Maple vs Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)
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.
 Mapleindependent restaurants and multi-unit groups that lose phone orders during a rushVisit site |  Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)salons, spas and medspas already running on Boulevard that miss booking callsVisit site | |
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| Cost | ||
| At 100 calls a month | Maple$150Lowest | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)$155 |
| At 500 calls a month | Maple$150Lowest | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)$755 |
| Advertised from | Maple$150 a month | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)$125 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | MapleThe $150 plan covers all 100 calls. | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)The $125 plan covers 80 of 100 calls.20 cost extra. |
| Bills | Mapleflat fee | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)per minute |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | MapleNoThere is no allowance to exceed and no overage rate published: Maple states minutes | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesCalls keep being answered past the 200 included minutes and each extra minute costs $0.60 |
| Free trial or plan | MapleNoThere is no free plan and no free trial on a real line: onboarding requires a card | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyAll call minutes and texts are free from August to November 2026 on your real forwarded line |
| Month to month, cancel online | MaplePartlyMarketing promises month-to-month with no contracts | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesThe add-on carries no minimum term and no cancellation fee |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | MaplePartlyReservations are booked, changed and canceled during the call | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyIt never books during the call: it texts a booking link with the right service preselected |
| Transfers to a person | MapleYesAutomated transfer is included on the entry plan with a configurable handoff number | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyIt transfers on request or when stuck and hands staff an AI call summary |
| Human receptionists as backup | MapleNoThe documented fallback chain ends with the restaurant's own staff | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)NoNo vendor-staffed agents sit behind the AI |
| After-hours rules | MapleYesMaple answers 24/7 and the vendor states it can give different responses when the restaurant is closed | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyCoverage is either 24/7 or after-hours-only off your Boulevard location hours |
| Urgent calls escalated | MapleNot stated | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyUrgent callers are handed to your team whenever transfers are configured |
| Texts your callers | MaplePartlyThe agent can text order links, booking links, payment links and custom messages | 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 - |
| Call summary by text | MaplePartlyEvery call gets a written AI summary, but in the dashboard rather than by SMS | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyEvery call produces an AI summary with action items |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | MaplePartly5 languages | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)Not stated |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | MapleNot stated | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesThe vendor states the receptionist is covered by your existing BAA with Boulevard |
| Hear it before you buy | MaplePartlySeven recorded sample calls across cuisines | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesA public live demo line lets anyone phone Beau and behave like a client |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | MapleNoBookings land in OpenTable, not in a personal calendar | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesBoulevard offers a 2-way calendar sync with your personal Google Calendar |
| Outlook | MapleNoBookings land in OpenTable, not in a personal calendar | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)NoGoogle and Apple Calendar are offered only as two-way personal-calendar sync |
| Calendly | MapleNoBookings land in OpenTable, not in a personal calendar | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)NoGoogle and Apple Calendar are offered only as two-way personal-calendar sync |
| Your trade’s software | MapleYesThe connections are restaurant-specific: Toast, Square, Clover, Shift4 Dine, Lightspeed | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyBoulevard is itself the salon and medspa system of record |
| Keep your number | MapleYesThe recommended setup keeps your existing line | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesYou keep the number clients already dial and forward it to your Boulevard booking line |
| In short | ||
| What it is | 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 | 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) |
| Checked | MapleOctober 15, 2026 | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)October 14, 2026 |
Costs are for 100 or 500 calls a month of 2½ minutes each, on the cheapest public plan. How we price