Software · head to head
BlackLine vs Lexware
Lexware
Software
Accounting and invoicing software for German small businesses and freelancers
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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; Lexware prices are tiered by employee count up to 50 Mitarbeitende, and the payroll add-on tiers above the base range are quoted only auf Anfrage (on request), not published (EUR)
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which BlackLine and Lexware actually diverge.
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 Lexware
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 Lexware
- Reconciliationnot Lexware
- Continuous accountingnot Lexware
Lexware
No use cases recorded yet. See the Lexware 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
Lexware
- Prices are tiered by employee count up to 50 Mitarbeitende, and the payroll add-on tiers above the base range are quoted only auf Anfrage (on request), not published (EUR)
- Base plans range from EUR 7.90 to EUR 32.90 per month before VAT, with the introductory 50% discount lasting only 3 months
Pricing, plan by plan
BlackLine
$29/month- EnterpriseFree
- Custom pricing
- Account reconciliation
- Task management
Lexware
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Lexware review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Lexware if
Nothing in the data separates Lexware from BlackLine on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is BlackLine or Lexware better?
- Neither clearly leads. BlackLine starts at $29/month and Lexware at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, BlackLine or Lexware?
- BlackLine starts at $29/month and Lexware at On request.
- Does BlackLine or Lexware 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 Lexware is typically brought in for.
- What can BlackLine do that Lexware cannot?
- BlackLine covers Account reconciliation, Journal entries, Task management, Variance analysis.