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BlackLine vs. SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BlackLine

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ABlackLine's cloud-based financial operations management platform unifyies data and processes, automating repetitive tasks and enhancing accountability. BlackLine solutions for financial close, accounts receivable, and intercompany accounting support large enterprises and midsize companies.N/A

    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AThe SAP BPC software is designed to help users plan and achieve a faster, more accurate close. The SAP BPC software aims to help users spend more time growing their business and less time closing books. The vendor’s value proposition is that their software delivers planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial consolidation capabilities in a single application. This, in turn, enables them to easily adjust plans and forecasts, speed up budget and closing cycles, and ensure compliance with…N/A
    Pricing
    BlackLineSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BlackLineSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    BlackLineSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Considered Both Products
    BlackLine
    Chose BlackLine
    Blackline is much more user friendly.
    Incentivized
    Chose BlackLine
    I did not implement BlackLine but it has been efficient in my experience.
    Incentivized
    Chose BlackLine
    We have only used Microsoft Office products prior to BlackLine and with BlackLine we can get all our SAP balances with line item details loaded automatically. With Office we had to gather the data ourselves and then Export the data, and then mine the data to what we needed …
    Incentivized
    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    BlackLineSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of BlackLine and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    BlackLine
    8.8
    92 Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    7.9
    36 Ratings
    Financial data consolidation9.047 Ratings8.033 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports8.765 Ratings7.828 Ratings
    Multi-currency management8.849 Ratings8.325 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails9.181 Ratings8.227 Ratings
    Customizable Workflows8.662 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings7.828 Ratings
    Minority Ownership00 Ratings7.020 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of BlackLine and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    BlackLine
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    7.8
    37 Ratings
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings8.032 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings8.033 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.036 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings7.032 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings7.936 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of BlackLine and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    BlackLine
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    8.0
    36 Ratings
    Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings8.032 Ratings
    Management Reporting00 Ratings8.036 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings8.035 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings8.027 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of BlackLine and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    BlackLine
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    8.6
    32 Ratings
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings9.021 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings9.019 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings8.930 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings9.026 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings9.023 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings7.018 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of BlackLine and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    BlackLine
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    7.0
    35 Ratings
    Flat file integration00 Ratings7.032 Ratings
    Excel data integration00 Ratings8.034 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings6.022 Ratings
    User Ratings
    BlackLineSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (280 ratings)
    8.0
    (37 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
    (22 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    3.7
    (52 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (166 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (36 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)