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BlackLine vs MYOB

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BlackLine

Software

Finance & accounting automation

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
MYOB logo

MYOB

Software

Australian accounting and business management software for small and mid-sized 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; MYOB every published price is promotional and reverts to a higher regular rate after an introductory period, for example Business Pro rises from AUD 21/month to AUD 70/month after 6 months

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which BlackLine and MYOB actually diverge.

Attributes where BlackLine and MYOB differ
AttributeBlackLineMYOB
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 MYOB

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 MYOB
  • Reconciliationnot MYOB
  • Continuous accountingnot MYOB

MYOB

No use cases recorded yet. See the MYOB 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

MYOB

  • Every published price is promotional and reverts to a higher regular rate after an introductory period, for example Business Pro rises from AUD 21/month to AUD 70/month after 6 months
  • Adding payroll employees beyond the included allowance costs an extra AUD 3/month per additional employee on top of the plan price

Pricing, plan by plan

BlackLine

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

MYOB

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the MYOB review.

Which should you pick?

Choose BlackLine if

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

Choose MYOB if

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

MYOB review

Questions people ask

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