BlackLine vs OneStream | TrustRadius

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Score 8.9 out of 10

Based on 185 reviews and ratings

Score 8.9 out of 10

Based on 20 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

BlackLine

OneStream

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

BlackLine

OneStream

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Report sharing and collaboration

BlackLine

OneStream

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

BlackLine

OneStream

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

BlackLine

OneStream

Multi-User Support (named login)

Role-Based Security Model

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

BlackLine

OneStream

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

BlackLine

OneStream

Long-term financial planning

Financial budgeting

Forecasting

Scenario modeling

Management reporting

BlackLine

OneStream

Financial data consolidation

Journal entries and reports

Multi-currency management

Intercompany Eliminations

Minority Ownership

Local and consolidated reporting

Detailed Audit Trails

BlackLine

OneStream

Financial Statement Reporting

Management Reporting

Excel-based Reporting

Automated board and financial reporting

XBRL support for regulatory filing

BlackLine

OneStream

Personalized dashboards

Color-coded scorecards

KPIs

Cost and profitability analysis

Key Performance Indicator setting

Benchmarking with external data

BlackLine

OneStream

Flat file integration

Excel data integration

Direct links to 3rd-party data sources

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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Easy data integration with multiple data sources.
Same user experience throughout the platform.
The ability to add on to the platform is very good. The platform is designed so that a company can use it as a central source of information. The only limitation to creating new pieces of the platform by a developer is time.

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Process Executive - Risk Management & Position Reporting

BungeFood Production, 10,001+ 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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Dashboards are very useful to business users, but can be time consuming to build.
Best practice documentation, the product is evolving and is relatively new (about 10 years old) so best practices are still be developed and communicated to the OneStream community.
New product feature documentation and examples.

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Michael Gialanella

Senior Director

Archetype ConsultingInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 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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Verified User

Manager in Finance and Accounting

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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No score

No answers yet

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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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OneStream 8.0

Based on 1 answer

Overall usability as an end-user is very easy. There are more people in the system getting information now than the prior platform used. People are gathering their information quicker as well. From an administrator standpoint, there are fewer glitches and issues than the prior platform. This is very good.

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Jonathan Derkits

Senior Analyst – Tax Technologies

VictaulicMechanical Or Industrial Engineering, 1001-5000 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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Verified User

Manager in Finance and Accounting

Higher Education Company, 501-1000 employees

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OneStream 10.0

Based on 1 answer

OneStream is extremely responsive with support.

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Jonathan Derkits

Senior Analyst – Tax Technologies

VictaulicMechanical Or Industrial Engineering, 1001-5000 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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No answers yet

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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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No score

No answers yet

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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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I came from a Company that used HFM for consolidation and reporting. It was pretty much limited to that use only and was always very frustrating as far as processing times and system limitations, so OneStream has so much more to offer as far as functionality, and OneStream is so much more user friendly and beneficial. OneStream has endless options as far as what the tool can be used for, and if it doesn't exist, their team can typically create it for you.

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Verified User

Manager in Corporate

Consumer Goods Company, 1001-5000 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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Significantly reduced the cost of upgrading
Ability to start with a minimum and then scale the environment as needed which is typically due to adding capabilities and users
Reduced IT deployment time due to desktop application deployed from the browser

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Senior Solutions Architect

PerficientInformation Services, 5001-10,000 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

Starting Price

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Required

Starting Price

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