Updated 1 October 2026 · Pludor team · 2 sources
For a salon or barber, an AI receptionist answers while you are with a client: it gives prices, books the right service length - a cut, colour or braids take very different times - and can take a deposit to cut no-shows. Missed calls get a text back, and every booking lands in one calendar.
For a salon or barber, an AI receptionist answers while you are with a client: it gives prices, books the right service length - a cut, colour or braids take very different times - and can take a deposit to cut no-shows. Missed calls get a text back, and every booking lands in one calendar.
An AI receptionist answers the phone for you while your hands are busy. It quotes prices, books appointments into your real working hours, and texts back anyone it misses. Pludor's Answering feature does this, and the first 10 AI-answered calls each month are free.
With Pludor there's no monthly subscription required - you get 10 answered calls and 100 AI replies free every month, and past that you pay credits at real cost x 2.5, shown before you switch it on. New stores also get 500 free credits. If you want bigger bundles, optional paid plans exist, but you can just pay as you go.
Yes, if you list each service with its own length and price. A four-hour braids booking blocks four hours; a 20-minute beard trim blocks 20 minutes. In Pludor you add services under Service Booking with a length and price or deposit, so callers get booked into real slots.
Take a deposit at the time of booking - customers who've paid something upfront are far less likely to skip. In Pludor you set a deposit on a service and the customer pays by card when booking. You can also record your cancellation policy in the receptionist's business knowledge so it's explained to every caller.
No - it's mostly typing in what you already know: your hours, service menu with prices and lengths, deposit and cancellation policy, and parking or directions. With Pludor you do this in Answering > Settings, pick a name and voice, then call your own number to test it before pointing your real calls at it.
Mostly: prices for colour, braids or extensions, whether you have anything today, booking a specific stylist, rescheduling and cancellations, and bridal or event bookings. Write the answers into your receptionist's business knowledge - hours, walk-in policy, parking - so it can respond without you.
Yes, if you list which stylist does which service in your business knowledge. The AI can then book with the right person, and staff can share the same calendar and inbox. Pludor supports this with Team Staff accounts - two team members are included free each month.
It can handle all of them - calls, texts, WhatsApp and website chat - with everything landing in one inbox. On Pludor, WhatsApp requires your own WhatsApp Business number connected, while SMS and calls use a platform number or your own Twilio account.
It only answers from the business knowledge you enter, so it won't invent prices or policies you haven't set. Pludor's receptionist collects details and books the slot you offer rather than making up quotes. If you miss something, add it to your settings and it's answered from then on.
Not entirely - it covers the front office: answering calls and texts, booking services with lengths and deposits, logging leads, and sending invoices and taking card payments. Pludor does all of that from one account, but it isn't a full field-service suite with job costing or technician routing. Many salons keep their existing job app for that and use Pludor just for answering, booking and payments.
Yes - each service has its own length, so a four-hour booking blocks four hours.
Yes - set a deposit on a service and the customer pays by card when booking.
List which stylist does which service in your business knowledge; staff can share the same calendar and inbox with Team Staff.
It explains your cancellation policy and records the request; you confirm the change in your calendar.
For the front office, yes: the AI receptionist answers calls and texts, customers book services with a length and a price or deposit, quote requests land as leads, and you send invoices and take card payments from the same account. It is not a full field-service suite with job costing, parts inventory or technician routing - many salon and barber businesses keep their job app for that and use Pludor for answering, booking and payments.
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Put in your own numbers. The result is a simple estimate: missed calls x how many would have booked x what a job is worth.
On Pludor the first 10 AI-answered calls and 100 AI replies each month are free; after that they use credits at real cost x 2.5, shown before you switch it on.
Your first 10 answered calls each month are free. No card, no contract.
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