Your Launchpad Has a New Job

For as long as accounting software has existed, the homepage has been a filing cabinet with a logo on it. You log in, and you navigate past it to go do the work somewhere else. The homepage is where the system lives. It's not where you work. 

We thought that seemed like a waste. So we rebuilt it.

From record to context

A system of record tells you what happened. Transactions posted, invoices sent, bills paid. That information matters, but it doesn't help you understand what it means, or what you're supposed to do about it this morning.

Rillet’s new Launchpad is an attempt at something different: a homebase that gives you context before you click into anything. Where does the close stand?. What did Aura handle automatically? What still needs you?

We looked at where users actually go when they log in. Nearly one in five sessions goes straight to reporting. About one in ten goes to reconciliation. A meaningful share bounces back to the Launchpad by their second click, which usually means they didn't find what they needed on the first pass. The redesign is a direct response to those patterns.

What’s new in your Launchpad

When you log in now, the first thing you see is a prioritized attention stream: integration failures at the top, unmatched transactions, pending approvals below that. These are actual items sorted by urgency, each linking directly to where you'd go to resolve it. The launchpad doesn’t just record what happened — it tells you what to do first.

The metrics are still there (cash balance, budget vs. actuals, outstanding AR, close checklist progress) and are customizable by role, with trend indicators instead of a number sitting in a box. The close checklist gets its own section: current progress, outstanding tasks, and blockers. If you manage close for a team and you've been tracking this in a spreadsheet, this is the view you've been waiting for.

Integration status is a lightweight traffic light for each connected system. If something's disconnected, you'll know when you log in. Plus, Aura's work is visible here now, too. Things happening in the background, like transactions matched, accruals generated, or anomalies flagged, surface on the homepage before you navigate anywhere. The search bar is there if you want to ask something or kick off a workflow. But even if you don't touch it, you can see what it's been doing.

Why this matters more than it sounds

The old launchpad was just that—a launching-off point. 

What Rillet has built is a home base. The first thing you see every morning is actually useful. When you spend 30 seconds on the Launchpad, you leave knowing what needs your attention, where the close stands, and what the system handled while you were gone.

Before, you navigated your way to a picture of where things stood. Now, that picture is the first thing you see when you log in.

The goal was never a prettier homepage, but one that earns the 30 seconds you spend on it.

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