Accounting once meant sprawling spreadsheets and risky last-minute fixes. Since 2001, BlackLine has changed that, now running the most unified cloud platform for finance and accounting with 4,400+ customers, 385,000+ users, and adoption by 68% of the Fortune 50 and 54% of the Fortune 500. Its mission remains the same: deliver speed, accuracy, control, and visibility through automation that is always auditable and secure.
At its core, Studio360 integrates ERP, treasury, and third-party data into a single source of truth via open APIs and connectors. Orchestrate automates workflows, Visualize powers dashboards with Verity™ AI, Blueprint accelerates deployments with 70+ templates, and Control enforces access and policy rules with a full audit trail.
Verity™ AI boosts efficiency with agents that draft reconciliations, answer queries, explain variances, and generate footnotes, delivering a 621% ROI, 91% auto-matched receivables, 97% journal-entry automation, a 70% faster close, 50% fewer audit hours, and 2.6× productivity gains.
The platform supports the entire close. Account Reconciliations provide templates, dashboards, and auto-certification, with High Frequency Reconciliation enabling daily cycles in banking, retail, insurance, and hospitality. Transaction Matching processes millions of rows from bank, payroll, revenue, and procurement feeds, pairing 99.9% automatically. Journal Entry links with 40+ ERPs, applies threshold-based approvals, and posts to ledgers, while Smart Close for SAP eliminates 400+ manual steps and shortens windows by 60%.
Account Analysis flags exceptions early, while Reporting & Analysis delivers polished statements with Verity Summarize and Draft. Consolidation manages ownership, translation, eliminations, and top-side adjustments with strict access. Task Management drives 100% on-time reconciliations, and Compliance reduces documentation prep by 80%, enabling 2.6× more work without extra staff. Journals Risk Analyser reviews manual entries, flags anomalies, and helps cut misstatements.
Intercompany Create pulls transactions from multiple ERPs, automates allocations and invoices, and uses Verity Flag to catch errors before posting. Balance & Resolve clears exceptions to keep intercompany balances at zero, while Net & Settle links to treasury to cut FX exposure by 50% and shorten settlements by four days. All of this runs in a private cloud certified to ISO 27001, 27017, 27018, and 27701, with SOC 1, SOC 2, and SOC 3 attestations, reinforced by penetration testing and dedicated ISMS and PIMS frameworks.
BlackLine will keep pushing boundaries so finance teams can close faster, see clearer, and lead with unshakable confidence. — Owen Ryan, CEO.
BlackLine’s impact shows in customer results. Zurich automated 98% of reconciliations, Kempinski Hotels halved reconciliation time, eBay cut close duration by 70%, SiriusXM matches 7M+ transactions monthly with 99.9% accuracy, Performance Food Group automated 97% of journal entries, and Norsk Hydro automated 90% of SAP closing activities while reducing close time by 60%.
Recognition mirrors these outcomes. BlackLine is an IDC MarketScape Leader in Accounts Receivable Automation and Office of the CFO Record-to-Report, winner of Tech Ascension’s Most Innovative FinTech Solution, multiple TrustRadius awards, five straight G2 Best Accounting & Finance Software honors, and ISG Provider Lens double-quadrant leadership. It is also named a Top 100 Most Loved Workplace (Newsweek), Top 100 Software Company (The Software Report), and SAP Partner Excellence awardee in Asia Pacific Japan and EMEA North.
High Frequency Reconciliations keep finance fast, accurate, and audit-ready by grouping activity, surfacing prior reconciliations, and auto-certifying matches across critical accounts. Backed by $108M annual R&D investment, 75+ strategic partners, 500,000+ trained professionals, and users in 130 countries, BlackLine delivers scale, security, and innovation worldwide. With ISO and SOC credentials, penetration tests, and full audit trails, nine of the Fortune 10 rely on its assurance.
Integrated with SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, Acumatica, Sage, and more, BlackLine closes ERP gaps and posts journals back to ledgers. By eliminating print, storage, and production costs, it delivers immediate savings and frees staff for higher-value analysis. Customers-first automation, live data, and explainable AI return $2.77 for every $1 spent—giving finance leaders clarity and speed to drive growth despite tighter talent, regulation, and real-time reporting demands.