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blackline.com · Financial planning and close · checked 2026-10-14

38/100EBand E

Rank 4 of 47 in Financial planning and close, where the median is 17.

Public transparency score, not a product or security rating. Latest check: 2026-10-14. How the score works.

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Overview

3 days since the newest dated result, 3 since the oldest. 11 of 12 criteria have a measured result in the last 30 days. Failed checks and undated results are excluded.

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BlackLine

blackline.com · Financial planning and close

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E 38of 100 Rank 4 of 47

Published commitments3 of 8 found, 1 not measured

Measured behaviour1 of 3 found

Checked 2026-10-14. Every line links the page we found it on. A cross means we found nothing at the addresses we checked, not that the vendor has no such document. A transparency score, not a product rating.

Downloads include all checks, source URLs, dates and the snapshot ID for your procurement file. We do not issue badges.

The label is the whole measurement in one object: every criterion with its weight, the band, and the date. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.

Every line in it links the page we found the result on, or lists the addresses we checked. A cross means we found nothing there, not that BlackLine has no such document.

Where BlackLine sits in Financial planning and close

  1. A0 0%
  2. B0 0%
  3. C1 2%
  4. D1 2%
  5. E12 26%
  6. F33 70%
47 vendors with a score; 4 more without a score because we could measure too little. Bands have fixed thresholds, see how the score works.

The band of BlackLine is marked. Vendors without a score are the ones where we could measure too few criteria to rank them – a gap on our side, counted separately.

What BlackLine states

The exact figures and names we read off the pages linked below, with the sentence they stand in. This is what they publish, not what we verified about their systems.

Gaps, heaviest first

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Data processing agreement (DPA)

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No data processing agreement found.

Checked 8 addresses on 2026-10-14.

Show the 8 addresses we checked
  1. https://blackline.com/legal/dpa – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  2. https://blackline.com/dpa – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  3. https://blackline.com/legal/data-processing-agreement – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  4. https://blackline.com/data-processing-agreement – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  5. https://blackline.com/legal/data-processing-addendum – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  6. https://blackline.com/legal/gdpr – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  7. https://blackline.com/trust/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  8. https://blackline.com/privacy/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)

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Across the market: Data processing agreement in Financial planning and close: 2 of 48 companies

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Data location: where they say data is hosted

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No statement about data location found.

Checked 7 addresses on 2026-10-14.

Show the 7 addresses we checked
  1. https://blackline.com/security – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  2. https://blackline.com/trust – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  3. https://blackline.com/legal/privacy – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  4. https://blackline.com/privacy – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  5. https://blackline.com/privacy-policy – reached, no match (HTTP 200)
  6. https://blackline.com/compliance – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  7. https://blackline.com/legal/privacy-policy – reached, no match (HTTP 200)

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Across the market: Data location stated in Financial planning and close: 14 of 47 companies

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Public pricing with figures

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No public pricing with figures found.

Checked 5 addresses on 2026-10-14.

Show the 5 addresses we checked
  1. https://blackline.com/pricing – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  2. https://blackline.com/pricing/ – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  3. https://blackline.com/plans – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  4. https://blackline.com/en/pricing – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  5. https://blackline.com/pricing-plans – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)

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Across the market: Public pricing in Financial planning and close: 8 of 47 companies

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Third-party requests seen on the first load, before any interaction.

Checked 1 address on 2026-10-14.

Show the 1 address we checked
  1. https://blackline.com/ – third-party requests before any interaction: 815-gqp-915.mktoresp.com, a.storyblok.com, assets.listenlayer.com, cdn.cookielaw.org, cdn.dreamdata.cloud, dev.visualwebsiteoptimizer.com, edge.fullstory.com, geolocation.onetrust.com, munchkin.marketo.net, rs.fullstory.com, static.listenlayer.com, www.cloudflare.com, www.googletagmanager.com

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Across the market: No third-party tracking before consent in Financial planning and close: 3 of 51 companies

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Uptime SLA with a figure

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No uptime figure found.

Checked 6 addresses on 2026-10-14.

Show the 6 addresses we checked
  1. https://blackline.com/legal/sla – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  2. https://blackline.com/sla – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  3. https://blackline.com/legal/service-level-agreement – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  4. https://blackline.com/trust/sla – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  5. https://blackline.com/uptime – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  6. https://blackline.com/legal/uptime-sla – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)

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Across the market: Uptime SLA with a figure in Financial planning and close: 1 of 47 companies

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security.txt (RFC 9116)

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No security.txt found.

Checked 1 address on 2026-10-14.

Show the 1 address we checked
  1. https://blackline.com/.well-known/security.txt – reached, no match (HTTP 404)

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Across the market: security.txt (RFC 9116) in Financial planning and close: 4 of 48 companies

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Named privacy contact (DPO or privacy address)

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No named privacy contact found.

Checked 7 addresses on 2026-10-14.

