Compared
Orla vs Light.
Light is one ledger for a group of entities, countries and standards. Orla is one book for one company, bought on the site without a call.
Claims below checked on 13 September 2026, on light.inc; the site names no price and every button is Book a demo.
Side by side
What each one is, and who it is for.
Their words are quoted, not paraphrased.
| Orla | Light | |
|---|---|---|
| What it isIn one sentence | The finance back office that runs itself: bills, payouts, cards, invoices, and the month for your accountant, up to pre-accounting | “The agentic ERP for multi-entity groups”: one general ledger, apps on top, and a “workforce” of agents that run the close, the bills and the bank reconciliation |
| PriceTheir site, this month | Free forever; Pro $69, Scale $199, Enterprise $499 a month, bought on the site without a call | No price on the site; a third party review puts the entry at $35,000 a year and an implementation of weeks |
| Who it is forThe buyer | One company, from a solo founder to a few dozen people | A group from Series A to IPO: several entities, several currencies, auditors; customers named on the page are Famly, Tillo, Ocean.io and All Gravy |
| The booksWhat the ledger is | A cash ledger with categories and account codes, a month that closes with a fingerprint, a journal export for Xero and QuickBooks; no double entry, no chart of accounts, and nothing is filed anywhere | Double entry across the group, US GAAP, IFRS and local books from the same entries, 21 countries out of the box, and revenue recognition built in |
| Moving moneyPayouts, bills, cards | Payout batches up to 200 rows, approval thresholds and a quorum, cards with a ceiling, supplier bills; nothing leaves without a person's signature | Bill payment in 80 plus countries on bank rails; no cards are named on the site, and no crypto |
| CryptoExchanges and wallets | First class: six exchanges by read-only key, BTC, EVM, TRON and Solana wallets, a cost basis kept through swaps, and payouts sent in stablecoins | Not mentioned anywhere on the site or in its API reference |
| AgentsWhose | Your own agent by key or MCP, with roles, daily caps and a wallet of its own; an assistant that answers from the same rows and acts one press at a time | Their agents inside the product, with read-only audit agents checking the executing ones and a monthly control report; custom agents described in words |
| Getting inHow it starts | Sign up, connect one account, no call; four languages | A demo, then an implementation; a partnership with KPMG announced on 8 September 2026 to roll it out |
Fair is fair
When Light is the right choice.
A comparison you can trust has to be able to say this.
- You are a group of companies with several entities, currencies and accounting standards, and auditors expect consolidated statements.
- You want the ERP to run the close itself, with an audit agent reading over the executing ones.
- You have weeks for an implementation and a budget in the tens of thousands a year.
Where Orla is different
One company, and the book starts this afternoon.
If any of this is your company, the comparison decides itself.
- No implementation: sign up, connect an account, and the first rows land with categories.
- Coins on an exchange or in a wallet next to the bank, priced by the minute they moved; a contractor paid in USDC.
- Your own agent, not theirs: a role, a daily cap, a wallet where the deposit is the whole worst case, and never a signature.
- Prices on the site, four languages, no call.
Questions
The questions the table does not answer.
Is Orla an ERP?
No. Light is one: a general ledger across every entity and standard of a group, apps on top, agents inside. Orla is the back office of one company up to the accountant: bills, payouts, cards, invoices, documents and a closed month with files.
Can Orla consolidate several companies?
No, on purpose. Each company is a book of its own on one login, and All spaces lists them without a total, because a family book and a company book are not one person's money. Light consolidates a group; that is what it is for.
How long does each take to start?
Orla: sign up, connect an account, the first rows land in minutes, prices on the site. Light: a demo, then an implementation of weeks, rolled out with partners such as KPMG.
Other comparisons
Start free, one company, one book.
The free plan has no clock on it, connections are read only, and when you leave, your books leave with you.
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- T:0 keeps GAAP books with a CPA; Orla runs everything before the accountant, and speaks crypto.
- Orla vs Dimely →
- Dimely turns a contract into an invoice inside your ERP; Orla takes it all the way to the money.
- Orla vs Fuelfinance →
- Fuelfinance is FP&A over QuickBooks; Orla is the book itself, for a company with no bookkeeper.
- Orla vs Neno →
- Neno is a Dutch accounting firm that holds money and files; Orla holds neither and hands the month to your accountant.
- Moving off Midday →
- Midday is winding down; Orla reads its whole export, categories and receipts included.
- Orla vs YNAB →
- Both budget your money. YNAB sees your banks; Orla sees banks, exchanges and wallets in one book.
- Orla vs Monarch →
- Monarch budgets American and Canadian banks well; Orla adds exchanges and wallets to the same money.
- Orla vs Copilot Money →
- Copilot tracks American money in dollars; Orla holds several currencies and puts coins in the budget.
- Orla vs Lunch Money →
- Both independent, both outside America; the split is whether a coin is a balance or a line.
- Orla vs Splitwise →
- Splitwise keeps score of who owes whom; Orla keeps the book those debts belong to.
- Orla vs CoinTracker →
- One counts last year's crypto for the tax office; the other runs your money all year.
- YNAB alternatives →
- Five options with the price and the catch on each.
- Splitwise alternatives →
- Two free like-for-like options, one different idea, and when moving a group is not worth it.
See it on your own books.
Thirty minutes: we connect an account, drop a real bill in, and close a month together.