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BlackLine vs Lemon Squeezy

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BlackLine

Software

Finance & accounting automation

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Lemon Squeezy

Software

The all-in-one platform for software businesses

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; Lemon Squeezy acting as merchant of record means Lemon Squeezy takes a percentage transaction fee on every sale on top of payment processing costs, rather than a flat subscription

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which BlackLine and Lemon Squeezy actually diverge.

Attributes where BlackLine and Lemon Squeezy differ
AttributeBlackLineLemon Squeezy
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptiontransaction
Founded2001Unknown

Identical on both: 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 Lemon Squeezy

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 Lemon Squeezy
  • Reconciliationnot Lemon Squeezy
  • Continuous accountingnot Lemon Squeezy

Lemon Squeezy

No use cases recorded yet. See the Lemon Squeezy 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

Lemon Squeezy

  • Acting as merchant of record means Lemon Squeezy takes a percentage transaction fee on every sale on top of payment processing costs, rather than a flat subscription

Pricing, plan by plan

BlackLine

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

Lemon Squeezy

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Lemon Squeezy review.

Which should you pick?

Choose BlackLine if

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

Choose Lemon Squeezy if

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

Lemon Squeezy review

Questions people ask

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