SystemsHead-to-head

DualEntry vs Light

Both state a fit for companies in a similar size range and sit in comparable cost bands, which is why they turn up on the same shortlist. Everything below is drawn from the two vendor records, each of which cites its sources. Any other pairing can be built in the comparison tool, including ones we do not generate a page for.

6 sources cited4 modules in commonReviewed November 2026

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01Fact sheet

CriterionDualEntryLight
Company size fit20–5,000 employees20–1,000 employees
Cost bandMid-marketMid-market
List priceNot publishedNot published
DeploymentCloudCloud
Regions servedNorth AmericaEMEA
CategoriesAccounting, ERP, FP&A, Financial closeAP automation, Accounting, ERP, Spend management
Industries namedFinancial services, SoftwareSoftware
HeadquartersNew York, New York, United StatesNot stated in sources

Rows in ink differ between the systems; rows in grey are shared.

02Positioning

How Stackmark characterises each system, in its own words, from the sourced record.

DualEntry

An accounting suite marketed as the AI ERP: general ledger, payables, receivables, cash, purchase orders, close management, revenue recognition, fixed assets and financial planning, built for multi-entity, multi-book and multi-currency groups. It is aimed at finance teams moving off NetSuite, Sage Intacct, SAP, Dynamics or QuickBooks, and sells on a migration measured in days with implementation inside the licence.

Light

A finance system that joins a multi-entity general ledger with native accounts payable, receivable, spend management, cards, procurement, consolidation and reporting, and runs routine postings through AI agents under approval policies. It is aimed at growing groups with subsidiaries in several countries, including businesses moving off Xero and similar small-business tools.

03Module coverage

Every module either system documents, side by side. A module both list is a shared claim, not a statement that the two implementations are equivalent.

ModuleDualEntryLight
AI featuresCoreCore
Asset managementModerateNot checked
Business intelligenceCoreCore
Financial managementCoreCore
Inventory managementNot checkedModerate
LocalizationsNot checkedCore
ProcurementModerateModerate

Core Moderate Via partner Not offered Not checked

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04Sources

DualEntry3

  1. [1]AI ERP Software | DualEntryhttps://www.dualentry.com/ · retrieved 2026-09-10
  2. [2]Plans and Pricing | DualEntryhttps://www.dualentry.com/pricing · retrieved 2026-09-10
  3. [3]DualEntry Raises $90M Series A to Redefine ERP as AI-Native | DualEntryhttps://www.dualentry.com/funding-announcement · retrieved 2026-09-10

Light3

  1. [1]Agentic ERP for global companies | Lighthttps://light.inc/ · retrieved 2026-09-07
  2. [2]The Light Platform | Lighthttps://light.inc/product · retrieved 2026-09-07
  3. [3]Light API documentationhttps://docs.light.inc/ · retrieved 2026-09-07