Genuity vs Lightyear
Zero of fourteen models named Genuity first on the direct prompt; zero named Lightyear. Genuity was named by nine of the fourteen models and Lightyear by twelve and Genuity carries 15 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
GenuityFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLightyear
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Genuity and Lightyear were named in the same answer twenty-five times, of the 52 answers naming Genuity and the 66 naming Lightyear. In those answers Lightyear took the first choice five times and Genuity fourteen.
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 | |
Genuity Lightyear first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Genuity on the left and Lightyear on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
11 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
Genuity35%#1 of 15Lightyear9%#2 of 15Lightyear2%#8 of 12Genuity0%#– of 12What the models said about Genuity
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Reasonable for smaller organizations, but likely to be outgrown by companies with complex, large-scale telecom environments.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Genuity stands out as the best telecom expense management (TEM) platform for a company with a limited budget” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice
“the best telecom expense management platform for a company with a limited budget is Genuity” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: Genuity ... most budget-friendly comprehensive TEM solution” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget 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.