NextPhone vs Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)
The short answer
- Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau) costs least at 100 calls a month: $155.
- NextPhone costs least at 500: $199.
- Pick NextPhone if you want the lower bill at 500 calls.
- Pick Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau) if you want the lower bill at 100 calls.
 NextPhonesolo law firms and trades that miss calls while working or after hoursVisit 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 | NextPhone$199 | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)$155Lowest |
| At 500 calls a month | NextPhone$199Lowest | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)$755 |
| Advertised from | NextPhone$199 a month | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)$125 a month |
| The advertised plan covers | NextPhoneThe $199 plan covers all 100 calls. | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)The $125 plan covers 80 of 100 calls.20 cost extra. |
| Bills | NextPhoneflat fee | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)per minute |
| Keeps answering past your allowance | NextPhoneYesNothing happens on call 101: calls stay included and the bill does not move | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesCalls keep being answered past the 200 included minutes and each extra minute costs $0.60 |
| Free trial or plan | NextPhonePartlySeven days free on the entry Pro plan, during which you pick a number | 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 | NextPhoneYesMonth to month with no contract and no cancellation fee, canceled from the account | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesThe add-on carries no minimum term and no cancellation fee |
| On the call | ||
| Books appointments | NextPhoneYesIt checks live availability during the call and writes the appointment itself | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyIt never books during the call: it texts a booking link with the right service preselected |
| Transfers to a person | NextPhoneYesTwo transfer kinds, including a warm one where the AI briefs your person first | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyIt transfers on request or when stuck and hands staff an AI call summary |
| Human receptionists as backup | NextPhoneNoNo people sit behind the AI | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)NoNo vendor-staffed agents sit behind the AI |
| After-hours rules | NextPhoneYesAnswers every day of the year, with a separate closed greeting | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyCoverage is either 24/7 or after-hours-only off your Boulevard location hours |
| Urgent calls escalated | NextPhoneYesYou define what counts as urgent | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyUrgent callers are handed to your team whenever transfers are configured |
| Texts your callers | NextPhonePartlyDuring-call and follow-up texts are on every plan | 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 | NextPhoneYesA text summary with the caller, outcome and their answers goes out after the call | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyEvery call produces an AI summary with action items |
| Language, privacy and trying it | ||
| Languages | NextPhonePartly10 languages | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)Not stated |
| HIPAA, with a signed BAA | NextPhoneNot stated | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesThe vendor states the receptionist is covered by your existing BAA with Boulevard |
| Hear it before you buy | NextPhoneYesYou talk to an agent trained on your own website in the browser during signup | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesA public live demo line lets anyone phone Beau and behave like a client |
| What it connects to | ||
| Google Calendar | NextPhoneYesGoogle Calendar, Outlook, Calendly, Acuity, Cal.com | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesBoulevard offers a 2-way calendar sync with your personal Google Calendar |
| Outlook | NextPhoneYesGoogle Calendar, Outlook, Calendly, Acuity, Cal.com | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)NoGoogle and Apple Calendar are offered only as two-way personal-calendar sync |
| Calendly | NextPhoneYesGoogle Calendar, Outlook, Calendly, Acuity, Cal.com | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)NoGoogle and Apple Calendar are offered only as two-way personal-calendar sync |
| Your trade’s software | NextPhonePartlyLegal and field-service tools are covered | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)PartlyBoulevard is itself the salon and medspa system of record |
| Keep your number | NextPhoneYesKeep your line and forward either all calls or only busy, unanswered and after-hours ones | Boulevard AI Receptionist (Beau)YesYou keep the number clients already dial and forward it to your Boulevard booking line |
| In short | ||
| What it is | NextPhoneNextPhone is an AI receptionist that answers a small business's calls around the clock, trained on its website, taking intake answers, booking appointments and transferring callers by rules the owner writes. Every plan is a flat monthly price with unlimited calls.All answers for NextPhone | 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 | NextPhoneOctober 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