# Barbershop booking app that answers the phone · Onist > An AI receptionist for barbershops: it answers while you cut, books the client into a free slot and sends an SMS. 3 lei per call + VAT, no subscription. Onist is an AI receptionist for local shops in Romania and Italy: tyre shops, garages, clinics, salons, plumbers and other businesses that miss calls when they are busy. It answers the phone around the clock in the caller's language, books appointments straight into your calendar, sends SMS confirmations and leaves you a summary of every call. You set it up yourself, online, in a few minutes, and test it with a call before you pay. Onist is an AI receptionist, a barbershop booking app that also answers the phone. When you have a client in the chair, it takes the call, books the caller into a free slot from your list of services, sends them a confirmation SMS and tells you on WhatsApp who called. It costs 3 lei per call + VAT with no subscription, or a plan from 449 lei a month. ## You cut hair. Onist answers the phone. You are halfway through a fade and the phone rings. Onist answers, books the client into a free slot and sends a confirmation SMS. You read on WhatsApp who called, between two clients. - 3 lei per call, no subscription - SMS confirmation to the customer - Speaks Romanian. 24/7 - Set up an account in 5 minutes, no card. - You only pay once it takes real calls, and on pay per call the first 5 calls are free. ## What happens when a client calls and you are halfway through a fade. 1. **Answers in the first second.** You have a client in the chair and clippers in your hand. Onist picks up on the barbershop's number and says in its first sentence that it is the AI assistant. It answers when every barber has a client, in the evening and on Sundays. It talks naturally, and the caller can interrupt at any time. 2. **Asks what matters.** What the client wants: a cut, a fade, a beard or a kid's cut, and when they'd like to come. If they have a favourite barber, it notes that for you too. It knows a classic cut from a fade and a beard trim, from your list. It doesn't make up prices and doesn't promise a specific barber. 3. **Finds a free slot.** It checks the calendar and offers only free times, using the length you set for each service. Anyone asking "can I come now?" hears the first free time today. Works with the in-app calendar or with Google Calendar. It never puts two clients with the same barber at the same time. 4. **Confirms by SMS.** It repeats the time, the service and the name before hanging up. The client then gets a confirmation SMS with the day and time. The booking shows up in your calendar right away. Move or cancel it in the app and the client gets an SMS with the new time. 5. **Messages you on WhatsApp.** After the call you get the summary: who called, what for and what is left to do. Weddings, groups and anything without a fixed price come to you, with the client's number. You read it all between two clients and stop calling back numbers you don't know. ## Everything you need on the phone, without hiring anyone. - **Tell it what you do.** Your services, how long each takes, who does them and the fixed price, if you have one. Onist books only from your list. - **Hear it before you pay.** Call from your browser and ask for a test booking, just like a customer. - **A voice that doesn't sound like a robot.** Andrei speaks Romanian, takes natural pauses and stops when you interrupt him. If a tourist calls in English, he switches to English too. - **Every call, step by step.** The app keeps the transcript and summary of every call: what the customer asked for, what Onist offered and what got booked. - **Works with what you already use.** Bookings go into the in-app calendar or Google Calendar. Summaries arrive on WhatsApp, confirmations go out by SMS. - **It doesn't make things up.** It doesn't quote prices you haven't given it and doesn't promise services that aren't on your list. What it doesn't know, it leaves you as a request. - **Keep your number.** Customers still call the number they know. You forward it with a code from your carrier and can stop forwarding at any time. - **Online booking.** A link in your Instagram bio, on Google or in an SMS. The client picks the service, day and time, without calling. ## You set it up yourself, in a few minutes. 1. Create your account and add the barbershop's name and address. 2. Tell it your services, how long each takes, your prices, your barbers and their hours. 3. Hear the voice in your browser, or call it yourself like a client. 4. Forward your number and Onist takes the calls. No install, no technician. You keep the number your clients know, you just forward it. If you can post a photo on Instagram, you can set up Onist. ## Onist, a person on the phone or a robot with keypad menus? What each option does and costs for a barbershop with one phone and hands that are always busy. | Compared | Onist | Hired receptionist | Phone menu robot | Booking app | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cost | 3 lei per call, no subscription, or from 449 lei a month | 3,000–5,000 lei a month, plus taxes | PBX subscription, plus setup | Free or a monthly plan | | Answers the phone | Yes, in the first second | Yes, during working hours | Yes, with a keypad menu | No, callers reach no one | | Books into the calendar | Yes, in free slots, no overlaps | Yes | No | Yes, if the client opens the app | | Talks