Is Boulevard or Microsoft Power Automate better?

Neither clearly leads. Boulevard starts at $175/month and Microsoft Power Automate at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Boulevard or Microsoft Power Automate?

Microsoft Power Automate has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $175/month for Boulevard and Free for Microsoft Power Automate.

Does Boulevard or Microsoft Power Automate run on more platforms?

Boulevard runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Microsoft Power Automate runs on Web, Cloud, Desktop.

Can I use Microsoft Power Automate for free?

Yes. Microsoft Power Automate 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 Microsoft Power Automate is typically brought in for.

What can Boulevard do that Microsoft Power Automate cannot?

Boulevard covers Intelligent scheduling, Client profiles, Point of sale, Inventory management. Microsoft Power Automate covers Automated flows, Instant flows, Scheduled flows, Desktop automation. Both handle SOC2.

Scheduling & Booking · head to head

Boulevard vs Microsoft Power Automate

Boulevard

Scheduling & Booking

Client experience platform for salons

From: $175/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

Microsoft Power Automate

Automation & Integration

Automate tasks across cloud and on-premises apps

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Microsoft Power Automate 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; Microsoft Power Automate free plan limited to 750 flow runs/month and standard connectors only; premium connectors require paid plans
They diverge on capability: Boulevard covers Intelligent scheduling, Microsoft Power Automate covers Automated flows.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Boulevard and Microsoft Power Automate actually diverge.

Attributes where Boulevard and Microsoft Power Automate differ
Attribute	Boulevard	Microsoft Power Automate
Starting price	$175/month	Free
Pricing model	subscription	Unknown
Free tier	No	Yes
Platforms	Web, Ios, Android, Api	Web, Cloud, Desktop
Category	Scheduling & Booking	Automation & Integration

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), founded (2016).

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 Microsoft Power Automate

Automated flows
Instant flows
Scheduled flows
Desktop automation
Process mining
Business process flows
Approval workflows
500+ connectors

Both cover

SOC2

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 Microsoft Power Automate
Running point of sale and card payments alongside schedulingnot Microsoft Power Automate
Automated client messaging, intake forms and marketing campaignsnot Microsoft Power Automate

Microsoft Power Automate

Workflow Automationnot Boulevard
Data Integrationnot Boulevard
Process Automationnot Boulevard
App Integrationnot Boulevard
API Connectivitynot 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

Microsoft Power Automate

Free plan limited to 750 flow runs/month and standard connectors only; premium connectors require paid plans
Not suitable for long-running workflows; can fail unexpectedly without warning
Limited to simple linear logic; fails with complex workflows involving multiple stakeholders
Tasks cannot automate at scale when requiring more than approximately 60 users

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

Microsoft Power Automate

Free

FreeFree
- 750 flow runs/month
- Standard connectors only
- Basic cloud flows
Premium$15/user/month
- Cloud flows (DPA)
- Attended RPA
- 250 MB Dataverse database
Process$150/bot/month
- Unattended automation
- Cloud and desktop flows
- 50 MB Dataverse database
Hosted Process$215/bot/month
- Microsoft-managed virtual machine
- Unattended automation
- Same Dataverse entitlements as Process plan

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 Microsoft Power Automate if

You need automated flows.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Web, Cloud, Desktop.
You also want instant flows.

Microsoft Power Automate review

Questions people ask

Is Boulevard or Microsoft Power Automate better?: Neither clearly leads. Boulevard starts at $175/month and Microsoft Power Automate at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Boulevard or Microsoft Power Automate?: Microsoft Power Automate has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $175/month for Boulevard and Free for Microsoft Power Automate.
Does Boulevard or Microsoft Power Automate run on more platforms?: Boulevard runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Microsoft Power Automate runs on Web, Cloud, Desktop.
Can I use Microsoft Power Automate for free?: Yes. Microsoft Power Automate 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 Microsoft Power Automate is typically brought in for.
What can Boulevard do that Microsoft Power Automate cannot?: Boulevard covers Intelligent scheduling, Client profiles, Point of sale, Inventory management. Microsoft Power Automate covers Automated flows, Instant flows, Scheduled flows, Desktop automation. Both handle SOC2.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Microsoft Power Automate: Is Power Automate included with Microsoft 365?

Yes. If you have an eligible Microsoft 365 subscription, you can use Power Automate at no extra cost for flows relying only on standard connectors (SharePoint, Outlook, Teams). Premium connectors (Salesforce, SAP, Oracle) require paid plans.

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Microsoft Power Automate: How many flow runs are allowed on the free plan?

Power Automate's free tier (included with Microsoft 365) is limited to 750 flow runs per month and standard connectors only. Out of 900+ total connectors, the free plan only includes Microsoft ecosystem apps and limited third-party apps.

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Microsoft Power Automate: What's the difference between Premium and Process plans?

Premium ($15/user/month) provides attended automation with cloud flows and standard RPA. Process plan ($150/bot/month) enables unattended automation where bots run without human intervention on virtual machines for high-volume, repetitive tasks.

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Microsoft Power Automate: Does Power Automate support long-running workflows?

No. Power Automate is not suitable for long-lasting workflows because they can run without warning and fail unexpectedly. The platform is built for linear, branching logic (if-then) rather than complex, multi-step business processes involving multiple stakeholders.

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Boulevard vs Microsoft Power Automate

Boulevard

Microsoft Power Automate

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Boulevard

Only in Microsoft Power Automate

Both cover

What people use each for

Boulevard

Microsoft Power Automate

Where each one falls short

Boulevard

Microsoft Power Automate

Pricing, plan by plan

Boulevard

Microsoft Power Automate

Which should you pick?

Choose Boulevard if

Choose Microsoft Power Automate if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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