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Why we compare consolidation suites on these topics
| Topic | Lucanet | Control.dev |
|---|---|---|
| 01 The monthly group view from the ledgers you keep | More than 300 standard interfaces into one suite Lucanet states more than 300 standard interfaces with ERP and financial accounting systems1, and its platform covers consolidation and intercompany reconciliation2. | Eliminations in their own column, every figure open to its entries Control.dev reads each ledger with read-only access by default, AI suggests the account mapping for your team to accept, Currency CTA and Elimination CTA stay apart from the eliminations, your AI client lists the intercompany pairs that do not match, and every group figure opens to its entries. |
| 02 Implementation: how long, who does it, what it costs | 15 to 20 weeks with Professional Services or a partner Lucanet gives an average implementation time of 15 to 20 weeks3, with customised implementation and configuration by its Professional Services team or certified partners4. | Set up by our team, most live in under two hours, no fee Our team sets up the integrations and the account mapping, most companies have live data in under two hours, and there is no setup fee and no consultants to pay, with consolidation and currencies in the plan. |
| 03 Contract and cost of change | 12 months prepaid, renewing yearly, up to 7% a year Lucanet’s FAQ says the minimum licence term is 12 months and nothing longer is required5, fees are paid 12 months in advance and can rise by up to 7% a year6, and each term renews for 12 months unless cancelled three months ahead7. | Public prices, no multi-year contract, a notice period from one month EUR 249, 499 and 999 a month excluding VAT are on the pricing page, billing is monthly, and fees can rise once a year with 30 days’ notice. The 30-day free trial runs on your own ledgers, with up to three integrations. |
| 04 Statutory depth against the monthly view | Consolidation through disclosure, ESG, tax and leases Lucanet’s platform covers consolidation, intercompany reconciliation, disclosure management with XBRL, ESG reporting, Pillar 2 and country-by-country tax reporting and lease accounting2. | Full consolidation of connected entities, minority interests by manual entries Intercompany eliminations, currency translation and CTA are calculated for every connected entity, minority interests are handled with group-level manual entries today, and Control.dev has no disclosure, IFRS 16 or multi-GAAP module. |
| 05 Planning and AI on the group numbers | Planning in the suite, Lume agents rolling out The same platform includes planning and cash management2, and Lucanet’s documentation, last updated 1 May 2026, lists four Lume agents as available and the Close and Report agents as coming8. | Three statements planned on the group, Claude on the same numbers The P&L, balance sheet and cash flow are planned together in locked versions, and Claude, ChatGPT or Codex, connected over MCP, drafts values with a reason on each, reviews a month’s bookings and drafts the board pack. The client starts from the statements and the group structure, not a raw export of the general ledger, and traces what it finds to the entries. |
Control.dev consolidates the ledgers a group already runs into one group view with eliminations.
Where Lucanet is the better choice
- Groups that want one suite from consolidation to disclosure with XBRL, ESG, Pillar 2 and lease accounting2. Control.dev has no disclosure, ESG, tax or lease accounting module.
- Audits that ask the vendor for SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports and ISO 27017 and 27018 certification9.
- Groups whose systems need one of Lucanet’s more than 300 standard interfaces1. Control.dev connects fewer systems, listed in the questions below.
When teams look at Control.dev
From what finance teams have told us about the moment they started looking. We name no customers.
- The subsidiaries run different local ledgers, and the group wants them consolidated every month before anyone opens a spreadsheet.
- The team wants consolidation and planning on one data set, and a parallel month before anything is switched off.
Which fits your finance team
Choose Lucanet if you want one suite from consolidation and planning to disclosure, ESG and tax, and are ready to implement it with Lucanet or a partner.
Choose Control.dev if you want the monthly group view and the three-statement plan on the ledgers you already use, set up by our team in hours for most companies and billed monthly.
30 minutes on your ledgers and your first question.
Working with Control.dev
- Live in hours or days, not months Our team sets Control.dev up with you. Most companies have live data in under two hours from the first call, a larger group takes days, the hardest a few weeks, and there is no setup fee at any size. The comparison hub shows how long each vendor says its own rollout takes.
- Prices on one page, nothing billed on the side EUR 249, 499 and 999 a month excluding VAT, on the pricing page, with no multi-year contract and a notice period from one month. Support, user changes and settings changes are in the price, and nothing is billed per ticket or per request.
- Close support from the people who build the product Your questions go to the team that builds Control.dev, most are answered within minutes and almost all the same day, and we work through accounting and group-structure questions with you, not only software questions.
