Comparison · Light vs Workday
Light vs Workday
Workday Financial Management is built for large enterprises: long implementations, system integrators, and a price tag to match. Light gives you multi-entity accounting, consolidation, AP, cards and procurement controls on one live ledger, with agents doing the transaction work, and you go live in weeks rather than quarters.
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Light and Workday, compared
| Feature | Light | Workday |
|---|---|---|
| Can run billions of transactions | Yes | No |
| Immutable ledger | Yes | No |
| Global bill pay | Yes | No |
| Spend management | Yes | No |
| Subscription management | Yes | No |
| Treasury intelligence | Yes | No |
| 700 native built apps | Yes | No |
| Big4 implementation team | Yes | Yes |
| Workflows and agents | Yes | No |
4 week implementation
KPMG global partnership
Remove 4+ tools
700+ apps
The world's most demanding finance teams run on Light.
Put payments with the accounts
Workday includes expenses and connects to partners for cards and payment execution. Light includes those workflows on the same ledger.
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Keep the group view live
Light consolidates entities and currencies as transactions post. Reports drill into the entries behind each number.
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Implement with a dedicated team
Light’s team moves your finance setup in weeks. Your team runs the platform with an account manager included.
When to choose Light
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Implementation is included
A dedicated Light team moves your entities onto Light in weeks, with an account manager included.
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Cards and expenses built in
Spend posts to the same ledger as everything else.
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Your team owns the setup
Change approvals, fields and workflows yourself, with no consultant in the loop.
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Read customer stories-
“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
Do we have to replace Workday HCM?
No. Light replaces finance; your HR system can stay in place.
Does Light handle group accounting?
Yes, with multi-entity, multi-currency consolidation and reporting.
How should large enterprises compare?
Review your specific requirements and customisations against Light’s accounting, spend and payment scope.
See Light at work
Bring your finance setup. We’ll show you how it runs on Light.
