Orla vs Light
a group's ERP, or one company's autopilot
Light replaces the ERP for groups of companies: one ledger for every entity, agents that code the bills, a team that approves, an implementation of weeks. Orla is the autopilot for one company: it pays inside a mandate you sign, from your own accounts, and you start on the site without a call.
Light's site read on 8 October 2026; it names no price and every button is Book a demo.
The one difference
A bill every approver signs
or one mandate for the routine
Like Orla, Light pays from the bank accounts you already hold; there is no balance to top up.
- DDeliveryMira$11,400 of $18,000By itself to $2,000
- TToolsAlex$2,650 of $3,000By itself
- MMarketingSam$1,900 of $6,000Pilot · day 12
- Over $10,000
- Both founders sign
- New payee
- Sanctions check, then an owner
- Invoice to a client
- Sent at your press
- Approval by exception
- A bill inside its budget pays by itself on its date. Only a new payee, changed bank details or a bill past the budget reaches a person.
- One company, this afternoon
- Sign up, connect an account, sign the mandate. No implementation, and no call unless you want one.
- Crypto next to the bank
- Six exchanges and wallets on BTC, EVM, TRON and Solana in the same book, and payouts in USDC.
On autopilot
What goes by itself
and what still waits for you
Goes by itself
- A bill or a payout inside its budget in the mandate
- From Airwallex, PayPal or the account inside Orla
- An agent's card or API spend inside its cap
Waits for you
- A new payee, and bank details that changed
- Anything past a budget or a limit
- Every payment from Mercury, Slash, a Safe or a wallet you sign
The brakes above both
- $2,000 a payment and $10,000 a day until you change them
- Loosening a limit waits 24 to 72 hours
- One pause stops every payment at once
Side by side
What each one is
including the rows where Light wins
Fair is fair
Where Light is stronger
and when to pick it
- A group of companies: several entities, currencies and accounting standards on one ledger, with consolidation.
- Host to host links with banks such as HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Nordea and SEB.
- Controls a mid market AP team expects: PO matching with goods receipt, duplicate detection, approvals in Slack and Teams.
- Custom agents written in plain English for the jobs only your business has.
- A named implementation lead, and support through the first month end close.
- Pick Light if
- you run a group of companies, are replacing an ERP, and have weeks and a budget for the implementation.
- Pick Orla if
- you are one company that wants the routine paid by itself from its own accounts, crypto included, starting today.
- Move on later if
- you expect to become a group: Orla's month leaves as files any ERP reads, so nothing is locked in.
Questions
Orla and Light
the short answers
Does Light pay bills by itself?
It sends approved payments on schedule where a bank is linked host to host, after each bill and the batch are approved. Orla pays a bill inside its budget by itself, with no approval per bill.
Is Light cheaper than Orla?
Light names no price on its site. Orla's is on the pricing page: Free, Solo $25, Pro $69, Scale $199 and Enterprise $499 a month for the company.
Can Orla run several companies?
Each company is its own space with its own book. Orla does not consolidate a group; if that is the job, Light is built for it.
Do I need an implementation?
No. You sign up, connect an account and sign the mandate; a thirty minute call helps draft it if you want one.
Bring last month's bills
and we write the mandate around them
On a thirty minute call we draft your first mandate and show which of your accounts would pay by itself.