- Your AI client on a structure built for group accounting Claude, ChatGPT or Codex works on Control.dev over an MCP built and tested for group accounting. The client starts from the statements and the group structure, not a raw export of the general ledger: it finds what needs attention and traces it to the entries, within the access your role allows.
- Built with the finance teams that use it, at pace Our roadmap comes from our customers, demanding finance professionals, and a gap in a feature list is the best news we can get. A missing feature typically ships in days and a larger one in weeks. A ledger connector we would build anyway comes at no extra cost; today Control.dev connects Netvisor, Procountor, Easor (Talenom), Fortnox, Spiris (formerly Visma eEkonomi), Tripletex, e-conomic, Xero, QuickBooks, Zoho Books, Odoo, Xledger and NetSuite, plus Stripe.
- A younger product, and who it is for Control.dev is built by Finata Oy in Helsinki since 2024, by a team from finance roles and finance systems. It fits a team that already works with AI tools, or wants to, and would rather not keep data engineers or system consultants for its reporting. If AI is not something your company wants to work with, we are probably the wrong partner, and where another tool covers more than Control.dev, the page above says so.
What switching looks like
- 1 Run both side by side for a period. Control.dev reads your ledgers with read-only access by default, so Lucanet and your ledgers stay as they are while you compare the numbers. The 30-day free trial covers up to three integrations.
- 2 Send us screenshots of the three or four reports your board already knows, and we rebuild them in Control.dev first, so the first month looks familiar.
- 3 Your contract and notice period decide when you leave the current tool. Control.dev has no implementation fee and no multi-year contract, and its notice period starts from one month, so the parallel run can start well before then.
Questions
Is Control.dev a Lucanet alternative for mid-sized groups?
For the monthly group view, three-statement planning and AI on Nordic ledgers, yes. For disclosure management with XBRL, ESG or tax reporting in the same tool, no: Lucanet covers those and Control.dev does not2. Choose by which of the two you need every month, and by the path to get there: an implementation of 15 to 20 weeks on average with Lucanet or a partner3, or our team setting you up, with live data in hours for most companies.
What do setup and later changes cost?
With Control.dev, our team sets up the integrations and the mapping with no setup fee, and most companies have live data in under two hours; Inven connected its sources and ran its first automated sync in hours. Later changes to a mapping, a layout or a dashboard are made by your team or its AI client, with no consultants to pay. Lucanet gives an average implementation of 15 to 20 weeks3 and sells three packages without public prices10. Control.dev publishes its monthly prices, excluding VAT: EUR 249 for one entity and one integration, EUR 499 for consolidation with three integrations and EUR 999 with five, where a Stripe connection counts as one integration, with no implementation fee, no multi-year contract and a notice period from one month.
Can we use our own AI assistant?
With Control.dev, yes, today: Claude, ChatGPT and Codex work with the consolidated group over MCP in every plan, draft the budget with a reason on every value and review a month’s bookings on request. The client starts from the statements and the group structure, not a raw export of the general ledger. The product docs show how to connect each client. Lucanet documents a platform API, and its public pages document no MCP server for customers’ own assistants11; it announced six Lume agents in June 202612.
How established is Control.dev next to Lucanet?
Younger and smaller. Lucanet states more than 6,500 customers worldwide13 and sells and implements through certified partners from auditing and consulting firms14. Control.dev is built by Finata Oy in Helsinki, founded in 2024, for the monthly group view on the ledgers a group already runs. Control.dev’s roadmap is built with the finance teams that use it: a smaller missing feature typically ships in days and a larger one in weeks, and the statutory depth grows step by step.
Which ledgers does Control.dev connect to?
Netvisor, Procountor, Easor (Talenom), Fortnox, Spiris (formerly Visma eEkonomi), Tripletex, e-conomic, Xero, QuickBooks, Zoho Books, Odoo, Xledger and NetSuite, plus Stripe for billing data, and DATEV as an export through an AI client over MCP. Lucanet states more than 300 standard interfaces1, so compare both lists with your own systems.
Where is the data stored?
Control.dev’s data is hosted on Google Cloud in Hamina, Finland, encrypted in transit and at rest. Finata Oy’s information security management system is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified. Control.dev’s own AI features process data in the EU; an AI client you connect over MCP processes what it reads under your agreement with its provider.
What support do we get?
Close support on every plan. Your questions go to the team that builds Control.dev, most are answered within minutes and almost all the same day, and we work through accounting and group-structure questions with you, not only software questions. Support, user changes and settings changes are in the price, and Enterprise adds a dedicated Slack channel and priority support.
