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# Lightyear User Reviews

## Reviews summary

- Overall rating: 4.9/5
- Total reviews: 195

### Secondary ratings

- Ease of use: 4.9/5
- Customer support: 4.9/5
- Value for money: 4.8/5
- Functionality: 4.8/5

### Rating distribution

- 5 stars: 180 reviews (92%)
- 4 stars: 14 reviews (7%)
- 3 stars: 0 reviews (0%)
- 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%)
- 1 star: 1 reviews (1%)

### Most mentioned pros

- It has purchase order and statement modules and is constantly evolving and improving to allow customers to map invoices to meet their own company needs.
- Connected to accounting software like Xero, allowing seamless syncing of approved invoices.
- I use the platform primarily to review and authorise invoices, and for that purpose it works well.

### Most mentioned cons

- I can’t sync other details of the supplier that I have created in Lightyear to Xero, such as bank details or contact information.
- The rounding is sometimes incorrect and doesn't carry through to Quickbooks
- Credit notes can at times be problematic as the reference in the credit notes can cause confusion in the processing (due to formats), they can be processed as the original invoices again rather than credit notes.

## Lightyear customer reviews

Showing reviews 1-25 of 195 (page 1).

### Terrific Service and a Continually Improving Product

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Mark A.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 501-1000 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: March 2021
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Overall, it's been fantastic. There is no such thing as a perfect system, but it is the people behind the software which really impress me. The fact that when things go awry, it is so easy to open the instant chat and speak to [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] is a great touch. The service is paramount. I've had issues which were solved overnight which comes to show they really do listen.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

Lightyear is visually pleasing-it's quite simple to use and understand. From the user perspective who inputs data on invoices and approves them, it's straightforward and the layout of the software does not show you more than what you need to see, however, underneath the simple processes there is complexity. Lightyear makes supplier creation, GL code settings linked to export files such as Excel, and GST codes etc are somehow made simple to set up. One thing I find particularly great is whenever I input an ABN number during the Supplier Creation process, it autofills the Supplier Name field. Additionally, this is a drop down menu, so i am able to choose ANY of the Business Names linked to this ABN.

#### Cons

Sometimes, there have been system bugs and I'm unable to export data for a brief amount of time, or when we top up credits to use the system, the old credits are not rolled over their expiry date. It would be great if there was a notification in place to let us know that our credits are expiring soon or we are running low. Also, there are some things which cannot be customised. For example, the Export to File which is a function that exports invoice data into a spreadsheet, cannot be modified from my end. Lightyear do add features from time to time, but I'm not sure if consumer recommendations are actually involved in the process.

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### Say goodbye to tiring amounts of data entry! Lightyear will greatly improve your business

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Alex B.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: May 2025
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Our overall experience with Lightyear has been very positive. The team listen to customer feedback. The software is very good at saving you time. Say goodbye to tiring amounts of data entry! Those days are gone. You can now focus more on Financial Reporting & Analysis of your business, instead of wasting hours processing invoices manually. My job has turned from 80% of time spent on data entry to less than 15%. I now use this spare time to assist our Senior Accountant with more important tasks, like reporting. This has improved our Finance Team's quality of work significantly and the time saved is well worth the monthly fees you pay to Lightyear.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Greatly improves the Accounts Payable & Inventory functions of your business. Significantly reduces the time spent on repetitive tasks like invoice processing and data entry. It allows Accountants to focus more on financial reporting and analysis. The benefit of this can not be understated. For the amount you pay, you will get far greater returns in terms of time saved and output. Try Lightyear! You will not regret it!

#### Cons

As with any developing technology; it is in a state of constant improvement. Not all processes are perfect. That being said, the Lightyear Team release regular updates that improve functionality. They are also very open to your feedback, and make updates based on customer feedback. I have only been using Lightyear for 1 year, yet the amount of Improvements has been incredible. The smart extract feature, for example, has improved the functionality of Lightyear ten-fold.

#### Reasons for choosing Lightyear

Lightyear can process a far higher volume of invoices and data without slowing down. Xero only has the capability to handle up to 2000 invoices per month before the software starts slowing down and experiencing problems which affect user satisfaction.

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### Lightyear - Approval process

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Annette P.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: December 2025
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

While we do not use Lightyear to its full capacity, the approval process certainly works for us to ensure everyone is across the project.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 4/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

Streamlines our approval process so all staff required in process are up to date. Easy to use and follow

#### Cons

Mapping can be a little arduous at times, but much easier once you know what you are doing. Other than that, no issues.

