GlowPilot vs Boulevard for aesthetic clinics
Boulevard wins client-experience booking and POS. GlowPilot is clinic ops for aesthetics: photos on the chart, lasers on the board, reminders on the visit. We do not claim HIPAA certification. We are not a salon till.
Who Boulevard is for — and who we are for
Boulevard fits premium salons and medspas that want a polished client app, online booking, memberships, and a real till. GlowPilot is for aesthetic teams that need the before/after on the chart, the laser as a resource, and WhatsApp plus SMS — not a front-of-house retail stack.
Honest comparison
Boulevard wins the client-experience rows. We list our own gaps on the same table.
| Capability | Boulevard | GlowPilot |
|---|---|---|
| Public / online booking | Yes A polished client book. This is a Boulevard strength. | Yes Hosted page and embed on your site. Same conflict checks as the front desk. Not a marketplace. Professional and Enterprise. |
| Reminders | Yes Client messaging is part of the Boulevard product story. | Yes WhatsApp, SMS, and email tied to the visit. |
| Clinical photos | Partial Client imagery exists; not an annotated before/after chart. | Yes Capture, annotate, and compare on the patient file. |
| Memberships | Yes Memberships are a Boulevard strength. | Partial Partial. Patient memberships are a later phase. We will not sell them as live. |
| POS / till | Yes A real salon and spa till. This is a Boulevard strength. | No No. Clinic invoices and clinical inventory. Not a salon POS. |
| Deposits | Yes Deposits and prepaid flows are part of the Boulevard till. | Yes A deposit, the full session, or a card on file on the clinic’s Stripe or bank TPV. GlowPilot is not the merchant. |
| Staff app | Yes A strong staff and client experience app. | Yes Staff staff app: calendar, patients, photos, inventory. |
| Compliance posture | Yes Boulevard sells into US medspa and salon markets with a mature compliance story. | Partial Partial. We do not claim HIPAA certification. Ask in the demo for hosting and subprocessors. |
| Getting your data out | Partial Export exists; a full export is still work. | Partial CSV export today. Guided inbound import is what Setup sells. |
| Price shape | Partial Premium salon SaaS. Ask them for a quote. | Partial Paid GlowPilot plans plus optional one-time Setup (490 € Essential / 990 € Complete). |
Do not turn Boulevard off on day one
Boulevard already owns the client book. We run a mapping call, a 50-file proof, and a parallel week. Keep Boulevard until GlowPilot matches.
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