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Boulevard vs Meevo

Boulevard logo

Boulevard

Scheduling & Booking

Client experience platform for salons

From
$175/month
Rated
-
Meevo logo

Meevo

Beauty & Salon

Salon software with scheduling and POS

From
$99/month
Rated
-

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; Meevo listed prices are promotional; the regular rates are $179 for Lite, $299 for Essentials and $449 for Premier per month
  • They diverge on capability: Boulevard covers Intelligent scheduling, Meevo covers Appointment scheduling.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Boulevard and Meevo actually diverge.

Attributes where Boulevard and Meevo differ
AttributeBoulevardMeevo
Starting price$175/month$99/month
PlatformsWeb, Ios, Android, ApiWeb, Ios, Android
CategoryScheduling & BookingBeauty & Salon
Founded20162008

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), 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
  • Staff management
  • Gift cards & packages
  • Two-way messaging
  • Business analytics
  • Xero
  • Mailchimp

Only in Meevo

  • Appointment scheduling
  • Client database
  • Staff scheduling
  • Business reporting
  • Mobile app
  • Client portal
  • Facebook
  • Google

Both cover

  • Point of sale
  • Inventory management
  • QuickBooks
  • Stripe
  • PCI DSS
  • SSL encryption
  • 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 Meevo
  • Running point of sale and card payments alongside schedulingnot Meevo
  • Automated client messaging, intake forms and marketing campaignsnot Meevo

Meevo

  • Appointment booking and point of sale for salons and spasnot Boulevard
  • Med spa operations including injectable tracking via MeevoMDnot Boulevard
  • Multi location and franchise salon managementnot Boulevard
  • Client email and SMS marketing from the booking recordnot 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

Meevo

  • Listed prices are promotional; the regular rates are $179 for Lite, $299 for Essentials and $449 for Premier per month
  • Lite is capped at 5 users, 2,500 email contacts and 100 SMS credits per month
  • Plans are sold on annual contracts and cancellation requires 30 days notice
  • Email contact and SMS credit allowances are tiered: 5,000 contacts and 500 SMS on Essentials, 10,000 contacts and 2,500 SMS on Premier
  • Enterprise multi location and franchise pricing is custom with no published rate
  • The MeevoMD med spa plans cost $100 per month more than the equivalent salon tiers

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

Meevo

$99/month
  • Professional$99/month
    • Scheduling
    • POS
    • Client management
  • Enterprise$299/month
    • Everything in Professional
    • Advanced reporting
    • Inventory management

Which should you pick?

Choose Boulevard if

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

Choose Meevo if

  • You need appointment scheduling.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want client database.

Questions people ask

Is Boulevard or Meevo better?
Neither clearly leads. Boulevard starts at $175/month and Meevo at $99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Boulevard or Meevo?
Boulevard starts at $175/month and Meevo at $99/month.
Does Boulevard or Meevo run on more platforms?
Boulevard runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Meevo runs on Web, Ios, Android.
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 Meevo is typically brought in for.
What can Boulevard do that Meevo cannot?
Boulevard covers Intelligent scheduling, Client profiles, Staff management, Gift cards & packages. Meevo covers Appointment scheduling, Client database, Staff scheduling, Business reporting. Both handle Point of sale, Inventory management, QuickBooks, Stripe.

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