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BlackLine

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4.5
Market Presence: Financial Close and Consolidation Solutions, Financial Reconciliation Solutions

Overview

Product Information on BlackLine

Updated 13th October 2025

What is BlackLine?

BlackLine software is designed to automate and streamline financial close and accounting processes for businesses. The software provides solutions for account reconciliation, transaction matching, journal entry, and task management, enabling organizations to centralize and standardize their workflows. BlackLine software assists in improving accuracy, increasing visibility, and reducing manual efforts in financial operations. By offering real-time data access and configurable controls, the software supports compliance and audit preparation while helping mitigate risks associated with manual spreadsheets and siloed data. The software addresses the challenges of process inefficiency and lack of transparency in financial close management for enterprises.

BlackLine Pricing

BlackLine software uses a subscriptionbased pricing model where fees are determined based on factors such as the number of users and modules selected. The software offers various modules for financial close automation and other accounting processes with pricing tailored to business requirements and volume. Custom quotes are generally provided following an assessment of organizational needs.

Overall experience with BlackLine

Finance Associate
3B - 10B USD, Energy and Utilities
FAVORABLE

“Automation With BlackLine Frees Accountants For Higher Value Tasks But Module Costs A Little High”

5.0
Feb 24, 2026
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GLOBAL ACCOUNTING & TREASURY SERVICES LE
30B + USD, Consumer Goods
CRITICAL

“High Costs and Outmoded Features Do Not Meet Modern Accounting Expectations”

3.0
Sep 10, 2025
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About Company

Company Description

Updated 25th July 2024

BlackLine is a publicly-traded company known for addressing traditional accounting challenges. It leverages a cloud-based financial operations management platform to enhance the efficiencies of financial departments. The primary objective of BlackLine is to modernize accounting procedures by consolidating the data and processes along with automating mundane activities. This also ensures accountability through comprehensive visibility. BlackLine provides comprehensive solutions for managing and automating various activities like financial close, accounts receivable, and intercompany accounts. They cater to both large and midsize corporations across various industries to help optimize accounting procedures. BlackLine operates globally with its main operations sprawled across several business hubs such as Los Angeles, New York, the San Francisco Bay area, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Singapore, and Sydney.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2001
Head office location
Woodland Hills, United States
Number of employees
1001 - 5000
Website
https://www.blackline.com

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Peer Discussions

What Your Peers Are Saying About BlackLine

Director of Finance
Does anyone have experience implementing transaction matching module from Blackline to further automate balance sheet accounts reconciliations? I would appreciate any insights from anyone using it.
Chief Accounting Officer
It's been awhile but team used the function at a previous company. It took a bit of work to set up and I believe we paid per transaction possibly? This has been a few years but I recall it being expensive but useful in speeding up reconciliations for cash. 
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10 Oct 2024552 Views1 Comment
VP of Finance
In the future we plan to implement a close management system like Blackline or Trintech.  As we standardize our process and policy in preparation. Will you share examples of Journal Entry policies and templates that align with the templates provided by these systems?
CFO
The implementation team generally provide standard templates and JV policies which company needs to review and provide their feedback to align with it standard processes and policies. The implementation team can then customize the system to neet the company requirements.
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BlackLine Reviews and Ratings

4.5

(574 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
58%
4 Star
38%
3 Star
3%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?
  • Finance Associate
    1B-10B USD
    Energy and Utilities
    Review Source

    Automation With BlackLine Frees Accountants For Higher Value Tasks But Module Costs A Little High

    5.0
    Feb 24, 2026
    We have had the best experience with BlackLine! So much so, we were invited to present our success around Matching at BTB 2022, which was a huge honor.
  • Finance Associate
    1B-10B USD
    Energy and Utilities
    Review Source

    Automation With BlackLine Frees Accountants For Higher Value Tasks But Module Costs A Little High

    5.0
    Feb 24, 2026
    We have had the best experience with BlackLine! So much so, we were invited to present our success around Matching at BTB 2022, which was a huge honor.
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User Sentiment About BlackLine
Reviewer Insights for: BlackLine
Performance of BlackLine Across Market Features

BlackLine Likes & Dislikes

Like

I like the amount of time we have been able to give back to our accountants for higher value tasks. The automation and optimization that BlackLine has helped us accomplish has been incredible!

Like

I like the amount of time we have been able to give back to our accountants for higher value tasks. The automation and optimization that BlackLine has helped us accomplish has been incredible!

Like

I like the amount of time we have been able to give back to our accountants for higher value tasks. The automation and optimization that BlackLine has helped us accomplish has been incredible!

Dislike

Limited flexibility if using standalone modules, not fully attending more updated ways of working. Still using old styles of reports accounting.

Dislike

Limited flexibility if using standalone modules, not fully attending more updated ways of working. Still using old styles of reports accounting.

Dislike

Limited flexibility if using standalone modules, not fully attending more updated ways of working. Still using old styles of reports accounting.