Software · head to head
BlackLine vs Fyle
Fyle
Software
Real-time expense management that works with your cards
- From
- $29/month
- Rated
- -
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; Fyle billed per active user, defined as anyone who creates an expense or has a connected card with transactions in the month, so headcount does not predict the bill
- They diverge on capability: BlackLine covers Account reconciliation, Fyle covers Real-time card tracking.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which BlackLine and Fyle actually diverge.
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 BlackLine
- Account reconciliation
- Journal entries
- Task management
- Variance analysis
- Financial close
- SAP
- Oracle
- SOC 1/2
Only in Fyle
- Real-time card tracking
- Automatic receipt matching
- Expense policies
- Approval workflows
- Mileage tracking
- QuickBooks
- Xero
- Sage Intacct
Both cover
- NetSuite
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
BlackLine
- Financial closenot Fyle
- Reconciliationnot Fyle
- Continuous accountingnot Fyle
Fyle
- Expense reporting and corporate card reconciliationnot BlackLine
- Enforcing spend policy and approvals before reimbursementnot BlackLine
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
Fyle
- Billed per active user, defined as anyone who creates an expense or has a connected card with transactions in the month, so headcount does not predict the bill
- The Growth plan carries a 5 user minimum and the Business plan a 10 user minimum, so the entry cost is set by the floor rather than the team
- API access and the Sage Intacct and NetSuite integrations require a paid tier
- ACH reimbursements and project expense tracking sit above the entry plan
- Both published plans are billed annually
- Enterprise pricing is custom and aimed at organisations with 250 or more employees
Pricing, plan by plan
BlackLine
$29/month- EnterpriseFree
- Custom pricing
- Account reconciliation
- Task management
Fyle
$29/month- Standard$8/month
- Real-time card feeds
- Receipt matching
- Basic approvals
- Business$12/month
- Advanced policies
- Custom workflows
- Analytics
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- Unlimited users
- API access
- Priority support
Which should you pick?
Choose Fyle if
- You need real-time card tracking.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want automatic receipt matching.
Questions people ask
- Is BlackLine or Fyle better?
- Neither clearly leads. BlackLine starts at $29/month and Fyle at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, BlackLine or Fyle?
- BlackLine starts at $29/month and Fyle at $29/month.
- Does BlackLine or Fyle run on more platforms?
- BlackLine runs on Web. Fyle runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- 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 Fyle is typically brought in for.
- What can BlackLine do that Fyle cannot?
- BlackLine covers Account reconciliation, Journal entries, Task management, Variance analysis. Fyle covers Real-time card tracking, Automatic receipt matching, Expense policies, Approval workflows. Both handle NetSuite, Web support.