Is Boulevard or Zenefits better?

Neither clearly leads. Boulevard starts at $175/month and Zenefits at $8/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Boulevard or Zenefits?

Boulevard starts at $175/month and Zenefits at $8/month.

Does Boulevard or Zenefits run on more platforms?

Boulevard runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Zenefits 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 Zenefits is typically brought in for.

What can Boulevard do that Zenefits cannot?

Boulevard covers Intelligent scheduling, Client profiles, Point of sale, Inventory management. Zenefits covers HR Administration, Benefits Management, Payroll, Time and Scheduling. Both handle QuickBooks, Xero, Web support.

Scheduling & Booking · head to head

Boulevard vs Zenefits

Boulevard

Scheduling & Booking

Client experience platform for salons

From: $175/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

Zenefits

Payroll & Benefits

All-in-one HR platform for growing companies

From: $8/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

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; Zenefits product discontinued by parent company TriNet
They diverge on capability: Boulevard covers Intelligent scheduling, Zenefits covers HR Administration.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Boulevard and Zenefits actually diverge.

Attributes where Boulevard and Zenefits differ
Attribute	Boulevard	Zenefits
Starting price	$175/month	$8/month
Platforms	Web, Ios, Android, Api	Web
Category	Scheduling & Booking	Payroll & Benefits
Founded	2016	2013

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
Point of sale
Inventory management
Staff management
Gift cards & packages
Two-way messaging
Business analytics

Only in Zenefits

HR Administration
Benefits Management
Payroll
Time and Scheduling
Compliance
Performance Management
Slack
Google Workspace

Both cover

QuickBooks
Xero
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 Zenefits
Running point of sale and card payments alongside schedulingnot Zenefits
Automated client messaging, intake forms and marketing campaignsnot Zenefits

Zenefits

No use cases recorded yet. See the Zenefits 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

Zenefits

Product discontinued by parent company TriNet
Remaining customers forced to migrate to more expensive TriNet products

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

Zenefits

$8/month

Essentials$8/month
- HR Administration
- Time Off Tracking
- Scheduling
Growth$16/month
- All Essentials features
- Compensation Management
- Performance Management

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 Zenefits if

You need hr administration.
You also want benefits management.

Zenefits review

Questions people ask

Is Boulevard or Zenefits better?: Neither clearly leads. Boulevard starts at $175/month and Zenefits at $8/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Boulevard or Zenefits?: Boulevard starts at $175/month and Zenefits at $8/month.
Does Boulevard or Zenefits run on more platforms?: Boulevard runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Zenefits 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 Zenefits is typically brought in for.
What can Boulevard do that Zenefits cannot?: Boulevard covers Intelligent scheduling, Client profiles, Point of sale, Inventory management. Zenefits covers HR Administration, Benefits Management, Payroll, Time and Scheduling. Both handle QuickBooks, Xero, Web support.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Zenefits: Is Zenefits still available as a standalone product?

No. Zenefits was discontinued as a standalone product after TriNet's acquisition in 2022. Existing customers are being migrated to TriNet HR Plus (ASO) or TriNet PEO at higher costs.

Source

Zenefits: What were Zenefits' main features before discontinuation?

Zenefits provided HR, benefits management, payroll as optional add-on, time and attendance tracking, and compliance tools for small to mid-sized businesses with 10-200 employees.

Source

Boulevard vs Zenefits

Boulevard

Zenefits

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Boulevard

Only in Zenefits

Both cover

What people use each for

Boulevard

Zenefits

Where each one falls short

Boulevard

Zenefits

Pricing, plan by plan

Boulevard

Zenefits

Which should you pick?

Choose Boulevard if

Choose Zenefits if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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