Envoice vs Lightyear

Envoice is a collaborative platform for automating pre-accounting work, including bill and expense entry, categorization, and recording. Users can send bills and expenses to a personalized invoice inbox or capture paper receipts and bills in its iOS and Android apps. SmartRecord learns to categorize items, and rules can route recurring expenses for multi-level approval. Approval options include conditional routing, parallel or delegated reviews, mobile approval, invoice comments, and an audit trail. Employees can file expense reports and track them in real time, with per diem rates and personal car compensation limits. Users can also create sales invoices, email them to clients, and publish them to accounting software. Listed connections include Xero, QuickBooks Online, Sage Business Cloud Accounting, and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. The service works in a browser and supports administrator-controlled access levels for unlimited team members. Essential costs $10 a month, Business $22 a month, and Enterprise $59 a month. A 14-day free trial is available without a credit card; there is no free plan.

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.