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BlackLine vs Pennylane

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BlackLine

Accounting & Finance

Finance & accounting automation

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Pennylane logo

Pennylane

Accounting & Finance

French tool combining business finances, accounting and a pro account in one platform

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; Pennylane no pricing is displayed on the homepage or linked pricing page; visitors are directed only to a Demarrer maintenant (Start now) signup flow with no published EUR figure

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which BlackLine and Pennylane actually diverge.

Attributes where BlackLine and Pennylane differ
AttributeBlackLinePennylane
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
Founded2001Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Accounting & Finance).

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 Pennylane

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 Pennylane
  • Reconciliationnot Pennylane
  • Continuous accountingnot Pennylane

Pennylane

No use cases recorded yet. See the Pennylane 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

Pennylane

  • No pricing is displayed on the homepage or linked pricing page; visitors are directed only to a Demarrer maintenant (Start now) signup flow with no published EUR figure
  • The product bundles accounting, invoicing and a business bank account together, so buyers cannot subscribe to only one function

Pricing, plan by plan

BlackLine

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

Pennylane

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Pennylane review.

Which should you pick?

Choose BlackLine if

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

Choose Pennylane if

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

Pennylane review

Questions people ask

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