Light vs Stampli
Stampli is a procure-to-pay platform that sits on top of your ERP: it captures invoices, routes approvals, runs purchase orders, cards and expenses, and pays vendors, then syncs everything into the general ledger your ERP keeps. Light is the agentic ERP where the ledger and the payables are the same system, with AR, corporate cards, procurement, vendor payments on local rails in 80+ countries and consolidation built in.
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Light and Stampli, compared
| Feature | Light | Stampli |
|---|---|---|
| General ledger and accounting system of record | ||
| Invoice capture, coding and approval routing | ||
| Procurement: requests, purchase orders and PO matching | ||
| Corporate and virtual cards + expense management | ||
| Customer invoicing and accounts receivable | ||
| Group consolidation and financial statements | ||
| One system for both payables and the ledger |
Keep the transaction together
Stampli syncs coded invoices and payments into your ERP. In Light, the invoice, the approval, the payment and the ledger entry share the same system and audit trail.
Run both sides of finance
Light includes customer invoicing and receivables alongside payables, cards and procurement. The ledger behind your AP tool becomes part of the same platform.
Consolidate where the bills are booked
Light combines entities and currencies continuously, with supplier payments on local rails in more than 80 countries.
When to choose Light
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.
Pay suppliers from the ledger
Approved bills pay from your own bank accounts on local rails in 80+ countries.
Close every entity at once
Consolidation and eliminations update as transactions post.
“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.”
TanjaDirector of Finance, Omnea
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 Stampli a general ledger?
No. It is a procure-to-pay platform that syncs into the ERP that keeps your books.
Does Light handle invoice approvals and purchase orders?
Yes. Approvals, purchase orders and PO matching run in the same ledger as the payment.
When does Stampli fit?
When you are keeping your ERP and want a strong AP and procurement layer on top of it.