
Limelight
Limelight is paid, web-based financial planning and analysis software from Limelight, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
What Limelight is
Limelight is paid, web-based financial planning and analysis software from Limelight, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its listed functions include budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, variance analysis, workforce planning, and financial consolidation. These tools cover preparing budgets, building forecasts, examining alternative scenarios, reviewing differences, planning staffing, and consolidating financial information. Limelight offers Starter and Unlimited plans. Starter includes up to five users, while Unlimited includes unlimited users. Both plans list budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, reporting, scenario planning, and narrat. Pricing is available on request, and Limelight has no free plan. The browser-based delivery is suited to teams that want their planning work available through the web. Organizations can choose the smaller user allowance or the unlimited-user option while discussing pricing and requirements with Limelight.
Good
- Budgeting and forecasting included
- Supports scenario and variance analysis
- Includes workforce planning
- Offers financial consolidation
- Unlimited plan has unlimited users
Watch out
- No free plan
- Pricing requires a request
- Starter allows up to five users
- Web platform only is listed
Who it suits
It suits finance teams needing budgeting, forecasting, scenario planning, variance analysis, workforce planning, and consolidation. Starter is for teams within five users; Unlimited removes that stated cap.
Verdict
Limelight covers core financial planning, workforce, scenario, variance, and consolidation tasks in a web application. The key plan decision is the five-user Starter limit versus Unlimited’s unrestricted user count.
Plans and prices
From Limelight's own pricing page, checked 15 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | — | Includes up to five users · Budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, reporting, scenario planning, narrat |
| Unlimited | — | Includes unlimited users · Budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, reporting, scenario planning, narrat |
The facts
Each one read from Limelight's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Budgeting
- Yeschecked 15 Sep 2026
- Financial consolidation
- Yeschecked 15 Sep 2026
- Forecasting
- Yeschecked 15 Sep 2026
- Scenario modeling
- Yeschecked 15 Sep 2026
- Variance analysis
- Yeschecked 15 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 15 Sep 2026
- Workforce planning
- Yeschecked 15 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Toronto, Ontario, Canadachecked 28 Sep 2026
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