Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau) vs Kalyvox
The short answer
- Kalyvox costs least: €136.50 (about $153) a month for 100 calls and €326.50 (about $366) for 500.
- Pick Kalyvox if you want the lower bill.
 Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)salons, spas and medspas already running on Boulevard that miss booking callsVisit site |  Kalyvoxsmall field-service and professional teams that cannot answer the phone while workingVisit site | |
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| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)$155 | Kalyvox€136.50about $153Lowest |
| At 500 calls a month | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)$755 | Kalyvox€326.50about $366Lowest |
| Advertised from | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)$125 a month | Kalyvox€89 (about $100) a monthabout $100 |
| The advertised plan covers | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)The $125 plan covers 80 of 100 calls.20 cost extra. | KalyvoxThe €89 (about $100) plan covers 0 of 100 calls.100 cost extra. |
| Bills | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)per minute | Kalyvoxper minute |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesCalls keep being answered past the 200 included minutes and each extra minute costs $0.60 | KalyvoxYesThere is no allowance to exceed: extra volume keeps billing at the same per-minute rate |
| Free trial or plan | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyAll call minutes and texts are free from August to November 2026 on your real forwarded line | KalyvoxPartlySeven days free with a working assistant you can forward real calls to and phone yourself |
| Month to month, cancel online | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesThe add-on carries no minimum term and no cancellation fee | KalyvoxYesMonth-to-month with no commitment |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyIt never books during the call: it texts a booking link with the right service preselected | KalyvoxYesThe assistant reads live calendar availability, offers slots and writes the event |
| Transfers to a person | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyIt transfers on request or when stuck and hands staff an AI call summary | KalyvoxYesRule-based transfer by detected intent |
| Human receptionists as backup | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)NoNo vendor-staffed agents sit behind the AI | KalyvoxNoNo human operators sit behind the AI |
| After-hours rules | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyCoverage is either 24/7 or after-hours-only off your Boulevard location hours | KalyvoxYesAnswers 24/7 and adapts the greeting and script to your configured business hours |
| Urgent calls escalated | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyUrgent callers are handed to your team whenever transfers are configured | KalyvoxPartlyEscalation fires on criteria you define, by keyword transfer or SMS to the on-call contact |
| Texts your callers | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyIt can send at most one outbound text per call - a booking or client-portal link from your existing Boulevard line - | KalyvoxPartlyIt can text a booking link mid-call when the caller's number is a mobile |
| Call summary by text | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyEvery call produces an AI summary with action items | KalyvoxPartlyEvery call produces a structured card by notification, email or text |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)Not stated | KalyvoxPartlyEnglish and French |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesThe vendor states the receptionist is covered by your existing BAA with Boulevard | KalyvoxNot stated |
| Hear it before you buy | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesA public live demo line lets anyone phone Beau and behave like a client | KalyvoxPartlyThere is no public demo number or recorded sample call |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesBoulevard offers a 2-way calendar sync with your personal Google Calendar | KalyvoxYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft Outlook connect in one authorization |
| Outlook | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)NoGoogle and Apple Calendar are offered only as two-way personal-calendar sync | KalyvoxYesGoogle Calendar and Microsoft Outlook connect in one authorization |
| Calendly | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)NoGoogle and Apple Calendar are offered only as two-way personal-calendar sync | KalyvoxYesA Calendly-style link can be texted instead when no calendar is connected |
| Your trade’s software | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyBoulevard is itself the salon and medspa system of record | KalyvoxNoThe vendor's integration inventory names only Google Calendar, Zapier and ChatGPT |
| Keep your number | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesYou keep the number clients already dial and forward it to your Boulevard booking line | KalyvoxYesYou keep your existing landline or mobile number and forward it permanently, on no-answer |
| In short | ||
| What it is | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)Boulevard AI Receptionist, called Beau, is an add-on to the Boulevard salon, spa and medspa platform that answers inbound calls on your existing number. It answers service and policy questions from your Boulevard data, texts booking links, transfers callers or takes messages.All answers for Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau) | KalyvoxKalyvox is a Toulouse-built AI receptionist that answers forwarded business calls around the clock, qualifies each caller against rules you configure and books appointments into a connected calendar. Every handled call becomes a structured ticket with summary, transcript and next action.All answers for Kalyvox |
| Checked | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)October 14, 2026 | KalyvoxOctober 14, 2026 |
Costs are for 100 or 500 calls a month of 2½ minutes each, on the cheapest public plan. How we price
“About” figures are converted at the European Central Bank rate of Oct 15, 2026.