BlackLine vs FloQast | TrustRadius

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Score 8.9 out of 10

Based on 185 reviews and ratings

Score 9.4 out of 10

Based on 19 reviews and ratings

Pros

Integrated reporting features are extremely helpful to do quick and customized analysis
Visibility to task and process status across the organization allows us to identify and focus on our biggest pain points and areas of improvement
Near seamless integration with existing reporting software and ERP systems makes it easier to use real-time data rather than waiting on periodic reports and processes to analyze data

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Accounting Manager

WoodgrainPaper & Forest Products, 1001-5000 employees

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Efficient and reliable close - We can "breeze" through and quickly close.
Great UI - Now able to make changes line by line during the close/add notes/tasks etc.

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Accounting Supervisor

Rise Consulting GroupAccounting, 1-10 employees

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Cons

The User Interface is clunky and strange to navigate. It's fluid somehow at the same time. Perhaps organization efforts would help.
Their Support organization could use training. I've had too many frustrating conversations because of (or about) basic communication skills. They're all very polite, in my experience, but lacking in basics (e.g. come prepared to a meeting/call). I've explicitly and constructively shared this with them with almost no change.

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Senior Netsuite Admin / Analyst / Developer

Q2ebankingFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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I'd like to have export capability in analytics.
I'd like to be able to edit reconciliations on the fly just like checklist items.

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Verified User

Vice-President in Finance and Accounting

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

BlackLine 9.0

Based on 8 answers

To continue to enjoy and leverage on the automation functionalities BlackLine offers for this process.
Make more gains on running this process efficiently and keep our Finance Teams on high-end value addition projects
With a foreseeable increase in transaction volumes when activities pick up, we need a tool we can really on to handle the volume

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Manager in Finance and Accounting

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

BlackLine 8.8

Based on 47 answers

There are some processes that we currently use that cannot be done in BlackLine. Our users don't want to change their processes or learn new processes even though it would make their jobs easier. We have very few users who have adopted BlackLine fully, and management has not made it a requirement to use the application.

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Jennifer Nicholoff

BlackLine Application Administrator / Senior Accountant II

Expedia, Inc.Leisure, Travel & Tourism, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

BlackLine 8.8

Based on 174 answers

When needed they are there. In 3 years we haven't needed much with regards to support after our implementation. That being said I feel scheduled consulting and personal reach outs would go a long way to helping support customers as new features and opportunities are pushed out.

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Manager in Finance and Accounting

Higher Education Company, 501-1000 employees

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FloQast 9.9

Based on 10 answers

Our experience with Customer Support has been great. We have not had any issues in communication nor in assistance from the customer service team. They have always been helpful in assisting us with either technical issues, set up of new users, simple questions regarding updates or complicated ones about integrations.

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Team Lead in Corporate

Financial Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Online Training

BlackLine 9.0

Based on 1 answer

Trainings are available for all topics on the BlackLine U portal. These were incredibly helpful when first starting with BlackLine to get the hang of it. Trainings are useful for any module. I have personally used this to teach myself how to use the tasks and variance modules, which are now fully utilized by my organization. The support team is also very helpful in training our team on anything additional we have needed.

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Matt Gustus, CPA

Senior Accountant

Casa Systems, Inc.Telecommunications, 501-1000 employees

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Implementation Rating

BlackLine 9.1

Based on 6 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

Blackline outperformed both FloQast and Vena in our RFP. The staff felt that Blackline was the most user-friendly. Both FloQast and Vena try to sell you on linking to already saved documents instead of saving documents onto their systems. They're both more of an Excel Add-On. We felt that Blackline allowed more flexibility and I actually like the idea of having support saved in the reconciliation system. Also, you don't necessarily need Excel experience to use it and we have some staff (non-accountants) that we wanted to use the system to track grants, claim submission due dates, etc., not related to month-end close. These staff members easily grasped Blackline but struggled with Vena and FloQast.

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Chief Financial Officer

Choices Coordinated Care SolutionsCivic & Social Organization, 201-500 employees

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FloQast stacks up extremely well to BlackLine, at a fraction of the cost. While BlackLine may have more top-end options, much of it is not applicable to the mid-market space. FloQast would instantly provide a significant boost to any mid-market company, while BlackLine would be akin to "taking a rocket-ship to the grocery store".FloQast is simply the better option.

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Manager in Finance and Accounting

Accounting Company, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

Our organization manages our whole accounting and financial lifecycle in this one unified, secure, and efficient system, as well as easily receiving a wider picture of tasks and processes.
It completely automates our intercompany reconciliation and bank reconciliation process as well as eliminates the need for excel.

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Business Consultant

DeloitteManagement Consulting, 10,001+ employees

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Helped us streamline our monthly close process which helped with year end
Helped get eyes on accounts that were somewhat ignored previously
The Google Drive integration has been helpful for working remotely

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Verified User

Employee in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 51-200 employees

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