AccountMate vs BlackLine

Likelihood to Recommend

AccountMate is a great product for wholesale and distributors. It manages the inventory cycles comprehensively, from purchasing to stocking, to sales and delivery. There are a great many tools available to manage inventory, properties, and financials. The availability to have third-party add-ons offers even greater opportunities to meet the needs of the end-user.The system is not really suited for certain types of service industries: legal, medical, and those businesses that invoice on time.

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Les Kule

Owner

Friendly Software, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees

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BlackLine is well suited for an organization dealing with high volumes of data or with multiple divisions seeking for integrated reporting and more dynamic analysis and data tracking. It may not be as appropriate for smaller companies with manageable data requirements. Much of the functionality that BlackLine offers may be found as part of a company's existing software packages, though perhaps not with as much functionality or customizability.

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David Tilton

Accounting Manager

WoodgrainPaper & Forest Products, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

AccountMate

BlackLine

Pay calculation

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

AccountMate

BlackLine

Single sign-on capability

AccountMate

BlackLine

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

AccountMate

BlackLine

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Cash management

Bank reconciliation

Expense management

Time tracking

Multi-currency support

Multi-division support

Regulations compliance

Electronic tax filing

Global Financial Support

Intercompany Accounting

Journals and Reconciliations

Enterprise Accounting

Configurable Accounting

Standardized Processes

AccountMate

BlackLine

Inventory tracking

Automatic reordering

Manufacturing module

AccountMate

BlackLine

Pricing

Order entry

Credit card processing

Cost of goods sold

End-to-end order visibility

AccountMate

BlackLine

Plug-ins

Pros

Ease of use
Ability to easily adapt the solution to fit the needs of the end user
Integration of data across different platforms

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Les Kule

Owner

Friendly Software, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees

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Task Management is straightforward. Ownership, review, and approval are straightforward and pretty easy to configure and follow.
Account Reconciliation works similarly. Supporting documents can be attached to a given rec to ease the audit. If balances change after approved, the approval is peeled back.
Integration with our financial system works seamlessly. Configured to run every 4 hours each day, it's helpful to know even when balances change, BlackLine is up-to-date.

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Joshua Henke

Senior Netsuite Admin / Analyst / Developer

Q2ebankingFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Cons

Custom reports: The current system uses Crystal Reports, which is a bit cumbersome.
True cloud-based solution is missing

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Les Kule

Owner

Friendly Software, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees

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Workflow tracking capability in the Compliance module.
The worksheet that is a UDF in the Compliance module could have better functionality. It doesn't have all the capabilities of true Excel, so we don't currently use it. It would be great if we could copy information (including formulas and formatting) into the worksheet.

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Megan Remich

Senior Internal Auditor

PRA GroupFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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BlackLine 8.6

Based on 6 answers

The Blackline team is very innovative and allows coming out with new releases and finding ways to keep up with technology. They really listen to their customers for product improvements.

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Yvette Lightfoot, MBA

Implementation Consultant

RGPAccounting, 5001-10,000 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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BlackLine 9.1

Based on 3 answers

This product is so user friendly. The support staff is so easy to work back & forth with on the blackline community site. The journal module is very easy to master & start using immediately. The account recon module is as well and very user friendly. I would recommend this product to anyone

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Verified User

Manager in Finance and Accounting

Pharmaceuticals Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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BlackLine 8.0

Based on 65 answers

I have not had to use support directly outside of Blackline U and the community (which is very effective!). I have been told by our main administrator who directed the implementation that he is extremely pleased with the support provided - especially as compared to other companies we have support contracts with.

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Verified User

Manager in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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BlackLine 9.1

Based on 3 answers

Change is something you deal with on any new implementation. Users were already experienced with SAP Gen template. This was a new way of doing things so education of everyone was critical to success. Selling folks on this was an easier way to do their job was the key to success

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Verified User

Manager in Finance and Accounting

Pharmaceuticals Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We use AccountMate for a number of reasons, particularly its ease of use and the ability to customize any part of the system (with source code residing on the end-user system--a HUGE advantage).

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Les Kule

Owner

Friendly Software, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees

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BlackLine showed a commitment to continuous innovation and improvement of their product. We are on this accounting transformation journey for the long-haul and we need a business partner that is committed to finding solutions to our problems - Including our problems today and our problems next year. BlackLine has a deep support team and an extensive online training resource that assists with onboarding.

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Verified User

Project Manager in Finance and Accounting

Real Estate Company, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

Allows us to quickly gain insight into the current and past performance of the company

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Les Kule

Owner

Friendly Software, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees

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Matching for bank recs had the biggest impact, as it provided time savings of over 500 hours a month for a total of 30 accountants.
It improved our internal controls by having all accounts tracked, properly approved, all supporting documents attached, which helped to get them reconciled timely.

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Pablo Baez

Sr. Manager Centralized Accounting

Quest DiagnosticsHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

AccountMate

BlackLine

AccountMate

BlackLine

AccountMate

BlackLine

AccountMate

BlackLine

AccountMate

BlackLine

Likelihood to Recommend

AccountMate

BlackLine

Feature Rating Comparison

Pay calculation

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Single sign-on capability

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Cash management

Bank reconciliation

Expense management

Time tracking

Multi-currency support

Multi-division support

Regulations compliance

Electronic tax filing

Global Financial Support

Intercompany Accounting

Journals and Reconciliations

Enterprise Accounting

Configurable Accounting

Standardized Processes

Inventory tracking

Automatic reordering

Manufacturing module

Pricing

Order entry

Credit card processing

Cost of goods sold

End-to-end order visibility

Plug-ins

Pros

AccountMate

BlackLine

Cons

AccountMate

BlackLine

Likelihood to Renew

AccountMate

BlackLine

Usability

AccountMate

BlackLine

Support Rating

AccountMate

BlackLine

Implementation Rating

AccountMate

BlackLine

Alternatives Considered

AccountMate

BlackLine

Return on Investment

AccountMate

BlackLine

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Rating Summary

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