Azopio vs Lightyear

Azopio combines invoice capture, approval workflows, and financial-document management for small and medium businesses. Invoices arrive by email or upload, and the service extracts supplier, amount, and date information. Approval rules can route invoices based on supplier or amount, with status tracked in real time. Financial documents are kept centrally and can be searched using filters and metadata. The Azopio Snap app lets users photograph receipts and send them to an account on iOS or Android. For accounting, Azopio can synchronize with QuickBooks and produce customized Excel exports. Listed integrations also include Zoho Books, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, Cegid Loop, and Agicap. Plans vary in monthly document limits, AI-query allowances, email bill fetchers, integrations, workflow complexity, and API access. The service offers a 14-day free trial without requiring a credit card, but no free plan. Azopio says data transfers use TLS and HTTPS and that personal-data hosting servers are located in the European Union. Documents are retained for 10 years while a subscription is valid; certain accounts without paid subscriptions may be deleted with their stored documents.

Lightyear is an accounts payable, purchase order and expense management platform for automating finance administration. It extracts invoice data, supports approval workflows and statement reconciliation, and keeps searchable documents for archiving and reporting. Teams can create and approve purchase orders, record goods received and match orders and receipt notes against supplier bills. Its iOS and Android apps support document capture, approvals and collaboration; mobile approvals require Double Approval or higher in company settings. Lightyear offers API and integration options for accounting software, ERPs and other finance systems, with an additional monthly fee possible depending on requirements. Essentials costs $199 a month for 125 credits, while Standard costs $319 a month for 250 credits. Exported invoices, supplier statements and purchase orders use one credit each; an employee expense report uses three. Browser uploads are limited to 10 MB and supported image and document formats. There is no free plan, but a 30-day trial is listed. The maker is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.