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About Lightyear

Lightyear is an industry-leading cloud platform providing intelligent automation solutions for large SMEs & Enterprise level Purchasing & Accounts Payables processes. Designed to work across all industries, our end-to-end approvals workflows are up to 80% faster than traditional methods, enabling purchase orders & invoices to be approved in seconds and removing paper from the office. Advanced Automation: Automatically assign general ledger (GL) codes, tax rates, categories, or departments to line items, streamlining data processing and improving accuracy. Price Verification: Compare product prices against verified supplier pricing, ensuring invoice accuracy and cost control. Seamless Integrations: Lightyear integrates seamlessly with leading third-party applications, including Abcom, MYOB, Xero, Sage 50, Fuelsoft, and more. This enables smooth data synchronization and enhances overall workflow efficiency. Mobile Applications: Lightyear offers dedicated mobile applications for both iOS and Android platforms, allowing you to access and manage accounts payable processes on the go. Subscription and Support: Lightyear is available through monthly subscriptions, providing flexibility and scalability. The platform offers extensive support through documentation, live chat, and phone assistance, ensuring you receive the guidance and assistance you need.
Lightyear Software - Automate your approval workflow based on supplier information, bill value or keyword rules. With up to 8 levels of approval throughout your organisation and a clear overview of bill status, your team will save hours on chasing approvals.
Lightyear Software - Software syncing at its best. Quick and easy setup with your software platforms means bill processing has never been faster. Save your team from duplicated work with a solution that offers 2-way data syncing to your ERP or accounting platform.
Lightyear Software - Mobile App Manage approvals and PO creation on the go. Faster invoice processing and less chasing for your finance team.
Lightyear Software - Automate your approval workflow based on supplier information, bill value or keyword rules. With up to 8 levels of approval throughout your organisation and a clear overview of bill status, your team will save hours on chasing approvals.
Lightyear Software - Inventory Management Get real-time stock data in your inventory system by syncing your stock and quantity data from your supplier bills with your stock management system.
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Lightyear Software - Automate your approval workflow based on supplier information, bill value or keyword rules. With up to 8 levels of approval throughout your organisation and a clear overview of bill status, your team will save hours on chasing approvals. - thumbnail
Lightyear Software - Software syncing at its best. Quick and easy setup with your software platforms means bill processing has never been faster. Save your team from duplicated work with a solution that offers 2-way data syncing to your ERP or accounting platform. - thumbnail
Lightyear Software - Mobile App Manage approvals and PO creation on the go. Faster invoice processing and less chasing for your finance team. - thumbnail
Lightyear Software - Automate your approval workflow based on supplier information, bill value or keyword rules. With up to 8 levels of approval throughout your organisation and a clear overview of bill status, your team will save hours on chasing approvals. - thumbnail
Lightyear Software - Inventory Management Get real-time stock data in your inventory system by syncing your stock and quantity data from your supplier bills with your stock management system. - thumbnail

Lightyear pricing

Lightyear does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Lightyear paid version starts at £125.00/month.

Starting Price:
£125.00/month See pricing details
Free Version:
No
Free trial:
Yes

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Lightyear Reviews for UK Users

Overall rating

4.9
( 160 reviews )
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Feature rating

Value for Money
4.9
Functionality
4.8
Ease of Use
4.9
Customer Support
4.9
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Denis
Denis
  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5
5
Reviewed on 19/03/2024

The best product for hospitality industry

Pros

The program is easy to learn and explain to other non-finance people to use. It offers the best customer support which is very friendly and fast-reacted to any issues arise.

Cons

The best integration with XERO and BEPOZ.

Julian
  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5
5
Reviewed on 14/03/2024

High growth business needing workflows and multiple entity processing & integrations

Great experience, highly recommend. Team always very responsive.

Pros

Easy to integrate and setup - start to finish - 4 weeks.
Great support team, very helpful and very thorough.
Price is very competitive, especially the setup costs.
Did what it said it could do and integrated with our systems.

Cons

Duplicate invoices dont get caught until after the workflow.
Cannot bulk upload historical invoices from previous system (Dext)

Alternatives Considered

MYOB Business, Dext, NetSuite and Xero

Reasons for Choosing Lightyear

No approval workflow in Dext. Needed this + integration to Netsuite.

Switched From

Dext
Adam
  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5
5
Reviewed on 19/11/2024

Lightyear Experience

We had a great experience with [sensitive content hidden]. Nothing was too hard when we reached out during the onboarding process. Now that everyone is familiar with the program, it has been a huge timesaver for the business.

Pros

Seamless integration aided by the helpful staff from Lightyear. The program itself is a big time saver.

Cons

The only thing I can think of at this stage is the way that Lightyear integrates with our POS system. There is an extra step in the exporting/importing process, but it still quite easy to use when you become familiar with it.

Michael
  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
1
Functionality
1
Ease of Use
1
Customer Support
1
1
Reviewed on 09/01/2019

Failure

Terrible is all i can say to be honest

Pros

Nothing to like about light year it is doesn’t work simple

Cons

Slow, Unstable, inaccurate ocr of invoices causing excessive manual re-entry of invoices, customer support non existent as they can’t do anything as it is a terrible system I have waited for improvements over the last 3 months they haven’t happened stay from lightyear find something else

Response from Lightyear

Hi Michael, Thank you for the feedback. I've reviewed your history on our system and I believe you were using our system in the early days whilst it was still in Beta and were also having some connection issues with internet speeds. I'm sorry you didn't have a great experience with the product, certainly not what we strive for at Lightyear.

Lightyear is now in full release and has been receiving great reviews all round with a much improved user experience and speed. Our team would be very happy to spend some time with you and show you the product now if you like. Just drop the team a line if so.. Many thanks, Chris.

Replied 08/01/2020
Jason
  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5
5
Reviewed on 14/08/2024

Not Just and AP Solution

I've had Lightyear implementation across various businesses and employers. It has always been a seamless onboarding experience and the solution is easily managed once it's live

Pros

Smooth integration process with ERP and a user-friendly interface with a lot of functionality

Cons

No complaints. The experience during and post on-boarding was great.

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