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traditional billing platforms
 

Is your legacy platform limiting your revenue potential? Most billing-only platforms create barriers due to legacy foundation or missing functionality. keylight is a new class of enterprise system that turns your vision into frictionless operations in weeks.

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global organizations

Functional Comparison

Key differences between keylight
and traditional subscription billing

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keylight Platform

Comprehensive and flexible business
solutions for enterprise initiatives.

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Traditional Billing Platforms

Invoicing features focused primarily on
recurring billing automation.

Capability Coverage
Commerce Channels
Fully developed
Fully developed
Very limited functionality
Very limited
Headless CPQ
Fully developed
Fully developed
Very limited functionality
Very limited
Mixed Billing Models
Fully developed
Fully developed
Basic functionality
Basic functionality
Contract Management
Fully developed
Fully developed
Very limited functionality
Very limited
Scalability
Implementation Effort
Low effort
Low effort
High effort
High effort
Multi-Entity
Fully supported
Fully supported
Partially supported, additional cost
Partially supported, additional cost
AI Compatibility
Fully developed
Fully developed
Basic functionality
Basic functionality
Full-Access Pricing Model
All features available
Complete feature access
Not available
Not available
Business Value Comparison

The modern alternative
to traditional billing platforms

More capable,
without quality tradeoffs

   Expertly engineered solutions
  All features built-in from day one
  Test and scale new ideas fast
  Launch initiatives in weeks, not months

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Achieve better
results
with
less effort

  Full access to all platform features  
  Quality solutions, no custom build
  Lean & predictable costs
  More time and budget to scale

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Customer Advantage

 

Why leading companies prefer keylight over alternatives

keylight offers unmatched flexibility beyond traditional billing vendors like Zuora, Chargebee, and Maxio.

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Eliminate friction
before and after billing

 Automation across sales, billing, and accounting
 Full lifecycle management for orders and contracts
 Strong data foundation for forecasting and insights

Elevate flexibility
across every tech stack

 Rule-based platform that adapts at scale
 Event-driven approach to act on changes fast
 API-first design that works with any platform

Accelerate impact
with ease and value

 Lower total cost of ownership
 Achieve outcomes at extraordinary speed 
 Avoid costly custom development

"keylight operates unlike any billing platform we’ve seen. We expanded into three very different markets in just three months."

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Head of Finance
Business Intelligence & Data Analytics Platform

"With keylight we achieved over 80% YoY growth for three consecutive years, all without a single custom build. Our operations are still running entirely on out-of-the-box features."

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Director of Enterprise Architecture
SaaS

"It's rare to find a platform that works for both
IT and business
from day one."

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Head of Operations
Investment Services

"We used to spend five figures a month on services and internal resources. keylight cut those costs and took our business to the next level in six months."

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VP Corporate Finance
E-commerce

"keylight is redefining the future of enterprise finance systems. It works differently from traditional billing tools, and the level of automation it delivers for complex scenarios is remarkable."

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Senior Business Analyst
Global Research Firm

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See the difference between keylight
and traditional billing platforms
Compare keylight with Zuora, Chargebee, and Maxio in an extended platform tour tailored to your business.