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Telecom expense management · October 2026 Edition

Lightyear vs Mindglobal

Three of fourteen models named Lightyear first on the direct prompt; one named Mindglobal. Lightyear was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Mindglobal by seven and Lightyear carries 30 labels and Mindglobal 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Lightyear

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Mindglobal

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share12%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels3013A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Lightyear reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.vCom Solutions was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Genuity vs Lightyear · Genuity vs Mindglobal · Lightyear vs vCom Solutions

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.
LightyearFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMindglobal
Direct311 against Lightyear
Paraphrase33
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained01
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.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Lightyear and Mindglobal were named in the same answer eleven times, of the 71 answers naming Lightyear and the 25 naming Mindglobal. In those answers Mindglobal took the first choice two times and Lightyear two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Lightyear and Mindglobal stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Lightyear Mindglobal first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Lightyear on the left and Mindglobal on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Lightyear and Mindglobal stood in it.

Lightyear first, Mindglobal an alternative

3 of 14 modelsMindglobal was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Lightyear alternatives: Cimpl, Tangoe One Telecom, Valicom's Clearview, vCom Solutions
Gemini 3.5 FlashLightyear alternatives: Brightfin, Mindglobal, vCom Solutions, vManager
Muse Glimmer 30BLightyear alternatives: Brightfin, Calero, Mindglobal, vCom Solutions

Mindglobal first, Lightyear an alternative

1 of 14 modelsLightyear was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
DeepSeek V4 FlashMindglobal, vCom Solutions alternatives: Cimpl, Lightyear, Valicom

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.
Perplexity SonarBrightfin alternatives: Clearview, Lightyear, vCom Solutions
GLM 4.7 FlashXUpland Cimpl alternatives: Calero, Ginger Telecom, Lightyear, Stratix, Tangoe One Telecom

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniCalero alternatives: Sakon, Tangoe One Telecom, Valicom Clearview
Grok 4.1 FastSakon, vCom Solutions alternatives: Calero, Genuity, Valicom
Mistral SmallClearSight TEMs, LINQ Qonnect
Llama 4 MaverickClearSight TEMs alternatives: LINQ Qonnect
Qwen 3.7 FlashBrightfin alternatives: RadiusPoint, vCom Solutions
Kimi K2Calero alternatives: Asignet, Tellennium, vCom Solutions
MiniMax M2.5no first choice
GPT-6 LunaClearview alternatives: Brightfin, Genuity

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 twelve points.
Lightyear12%#2 of 9
Mindglobal0%#– of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Lightyear leads by two points.
Lightyear12%#2 of 8
Mindglobal10%#4 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Lightyear leads by four points.
Lightyear4%#7 of 10
Mindglobal0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Lightyear

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“it has far fewer reviews, so I'd treat it as a newer option rather than the safest default” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · soft negative
“Highly rated for mid-market and SMB companies, offering robust telecom expense management (TEM) with low service tiers that make it accessible for mid-sized businesses.” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I would recommend Lightyear if you want a TEM/wireless expense management platform that is explicitly positioned for *SMB and mid-market* organizations” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Lightyear is a strong choice because it connects procurement, inventory tracking, and expense management in a unified platform” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Mindglobal

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“vCom Solutions / Tellennium / Mindglobal: Highly regarded for providing a strong managed service layer specifically tailored to mid-market organizations” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“MindGlobal and vCom are the strongest all-around choices” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“I recommend MindGlobal as the top choice” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.