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BlackLine vs Fortnox

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BlackLine

Software

Finance & accounting automation

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Fortnox

Software

Swedish cloud accounting and business platform for bookkeeping, invoicing and payroll

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; Fortnox corporate packages alone span at least 7 named tiers (Mini through Stor+) priced from 209 kr/man to 919 kr/man, and add-on programs are billed separately per module (SEK)

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which BlackLine and Fortnox actually diverge.

Attributes where BlackLine and Fortnox differ
AttributeBlackLineFortnox
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 Fortnox

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 Fortnox
  • Reconciliationnot Fortnox
  • Continuous accountingnot Fortnox

Fortnox

No use cases recorded yet. See the Fortnox 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

Fortnox

  • Corporate packages alone span at least 7 named tiers (Mini through Stor+) priced from 209 kr/man to 919 kr/man, and add-on programs are billed separately per module (SEK)
  • The Fortnox Access verification tier is priced by transaction volume, rising from 9 kr/man at zero verifications to 199 kr/man at 1000+ verifications (SEK), so cost is not fixed and scales with usage

Pricing, plan by plan

BlackLine

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

Fortnox

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Fortnox review.

Which should you pick?

Choose BlackLine if

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

Choose Fortnox if

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

Fortnox review

Questions people ask

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