Emburse Expense Professional (formerly Certify Expense) vs. Lightyear

Emburse brings together some of the world’s most powerful and trusted spend optimization solutions. As part of our product portfolio, Emburse Professional carries a promise to humanize work while delivering expense, accounts payable, and business travel solutions for growing organizations. Emburse Expense Professional simplifies expense management by replacing manual tasks with time-saving automation and greater spend control and visibility while providing great administrative and end-user support.

Lightyear combines AI agents, proprietary pricing and network intelligence, and purpose-built workflow software to help enterprises make better telecom decisions and execute them faster across the full lifecycle. Procurement uses Lightyear’s market data and automated workflows to manage quoting, technical validation, vendor selection, and implementation oversight. Network Inventory Management creates a self-updating system of record for every service, tracking 30+ data points and automating renewals, MACD ticketing, and lifecycle workflows.