Software · head to head
Lexware vs BlackLine
Lexware
Software
Accounting and invoicing software for German small businesses and freelancers
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Lexware prices are tiered by employee count up to 50 Mitarbeitende, and the payroll add-on tiers above the base range are quoted only auf Anfrage (on request), not published (EUR); 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
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Lexware and BlackLine actually diverge.
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 Lexware
Nothing recorded that BlackLine does not also cover.
Only in BlackLine
- Account reconciliation
- Journal entries
- Task management
- Variance analysis
- Financial close
- SAP
- Oracle
- NetSuite
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Lexware
No use cases recorded yet. See the Lexware review.
BlackLine
- Financial closenot Lexware
- Reconciliationnot Lexware
- Continuous accountingnot Lexware
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Lexware
- Prices are tiered by employee count up to 50 Mitarbeitende, and the payroll add-on tiers above the base range are quoted only auf Anfrage (on request), not published (EUR)
- Base plans range from EUR 7.90 to EUR 32.90 per month before VAT, with the introductory 50% discount lasting only 3 months
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
Lexware
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Lexware review.
BlackLine
$29/month- EnterpriseFree
- Custom pricing
- Account reconciliation
- Task management
Which should you pick?
Choose Lexware if
Nothing in the data separates Lexware from BlackLine on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is Lexware or BlackLine better?
- Neither clearly leads. Lexware starts at On request and BlackLine at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Lexware or BlackLine?
- Lexware starts at On request and BlackLine at $29/month.
- Does Lexware or BlackLine run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What can Lexware do that BlackLine cannot?
- BlackLine covers Account reconciliation, Journal entries, Task management, Variance analysis.