card transaction, the receipt and the ledger entry are one record, so there is nothing to match across systems.
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The ledger is included
Light is the system of record: spend, AP, AR and the general ledger in one platform, with no ERP decision left open.
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“We evaluated several vendors. Light won because it covers our full finance stack, revenue, AR, AP, expenses, and consolidation, without stitching together a patchwork of point solutions.”
Tanja, Director of FinanceOmnea -
“Even though we’re three entities, it’s like I’m running a finance department for one entity.”
Thobias, Finance ManagerAlva Labs -
“I really like that Light’s AI already gives me suggestions, GL accounts, cost centers, tax codes. I don’t have to start from scratch.”
Cédric, Finance ManagerOper Credits -
“Nine times out of ten the AI matches everything and posts it to the right account. One click and you’re done.”
Jeppe, CFOKeyShot
Built for the daily work
Bills through to payment
Capture invoices, route approvals and pay vendors from the same system.
Room to grow
One ledger built to handle billions of transactions across your business.
Trace every number
Open a report and drill straight into the transactions behind it.
Spending, under control
Expenses, vendors and cards connected to your ledger.
Expenses
Collect receipts, approve expenses and track spend as it happens.
Vendors
Keep supplier details, bills and approvals together. Apply your purchasing rules as work moves through.
Cards
Issue cards for employees and vendors. Pay with Apple Pay or Google Pay. Send receipts through Slack, Teams or email.
Frequently asked questions
Is Revolut Business a general ledger?
The ledger is the accounting software you connect. Revolut Business syncs expenses, bills, statements and receipts into Xero, QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Business Central, Odoo and others.
Which Revolut Business plans include approvals?
Approval processes, the Business API and some accounting integrations are on the Grow, Scale and Enterprise plans.
When does Revolut Business fit?
When a business account, cards and receipt capture in one app are the main need, and you intend to keep your current accounting software as the ledger.
Is Light a good alternative to Revolut Business expense management?
Yes, when you want expenses, cards, bills and payments posted straight into the ledger, for every entity, with no separate accounting system to sync.
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