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MYOB vs BlackLine

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MYOB

Software

Australian accounting and business management software for small and mid-sized businesses

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
BlackLine logo

BlackLine

Software

Finance & accounting automation

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: MYOB every published price is promotional and reverts to a higher regular rate after an introductory period, for example Business Pro rises from AUD 21/month to AUD 70/month after 6 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

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which MYOB and BlackLine actually diverge.

Attributes where MYOB and BlackLine differ
AttributeMYOBBlackLine
Starting priceOn request$29/month
FoundedUnknown2001

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 MYOB

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.

MYOB

No use cases recorded yet. See the MYOB review.

BlackLine

  • Financial closenot MYOB
  • Reconciliationnot MYOB
  • Continuous accountingnot MYOB

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

MYOB

  • Every published price is promotional and reverts to a higher regular rate after an introductory period, for example Business Pro rises from AUD 21/month to AUD 70/month after 6 months
  • Adding payroll employees beyond the included allowance costs an extra AUD 3/month per additional employee on top of the plan price

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

MYOB

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the MYOB review.

BlackLine

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

Which should you pick?

Choose MYOB if

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

MYOB review

Choose BlackLine if

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

Questions people ask

Is MYOB or BlackLine better?
Neither clearly leads. MYOB 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, MYOB or BlackLine?
MYOB starts at On request and BlackLine at $29/month.
Does MYOB or BlackLine run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What can MYOB do that BlackLine cannot?
BlackLine covers Account reconciliation, Journal entries, Task management, Variance analysis.
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