Telecom expense management · November 2026 Edition
LINQ Qonnect vs Lightyear
Zero of fourteen models named LINQ Qonnect first on the direct prompt; zero named Lightyear. LINQ Qonnect was named by nine of the fourteen models and Lightyear by twelve and LINQ Qonnect carries 15 labels and Lightyear 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.
LINQ Qonnect
accepted challengerNamed in one category this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
First-choice share4%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#5#7A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels1519A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, LINQ Qonnect 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 LINQ Qonnect · vCom Solutions vs Lightyear · Brightfin vs LINQ Qonnect
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.
LINQ QonnectFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLightyear
Direct00
Paraphrase20
Comparative00
Budget-constrained01
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where LINQ Qonnect and Lightyear stood in it.
| Model | DirectLQ | ParaphraseLQ | ComparativeLQ | Budget-constrainedLQ | Scale-constrainedLQ | NegativeLQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | LQ | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | ||||
| Perplexity Sonar | | LQ | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||
| Mistral Small | LQ | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | LQ | |||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | LQ | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | ||||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | ||||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | LQ | LQ | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | LQ |
LQ LINQ Qonnect LightyearLQ first choiceLQ named as an alternativeLQ argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, LINQ Qonnect on the left and Lightyear on the right.
LightyearLQ first choiceLQ named as an alternativeLQ argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, LINQ Qonnect on the left and Lightyear on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where LINQ Qonnect and Lightyear stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 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
Neither was named
12 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
Grok 4.20Brightfin alternatives: ExpenseLogic, Genuity, Mobil, zLinq
Mistral SmallBrightfin, ExpenseLogic alternatives: Motus
DeepSeek V4 FlashExpenseLogic alternatives: Brightfin, Temforce
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashBrightfin, Tangoe One Telecom alternatives: ExpenseLogic, Mobil
Kimi K2vCom Solutions alternatives: Brightfin, ExpenseLogic, Tangoe One Telecom
GLM 4.7 FlashXExpenseLogic, OneBill alternatives: Brightfin, Motus, Temforce
MiniMax M2.5Brightfin alternatives: ExpenseLogic, vManager
GPT-6 LunaClearview alternatives: Upland Cimpl, vCom Solutions
Muse Glimmer 30BMindglobal, vCom Solutions alternatives: Brightfin, Calero, ExpenseLogic, Valicom
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 seven points.
Lightyear9%#2 of 15LINQ Qonnect2%#10 of 15
The full small business standing →Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: LINQ Qonnect leads at mid-market.
LINQ Qonnect4%#5 of 12
Lightyear2%#7 of 12Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
LINQ Qonnect2%#– of 12
Lightyear2%#8 of 12What the models said about LINQ Qonnect
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“vComSolutions or LINQ Qonnect are the most cited fits ... LINQ Qonnect for simplified mobile billing, savings guarantees” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“brightfin (formerly MobilityCentral) or LINQ Qonnect would be my top recommendations” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Best for a wireless-heavy environment seeking mobile inventory, device tracking, historical invoices, reports, and managed support.” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · alternative
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 LINQ QonnectvCom Solutions vs LightyearBrightfin vs LINQ QonnectBrightfin vs LightyearGenuity vs LINQ QonnectGenuity vs LightyearExpenseLogic vs LINQ QonnectExpenseLogic vs LightyearLINQ Qonnect vs TemforceLINQ Qonnect vs SakonTemforce 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.