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BlackLine vs Fiken

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BlackLine

Software

Finance & accounting automation

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Fiken logo

Fiken

Software

Norwegian accounting software for sole proprietors and small companies

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

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; Fiken core functions beyond basic bookkeeping are unbundled add-ons billed separately, including bank connection, API access and payroll at 69-99 kr/month each on top of the 219 kr/month base plan (NOK)

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which BlackLine and Fiken actually diverge.

Attributes where BlackLine and Fiken differ
AttributeBlackLineFiken
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Founded2001Unknown

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web), 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 BlackLine

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

Only in Fiken

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 Fiken
  • Reconciliationnot Fiken
  • Continuous accountingnot Fiken

Fiken

No use cases recorded yet. See the Fiken 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

Fiken

  • Core functions beyond basic bookkeeping are unbundled add-ons billed separately, including bank connection, API access and payroll at 69-99 kr/month each on top of the 219 kr/month base plan (NOK)
  • Tax filing is a separate annual add-on costing 1,290 kr for sole proprietors or 1,590 kr for AS companies, not included in the monthly subscription (NOK)

Pricing, plan by plan

BlackLine

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

Fiken

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Fiken review.

Which should you pick?

Choose BlackLine if

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

Choose Fiken if

Nothing in the data separates Fiken from BlackLine on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Fiken review

Questions people ask

Is BlackLine or Fiken better?
Neither clearly leads. BlackLine starts at $29/month and Fiken at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, BlackLine or Fiken?
BlackLine starts at $29/month and Fiken at On request.
Does BlackLine or Fiken 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 Fiken is typically brought in for.
What can BlackLine do that Fiken cannot?
BlackLine covers Account reconciliation, Journal entries, Task management, Variance analysis.
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