BlackLine Reviews in April 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

"VP of Corporate Reporting"

What do you like best? reconciliation module is robust and very impactful What do you dislike? Task management module needs executive dashboard visualization reporting capabilities What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? single repository for worldwide reconciliations

"Great start"

What do you like best? We are currently using Rex’s and tasks. Really enjoy the visibility to each group and always knowing where we are as a team. What do you dislike? So far the implementation has been taxing on our team due to the time needed in addition to completing our jobs. Recommendations to others considering the product: Seek assistance beyond reconciliation and tasks from a third party vendor. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you ...

"Optimizing Success"

What do you like best? Networking and the connecting with others in the industry What do you dislike? Rushed time - not enough time to really spend with experts What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Matching efficiency, better recons

"I'm new to BlackLine "

What do you like best? BlackLine has helped to make the management of PBCs more effective and efficient & to manage the quarter close process as well. I am able to link all task related to a PBC or qtr close task in one area. It helps me keep communications about a task in one location and it provides structure for future quarter planning What do you dislike? The calendar feature is limited with the number of characters it displays. Not useful when needed for printing. What problems are you ...

"Great Product! "

What do you like best? The reporting and controls are fantastic. What do you dislike? That the daily reconciliations do not link to the monthly reconciliations. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Matching 100ks of banking transactions. Saved timed & created efficiencies.

"Can be powerful if implemented and adopted properly"

What do you like best? Account auto-certification has made our close process much faster and accurate. What do you dislike? I don't like that the Reviewer cannot certify a reconciliation until the Approver has certified it first. It creates a bottleneck in our workflow. It would be great if a Reviewer could pre-certify, so that once the Approver certifies it, it is fully certified. Recommendations to others considering the product: Make sure you take your time during implementation so that ...

"Possibilities are endless!"

What do you like best? Blackline shares the same vision of automation as our team. What do you dislike? I'd like more support to help us reach our goals What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Blackline helps us make sure that every Balance Sheet account has a rec and minimizes the time this takes.

"Easy to use"

What do you like best? I like how easy and intuitive the tools are like the reconciliations and the variance analysis. What do you dislike? I just barely started using Blackline with my group, so I don't have anything in particular. My only observation would be that there is not enough training material in Spanish, and since I work with a team all across Latin America, this would be very valuable for us. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? I like ...

"Improved quality of life."

What do you like best? The ability to manage, spread and control the month-end efforts throughout the month. What do you dislike? Lack of advanced reporting, calculations and multiple data sources brought into a single report would be huge! Recommendations to others considering the product: Jump in, the sooner the better. There will be a learning curve, may as well get it started. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Bottlenecks, inefficient ...

"Speeding up your close"

What do you like best? How quickly it speeds everything up. The Netsuite connector is a life saver. What do you dislike? I think the only thing I felt needed better communication on the length of implementation. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? For task management, I no longer waste time manually getting signatures for internal control checklists