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BlackLine vs TurboTax

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BlackLine

Software

Finance & accounting automation

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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TurboTax

Software

File yourself with clear, step-by-step tools, or hand it to an expert

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; TurboTax do It Yourself federal filing ranges $0 to $149 with state returns billed separately at up to $139, so price rises sharply once a return needs more than the free simple-return tier

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which BlackLine and TurboTax actually diverge.

Attributes where BlackLine and TurboTax differ
AttributeBlackLineTurboTax
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 TurboTax

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 TurboTax
  • Reconciliationnot TurboTax
  • Continuous accountingnot TurboTax

TurboTax

No use cases recorded yet. See the TurboTax 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

TurboTax

  • Do It Yourself federal filing ranges $0 to $149 with state returns billed separately at up to $139, so price rises sharply once a return needs more than the free simple-return tier
  • Expert Assist and Full Service tiers add $89 to $209 or more on top of the DIY price for human review or full preparation

Pricing, plan by plan

BlackLine

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

TurboTax

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the TurboTax review.

Which should you pick?

Choose BlackLine if

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

Choose TurboTax if

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

TurboTax review

Questions people ask

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