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BlackLine vs Tripletex

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BlackLine

Accounting & Finance

Finance & accounting automation

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Tripletex

Accounting & Finance

Norwegian cloud accounting and ERP system for bookkeeping, invoicing and payroll

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; Tripletex every tier from Basis (from 199 kr/mnd) up to Komplett (from 649 kr/mnd) only includes 500 bilag (vouchers) per year before overage fees apply (NOK)

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which BlackLine and Tripletex actually diverge.

Attributes where BlackLine and Tripletex differ
AttributeBlackLineTripletex
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Founded2001Unknown

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), 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 Tripletex

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 Tripletex
  • Reconciliationnot Tripletex
  • Continuous accountingnot Tripletex

Tripletex

No use cases recorded yet. See the Tripletex 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

Tripletex

  • Every tier from Basis (from 199 kr/mnd) up to Komplett (from 649 kr/mnd) only includes 500 bilag (vouchers) per year before overage fees apply (NOK)
  • Payroll functionality is not included in the base tiers and is billed separately at 65 kr per payroll user per month, with only 1 payroll user included even on Pro and Komplett (NOK)

Pricing, plan by plan

BlackLine

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

Tripletex

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Tripletex review.

Which should you pick?

Choose BlackLine if

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

Choose Tripletex if

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

Tripletex review

Questions people ask

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