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Telecom expense management · November 2026 Edition

ExpenseLogic vs Lightyear

Three of fourteen models named ExpenseLogic first on the direct prompt; zero named Lightyear. ExpenseLogic was named by ten of the fourteen models and Lightyear by twelve and ExpenseLogic carries 33 labels and Lightyear 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.

ExpenseLogic

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Lightyear

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share7%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#7A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3319A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ExpenseLogic reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Brightfin was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. vCom Solutions vs ExpenseLogic · vCom Solutions vs Lightyear · Brightfin vs ExpenseLogic

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

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ExpenseLogicFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLightyear
Direct30
Paraphrase10
Comparative10
Budget-constrained01
Scale-constrained00
Negative10
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, ExpenseLogic and Lightyear were named in the same answer twenty-two times, of the 76 answers naming ExpenseLogic and the 66 naming Lightyear. In those answers Lightyear took the first choice four times and ExpenseLogic two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where ExpenseLogic and Lightyear stood in it.
ModelDirectEXParaphraseEXComparativeEXBudget-constrainedEXScale-constrainedEXNegativeEX
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity SonarEXEX
Grok 4.20EXEXEXEXEX
Mistral SmallEXEXEX
DeepSeek V4 FlashEXEXEXEX
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 FlashEXEXEX
Kimi K2EXEX
GLM 4.7 FlashXEXEXEX
MiniMax M2.5EXEXEX
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30BEXEX
EX ExpenseLogic LightyearEX first choiceEX named as an alternativeEX argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ExpenseLogic on the left and Lightyear on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where ExpenseLogic and Lightyear stood in it.

ExpenseLogic first, Lightyear not the choice

3 of 14 modelsLightyear was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallBrightfin, ExpenseLogic alternatives: Motus
DeepSeek V4 FlashExpenseLogic alternatives: Brightfin, Temforce
GLM 4.7 FlashXExpenseLogic, OneBill alternatives: Brightfin, Motus, Temforce

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Mindglobal alternatives: Calero, ClearSight, Lightyear, Sakon, vCom Solutions
Perplexity SonarvCom Solutions alternatives: Lightyear, Upland Cimpl
Grok 4.20Brightfin alternatives: ExpenseLogic, Genuity, Mobil, zLinq
Qwen 3.7 FlashBrightfin, Tangoe One Telecom alternatives: ExpenseLogic, Mobil
Kimi K2vCom Solutions alternatives: Brightfin, ExpenseLogic, Tangoe One Telecom
MiniMax M2.5Brightfin alternatives: ExpenseLogic, vManager
Muse Glimmer 30BMindglobal, vCom Solutions alternatives: Brightfin, Calero, ExpenseLogic, Valicom

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniValicom Clearview, vCom Solutions alternatives: Brightfin, Sakon TEM, Tangoe One Telecom
Gemini 3.5 FlashvCom Solutions alternatives: Brightfin, Calero, Mindglobal, Sakon
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
GPT-6 LunaClearview alternatives: Upland Cimpl, vCom Solutions

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Lightyear leads by four points.
Lightyear9%#2 of 15
ExpenseLogic6%#5 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: ExpenseLogic leads at mid-market.
ExpenseLogic7%#4 of 12
Lightyear2%#7 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Lightyear leads at enterprise.
Lightyear2%#8 of 12
ExpenseLogic0%#11 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about ExpenseLogic

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“brightfin and ExpenseLogic are top choices due to their strong automation, reconciliation, and cost-saving features” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“ExpenseLogic (4.8/5 on Capterra, 31 reviews) and WidePoint (5.0/5, 5 reviews) received notably strong ratings” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“ExpenseLogic and OneBill are standout choices due to their strong ratings, comprehensive features” Mistral Small · paraphrase 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
Also compared
vCom Solutions vs ExpenseLogicvCom Solutions vs LightyearBrightfin vs ExpenseLogicBrightfin vs LightyearGenuity vs ExpenseLogicGenuity vs LightyearExpenseLogic vs LINQ QonnectExpenseLogic vs TemforceExpenseLogic vs SakonLINQ Qonnect vs LightyearTemforce vs LightyearLightyear vs SakonAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full telecom expense mgmt standing

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.