Scheduling & Booking · head to head
Boulevard vs Census

Boulevard
Scheduling & Booking
Client experience platform for salons
- From
- $175/month
- Rated
- -

Census
Automation & Integration
The reverse ETL infrastructure for data activation
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Census has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Boulevard pricing is charged per location, so a multi site business pays the full plan fee for each site; Census census was folded into Fivetran Activations, per the vendor: "Previously, this was called a sync in Census", and its own pricing page redirects to Fivetran pricing rather than showing Census plans
- They diverge on capability: Boulevard covers Intelligent scheduling, Census covers Reverse ETL.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Boulevard and Census actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Boulevard
- Intelligent scheduling
- Client profiles
- Point of sale
- Inventory management
- Staff management
- Gift cards & packages
- Two-way messaging
- Business analytics
Only in Census
- Reverse ETL
- Data syncing
- Transformation
- Real-time activation
- Error handling
- Monitoring
- Analytics
- 150+ destinations
Both cover
- SOC2
- Cloud deployment
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Boulevard
- Appointment booking and client management for salons, spas and medspasnot Census
- Running point of sale and card payments alongside schedulingnot Census
- Automated client messaging, intake forms and marketing campaignsnot Census
Census
- Syncing customer data from a warehouse into marketing and sales tools (reverse ETL)not Boulevard
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Boulevard
- Pricing is charged per location, so a multi site business pays the full plan fee for each site
- The Essentials plan caps the business at 5 professionals; unlimited professionals require the Premier plan
- Text and email allowances are metered per plan, with email blasts charged at $0.01 each beyond the plan allocation
- Forms cost from $65 per month per location unless you are on the top Prestige plan
- QuickBooks integration is an add on at $45 per month per location
- ePrescribe is $45 per prescriber on top of the plan
- Enterprise pricing is by consultation with no published rate
Census
- Census was folded into Fivetran Activations, per the vendor: "Previously, this was called a sync in Census", and its own pricing page redirects to Fivetran pricing rather than showing Census plans
- Free Fivetran Activations tier caps at 3,500 monthly active rows
Pricing, plan by plan
Boulevard
$175/month- Essential$175/month
- Appointment booking
- Client management
- Point of sale
- Premier$325/month
- Everything in Essential
- Advanced booking
- Marketing tools
- Prestige$undefined/month
- Everything in Premier
- Multi-location
- API access
Census
Free- FreeFree
- Basic syncing
- Limited destinations
- Pro$250/month
- Advanced syncing
- Email support
- Enterprise$1500/month
- Unlimited syncing
- Dedicated support
Which should you pick?
Choose Boulevard if
- You need intelligent scheduling.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- You also want client profiles.
Choose Census if
- You need reverse etl.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want data syncing.
Questions people ask
- Is Boulevard or Census better?
- Neither clearly leads. Boulevard starts at $175/month and Census at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Boulevard or Census?
- Census has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $175/month for Boulevard and Free for Census.
- Does Boulevard or Census run on more platforms?
- Boulevard runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Census runs on Web, Api.
- Can I use Census for free?
- Yes. Census has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Boulevard starts at $175/month.
- What is Boulevard best used for?
- Boulevard is most often used for appointment booking and client management for salons, spas and medspas, running point of sale and card payments alongside scheduling, automated client messaging, intake forms and marketing campaigns. Of those, appointment booking and client management for salons, spas and medspas and running point of sale and card payments alongside scheduling are not what Census is typically brought in for.
- What can Boulevard do that Census cannot?
- Boulevard covers Intelligent scheduling, Client profiles, Point of sale, Inventory management. Census covers Reverse ETL, Data syncing, Transformation, Real-time activation. Both handle SOC2, Cloud deployment, Web support.
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