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### Lightyear and Beyond

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Matthew C.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 1001-5000 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: November 2025
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

Thumbs up - I would thoroughly recommend. A great package that reduces cost of paper and postage that was used on previous system - Cost Effective

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

I have worked around Accounts Payable for more than 30 years and have never worked on a system that is so comprehensively detailed and easy to use - I can't ask for more. Everything at my fingertips. Nice to remove the paper/postage/scanning element. Support for bugs and development at the other end of Phone and resolutions are immediate or put forward for future development. Lightyear would save money re: employment, as saves valuable time and requires less staff. Great tool to educate new staff. Haven't included Procurement package but I guess would integrate with PL. No security issues within the start of 2024 to now. Honest I would recommend. Even a Trial would open your eyes.

#### Cons

Obviously the integration of any system can be daunting. But the end result is well worth the Pain..

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### A fabulous system for seamless invoice processing, loved by all that use it.

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Dolly F.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education
- Company size: 201-500 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: October 2025
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

It's an amazing system that works incredibly well for us. It speeds things up, eliminates keying in errors and is very popular by all users here. On the odd occasion that something doesn't run smoothly for any reason, the help/chat team are quick, efficient and above all very friendly and patient.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

A seamless system, easy to navigate for accounting minded staff and others that are not so financial minded that are required to approve/sign off invoices. Its visual, easy to find archived invoices, can download, print etc all at the click of a button.

#### Cons

No option to alter the vat - rounding by LY is often different to supplier invoices - being able to alter the given vat figure by a small amount would be great. Being able to filter by "task approver" on the approvals and review tabs would also be helpful. If an Approver calls about an invoice, and there's pages and pages, being able to filter by invoices assigned to a specific user would be awesome.

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### Lightyear - both time and error saving

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Pauline T.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: December 2025
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

As a client, I’d say Lightyear’s purchase order system is a huge time-saver and incredibly easy to use. The automated approvals and two-way matching has cut down errors and streamlined our workflow, while the support team has been responsive and helpful. The only challenge was the initial setup and learning curve, but once we got past that, the efficiency gains and cost savings have been great.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 3/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

I like that the purchase order system is intuitive and new staff pick it up very quickly. The automated approvals keep everything moving without delays and the two-way matching between POs and invoices has drastically cut down on errors and we’ve saved countless hours every month.

#### Cons

The initial learning about the various tabs/workflows and finding a way to make it work best for us. Also, not being able to have a free in person session about 6 months in to work through small queries.

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### Henderson Foodservice

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Hazel K.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: October 2025
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

I think l its a fantastic system and well maintained with the Lightyear Team. I feel is user friendly and easy to work through all the processes. The managers love that they can check back on invoices and see what has been processed and approved. It's great when it come to the end of year audits as we can access the invoice quickly and efficiently.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Its is very easy to use. You have all you invoices on one system and able to search back to archive invoices. You can run reports for different departments to check if there on budget. It good for audit purpose easy to access. You have less manually input as it matches invoices against PO's and statements. The support of the Lightyear Team is instant efficient and very friendly always happy to help you and resolve it quickly.

#### Cons

When Lightyear do an update it seems to effects my system and i have to refresh or have to completely come out of the system or it takes me out of the menu i'm on. Some of the PO's don't close automatically and i have to match these off manually each month - as the PO's would be used for our end of month balancing figures.

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### Lightyear - Easy accounts payable system

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Sue W.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Wholesale
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: December 2025
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

The Lightyear team are helpful and proactive to sort out any bugs and issues that come up. It's an easy to use system with a good archiving facility.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Lightyear is easy to use as an accounts payable program saving a huge amount of time verses manually entering invoices and helping to minimize human error. It has purchase order and statement modules and is constantly evolving and improving to allow customers to map invoices to meet their own company needs.

#### Cons

No cons. Like any program you use, you still need to check and make required changes as needed for your own business process.

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### Simple and Effective for Invoice Approval

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Mario C.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: January 2026
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

My experience with Lightyear has been positive. I use the platform primarily to review and authorise invoices, and for that purpose it works well. The process is clear, quick, and reliable, allowing approvals to be completed efficiently without friction. While I don’t use the wider functionality, for invoice sign-off Lightyear delivers a smooth and dependable experience.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Lightyear is straightforward and efficient for invoice approval. It makes it easy to review, authorise, and sign off invoices quickly without unnecessary complexity. The interface is clear and does exactly what I need it to do from an approval perspective.

