Accounting & Finance · head to head
BlackLine vs Conta
Conta
Accounting & Finance
Norwegian accounting software for small and growing businesses
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- On request
- Rated
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: 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; Conta project management, KID numbers on invoices and unlimited e-invoicing are reserved for the higher Smart plan at 339 NOK/month, not included in the 209 NOK/month Standard plan
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which BlackLine and Conta actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Accounting & Finance).
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 BlackLine
- Account reconciliation
- Journal entries
- Task management
- Variance analysis
- Financial close
- SAP
- Oracle
- NetSuite
Only in Conta
Nothing recorded that BlackLine does not also cover.
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
BlackLine
- Financial closenot Conta
- Reconciliationnot Conta
- Continuous accountingnot Conta
Conta
No use cases recorded yet. See the Conta review.
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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
Conta
- Project management, KID numbers on invoices and unlimited e-invoicing are reserved for the higher Smart plan at 339 NOK/month, not included in the 209 NOK/month Standard plan
- Payroll and annual settlement services are not included in either plan and must be purchased as separate add-ons
Pricing, plan by plan
BlackLine
$29/month- EnterpriseFree
- Custom pricing
- Account reconciliation
- Task management
Conta
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Conta review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Conta if
Nothing in the data separates Conta from BlackLine on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is BlackLine or Conta better?
- Neither clearly leads. BlackLine starts at $29/month and Conta at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, BlackLine or Conta?
- BlackLine starts at $29/month and Conta at On request.
- Does BlackLine or Conta run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is BlackLine best used for?
- BlackLine is most often used for financial close, reconciliation, continuous accounting. Of those, financial close and reconciliation are not what Conta is typically brought in for.
- What can BlackLine do that Conta cannot?
- BlackLine covers Account reconciliation, Journal entries, Task management, Variance analysis.