Brightfin vs Lightyear
Four of fourteen models named Brightfin first on the direct prompt; zero named Lightyear. Brightfin was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Lightyear by twelve and Brightfin carries 42 labels and Lightyear 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the telecom expense management page.
By framing
BrightfinFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLightyear
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Brightfin and Lightyear were named in the same answer thirty-four times, of the 111 answers naming Brightfin and the 66 naming Lightyear. In those answers Lightyear took the first choice three times and Brightfin one.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | |
Brightfin Lightyear first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Brightfin on the left and Lightyear on the right.The direct prompt
Brightfin first, Lightyear not the choice
4 of 14 modelsLightyear was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Lightyear9%#2 of 15Brightfin2%#8 of 15Brightfin14%#2 of 12Lightyear2%#7 of 12Lightyear2%#8 of 12Brightfin0%#9 of 12What the models said about Brightfin
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Choose Brightfin only if ServiceNow is already central to IT operations; otherwise its ecosystem advantage may not justify the dependency.” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · soft negative
“Ecosystem-Locked Platforms (e.g., ServiceNow-centric TEM like Brightfin) ... adds unnecessary licensing overhead and implementation friction” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Evaluate carefully if you need mature, independent telecom operations rather than a ServiceNow-centered IT-cost platform.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“brightfin (formerly MobilityCentral) stands out as the best telecom expense management (TEM) platform for a mid-market B2B company.” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · first choice
“prioritize modern, API-driven vendors (such as *Brightfin, Sakon, vCom, or Calero*) over legacy, heavyweight enterprise tools” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“brightfin (formerly MobilityCentral): Strong for IT expense transparency across mobile, fixed, and cloud (4.7/5).” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Lightyear
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Lightyear is the strongest platform to shortlist” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“Modern platforms (like Brightfin, ExpenseLogic, or Lightyear) build their value proposition around automated invoice parsing” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · alternative
“Alternative Budget Option ... Lightyear has pricing based on the number of services managed, with procurement free to use” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.