#### Cons

As someone who only uses Lightyear for invoice authorisation, many of the wider features feel unnecessary to me. I don’t use the platform beyond approvals, so some functionality isn’t relevant for my day-to-day role.

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### User-Friendly Platform

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Medical Devices
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: November 2025
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

It’s been amazing so far - it significantly cuts down on manual typing and helps me process AP tasks far more efficiently.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

User-friendly and intuitive interface. Saves time by reducing manual typing of invoice details. Connected to accounting software like Xero, allowing seamless syncing of approved invoices. Tracks invoice activity-shows who has approved it Flags duplicate invoices, helping prevent errors. Their chat support is always available and very helpful.

#### Cons

I can’t sync other details of the supplier that I have created in Lightyear to Xero, such as bank details or contact information. It only syncs the necessary information, like the supplier’s name and invoice details.

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### Great Support

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Lloyd S.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: May 2020
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

We've been using Light Year for a little while now. It's been a little up and down with the uptake from our clients as some are of a more traditional mindset and do not want to convert to paperless. Some clients also take a little longer to acclimate to the system then others, but once setup and working, each client on light year improves efficiency by about 20%. More over, the support and continued patience of the team at Light Year, especially Tom, has been astounding. Due to job changes, they've helped train any and all staff as we've seen fit. Have listened to ideas, and implemented workarounds where possible, truly making this a system we can use above other similar products. They also offer that support to our clients who may otherwise be struggling and are always on hand 24/7 to call, video conference or chat online to anyone who needs assistance.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

The support from the team is fantastic and are always on hand to help and assist. Feedback and suggestions on the system are welcomed and implemented if possible and useful. Invoices no longer need manually entering! Option to automate the process of receiving invoices entirely, doing away with any need to upload - instead just get them emailed directly into Light Year.

#### Cons

A few of the options appear to be placed on pages I wouldn't expect, but nothing particularly bad.

#### Reasons for choosing Lightyear

The other options were either underdeveloped, or offered no a very strict, uncompromising service that did not fit within our company. They also relied too heavily on OCR. Light Year while newer than some of it's competitors, chose a different approach and worked with us to see if their solution could help, and even added and updated features to make it fit more into our company.

#### Vendor response

Many thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. Great to hear how that the support team has been fantastic. We will pass this along to them.

Replied May 2020

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### High growth business needing workflows and multiple entity processing & integrations

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Julian C.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 201-500 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: March 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Great experience, highly recommend. Team always very responsive.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### 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)

#### Reasons for switching to Lightyear

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

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### Lightyear Review

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Shaun S.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Renewables & Environment
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: October 2025
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

I was a bit apprehensive about moving over to a new software but it's actually a lot better than my previous PO system. It's quick, it's easy and I love it!!

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

I enjoy it's ease of use, quick to raise a PO and the automated email going to the supplier once approved

#### Cons

Sometimes when raising a PO and I enter all the details, I attach the quote and the form resets so I have to go all through the process again. Also there is the "Approved" tab which is misleading as nothing in there is actually approved.....should be called "Pre-Approval" or "Submitted" then the "Ordered" tab should be called "Approved" not sure you really need the "Draft" or "Approval Tab"

#### Reasons for switching to Lightyear

Better program to keep track of expenditure

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### To infinity and beyond

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Francesca H.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: October 2025
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

It has been easy to integrate Lightyear unto our business, and much quicker for approvers to approve their invoices. From a Finance perspective it is value for money as it saves the Finance team more time than it costs the business.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Onboarding was extremely easy and efficient. The platform is user friendly and saves a huge amount of time in our AP process. The approvers find it easy to use, and it also helps with remote working.

#### Cons

The VAT rounding differences are a niggle, and create errors when importing into accounting software. There are workarounds but would be better if this didn't happen.

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### 5 stars rating for good experience using Light Year

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Annie N.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 201-500 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: April 2025
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Overall, I'm satisfied with the software and the staff. They are super supportive.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Light Year is really convenient and organized. It really simplified our process of AP. Our expense account is really good order and it helps us save lots of time for processing payment. One plus point for Lightyear is that the staff is super supportive and friendly like today [sensitive content hidden] helped us to with the product code and rules.

