Enterprise DNA

Instead of BlackLine

Stop renting BlackLine. Own your month-end close.

We build your version around the checklist and reconciliations your team already runs, bring your BlackLine accounts, owners and tasks across, and run it for you. Your ledger stays where it is.

BlackLine quotes every contract. Buyer contract data puts the average around US$77,000 a year, before implementation.

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What the subscription covers

A close platform priced by the module

BlackLine does not publish prices. Here is what buyers report paying for, and what most New Zealand and Australian finance teams actually use at month end.

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Quoted, never listed

There is no price page. Buyer contract data puts the average around US$77,000 a year, from roughly US$17,500 to US$340,000.

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Each module is another line

Reconciliations, task management, transaction matching and intercompany are bought as separate modules. The module list is the biggest driver of the quote.

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More entities, more to pay

Cost rises with the number of legal entities and the volume of accounts you reconcile, so a second company or a new subsidiary changes the bill.

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Implementation on top

Implementation and services add another US$5,000 to US$50,000 or more before the first close runs.

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A second system beside your ledger

The close runs in a separate platform from your ledger, so accounts, balances and owners are kept in step across two systems.

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Your close history in their platform

Reconciliations, sign-offs and attachments live in BlackLine. Leaving means an export and a home for seven years of records.

What you own instead

From month end to signed-off close, in one place

Checklist

Know what is holding up the close

Each month opens with your checklist. Every task has an owner, a reviewer and a due day counted in business days after month end.

  • check Late tasks by person, with business days late
  • check Sign-off by someone other than whoever did the work
  • check A target close date per company, and how long each month really took
  • check What each person still has on their desk this close

Reconciliations

Every balance sheet account, explained

Each account is reconciled against the bank statement, aged ledger, loan statement or stocktake, with reconciling items listed and a second person reviewing.

  • check Review refused while the unexplained amount is above your materiality
  • check Balances that moved after review, flagged to do again
  • check Reconciling items carried for more than 60 days
  • check A branded reconciliation sheet for every account, every month

Journals and variances

Journals approved, movements explained

Manual journals balance, are approved by a second person and carry the ledger reference. Big movements against last month need an explanation before the month closes.

  • check Journals out of balance or waiting on approval
  • check Last month's accruals that were never reversed
  • check Every movement over your amount and percentage threshold, with its explanation or the gap
  • check Variance commentary drafted for the board pack

Rules and audit

Ready for the GST return and the auditor

The records are checked against the New Zealand and Australian rules a close lives under, with each rule cited.

  • check GST control account checked before the GST return or BAS is due
  • check Months closed with an account never reconciled
  • check The auditor's request list, with what is overdue and who owns it
  • check How long each month's records must be kept

Make it yours

Design your own BlackLine replacement

Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from BlackLine. Try it here, and we build the real one.

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3. Make it fit

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Your business · your BlackLine replacement Your version
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Answered from your own database

Build my version

We build it from the open-source base, bring your BlackLine data across and run it for you.

What it looks like

Ask it like you would ask a colleague

Real answers from the demo data that ships with Month-End Close for Claude Code. It runs in Claude Code inside the Claude app, so it feels like any chat you already use.

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Month-End Close for Claude Code

Connected to your own database

What is holding up the close?

task

Period
Kauri Foods Ltd 2026-09
Item
Debtors aged and bad debts reviewed
Detail
Mere, 6 business days late

task

Period
Kauri Foods Ltd 2026-09
Item
Stocktake variance posted
Detail
Sione, 5 business days late

reconcile

Period
Kauri Foods Ltd 2026-09
Item
1100 Trade debtors
Detail
Mere, prepared, 5 business days late

reconcile

Period
Kauri Foods Ltd 2026-09
Item
2000 Trade creditors
Detail
Sione, prepared, balance moved, 5 business days late

reconcile

Period
Kauri Foods Ltd 2026-09
Item
2200 GST control
Detail
Mere, prepared, 5 business days late

reconcile

Period
Kauri Foods Pty Ltd 2026-09
Item
1100 Trade debtors
Detail
Priya, prepared, 5 business days late

reconcile

Period
Kauri Foods Pty Ltd 2026-09
Item
2000 Trade creditors
Detail
Priya, not started, 4 business days late

difference

Period
Kauri Foods Ltd 2026-09
Item
1100 Trade debtors
Detail
Unexplained difference (250.00)

difference

Period
Kauri Foods Ltd 2026-09
Item
2000 Trade creditors
Detail
Reconciling item open 107 days: Disputed freight invoice 88213, Coastline Carriers (-1200.00)

variance

Period
Kauri Foods Ltd 2026-09
Item
1100 Trade debtors
Detail
Moved 55240.40 with no explanation

variance

Period
Kauri Foods Ltd 2026-09
Item
2000 Trade creditors
Detail
Moved -43364.55 with no explanation

variance

Period
Kauri Foods Ltd 2026-09
Item
2200 GST control
Detail
Moved -5395.45 with no explanation

variance

Period
Kauri Foods Ltd 2026-09
Item
6200 Freight
Detail
Moved 22400.00 with no explanation

journal

Period
Kauri Foods Ltd 2026-09
Item
PRE-INS
Detail
draft, out of balance by 1000.00

reversal

Period
Kauri Foods Ltd 2026-09
Item
ACC-PWR
Detail
Posted in Kauri Foods Ltd 2026-08 to reverse; no reversal entered

auditor

Period
Kauri Foods Ltd
Item
PBC-02
Detail
Fixed asset register and depreciation schedule, 6 days overdue

rule

Period
Kauri Foods Ltd 2026-08
Item
2500 Westpac term loan
Detail
Period closed with this balance never reconciled

rule

Period
Kauri Foods Ltd 2026-09
Item
2200 GST control
Detail
Return due 2026-10-28 (16 days); GST control account not reconciled

