Updated 1 October 2026 · Pludor team · 2 sources
The Answering Calendar shows appointments and upcoming orders by month, lets you set working hours and add appointments manually - AI receptionist bookings land here too.
Appointments booked by phone, AI and online end up in different places.
Appointments and orders on one calendar, with working hours. You need a Pludor store - free to create.
You need a tool that shows your appointments by month and lets you set working hours. With Pludor, create a free store at pludor.com/setup, then open pludor.com/answering > Calendar, press Hours to set availability, and press Add Appointment to book manually.
Share a booking link where customers pick a service and a real free slot. On Pludor, set your store type to Services & Booking in Settings, add each service with duration and price, set your working hours, and share your store link - bookings land on your calendar automatically.
Yes - an AI receptionist can answer calls and book callers into real free slots. Pludor's AI Answering does this: add your hours, prices and services in Settings, pick a voice, then forward your calls - every call, text and booking lands in one inbox and calendar. The first 100 AI replies and 10 calls a month are free.
It's on for every store, including the Free plan - you get a free amount every month (30 bookings free) and pay only for what you use past that, at 1 credit = 1 cent. Your store, checkout and orders never switch off for lack of credits.
Standalone schedulers mainly handle online bookings - phone bookings you answer and type in yourself, and deposits usually need payment integration. On Pludor, deposits are built into checkout, the AI receptionist books phone calls into the same calendar, and quotes and leads live in a built-in pipeline instead of a separate CRM.
Yes, if your booking tool supports it. On Pludor, add an optional deposit to each service when you set it up - it's built into checkout, so you don't need to connect a separate payment integration.
Set your availability in your calendar's settings and bookings are limited to those hours. In Pludor, open pludor.com/answering > Calendar, press Hours, and set the times you work - both you and the AI receptionist book only within them.
Use one calendar that every booking channel feeds into. Pludor's Answering Calendar does this: online bookings, AI receptionist calls and texts, and manually added appointments all land in the same month view, with a separate Orders view for orders.
Look for a setting that lets you enable an AI agent with its own name, instructions and hours. In Pludor: go to pludor.com/answering > Settings, tick Enable AI Worker, set the Agent Name and Persona/Instructions, choose Active From and Active Until, then save and message your number to test it.
Yes - Pludor's calendar and booking are on for every store, including the Free plan, with no card needed to open a store. You get a free amount of bookings, AI replies and calls each month, plus 500 welcome credits for new stores, so you can test the calendar and AI receptionist before paying anything.
On for every store, including the Free plan - a free amount every month, then pay only for what you use (1 credit = 1 cent).
1. Open Calendar 2. Set Hours 3. Add an appointment 4. Switch views 5. Let AI book Full step-by-step guide: pludor.com/tutorials/answering-calendar
Booking, deposits, quotes and the AI receptionist feed the same calendar and inbox. Deposits: typically payment integration to set up; on Pludor, built into checkout. Phone bookings: typically you answer and type them in; on Pludor, aI receptionist books them. Quotes and leads: typically separate CRM; on Pludor, leads pipeline built in.
Month view. Working hours. Add Appointment. Appointments and orders views. AI bookings.
Appointment-based businesses.
Service Booking: bookable services with a calendar, deposits and quotes. AI Answering: an AI receptionist and unified CRM that answers calls, texts, and chats for your business. AI Worker (Auto-Answer Calls & Messages): an AI agent with its own persona and working hours that answers for you.
What it does, who it is for and what it costs: Answering Calendar & Appointments.
On for every store, including the Free plan - a free amount every month, then pay only for what you use (1 credit = 1 cent).
Free to start - no card, no item limit. Pay only for what you use past the monthly free amounts.
Open my free storeChecked 1 October 2026. Fees and rules change; follow the links for the latest.