Comparison · Light vs Perk Spend
Light vs Yokoy (now Perk Spend)
Yokoy, now Perk Spend, is spend management for mid-sized and large companies: receipt capture with AI extraction and policy checks, invoice processing with purchase order matching, Visa debit cards, physical and virtual, and approval workflows, all exported into the ERP you keep. Light is the agentic ERP that is the ledger, with corporate cards, expenses, AP, AR, procurement, vendor payments on local rails in 80+ countries and multi-entity consolidation in one system.
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Light and Perk Spend, compared
| Feature | Light | Perk Spend |
|---|---|---|
| General ledger and accounting system of record | Yes | No |
| Expense capture with AI extraction and policy checks | Yes | Yes |
| Invoice processing with purchase order matching | Yes | Yes |
| Corporate and virtual cards | Yes | Yes |
| Supplier payments executed from the ledger | Yes | No |
| Customer invoicing and accounts receivable | Yes | No |
| One system for both spend and the ledger | Yes | No |
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Go beyond the spend tool
Perk Spend manages expenses, invoices and cards, then exports them to your ERP. Light includes the ledger alongside spend and payments.
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Take the invoice through to payment
Perk Spend matches the invoice and hands it to the ERP. Light pays approved bills from your own bank accounts on local rails in more than 80 countries and posts the result.
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See the consolidated group
Perk Spend manages spend across entities. Light also consolidates their accounts, including currency translation and intercompany eliminations.
When to choose Light
- 01
The ledger is included
Light is the system of record: spend, AP, AR and the general ledger in one platform, so there is no separate ERP to choose.
- 02
Pay suppliers from the ledger
Approved bills pay from your own bank accounts on local rails in 80+ countries.
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The close happens in one place
The card transaction, the receipt and the ledger entry sit in one system, so there is nothing to match across systems.
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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
What happened to Yokoy?
Yokoy is now part of Perk. Its expense, invoice and card products are sold as Perk Spend.
Is Perk Spend a general ledger?
No. It exports expenses, invoices and card transactions into the ERP that keeps your books.
Do we have to replace our Perk Spend cards?
No. Add your Perk Spend cards to Light as an external card account and bring the transactions in by CSV upload or a continuous push through the Light API. From there the transactions are handled like Light card spend: cardholders are asked for receipts, AI matches and codes each transaction, and it posts to the ledger. Your cards and your plan stay with Perk Spend. If you later move to Light cards, the card transaction and the ledger entry become one record.
When does Perk Spend fit?
When you are keeping your ERP and want enterprise expenses, invoice matching, cards and travel on one platform.
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