Payroll & Benefits · head to head
Boulevard vs Paylocity

Boulevard
Payroll & Benefits
Client experience platform for salons
- From
- $175/month
- Rated
- -

Paylocity
Payroll & Benefits
HR and payroll solutions to drive employee engagement
- From
- On request
- 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; Paylocity the Internet Archive's capture of Paylocity's homepage on 3 January 2021 named a wide suite of modules, including Payroll, On Demand Payment, HR Edge, Recruiting, Performance Management, Compensation Management and a Learning Management System, all sold via 'Request a Demo' with no price figures published.
- They diverge on capability: Boulevard covers Intelligent scheduling, Paylocity covers Payroll.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Boulevard and Paylocity actually diverge.
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 Paylocity
- Payroll
- HR Management
- Benefits Administration
- Time and Labor
- Talent Management
- Employee Engagement
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
Both cover
- QuickBooks
- 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 Paylocity
- Running point of sale and card payments alongside schedulingnot Paylocity
- Automated client messaging, intake forms and marketing campaignsnot Paylocity
Paylocity
No use cases recorded yet. See the Paylocity 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
Paylocity
- The Internet Archive's capture of Paylocity's homepage on 3 January 2021 named a wide suite of modules, including Payroll, On Demand Payment, HR Edge, Recruiting, Performance Management, Compensation Management and a Learning Management System, all sold via 'Request a Demo' with no price figures published.
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
Paylocity
On request- Core Payroll$undefined/month
- Payroll Processing
- Tax Services
- Direct Deposit
- Complete HCM$undefined/month
- All Core features
- HR
- Benefits
Which should you pick?
Choose Boulevard if
- You need intelligent scheduling.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- You also want client profiles.
Choose Paylocity if
- You need payroll.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want hr management.
Questions people ask
- Is Boulevard or Paylocity better?
- Neither clearly leads. Boulevard starts at $175/month and Paylocity at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Boulevard or Paylocity?
- Boulevard starts at $175/month and Paylocity at On request.
- Does Boulevard or Paylocity run on more platforms?
- Boulevard runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Paylocity 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 Paylocity is typically brought in for.
- What can Boulevard do that Paylocity cannot?
- Boulevard covers Intelligent scheduling, Client profiles, Point of sale, Inventory management. Paylocity covers Payroll, HR Management, Benefits Administration, Time and Labor. Both handle QuickBooks, Web support.
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