Line-item extraction
Captures supplier, totals, and line items from emailed invoices automatically.
Accounts payable automation that extracts line-item invoice data and syncs it to accounting software.
Lightyear is an accounts payable automation platform that extracts header and line-item data from emailed bills, credit notes, and statements. It matches invoices to purchase orders, routes them through approval workflows, reconciles supplier statements, flags duplicates, and verifies bank details before syncing approved data to accounting and POS systems. Finance teams, bookkeepers, and AP staff in hospitality, construction, healthcare, and retail use Lightyear to cut manual data entry and keep invoices archived and searchable.
Claire B.
Management accounting
“Liked that it suits all skill levels, shows key details on one screen, and offers reports, search, archiving, and duplicate flags. Found VAT cannot be edited manually and processing sometimes loops.”
Lawrence D.
Finance Assistant
“Liked the keyword, product, and description rules that speed up invoice processing. Found that smart extraction can misread amounts on large invoices with many lines.”
Amanda O.
Accounts Manager
“Liked the quick invoice processing, reduced manual entry, ease of use, and accurate smart extraction. Found that figures entered as line items get rounded and need manual correction.”
Claudia Q.
Accounts
“Liked how promptly and effectively the support team resolves any issues whenever they come up during daily invoice work. Noted no major drawbacks.”
Joanna S.
Owner
“Liked the excellent support and versatile software that improves based on user requests, compared with a previous system. Noted no major drawbacks.”
Rebecca B.
Accountant
“Liked the automation that saves considerable time and the support that helped map invoices during onboarding. Found the initial setup took some time.”
Melanie W.
AP
“Liked the simpler bill processing and approvals, easy status tracking, and improved accuracy. Found a learning curve in workflow setup and wanted more reporting and approval customization.”
Cathryn F.
Senior Administrator
“Liked the responsive support and overall quality of the product. Found that one Xero file cannot be linked to multiple company accounts.”
Mario C.
Operations manager
“Liked that invoice approval is clear, quick, and reliable. Found the broader feature set unnecessary for someone who only approves invoices.”
Annette P.
Finance Officer
“Liked that the approval process keeps all required staff informed and that the tool is easy to use. Found mapping laborious at times, though easier with experience.”
Matthew C.
Accounts Payable Supervisor
“Liked the ease of use, removal of paper and scanning costs, quick support, and value for training new staff. Found the integration process daunting at first.”
Dolly F.
Purchase Ledger Lead
“Liked faster invoice processing, fewer keying errors, easy approvals for non-finance staff, and simple archive retrieval. Found VAT rounding cannot match supplier invoices and wanted approver filters.”
Pauline T.
Finance and Administration Officer
“Liked the intuitive purchase order system and automated approvals with two-way matching. Found the tabs and workflows took time to learn and wanted a free in-person follow-up session.”
Hazel K.
Accounts Payable Administrator
“Liked status tracking for managers, departmental reports, PO and statement matching, and fast support. Found updates sometimes force logouts and some POs need manual closing each month.”
Sue W.
Finance Officer
“Liked the proactive support, ease of use, archiving, and PO and statement modules that save time over manual entry. Noted no major drawbacks.”
Elisma H.
Finance and Accounts Administrator
“Liked how well it integrates with other systems for invoices, approvals, and POs. Found POs cannot convert into invoices and rounding errors do not carry into QuickBooks.”
Shaun S.
Weighbridge Admin Assistant
“Liked raising POs quickly and the automatic supplier emails after approval. Found the form resets after attaching a quote and some tab names are misleading.”
Anna C.
Accountant
“Liked the easy connection to accounting software for importing invoices. Found that pre-recorded online training for unused features would help.”
Francesca H.
Accounts Payable
“Liked the easy onboarding, simple approvals, remote working support, and time saved for the AP team. Found VAT rounding differences cause import errors, though workarounds exist.”
Leslie L.
Finance
“Liked the easy navigation, organized details, and responsive support. Found the system sometimes captures the wrong information, so double-checking is needed.”
Bookkeepers and accountants
Fast receipt and invoice data capture
Multi-step approvals
Detailed approval workflows for Xero and QuickBooks
US small businesses
Combines AP automation with built-in payments
Global payables
Supplier payments and tax compliance at scale