G2 Vendor Directory

Lightyear vs. Basware

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

MetricLightyear

by Lightyear

Basware

by Basware

Overall rating4.94.1
Review count20136
Ease of use9.68.5
Ease of setup9.67.8
Quality of support9.97.7
Meets requirements9.68.5
NPS9531.343284
Small Business42.1%9.6%
Mid-Market57.9%27.4%
Enterprise0.0%63.0%
Total page views140833
Total LLM citations70610,571

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

Basware

Basware is how the world’s best finance teams gain complete control of every invoice, every time. We offer a cloud-based platform for invoice lifecycle management automation, supporting end-to-end processing of invoices, from receipt or creation, through approval and matching, to payment and archive. Powered by the world’s most sophisticated invoice-centric AI – trained on over 2 billion invoices – Basware's Intelligent Automation drives real ROI by transforming finance operations. We serve 6,500+ customers globally and are trusted by industry leaders including DHL, Heineken and Sony.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Invoice Management
  • Invoicing
  • Efficiency
  • Automation
  • Speed