Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau) vs Maple
The short answer
- Maple costs least: $150 a month for 100 calls and $150 for 500.
- Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau) has the lowest advertised price, $125, but costs $155 at 100 calls.
- Pick Maple if you want the lower bill.
 Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)salons, spas and medspas already running on Boulevard that miss booking callsVisit site |  Mapleindependent restaurants and multi-unit groups that lose phone orders during a rushVisit site | |
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| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)$155 | Maple$150Lowest |
| At 500 calls a month | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)$755 | Maple$150Lowest |
| Advertised from | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)$125 a month | Maple$150 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)The $125 plan covers 80 of 100 calls.20 cost extra. | MapleThe $150 plan covers all 100 calls. |
| Bills | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)per minute | Mapleflat fee |
| 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 | MapleNoThere is no allowance to exceed and no overage rate published: Maple states minutes |
| 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 | MapleNoThere is no free plan and no free trial on a real line: onboarding requires a card |
| Month to month, cancel online | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesThe add-on carries no minimum term and no cancellation fee | MaplePartlyMarketing promises month-to-month with no contracts |
| 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 | MaplePartlyReservations are booked, changed and canceled during the call |
| Transfers to a person | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyIt transfers on request or when stuck and hands staff an AI call summary | MapleYesAutomated transfer is included on the entry plan with a configurable handoff number |
| Human receptionists as backup | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)NoNo vendor-staffed agents sit behind the AI | MapleNoThe documented fallback chain ends with the restaurant's own staff |
| After-hours rules | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyCoverage is either 24/7 or after-hours-only off your Boulevard location hours | MapleYesMaple answers 24/7 and the vendor states it can give different responses when the restaurant is closed |
| Urgent calls escalated | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyUrgent callers are handed to your team whenever transfers are configured | MapleNot stated |
| 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 - | MaplePartlyThe agent can text order links, booking links, payment links and custom messages |
| Call summary by text | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyEvery call produces an AI summary with action items | MaplePartlyEvery call gets a written AI summary, but in the dashboard rather than by SMS |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)Not stated | MaplePartly5 languages |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesThe vendor states the receptionist is covered by your existing BAA with Boulevard | MapleNot stated |
| Hear it before you buy | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesA public live demo line lets anyone phone Beau and behave like a client | MaplePartlySeven recorded sample calls across cuisines |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesBoulevard offers a 2-way calendar sync with your personal Google Calendar | MapleNoBookings land in OpenTable, not in a personal calendar |
| Outlook | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)NoGoogle and Apple Calendar are offered only as two-way personal-calendar sync | MapleNoBookings land in OpenTable, not in a personal calendar |
| Calendly | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)NoGoogle and Apple Calendar are offered only as two-way personal-calendar sync | MapleNoBookings land in OpenTable, not in a personal calendar |
| Your trade’s software | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyBoulevard is itself the salon and medspa system of record | MapleYesThe connections are restaurant-specific: Toast, Square, Clover, Shift4 Dine, Lightspeed |
| Keep your number | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesYou keep the number clients already dial and forward it to your Boulevard booking line | MapleYesThe recommended setup keeps your existing line |
| 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) | MapleMaple is an AI phone agent for restaurants that answers calls around the clock, handles hours and FAQ questions, and transfers callers to staff. Its Pro tier also takes phone orders into the POS and books OpenTable reservations.All answers for Maple |
| Checked | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)October 14, 2026 | MapleOctober 15, 2026 |
Costs are for 100 or 500 calls a month of 2½ minutes each, on the cheapest public plan. How we price