Ask it anything

Questions your close records answer

These run today on fictional records in the free version. BlackLine has its own reports; here you ask in plain English and the answer comes from records you own.

chat_bubble What is holding up this month's close, and whose desk is it on?
chat_bubble How many business days did each month take to close, against our target?
chat_bubble Which reconciliations were reviewed and then the balance moved?
chat_bubble Which reconciling items have we carried for more than 60 days?
chat_bubble Which balances moved past our threshold with nobody explaining why?
chat_bubble Which accruals from last month were never reversed?
chat_bubble Which journals are out of balance or waiting on approval?
chat_bubble Which months were closed with an account never reconciled?
chat_bubble Is the GST control account reconciled before the return is due?
chat_bubble What is the auditor still waiting on, and who owns it?

Switching

How to switch from BlackLine

Moving takes a day for most teams and involves exporting your BlackLine account and task lists, importing them with your ledger balances, and checking the results.

  1. 1

    Export your records

    Export the BlackLine account list, including preparers, reviewers, risk and frequency, and the close task list. BlackLine exports these as Excel, which you save as CSV for import. Also export a trial balance from your ledger for each period you plan to load. Past reconciliations and attachments are not part of this import, so keep their BlackLine export for your retention period.

  2. 2

    Test the import

    Use the import process to bring in the account list and task list, then the ledger trial balance. Start with its test run rather than loading records straight away. Check the results before importing for real. The trial balance comes from your existing ledger, which stays in place, not from BlackLine.

  3. 3

    Check the test results

    Review the test-run results and counts before confirming the import. Check any issues it reports, especially whether the exported column headings match the fields expected here. BlackLine setups vary, so a small field-mapping file may be needed. Correct the mapping and repeat the test until the account, task and balance records are represented as expected.

  4. 4

    Run both systems

    Run the new close alongside BlackLine for a short period. Compare the imported account owners, review assignments, checklist and trial balance with what your team is using in BlackLine. Work through any differences before relying on the new records for the close. Keep the ledger as your source of trial balances, and retain BlackLine's historical reconciliation export and attachments.

  5. 5

    Switch off BlackLine

    Switch off BlackLine once you have checked the setup and completed a close using the new system. Keep the export of past reconciliations and attachments for your retention period, since that history stays in BlackLine's archive rather than moving into the new database.

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Where the real effort goes

The real work is usually mapping your own BlackLine column headings to the new fields, then checking that your account owners, review rules and close tasks match how your team works. You also need to decide which trial balances to load and how to retain historical reconciliations and attachments. Enterprise DNA handles this migration and setup when you have them install and run it.

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Get your BlackLine switch plan by email

We will send you the step-by-step plan for moving your business off BlackLine, what the move really involves, and how we would do it for you.

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Three ways to run it

Choose who sets it up and keeps it running

Open source

Do it yourself

Free, open source

  1. 1 Clone the repo and run npm install
  2. 2 Run npm run demo, then open it in Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or Cursor
  3. 3 Ask for /attention, /recs-due and /flux
  4. 4 Export your trial balance and the BlackLine account and task lists, then run import with --dry-run
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Built around your business

We customise it

One setup fee, then a retainer for ongoing work

  • check Your checklist, materiality, thresholds and review rules
  • check Your BlackLine accounts, owners and tasks brought across, and the first close run beside BlackLine
  • check A direct link to Xero, MYOB, Business Central or NetSuite for the monthly balances
  • check A web front end for reviewers if you want one, and line-by-line bank matching if you need it
Get your version built

Omni by Enterprise DNA

We run it for you

One setup fee, then a monthly retainer

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  • check Balances loaded from your ledger at each month end
  • check The close status, late items and variance commentary ready each morning of the close
  • check Changes to accounts, checklists and rules covered by the retainer
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Questions

Instead of BlackLine, answered

Does this replace all of BlackLine? expand_more

It covers the close checklist, balance sheet reconciliations with second-person review, manual journal approval, variance explanations, the auditor's request list and the rule checks. BlackLine also matches high volumes of bank and intercompany lines automatically and posts journals into the ledger. If you rely on those, we build them into your version before you switch.

Do we keep our accounting system? expand_more

Yes. Xero, MYOB, Business Central or NetSuite stays your ledger. The free version brings the trial balance in from an export each month. In your version we connect it directly so balances arrive on their own.

Can we bring our BlackLine set-up across? expand_more

Yes. The account list with preparers, reviewers, risk and frequency, and the close task list, export from BlackLine and import here, with a test run first. Past reconciliations and their attachments stay in BlackLine's export, which you keep for your retention period.

What will our auditor see? expand_more

Each reconciliation records the ledger balance, the supporting balance, every reconciling item, where the evidence is kept, who prepared it and who reviewed it, and those must be different people. Each month prints as a close report with the checklist, reconciliations, journals and variance commentary.

What do we pay Enterprise DNA, and who owns it? expand_more

You own the database and your version of the system. The free version has no licence fee; hosting is yours. If we build and run it, there is one setup fee and then a monthly retainer. No module list, no entity count, no seats.

Bring your close checklist and your renewal date

Book 30 minutes with Sam. Bring your BlackLine renewal, your close checklist and last month's trial balance. We will show you your close status and your open reconciliations on your own numbers, and agree what moves across.

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Month-End Close for Claude Code is free and open source, published by Enterprise DNA.

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