Limelight

Limelight is a cloud-based financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform built to help finance teams move beyond spreadsheets. It centralizes budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, reporting, and scenario modeling into one connected, no-code workspace, so plans stay linked and update automatically as underlying data changes. Instead of rebuilding Excel models every cycle, finance teams structure accounts, departments, entities, drivers, and assumptions once, then reuse that same data across budgets, forecasts, and reports.

The platform pairs an Excel-like modeling experience with automation, real-time actuals, and built-in AI. Limelight AI includes an AI Assistant that answers natural-language questions about variances and trends, an AI Forecaster that blends historical data with market signals to auto-generate forecasts and what-if scenarios, and AI Insights that surfaces anomalies and writes variance narratives automatically. Reporting tools let users drill from summary dashboards down to transaction-level detail, and Narrative Reporting combines live financial data with commentary, images, and video for board packs and management reports. Limelight also connects to 800+ pre-built integrations, including Sage Intacct, Oracle NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, QuickBooks Online, and Blackbaud.

Limelight is aimed at mid-market finance teams — CFOs, controllers, FP&A analysts, and budget owners — across industries such as non-profit, healthcare, manufacturing, SaaS, professional services, and insurance who have outgrown spreadsheet-based planning but don't need the complexity of enterprise EPM suites like Anaplan or OneStream. The platform is SOC 2 compliant and offers unlimited-user pricing tiers, so organizations can scale planning access across the business without per-seat fees.

Limelight uses unlimited-user, subscription-based pricing rather than per-seat fees, with two main tiers: Starter (up to 5 users, full platform access) and Unlimited (unlimited users, full platform access, no seat-based pricing). Both tiers include the same complete feature set — budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, scenario planning, reporting, dashboards, narrative reporting, and Limelight AI — since pricing is not feature-gated. Third-party review platforms such as G2 and Software Advice list Limelight's entry-level pricing at approximately $1,400/month for 5 users. Exact costs depend on user count and implementation scope; Limelight does not publish full pricing publicly and requires contacting sales for a custom quote. Volume and non-profit discounts are available, and some customers can opt for a one-time, fixed-fee "Ready-to-Go" FP&A package.