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RQ Retail Management vs Boulevard: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 6th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 3,839 reviews from Point of Sale users.
% Fit
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Feature ratings
Payment Processing
3.7
Electronic Payments
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Sales Reports
5.0
Order Management
5.0
Inventory Management
5.0
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Feature ratings
Payment Processing
4.4
Electronic Payments
4.6
Sales Reports
4.2
Order Management
5.0
Inventory Management
4.1
User satisfaction
4.3
User reviews58
Ease of use
4.2
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.2
4.6
User reviews319
Ease of use
4.6
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.7
Price starts from
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

Specialty retailers ranging from 2 - 4,000+ locations with unlimited users.

Self-care businesses wanting a fully-integrated business management platform that handles everything from scheduling to point of sale - helping businesses boost revenue and increase client retention.

User reviews
pros & cons
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Video reviews
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Glenn S
Associate Director of Talent Development & Brand
4.0

Glenn: Hi, my name is Glenn. I'm a Talent Development Manager, and I rate RQ Retail Management, a four out of five. For more reviews like this, click below. Some of the issues that we can solve with RQ Retail Management is definitely clocking in and out. That's number one. But also, logging in sales for our business and tracking inventory. What I like most about the software is definitely the ability to look at inventory in different stores. You can look at all the inventory in the RQ Retail Management system for all of our locations, whether it's nearby or far away. And that way we can request for that inventory to be shipped if it's needed for the store. Like my store, if I need an actual phone or something like that, we can get that to our store very quickly. What I like least about the software is definitely probably the interface. It's not as customizable as some others I've seen. It's kind of basic, to be honest with you. That's what I would say.

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Destiny L
Office Manager
5.0

Destiny L.: Hi, my name is Destiny. I'm an office manager for a beauty company called SEV. SEV is a pretty big company, California-based. We just started expanding in New York. As the office manager. We utilize Boulevard a lot, and I have to say things of everything that has to do with running a beauty business when it comes to scheduling clients, charging clients, and also charging them cancellation fees, which is really important. Boulevard, I'm going to have to say, I give five stars. With SEV, they haven't used any other technology. I think Boulevard pretty much gets the entire concept of what our business does, so I can't really compare any previous softwares to Boulevard. But yeah. I think one of the main reasons, it's how fast it operates. We're very fast-paced business. We take about 100 clients there. We leave little to no room for any space. It's really very back-to-back, and Boulevard just seems to be high functioning when it comes to clicking, moving appointments, scheduling appointments, canceling appointments. It makes everything easier to see on the screen altogether. Personally, I found Boulevard very easy. Everything is clear. I like that Boulevard allows us to use emoticons or emotion cons. That's very helpful for our business to divide which client has specific limitations from other clients. But yeah. The advice I would give to people who want to consider Boulevard as a software for their business is to do it. I think it encompasses everything a business is, from looking at a sales perspective to looking at getting personal to looking at employees and also with clients. It builds better relationships with clients.

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Access Controls/Permissions
207
Important
Accounting Integration
388
Important

RQ Retail Management

31/50
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting Integration
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Barcode Recognition
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Database
  • Customer History
  • Customizable Reports
  • Offline Access
  • Promotions Management
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Receipt Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Restaurant POS
  • Sales Order Management
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Sales Trend Analysis
  • Stock Management
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Commission Management
  • CRM
  • Customer Accounts
  • Discount Management
  • eCommerce Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Employee Management
  • Gift Card Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Invoice Management
  • Layaway Management
  • Loyalty Program
  • Multi-Location
  • Ordering Automation
  • Order Management
  • Payment Processing
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Retail Inventory Management
  • Retail POS
  • Returns Management
  • Sales Reports
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Transaction History
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RQ Retail Management
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Boulevard
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
RQ Retail Management
  • By iQmetrix
  • Located in Canada
  • Founded in 1999
Boulevard
  • By Boulevard Labs
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2016
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