Transparency alternatives to Lightyear
Other Accounting vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Lightyear does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 66 that differ from Lightyear on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Lightyear has 9 gaps in what we could measure: Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Status page with history, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116), Notice before subprocessors change, Named privacy contact. The column “publishes and Lightyear does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Lightyear does not | Lightyear publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odooodoo.com | 48/100 | 4 Data location stated, Status page with history, security.txt (RFC 9116), +1 | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| AccountKitaccount-kit.com | 61/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Certifications named | nothing | Compare |
| Acodeiacodei.com | 52/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, No third-party tracking before consent, Notice before subprocessors change | 1 HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Xeroxero.com | 36/100 | 3 Data location stated, Status page with history, Certifications named | 2 Data processing agreement, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Zervantzervant.com | 36/100 | 2 Data location stated, Named privacy contact | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Clear Booksclearbooks.co.uk | 30/100 | 2 Status page with history, security.txt (RFC 9116) | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| FreeAgentfreeagent.com | 30/100 | 2 Status page with history, security.txt (RFC 9116) | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Holdedholded.com | 29/100 | 2 Data location stated, Named privacy contact | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Billbill.com | 26/100 | 2 Certifications named, Named privacy contact | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Billomatbillomat.com | 26/100 | 2 Data location stated, Named privacy contact | 2 Data processing agreement, Public pricing | Compare |
| Meliomelio.com | 26/100 | 2 Certifications named, Named privacy contact | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Candiscandis.io | 22/100 | 2 Status page with history, Named privacy contact | 2 Data processing agreement, Public pricing | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.