Scheduling & Booking · head to head
Boulevard vs Papaya Global

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

Papaya Global
Payroll & Benefits
Global payroll and payments platform
- From
- $12/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; Papaya Global the AWS Marketplace listing is by the vendor but carries no published rate, offering pricing only through a Private Offer with a promotional discount off recurring fees
- They diverge on capability: Boulevard covers Intelligent scheduling, Papaya Global covers Global Payroll.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Boulevard and Papaya Global actually diverge.
| Attribute | Boulevard | Papaya Global |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $175/month | $12/month |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android, Api | Web |
| Category | Scheduling & Booking | Payroll & Benefits |
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), 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 Papaya Global
- Global Payroll
- Payments
- Compliance
- Workforce Management
- Analytics
- EOR Services
- Workday
- SAP
Both cover
- 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 Papaya Global
- Running point of sale and card payments alongside schedulingnot Papaya Global
- Automated client messaging, intake forms and marketing campaignsnot Papaya Global
Papaya Global
No use cases recorded yet. See the Papaya Global 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
Papaya Global
- The AWS Marketplace listing is by the vendor but carries no published rate, offering pricing only through a Private Offer with a promotional discount off recurring fees
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
Papaya Global
$12/month- Payroll Plus$12/month
- Global Payroll
- Compliance
- Analytics
- Full Service$undefined/month
- All Payroll Plus features
- EOR
- Benefits
Which should you pick?
Choose Boulevard if
- You need intelligent scheduling.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- You also want client profiles.
Questions people ask
- Is Boulevard or Papaya Global better?
- Neither clearly leads. Boulevard starts at $175/month and Papaya Global at $12/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Boulevard or Papaya Global?
- Boulevard starts at $175/month and Papaya Global at $12/month.
- Does Boulevard or Papaya Global run on more platforms?
- Boulevard runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Papaya Global 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 Papaya Global is typically brought in for.
- What can Boulevard do that Papaya Global cannot?
- Boulevard covers Intelligent scheduling, Client profiles, Point of sale, Inventory management. Papaya Global covers Global Payroll, Payments, Compliance, Workforce Management. Both handle Web support.
Related pages
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