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Lightyear

byLightyear
in Telecom Expense Management Services, Global
4.7

Overview

Product Information on Lightyear

Updated 30th December 2025

What is Lightyear?

Lightyear is a digital workflow and system-of-record platform that drives efficiency across the full lifecycle of enterprise telecom services, delivering significant time and cost savings. Lightyear's Procurement platform automates RFP creation, quoting, install management, and more for internet, WAN, voice, and colocation services, reducing time spent on procurement materially while network intelligence and pricing data ensure enterprises select the optimal solution at the lowest cost. The Network Inventory Manager creates a digital system of record, tracking 30+ data points per service and automating lifecycle management workflows such as MACD ticketing and renewals. Lightyear’s Expense Management platform provides AI-native automation for telecom billing and payments across all carriers and service types—providing enterprises with full visibility, control, and a single source of truth for telecom expenses within their closed lifecycle management platform.

Lightyear Pricing

Procurement: Free to use Network Inventory Manager: NIM-lite for LY-procured services; SaaS fee for fully managed NIM service Expense Management: SaaS fee tiered by quantity of services onboarded

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Overall experience with Lightyear

Procurement Coordinator
Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees, Education
FAVORABLE

“Increased Visibility And Efficiency ”

4.0
Jul 11, 2025
It was an amazing experience. Lightyear Procurement provides a single pane of glass for managing telecom contracts, invoices, and service performance, giving businesses full visibility into their telecom ecosystem.
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Company Description

Updated 23rd January 2025

Lightyear's software powers the enterprise telecom lifecycle from procurement through renewal. Configure internet, voice, WAN, and data center services online, receive validated best-price quotes and have implementations managed with renewals and ticketing handled behind a single pane of glass. This platform is carrier neutral, transparent, and fast.

Company Details

Updated 8th December 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2019
Head office location
New York, United States
Number of employees
51 - 200
Website
https://lightyear.ai

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Lightyear Likes & Dislikes

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- Identify cost saving opportunities - Provides efficiency - Highly flexible

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Lightyear's extensive knowledge and wide portfolio allows us to achieve implementation results with successful execution in a timely manner and at a cost that saves our team a great deal of money.

Like

Ease of use single place for visibility customer service

Dislike

- Offers limited customization - Complex - Difficult to integrate with existing system

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My only dislikes are that having them take on the work introduces more risk because there is another middleman in the communications, however, Lightyear works diligently to mitigate this. I also dislike that I cannot customize the platform in a way that tailors it more to my specific needs. The platform works great, but there are features I would like to tailor and they can only be accomplished with tags. I honestly cannot think of a third thing I dislike. This company is offering a valuable service.

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contract timing showing options that don't have service at the location on quotes

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4.7

(3 Ratings)

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4.3

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4.7

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  • Procurement Coordinator
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
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    Increased Visibility And Efficiency

    4.0
    Jul 11, 2025
    It was an amazing experience. Lightyear Procurement provides a single pane of glass for managing telecom contracts, invoices, and service performance, giving businesses full visibility into their telecom ecosystem.
  • ANALYST NETWORK ANALYST
    10B+ USD
    Telecommunication
    Review Source

    Lightyear's Role as a Full-Time Engineer Streamlines Operations

    5.0
    Apr 22, 2025
    Lightyear continuously surpasses our expectations. They have taken on the role of a full-time engineer so our engineers can focus on the critical priorities that affect our operations.
  • IT Associate
    <50M USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
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    Revolutionizing Billing Through Consolidation Tactics

    5.0
    Apr 10, 2025
    It is extremely helpful having a single portal that allow us to track everything down contract wise. Billing consolidation is a huge help also.
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