Updated 1 October 2026 · Pludor team · 2 sources
Use a platform that connects an AI assistant to your real products, prices and calendar instead of a generic chat widget. On Pludor, you create a store, add your business knowledge in Answering settings, and the AI receptionist answers questions, recommends products, takes orders and books services, handing conversations to you in a unified inbox when needed.
Most chat widgets can't see your catalog, so you need one connected to your actual store data. On Pludor, the AI receptionist is trained on the business knowledge you add in Answering settings and is connected to your real products, services and calendar, so it answers from your actual catalog. You just create your store, add your knowledge, and connect your channels.
Yes, if it's connected to a real storefront with cart and checkout. Pludor's AI assistant is linked to your Pludor Online Store, so it can recommend products and take orders through your branded checkout. Card processing runs through Stripe, charged separately by the processor.
With Pludor it can start at $0: the free plan includes the AI receptionist, store and booking calendar, with a free amount every month (for example 100 AI replies, 10 answered calls and 30 bookings). Past that you pay as you go with credits, where 1 credit equals 1 cent, and new stores get 500 free credits. Paid plans are optional bundles: Starter $9/mo, Growth $29/mo, Scale $79/mo.
No. Pludor's Mobile Website Builder generates a store site from your phone, and you add the AI assistant by filling in business knowledge in Answering settings - no coding involved. You can build and preview it free, without even creating an account.
A generic chatbot only answers from text you paste into it and can't see your products, prices or calendar. An AI agent like Pludor's is connected to your real catalog and Service Booking calendar, so it can recommend, take orders and book appointments with deposits and quotes. It also hands conversations to you in the unified inbox when a human touch is needed.
Pludor AI Answering covers calls, texts and chats from one system, with a call log and unified CRM. So the same business knowledge powers your website assistant, phone answering and text concierge. You monitor and take over any conversation from the Inbox.
You control what it knows: add accurate business knowledge in the Answering settings, and it answers only from that knowledge and your catalog. Pludor doesn't build a code-level custom model, so the quality depends on the information you provide. You can also watch conversations in the Inbox and step in anytime.
Yes, as long as you can see and take over every conversation. On Pludor, all chats flow into a unified inbox where you can monitor what the AI said and jump in, and orders go through your own storefront checkout. The AI works from the knowledge and catalog you provide, so it won't invent policies you didn't set.
Pick a tool that combines answering, orders and bookings in one place rather than stitching together separate chatbot and help-desk integrations. Pludor's AI receptionist answers calls, texts and chats, takes orders, books services, and logs leads in the CRM automatically. Alternatives like chatbot builders usually need separate integrations for products, bookings and payments.
You can build and preview a Pludor AI assistant for free without an account, so it can be live the same day. The steps are: create your store and website, add business knowledge in Answering settings, connect your channels, then monitor conversations from the Inbox. Publishing is free too, and opening a free store adds 500 credits for the tools and AI.
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