Show the 7 addresses we checked
  1. https://blackline.com/legal/privacy – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  2. https://blackline.com/privacy – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  3. https://blackline.com/privacy-policy – reached, no match (HTTP 200)
  4. https://blackline.com/legal/privacy-policy – reached, no match (HTTP 200)
  5. https://blackline.com/legal/privacy-notice – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  6. https://blackline.com/trust/privacy – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  7. https://blackline.com/datenschutz – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)

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Across the market: Named privacy contact in Financial planning and close: 18 of 48 companies

Evidence

The full source lists sit behind these two groups, so that the answer above stays readable.

Published, with a source 4
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Subprocessors: the published list

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The actual list is published, not just a promise to keep one.

Source: https://www.blackline.com/legal/subprocessors/ · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: Subprocessor list in Financial planning and close: 5 of 48 companies

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HTTPS enforced with HSTS

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HTTP redirects to HTTPS and the HSTS header is set.

  • HSTS max-age 15552000 seconds (180 days).
    Show the exact wording

    max-age=15552000; includeSubDomains;

    Read at https://blackline.com/
  • HSTS options includeSubDomains.
    Show the exact wording

    max-age=15552000; includeSubDomains;

    Read at https://blackline.com/

Source: https://blackline.com/ · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: HTTPS enforced with HSTS in Financial planning and close: 36 of 51 companies

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Notice before subprocessors change

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The vendor commits publicly to giving notice before the list changes.

Source: https://www.blackline.com/legal/subprocessors/ · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: Notice before subprocessors change in Financial planning and close: 4 of 48 companies

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Certifications named (SOC 2, ISO 27001)

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SOC 2 or ISO 27001 named on a public page.

  • Named on that page ISO/IEC 27001 (not counted: the sentence does not carry it), ISO/IEC 27017 (not counted: the sentence does not carry it), ISO/IEC 27018 (not counted: the sentence does not carry it), ISO/IEC 27701 (not counted: the sentence does not carry it), SOC 2 Type II (not counted: the sentence does not carry it). The sentence we kept does not carry this finding on its own, so it counts in no list and no figure.
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    00 [Revised] SOC 2 - Type 2, and certifying against internationally recognized security standards - ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, and ISO/IEC 27701.

    Read at https://www.blackline.com/legal/security/

    C 2 - Type 2, and certifying against internationally recognized security standards - ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, and ISO/IEC 27701.

    Read at https://www.blackline.com/legal/security/

    nd certifying against internationally recognized security standards - ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, and ISO/IEC 27701.

    Read at https://www.blackline.com/legal/security/

    st internationally recognized security standards - ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, and ISO/IEC 27701.

    Read at https://www.blackline.com/legal/security/

    ecognized auditing standards - SSAE 18 / ISAE 3402 SOC 1 - Type 2 and SSAE 18 / ISAE 3000 [Revised] SOC 2 - Type 2, and certifying against internationally recognized security standards - ISO/IEC 27001...

    Read at https://www.blackline.com/legal/security/

Source: https://www.blackline.com/legal/security/ · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: Certifications named in Financial planning and close: 15 of 50 companies

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Status page with incident history

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Not measured. The vendor’s server blocked or rate-limited our crawler, so this was not measured.

Show the 3 addresses we checked
  1. https://status.blackline.com/ – The name "status.blackline.com" could not be resolved.
  2. https://blackline.com/status – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 500)
  3. https://blackline.com.statuspage.io/ – Could not be fetched: fetch failed.

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Across the market: Status page with history in Financial planning and close: 3 of 47 companies

History

100 0 2026-10-07: 38 of 1002026-10-14: 38 of 100 2026-10-07 2026-10-14
Score over the last 2 runs we measured BlackLine in: 38 (2026-10-07), 38 (2026-10-14).

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BlackLine

4 found · 7 not found · 1 not measured across 12 public checks.

11 of 12 criteria have a measured result from the last 30 days. Oldest dated result: 2026-10-14.

Investigate 8 open evidence questions
  1. Data processing agreement

    Please share the current data processing agreement for the product and plan we are considering, including its annexes and signing process.

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  2. Data location stated

    Which locations apply to our primary data, backups and support access? Which region can we select for this plan?

    Inspect this check
  3. Status page with history

    Where can we review incident history for the service we will use, and how do we subscribe to incident updates?

    Inspect this check
  4. Public pricing

    Please confirm the total cost for our seats and usage, including minimum commitments, add-ons, overages and renewal terms.

    Inspect this check
  5. Uptime SLA with a figure

    Which availability commitment applies to our plan? Please include the measurement window, exclusions and credit claim process.

    Inspect this check
  6. No third-party tracking before consent

    Which third-party requests occur before a visitor makes a choice, and for what purpose? Please distinguish the public website from the product.

    Inspect this check
  7. security.txt (RFC 9116)

    Where should we report a vulnerability, and what acknowledgement and follow-up process should we expect?

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  8. Named privacy contact

    Which privacy contact handles requests for our account, and what escalation path should we use?

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