Joiin vs Spotlight Reporting: consolidation, franchise plans and price for 2 to 20 companies

Joiin vs Spotlight Reporting: price at 2, 5, 10 and 20 companies

As read on October 30, 2026, Joiin Core and Joiin Pro each list a lower monthly price than Spotlight Reporting at every count in the table below, all billed monthly.

Spotlight's Business plan is $35 a month for 1 organization with $35 for each additional one, and Business 10 covers up to 10 at $329 with $25 for each additional. Spotlight's business plans include forecasting, which on Joiin starts at Pro. Annual billing is on Joiin pricing.

Spotlight's prices exclude sales tax and are monthly only.

What each consolidates

Spotlight's pricing page says its business plans consolidate up to 50 entities and its Multi product up to 500. Joiin has no limit on how many companies it can consolidate, but its price rises with the number of companies you connect.

Spotlight eliminates intercompany accounts from "Customise Data", under "Eliminate Accounts", taking the full account balance for each month; for part of an account it needs another method, such as adjustment accounts or an Excel import.

Joiin eliminates by account, by contact or by transaction, and only account and transaction eliminations change the financial statements. On each report you choose whether to remove eliminations, show only them or show them in a separate column.

Forecasting, currencies and connected systems

Spotlight's business plans include Reporting, Forecasting and Dashboard, and Spotlight says it consolidates currencies automatically. Joiin puts forecasting and several reporting currencies on Pro and Max, with budgets on every plan.

Spotlight imports from Xero, QuickBooks, MYOB, Sage 50, Sumday, Excel and Google Analytics; Joiin connects Sage Accounting directly and takes Sage 50 by manual import. For exchange-rate differences between the two sides of an intercompany item, Joiin adds a netting adjustment line and Spotlight posts them to foreign exchange adjustment accounts.

Franchise groups and a head office

Spotlight's Franchise and Not for Profit plan costs $329 a month for up to 10 organizations plus a head office, and its Multi product, for franchises and benchmarking, consolidates up to 500 entities. Joiin's pricing page lists only Core, Pro and Max, each priced by company count. A franchise with a head office is the case where Spotlight's own plan matches the structure.

Who should pick Joiin and who should pick Spotlight Reporting

• Joiin for a group of 5 to 10 companies that wants the lower monthly price at that size, forecasting on Pro and an ownership percentage on each entity.
• Spotlight Reporting for a franchise with a head office, on its Franchise and Not for Profit plan.
• Fathom, the financial reporting app (fathomhq.com), for a group with a QuickBooks Desktop company; see Joiin vs Fathom.

Spotlight offers a 14-day free trial; Joiin's runs 14 days on Max and takes no card at signup. Spotlight Reporting alternatives lists more options.