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Lightyear vs. ApprovalMax

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricLightyear

by Lightyear

ApprovalMax

by ApprovalMax

Overall rating4.94.6
Review count20100
Ease of use9.69.3
Ease of setup9.69.1
Quality of support9.99.5
Meets requirements9.69.1
NPS9576.530612
Small Business42.1%60.0%
Mid-Market57.9%35.8%
Enterprise0.0%4.2%
Total page views1401,497
Total LLM citations7066,127

Lightyear

Lightyear is an industry-leading cloud platform providing intelligent automation solutions for large SMEs & Enterprise Purchasing & Accounts Payables processes. Our end-to-end approvals workflows allow purchase orders & bills to be approved in seconds, saving businesses more than 80% of their costs and time. Lightyear's AI-data extraction feature, Smart Extract+ enables businesses to get a real-time overview of their payables data & our business intelligence feature allows them to make smarter & better-informed cash flow & forecasting decisions.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Accounts Payable Efficiency
  • Ease of Learning
  • Time-saving
  • Automation
  • Customer Support

ApprovalMax

ApprovalMax is Accounts Payable approval software for finance teams using QuickBooks Online, Xero, and NetSuite. Trusted by 20,000+ businesses around the world, it sits between your accounting platform and every outgoing payment, making sure nothing moves without the right sign-off, at the right level, with the right documentation attached. Finance teams that outgrow email-based approvals use ApprovalMax to automate the entire approval process – from bills and purchase orders to expenses, credit notes, and batch payments. Approval workflows route automatically based on rules you define.

Pros

  • Approval Process
  • Ease of Use
  • Integrations
  • Efficiency
  • Easy Integrations
  • Easy Setup