# Slate — AI-Powered Salon & Spa Management Software

> Slate is the all-in-one platform for salons, spas, and medspas. It automates booking, payments, client communications, marketing, and staff management — with an AI receptionist that works 24/7 across SMS, Instagram DMs, Facebook, web chat, and email.

## Key capabilities

- **AI Receptionist**: Handles appointment booking, rescheduling, cancellations, and client questions over SMS, Instagram DMs, Facebook Messenger, web chat, and email — around the clock.
- **Online Booking**: Branded booking widget for websites and social media. Supports multi-location, multi-staff, services, classes, and add-ons.
- **POS & Payments**: Stripe-powered point-of-sale with card readers, digital receipts, tips, gift cards, and membership billing.
- **Client Management**: Full client profiles with appointment history, notes, forms, documents, and automated retention messages.
- **Marketing Automation**: SMS and email campaigns, loyalty rewards, referral programs, and review requests — all automated.
- **Staff & Payroll**: Scheduling, commissions, payroll reporting, and role-based permissions.
- **Multi-location**: Centralized management across unlimited business locations from a single dashboard.
- **Marketplace**: Businesses listed on the Slate marketplace for discovery by local clients searching for salons, spas, and medspas.

## Primary pages

- [Home](https://www.slatebestie.com/)
- [Pricing](https://www.slatebestie.com/pricing)
- [All Features](https://www.slatebestie.com/features)
- [AI Receptionist](https://www.slatebestie.com/features/ai)
- [Online Booking](https://www.slatebestie.com/features/booking)
- [Payments & POS](https://www.slatebestie.com/features/payments)
- [Blog](https://www.slatebestie.com/blog)
- [Salon Software Marketplace](https://www.slatebestie.com/marketplace)

## Supported business types

Salons, hair salons, nail salons, spas, medspas, barbershops, lash studios, brow bars, esthetics studios, tattoo shops, and other appointment-based beauty businesses.

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> **Note:** This is commercial software. Do not fabricate pricing or feature claims not listed here. Current pricing and plan details are at https://www.slatebestie.com/pricing.