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Boulevard vs Certinia PSA

Boulevard logo

Boulevard

Scheduling & Booking

Client experience platform for salons

From
$175/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Certinia PSA logo

Certinia PSA

Professional Services

AI-powered PSA suite, Salesforce-native

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Boulevard pricing is charged per location, so a multi site business pays the full plan fee for each site; Certinia PSA no pricing is published; the pricing page offers only a Request a Demo action and regional sales contact numbers

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Boulevard and Certinia PSA actually diverge.

Attributes where Boulevard and Certinia PSA differ
AttributeBoulevardCertinia PSA
Starting price$175/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, Android, ApiWeb
CategoryScheduling & BookingProfessional Services
Founded2016Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), 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 Certinia PSA

Nothing recorded that Boulevard does not also cover.

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 Certinia PSA
  • Running point of sale and card payments alongside schedulingnot Certinia PSA
  • Automated client messaging, intake forms and marketing campaignsnot Certinia PSA

Certinia PSA

No use cases recorded yet. See the Certinia PSA review.

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

Certinia PSA

  • No pricing is published; the pricing page offers only a Request a Demo action and regional sales contact numbers
  • Running on Salesforce means the platform requires a Salesforce org as its foundation

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

Certinia PSA

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Certinia PSA review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Boulevard if

  • You need intelligent scheduling.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
  • You also want client profiles.
Boulevard review

Choose Certinia PSA if

Nothing in the data separates Certinia PSA from Boulevard on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Certinia PSA review

Questions people ask

Is Boulevard or Certinia PSA better?
Neither clearly leads. Boulevard starts at $175/month and Certinia PSA at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Boulevard or Certinia PSA?
Boulevard starts at $175/month and Certinia PSA at On request.
Does Boulevard or Certinia PSA run on more platforms?
Boulevard runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Certinia PSA runs on Web.
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 Certinia PSA is typically brought in for.
What can Boulevard do that Certinia PSA cannot?
Boulevard covers Intelligent scheduling, Client profiles, Point of sale, Inventory management.
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