Cradle vs LeaseLedger

Cradle is a web-based system for automating lease accounting and compliance reporting. It supports IFRS 16, ASC 842, GASB 87, GASB 96 and FRS 102, and handles lessee, lessor and sublease accounting. The software calculates present values, accounts for modifications, prepares journal entries and generates required reports. Reports can cover one agreement, a company or a consolidated organization, with balance sheet, income statement, cash flow and disclosure options. Users can enter foreign exchange rates for converting leases into the applicable functional currency. Cradle can mirror a customer's general ledger and cost-center setup so accounting data can be exported into that system. Lease data may be entered manually, uploaded with a bulk template, migrated from Excel or moved through a custom engineering solution. Custom fields can be searched, stratified and exported. The Small Plan costs $99 a month for up to 10 agreements; the Regular Plan costs $199 a month for up to 20 leases. Both plans allow unlimited users and include no training. Cradle offers a 30-day trial and says it provides 24/7 support, guides and videos.

LeaseLedger provides lease accounting schedules, journals, reports, and disclosures under AASB 16, IFRS 16, and ASC 842. Its register handles new leases, migrations, modifications, and reassessments, with schedule effects tied to lease events. The platform supports scheduled payment reconciliation and records off-schedule settlements. Reports include financial-system reconciliations, cash maturity analysis, portfolio roll-ups, and disclosure workpaper previews. Migration workbooks provide pre-import validation, row-level error handling, and selectable opening balance bases. Optional AI can draft lease details from text or PDFs, but a person must review suggestions before saving or relying on them. The free plan costs nothing and allows up to 3 leases in one client workspace, with the owner and one teammate, plus 5 AI-assisted drafts. Users can export lease records, schedules, journals, and workbooks and retain ownership of their data, documents, and outputs. Core records and supporting documents are hosted in AWS Sydney; data is encrypted in transit and at rest. AI requests may be processed outside Australia, and the external provider may retain input and output for abuse monitoring for up to 30 days.