Here's what a storefront, an ordering/POS system, email marketing, AI phone answering, and booking software actually cost when you piece them together separately.
| Tool | Monthly range |
|---|---|
| Online store (e.g. Shopify Basic) Storefront + checkout only — no booking, no ordering, no answering. |
$27–$32 |
| Restaurant POS + online ordering (e.g. Toast) Base plan is cheaper, but hardware, add-ons, and processing fees push most small operators well past the sticker price. |
$300–$2,000 |
| Email marketing (e.g. Mailchimp) Pricing scales with contact list size — even unsubscribed contacts often still count. |
$13–$135 |
| AI phone answering / missed-call recovery A separate subscription just to stop losing customers to missed calls. |
$18–$100 |
| Booking / scheduling software Yet another login, yet another monthly charge, for the calendar alone. |
$10–$50 |
| Stacked total, piecing it together yourself | $368–$2,317 |
Five separate logins, five separate bills, none of them connected. A missed payment on one tool can quietly break your whole setup.
Pludor Starter includes a branded storefront and checkout. Growth ($29/mo) and Scale ($79/mo) add AI answering, booking, and deeper automation as you need it — one bill, one dashboard.
See what's actually included before you commit to anything.
Get StartedNo monthly fee and no card. Everything is on from day one; you pay 4.99% + $0.90 per order when you make an online sale (card processing is separate), and only pay for extra AI or messaging past the free monthly allowance.
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Each tool bills separately and prices creep up: Shopify Basic is $27–$32/mo for storefront and checkout only, a restaurant POS can balloon to $300–$2,000/mo with hardware and fees, and Mailchimp scales with your contact list ($13–$135/mo). Add AI phone answering ($18–$100/mo) and booking software ($10–$50/mo) and you're paying five bills for one business. A missed payment on any one tool can break your whole setup.
Each tool bills separately and prices creep up: Shopify Basic is $27–$32/mo for storefront and checkout only, a restaurant POS can balloon to $300–$2,000/mo with hardware and fees, and Mailchimp scales with your contact list ($13–$135/mo). Add AI phone answering ($18–$100/mo) and booking software ($10–$50/mo) and you're paying five bills for one business. A missed payment on any one tool can break your whole setup.
The cheapest route is one platform that includes everything, not stacking five subscriptions. Pludor lets you start free — no monthly fee, no card — with a branded storefront and checkout live in about a minute, and you only pay 4.99% + $0.90 per online order (card processing is separate). Paid plans from $9/mo just add bigger usage allowances.
Yes — Pludor's free plan gives you a real store with checkout, product and service listings, a booking calendar, promo codes, analytics and more, with no monthly fee. You pay 4.99% + $0.90 per paid online order, and card processing is charged separately by the processor. Your store, checkout and orders never switch off.
Pludor's core plan is $0/month — every feature is on, with a free monthly allowance of things like 3,000 visits, 100 AI replies and 30 bookings, and you pay only for what you use past that in credits (1 credit = 1 cent). Optional bundles are Starter at $9/mo, Growth at $29/mo, and Scale at $79/mo, which include larger allowances and lower fees. Paid online orders carry a 4.99% + $0.90 platform fee.
Not anymore. Pludor combines a storefront and checkout, POS, an AI receptionist with a unified inbox, booking calendar, and bulk messaging in one dashboard, so you manage everything from one login. Start with the one tool you need and add the rest as you grow. That's what keeps costs down versus five separate subscriptions.
The sticker price is rarely the real price — hardware, add-ons and processing fees push most small operators well past the base plan, sometimes to $300–$2,000/mo for a restaurant POS. Email tools also count unsubscribed contacts toward your list size, quietly raising your bill. Always ask what's excluded from the base price before committing.
Pludor is a full business platform — storefront, checkout, POS, AI receptionist and a marketplace where shoppers can find you — with seller verification included and card processing handled by Stripe. Cash sales recorded in POS carry no platform fee, and wallet-to-wallet transfers between Pludor users are free. You can start free with no card required and see everything included before paying anything.
Shopify Basic runs $27–$32/mo and covers storefront and checkout only — no booking, ordering, AI answering or email tools. Pludor starts at $0/month with all of those included, charging only 4.99% + $0.90 per online order plus usage credits past your free allowance. If you need booking, POS and AI phone answering, one platform avoids five separate bills.
Open a free store on a platform that doesn't charge a monthly fee — Pludor requires no card and your storefront, checkout and orders go live in about a minute. Add your products, services or digital offers, and you only pay when you make online sales (4.99% + $0.90 per order). You can upgrade to a paid plan later only if you need bigger usage allowances.