BlackLine Reviews in June 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

"Autodesk"

What do you like best? Account reconciliations, it takes away the excel work if used properly. What do you dislike? The inability to customize the dashboards Recommendations to others considering the product: Identify your primary uses and then implement those first. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Visibility by senior level management

"Blackline Review"

What do you like best? Trusted software that reduces time spent on non value add processes What do you dislike? No Connector for MM or for Bank balances side of SAP. Recommendations to others considering the product: Trusted software that reduces time spent on non value add processes What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Time is the biggest benefit. We are at 80% auto-certify

"Blackline experience"

What do you like best? I like the visibility that can be found in reconciliations and matching. Implementation of CIM has saved our team time during the monthly close process. What do you dislike? Limited contact with our CSM. We attend conferences and meeting in order to work face to face with other Blackline employees. Recommendations to others considering the product: Review and map processes prior to implementations. Ask questions and inquire with our customers about their ...

"New BlackLine User/Client"

What do you like best? Automated reconciliation tool provides completeness and reconciling items list. Reduces staff manual excel process by~ 24 hours. What do you dislike? I do not like a reconciling item listed as part of the reconciliation. I would prefer the difference between the List components + Timing items to be flagged as a reconciling item. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? It has solved the completeness, accuracy & timliness problem ...

"Blackline implementation"

What do you like best? Honestly, my favorite module is the journals module. I love it for compliance and audit trail. I love how integrated all of the products are, and honestly I am most excited about auto certification and excited to implement more. What do you dislike? I dislike that you cannot schedule automated journal entries. I wish that when someone entered a journal entry for me to approve that it would kick off an email to me letting me know. These are my only ...

"Great learning experience"

What do you like best? networking and talking with vendors, seeing the demos of the products, and future features What do you dislike? Short sessions don't provide enough information and or show demos What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Doing more with less people. We have not had to replace turnover positions due to utilizing transnational matching and other automation in BL

"Good training is available and is user-friendly. Specifically geared for Finance."

What do you like best? Matching of banking transactions has sped up our close process What do you dislike? UI could be a little more user-friendly, but good overall. Recommendations to others considering the product: It's continuously getting better! Great way to ensure you have controls in place What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Ensure all JEs are made for the month and all recs have been completed.

"Efficiency"

What do you like best? Blackline can do the modification of the data logic as needed. What do you dislike? There's a limited featured in Daily Reconciliation Recommendations to others considering the product: We have been looking for automating reconciliation process. We, currently, have 49 currencies to reconcile on a daily basis. We have been seeing a couple of demo from other vendors but none of them would fit until I found Blackline. Blackline can tailor our specific needs including ...

"Manager, Implementations"

What do you like best? I love the ability to automate the financial close process. What do you dislike? Some of the user interaction with the UI can be improved. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? I am a consultant helping other clients to leverage BlackLine to unlock potential in the close process.