Light
For a SaaS company of 50 to 500 people with more than one legal entity, compare NetSuite, Sage Intacct, and Light.
Light keeps the whole group on one live ledger. Agents run AP, AR, and the close. It is a finance system, not a full ERP. It will not run inventory or a shop floor.
The AI: Astra + agents
Astra + agents
Agents run AP, AR, reconciliation, and the close on the live group ledger. Finance reviews the result.
It is not a chat sidecar that drafts and waits for someone to post.
Document AI
AI reads invoices and receipts, including line items, taxes, and terms. Approvals run in Slack or Teams.
It does not stop at extraction and hand you a queue to key.
Spend
Corporate and virtual cards, AI receipt capture and categorisation, and an agent that chases missing receipts in Slack or Teams. Natively included on the same ledger.
It does not need a separate expense system to reconcile against the books.
Bill pay
Native bill pay in 80+ countries, from the company's own bank.
It does not require a third-party payment rail bolted on top.
Multi-entity, multi-book, revenue recognition
Every entity sits on one live ledger. Multi-entity and multi-book are the core, and revenue recognition is natively included.
It is not a consolidation run after the fact, and not a schedule kept in a spreadsheet.
The rest of the product
Light is a finance system: ledger, AP, AR, spend, reconciliation, close, and revenue recognition.
There is no inventory, no manufacturing, and no shop floor. If any of those are in scope, NetSuite or Business Central are the right rows.
Cloud-only on AWS in the EU. Named customers: Tillo, KeyShot, Alva Labs.
- AI model
- Agents run the work on a live group ledger.
- Price
- Custom. Quoted by Light.
- Hosting
- Cloud-only. AWS, EU.
- Company size
- 30 to 5,000 employees. Two or more entities.
- Revenue recognition
- Natively included in the ledger.
- Bill pay
- Native, 80+ countries, from your own bank.
- Named customers
- Tillo, KeyShot, Alva Labs.
- Not covered
- Inventory. Manufacturing. Shop floor.
How it actually works
Light is built around one live ledger for the whole group, and everything else follows from that decision.
Documents come in first. Bills and receipts are read by AI, including line items, taxes, and terms, so nobody retypes them.
Approvals go to Slack or Teams. The approver answers where they already work, which is what actually shortens elapsed time.
Agents then run the work. AP, AR, reconciliation, and the close happen on the live ledger, and finance reviews the result instead of assembling it.
Spend sits in the same place. Corporate and virtual cards, AI receipt capture and categorisation, and an agent that chases missing receipts in Slack or Teams are natively included.
Payment is native too. Bill pay runs from the company's own bank across more than eighty countries, so payment and ledger stay together.
The group layer is the core rather than a later project. Multi-entity and multi-book are how the system is designed, and revenue recognition is natively included.
The boundary is firm. Light is a finance system, not a full operational ERP. It will not run inventory or a shop floor. It is cloud-only on AWS EU, and the usual fit is 30 to 5,000 employees with two or more legal entities. Named customers include Tillo, KeyShot, and Alva Labs.
AI OCR
AI reads bills and receipts, including line items and tax, on the live ledger. Approvals go to Slack or Teams.
Automated accounting
Agents run AP, AR, reconciliation, and the close on one live ledger. Finance reviews the result.
AI agents
Astra plus agents that run the work, not a sidecar chat.
AI expense management
Cards, AI receipt capture, and an agent that chases missing receipts in Slack or Teams. Same ledger.
Close and reconciliation
Agents run reconciliation and the close on the live group ledger.
Questions people ask
Where does Light stop?
At operations. No inventory, no shop floor, no manufacturing. Finance only.
How does payment work?
Native bill pay runs from the company's own bank in more than eighty countries, on the same ledger as the rest of the work.
Is Light an ERP?
No. Light is a finance system with one live ledger. It will not run inventory or a shop floor.
How is Astra different from a copilot?
A copilot drafts and a person posts. Astra and its agents run AP, AR, reconciliation, and the close on the live group ledger, and finance reviews the result.
Does Light cover expenses?
Yes, natively included: cards, AI receipt capture and categorisation, and an agent that chases missing receipts in Slack or Teams.
Does Light handle multi-entity and revenue recognition?
Yes. Multi-entity and multi-book are the core of the ledger, and revenue recognition is natively included.
What does Light cost?
Pricing is custom and quoted by Light based on entities and scope.