#### Cons

Maybe when it comes to more complicated case with timesheets which they need to improve for future reference

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### Lightyear 100% Recommend

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Janine G.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Leisure, Travel & Tourism
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: March 2025
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

I've been using Lightyear for a year and love that it saves so much data entry time and picks up any duplicate invoices, creating very efficient business systems. The support team are outstanding, super friendly and always available immediately to help solve any queries. I recommend Lightyear 100%

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Simple, easy to use programme and like that it detects any duplicate invoices giving confidence that your payments won't be duplicated.

#### Cons

There is nothing I dislike about Lightyear

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### Lightyear Experience

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Adam Z.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: November 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

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.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### 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.

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### Lightyear has made my working life much easier

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Jenni H.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 201-500 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: February 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Dealing with Lightyear and their staff is an amazing experience. The programs works well and the support staff are fantastic

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

Lightyear simplifies data entry of our invoices by saving us a massive amount of time and paper

#### Cons

When we export invoices into a csv file to upload into our accounting package, some of the invoices in the csv file do not match the value of the invoice in Lightyear. It's usually only a few cents but I need to cross check every invoice each time I export all csv files against Lightyear.

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### Excellent product for accounts payable!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Farrukh K.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 1001-5000 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: August 2021
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Extremely user-friendly; easy to setup, integrate, implement and maintain. Loved the customer service we received!

#### Cons

Nothing as such, its a good platform, easy to integrate.

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### Not Just and AP Solution

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Jason C.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 501-1000 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: August 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

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

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### 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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### Lightyear

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Colin S.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Information Technology and Services
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: June 2023
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

My overall experience has been favourable. The initial scoping of our requirements to implementation and set up was a very smooth process. The system is easy to use with a very good help and support on hand if required.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

The functionality allows automatic capture and coding of purchase invoices. This enables invoice processing and approval to be made in an efficient and effective way without the need to key in the invoice details.

#### Cons

It would be good to have some service or item codes under service bills which we could use to cover withholding tax

#### Reasons for switching to Lightyear

The old product was was not user friendly and was slow to upload and process invoices

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### Lightyear Review

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Wyna K.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: March 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Amazing support by our excellent man [sensitive content hidden]. Allows me to communicate to the staff members and more importantly to the suppliers. It also integrates very well with our POS and most importantly within my role is how it eliminates the data entry and sign them off straight to Xero.

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### Love Light Year

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Menandro d.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 1001-5000 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: June 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Very well and I will recommend to others..

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

I love how fast it is and the interface is easy..

#### Cons

There's no sharing of Database, hopefully in the future..

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### Accounts Payable made easy

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Aidan O.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: March 2021
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Just Fantastic....great product...great team :-)

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Coming from the paper world of Accounting to Lightyear has transformed the business and the happiness of the staff in the accounting team. The ability for invoices to be automatically coded, digitally stored and approved through an online platform is truly excellent. The implementation team at Lightyear were fantastic, leaving no stone unturned and a special shout out to [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] who was instrumental in the process from start to finish. Well done Lightyear team

#### Cons

There is not much to dislike about this product. When implementing, there was no Purchase Order function however this is now a new feature on Lightyear so very impressed with the speed to get this up and running with more to come :-)

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### Lightyear are a true business partner

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: John M.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: May 2020
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

The Lightyear team are an absolute joy to work with, absolutely passionate about their product, and absolutely passionate about your customer journey. Lightyear provide fantastic support, with investment in comprehensive system training, onboarding and seamless accounts system integration even before you have committed to buy. The transition from our original processes took approximately one day! Lightyear have now fully automated our AP function, embedding improved and auditable controls, and is now a fundamental part of our business processes. Lightyear truly are a business partner in every sense of the word.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

The functionality of Lightyear is incredible. This solution fully incorporates digitisation of all aspects of the AP function including data extraction from invoices, a full invoice depository, approval workflows via email and app, audit trails, seamless integration with our accounting system, automated supplier statement reconciliation, to name but a few. It can even verify supplier invoice line pricing to agreed pricing product price lists! The system is user intuitive, with the process was so natural that rolling this out across the team was simplicity itself. And pricing is scalable to usage, providing totally affordable Rolls Royce functionality to any organisation.

#### Cons

Have found no cons to date! Thee are certain upgrades in the pipeline for approver interface via the app and email which will further enhance the already existing superiority of this product.

#### Reasons for choosing Lightyear

Functionality surpassed all competitive products that we could find for a truly affordable price

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