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ADP vs BlackLine

ADP logo

ADP

Software

Always Designing for People

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
BlackLine logo

BlackLine

Software

Finance & accounting automation

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: ADP no pricing is published; every quote is custom and driven by employee count and which services are taken; BlackLine listed on UK G-Cloud 13 at £1,150 to £2,160 per user per year for the public sector, with no free trial offered, per BlackLine's Finance Operations Management Solution pricing document
  • They diverge on capability: ADP covers Payroll, BlackLine covers Account reconciliation.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ADP and BlackLine actually diverge.

Attributes where ADP and BlackLine differ
AttributeADPBlackLine
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded19492001

Identical on both: starting price ($29/month), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in ADP

  • Payroll
  • Tax services
  • HR management
  • Time & attendance
  • Benefits administration
  • QuickBooks
  • Sage
  • Ios support

Only in BlackLine

  • Account reconciliation
  • Journal entries
  • Task management
  • Variance analysis
  • Financial close
  • SAP
  • NetSuite

Both cover

  • Oracle
  • SOC 1/2
  • ISO 27001
  • Web support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

ADP

  • Payroll processing and tax filingnot BlackLine
  • HR administration and employee recordsnot BlackLine
  • Time and attendance trackingnot BlackLine
  • Benefits administrationnot BlackLine
  • Talent management on the mid-market and enterprise productsnot BlackLine

BlackLine

  • Financial closenot ADP
  • Reconciliationnot ADP
  • Continuous accountingnot ADP

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

ADP

  • No pricing is published; every quote is custom and driven by employee count and which services are taken
  • Split into three separate products by company size, RUN for 1 to 49 employees, Workforce Now for 50 and above, and Lyric HCM for enterprise, so growing across a threshold means changing product rather than plan

BlackLine

  • Listed on UK G-Cloud 13 at £1,150 to £2,160 per user per year for the public sector, with no free trial offered, per BlackLine's Finance Operations Management Solution pricing document

Pricing, plan by plan

ADP

$29/month
  • Essential$79/month
    • Payroll
    • Tax filing
    • Direct deposit
  • Enhanced$139/month
    • HR tools
    • Background checks
    • Job posting

BlackLine

$29/month
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Custom pricing
    • Account reconciliation
    • Task management

Which should you pick?

Choose ADP if

  • You need payroll.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want tax services.
ADP review

Choose BlackLine if

  • You need account reconciliation.
  • You also want journal entries.
BlackLine review

Questions people ask

Is ADP or BlackLine better?
Neither clearly leads. ADP starts at $29/month and BlackLine at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, ADP or BlackLine?
ADP starts at $29/month and BlackLine at $29/month.
Does ADP or BlackLine run on more platforms?
ADP runs on Web, Ios, Android. BlackLine runs on Web.
What is ADP best used for?
ADP is most often used for payroll processing and tax filing, hr administration and employee records, time and attendance tracking, benefits administration. Of those, payroll processing and tax filing and hr administration and employee records are not what BlackLine is typically brought in for.
What can ADP do that BlackLine cannot?
ADP covers Payroll, Tax services, HR management, Time & attendance. BlackLine covers Account reconciliation, Journal entries, Task management, Variance analysis. Both handle Oracle, SOC 1/2, ISO 27001, Web support.
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