Accounting & Finance · head to head
Fyle vs BlackLine
Fyle
Accounting & Finance
Real-time expense management that works with your cards
- From
- $29/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Fyle billed per active user, defined as anyone who creates an expense or has a connected card with transactions in the month, so headcount does not predict the bill; 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
- They diverge on capability: Fyle covers Real-time card tracking, BlackLine covers Account reconciliation.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Fyle and BlackLine actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price ($29/month), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), 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 Fyle
- Real-time card tracking
- Automatic receipt matching
- Expense policies
- Approval workflows
- Mileage tracking
- QuickBooks
- Xero
- Sage Intacct
Only in BlackLine
- Account reconciliation
- Journal entries
- Task management
- Variance analysis
- Financial close
- SAP
- Oracle
- SOC 1/2
Both cover
- NetSuite
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Fyle
- Expense reporting and corporate card reconciliationnot BlackLine
- Enforcing spend policy and approvals before reimbursementnot BlackLine
BlackLine
- Financial closenot Fyle
- Reconciliationnot Fyle
- Continuous accountingnot Fyle
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Fyle
- Billed per active user, defined as anyone who creates an expense or has a connected card with transactions in the month, so headcount does not predict the bill
- The Growth plan carries a 5 user minimum and the Business plan a 10 user minimum, so the entry cost is set by the floor rather than the team
- API access and the Sage Intacct and NetSuite integrations require a paid tier
- ACH reimbursements and project expense tracking sit above the entry plan
- Both published plans are billed annually
- Enterprise pricing is custom and aimed at organisations with 250 or more employees
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
Pricing, plan by plan
Fyle
$29/month- Standard$8/month
- Real-time card feeds
- Receipt matching
- Basic approvals
- Business$12/month
- Advanced policies
- Custom workflows
- Analytics
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- Unlimited users
- API access
- Priority support
BlackLine
$29/month- EnterpriseFree
- Custom pricing
- Account reconciliation
- Task management
Which should you pick?
Choose Fyle if
- You need real-time card tracking.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want automatic receipt matching.
Questions people ask
- Is Fyle or BlackLine better?
- Neither clearly leads. Fyle starts at $29/month and BlackLine at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Fyle or BlackLine?
- Fyle starts at $29/month and BlackLine at $29/month.
- Does Fyle or BlackLine run on more platforms?
- Fyle runs on Web, Ios, Android. BlackLine runs on Web.
- What is Fyle best used for?
- Fyle is most often used for expense reporting and corporate card reconciliation, enforcing spend policy and approvals before reimbursement. Of those, expense reporting and corporate card reconciliation and enforcing spend policy and approvals before reimbursement are not what BlackLine is typically brought in for.
- What can Fyle do that BlackLine cannot?
- Fyle covers Real-time card tracking, Automatic receipt matching, Expense policies, Approval workflows. BlackLine covers Account reconciliation, Journal entries, Task management, Variance analysis. Both handle NetSuite, Web support.