Light vs TeamSystem
TeamSystem is the Italian market's own ERP family: TS Enterprise for companies, TS Studio for the commercialista, Fatture in Cloud for the smallest businesses. Its depth is Italian compliance, delivered through a national network of software partners and system integrators, and group consolidation is a financial-statements module you run at period end. Light is the agentic ERP: one ledger across every entity, currency and country, with SDI e-invoicing, cards, AP, AR and continuous consolidation included and agents doing the work.
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Compare Light vs TeamSystem
| Light | TeamSystem | |
|---|---|---|
| Implementation | Weeks, with a dedicated implementation team and account manager included | Partner-led project, scoped and priced per company after a needs analysis |
| Architecture | One AI-native ledger; consolidation posts as transactions happen | Modular Italian ERP suite in the cloud; one set of books per company, with multi-company management across them |
| Agents | Agents complete work end to end inside your controls; every action logged and attributable | TeamSystem AI: automatic postings, bank reconciliation, PDF reading and natural-language queries inside the modules; assistive, not agentic |
| Configuration | Astra learns from your data and suggests workflow and configuration changes to increase performance; applied in-product, no consultants | Configured by your TeamSystem partner during the project and after it |
| Subscription management | Contract-based invoicing and deferred revenue automated | Sales-cycle invoicing; no SaaS contract billing or deferred revenue module in the suite |
| Spend management | Corporate and virtual cards with Apple Pay and Google Pay, expense capture via Slack, Teams and email, native to the ledger | TS Pay for collections, payments and account access; expenses outside the ledger; no card issuing |
| Global bill pay | AP and vendor payments executed on local rails in 80+ countries, from the ledger itself | SEPA transfers and bank flows through Italian banks; treasury and cash-flow modules |
| Advanced reporting | Real-time multi-entity reporting with instant drill-down; no spreadsheet exports | Financial statements, budget and management-control modules; the group view comes from the consolidation module |
| SaaS metrics | ARR, MRR, NRR, churn and cohort metrics computed from the ledger and contracts, in real time | Not native |
| Global coverage | Local payment rails in 80+ countries; multi-entity, multi-currency by default | Italy in depth: SDI, IVA, F24, tax returns and the Italian fiscal calendar |
Why finance teams choose Light over TeamSystem
TeamSystem is the reference ERP family in Italy, and for good reason. TS Enterprise covers administration, finance and control, e-invoicing, treasury, warehouse, production, projects, CRM and HR in one modular suite; TS Studio runs the commercialista's practice; Fatture in Cloud gives freelancers and micro-businesses e-invoicing and a prima nota their accountant can read. The Italian compliance is as deep as it gets: SDI in both directions, every IVA regime, F24 and the deadline calendar, and TeamSystem AI now posts entries, reconciles bank lines, reads PDFs and answers questions in plain language.
Light is built for the company that has stopped being only Italian. One AI-native ledger across every entity, currency and country, with SDI e-invoicing for the Italian companies, cards, AP, AR, consolidation and reporting included, and agents doing the work inside controls the finance team sets. The question is not whether TeamSystem can keep the Italian books. It is how the group closes when half of the entities are somewhere else.
Italian compliance is table stakes, not the finish line
Light issues and receives FatturaPA through the Sistema di Interscambio via a certified provider partner, B2B, B2G and B2C, maps every zero-rate line to its Natura code, models ritenuta d'acconto as its own tax in the ledger and builds the LIPE from the same invoices. What is different is where that Italian entity lives: on the same ledger as the German GmbH and the US Inc., closing on the same day, with the same agents. See Light in Italy for the full coverage.
Consolidation: a module versus a ledger
TeamSystem's consolidated financial statements are a module in Enterprise Power I: pick the method, full, proportional or equity, consolidate an unlimited number of companies, reclassify to IAS schemes. It is a period-end exercise that starts after each company has closed. On Light there is nothing to run: the group is one ledger, intercompany eliminations and FX are platform behaviour, and drill-down goes from the group number to the source document without an export.
Where TeamSystem fits
A single-entity Italian company that wants warehouse, production, payroll and the books in one Italian suite, works closely with its commercialista and has a partner it trusts, gets real value from TeamSystem. The case for Light is the company on the other side of that line: several entities, several countries, revenue that arrives as contracts, and a finance team that wants to run the platform rather than manage a partner.
Signs you’ve outgrown TeamSystem
Your group has outgrown Italy
TeamSystem's depth is the Italian fiscal calendar, and it is real depth. The moment the group adds a company in Germany, the UK or the US, that entity lives on another system and the group view becomes a spreadsheet. Light keeps every entity, the Italian ones included, on one ledger with local payment rails and e-invoicing per country.
Consolidation happens at period end
In TeamSystem the consolidated financial statements are a module you run once the companies have closed: full, proportional or equity method, over as many companies as you need. On Light consolidation is a property of the ledger: intercompany and FX post as transactions happen, and the group number is live every day of the month.
Your partner is your product team
TS Enterprise is scoped, priced, implemented and reconfigured by a software partner or system integrator from TeamSystem's network. Light is bought from Light, implemented by Light, and reconfigured in-product by your finance team, with Astra suggesting the changes.
“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
Top 3 reasons leaders pick Light over TeamSystem
An all-inclusive platform
Leverage native products for AP, AR, Procurement and budgeting that seamlessly leverage AI and integrate to Slack and Teams.
Superior performance
Whether you are processing 100,000 or 50 million transactions, the Light Ledger is based on a hyper-performant database.
Beautiful reporting
Stop the reporting headache of spreadsheets, and get fast, intuitive reports with instant drill-down capabilities.
More reasons to love Light
Enjoy integrated products that both finance and the employees enjoy using.
Expense Management
Automate expense approvals, track spending in real-time, and gain insights with AI-powered analytics.
Vendor Management
Streamline vendor relationships with simplified onboarding, tracking supplier performance, and enforcing procurement policies.
Cards
Issue vendor and employee cards with Apple Pay and Google Pay globally. Upload receipts via Slack, Teams or email.
Frequently asked questions
Is Light a good alternative to TeamSystem Enterprise?
For a multi-entity group, yes. Light gives you the Italian compliance on the Italian entities and one ledger for everything else: continuous consolidation, cards, AP, AR and reporting included, agents doing the work, and no partner in the loop.
Does Light handle Italian e-invoicing (SDI) like TeamSystem?
Yes. Light sends and receives FatturaPA through the Sistema di Interscambio via a certified provider partner, applies Natura codes and ritenuta d'acconto automatically and builds the LIPE from the same invoices. The difference is that the Italian entity sits on the same ledger as the rest of the group.
We use Fatture in Cloud or TS Studio with our commercialista. Is Light for us?
Probably not yet. Fatture in Cloud is built for freelancers, forfettari and small businesses whose books live with the commercialista, and TS Studio is the accountant's own tool. Light is for the finance team of a group with several entities, currencies or countries.
How fast is migration from TeamSystem?
Weeks, with Light's implementation team moving the chart of accounts, balances and open items, and the Italian entities connected to SDI from day one.