naturally, in Romanian | Yes | Yes | No | Doesn't talk | | Hours | Around the clock | 8 hours a day, with holidays | Around the clock | Around the clock | | SMS confirmation | Yes, automatic | By hand | No | Yes | | WhatsApp summary | After every call | On paper or from memory | No | No | | Setup | A few minutes, on your own | Hiring and training | Installed by a technician | A few minutes | _Salaries are from receptionist job ads on OLX, September 2026._ ## On Fridays and Saturdays the phone doesn't stop. You can start pay-per-call with no subscription, and the first 5 calls are free. One cut and beard client at 100 lei pays for 27 calls, VAT included. If the phone rings a lot, a plan makes each call cheaper. Every option, pay-per-call included, comes with automatic booking and a summary and transcript of every call. The receptionist speaks Romanian and 90+ other languages. - **Per call** — No subscription. Pay only when the phone rings.. 0.6 EUR/call + VAT. No monthly fee. One call at a time; One local number; Call list in the app. - **Mini-boss** — For a local business with one phone. 89 EUR/mo + VAT; 74 EUR/mo billed annually. - **Mega-boss** — For when the phone rings more than you can answer. 179 EUR/mo + VAT; 149 EUR/mo billed annually. - Past the bundle: €0.60 a call + VAT, on the same invoice. Included calls do not roll over. A call counts only when the customer actually talked with Onist. Missed calls, wrong numbers, and spam don't count. Confirmation SMS included. _Rough comparison with the monthly cost of a full-time receptionist in Romania. Onist answers the phone and books. For the price of a coffee a day._ ## Questions about Onist for barbershops ### What does Onist do for a barbershop? Onist is an AI receptionist, a barbershop booking app that also answers the phone. When you have a client in the chair, it takes the call, books the caller into a free slot from your list of services, sends them a confirmation SMS and tells you on WhatsApp who called. It costs 3 lei per call + VAT with no subscription, or a plan from 449 lei a month. ### How much does it cost? Pay per call is 3 lei + VAT per call, with no subscription, and the first 5 calls are free. At 100 calls a month that is 300 lei + VAT, about three cut and beard clients. If the phone rings more, plans start at 449 lei + VAT a month with 200 calls included. Missed calls, wrong numbers and spam are not charged. ### I work alone. Who answers when I have the clippers in my hand? Onist. It picks up in the first second, books the appointment in your calendar and sends the client an SMS. You finish the cut in peace and read the summary on WhatsApp, between two clients. ### Can the client ask for a specific barber? They can ask, and Onist notes it. On the phone, though, it doesn't choose the barber: it books a time when a barber who does that service is free, and never puts two clients with the same person at the same time. The client's preference shows up in the WhatsApp summary, so you know and can sort it out yourself. ### What does it say when someone asks "can I come now?" It checks the calendar and tells them the first free time today. If they want it, it books them on the spot and sends an SMS, so they don't turn up to find every chair taken. If the day is full, it offers times on the next days. ### I already use MERO, Booksy or Fresha. Do I still need Onist? Booking apps don't answer the phone, and plenty of clients still call. Onist doesn't sync with other booking apps: it works with its own calendar or with Google Calendar and has its own online booking link. To avoid overlapping bookings, keep them in one calendar. ### Can clients tell it's an AI? Yes, it tells them in its first sentence. It talks naturally, takes pauses and stops when interrupted, so most clients book without any trouble. ### What does it do when it doesn't know something? It doesn't make things up. If the client asks about a group price, a wedding package or a service that isn't on your list, it notes the request and the number and messages you on WhatsApp to call them back. ### Can I keep the barbershop's number? Yes. Clients call the same number, and you forward it to Onist with a carrier code (Orange, Vodafone or Digi). We show you the code for your network and check together that it works. ### Can I use it only on busy days? Yes. Turn on forwarding with a carrier code on Friday morning and turn it off on Monday, and the phone rings with you again. Pay per call has no subscription, so you pay nothing while you answer yourself. You can also set rules to have certain calls transferred to you. ### What about spam and calls from suppliers? Spam, wrong numbers and missed calls are not charged. If a supplier or anyone else who doesn't want an appointment calls, Onist notes who it is and what they want and messages you on WhatsApp. ### What happens to client data? Calls are not recorded: the transcript and summary are kept. Details on processing and providers are in the privacy policy. ## Onist for other trades too - [Tyre shops](https://onist.ro/md/en/vulcanizare): Seasonal changes, punctures, tyre storage. - [Car repair](https://onist.ro/md/en/service-auto): Services, diagnostics, brakes and timing belts. - [Car rental](https://onist.ro/md/en/rent-a-car): Airport handovers, returns, tourist enquiries. - [Vet clinics](https://onist.ro/md/en/cabinet-veterinar): Vaccinations, deworming, check-ups, spaying. - [Beauty salons](https://onist.ro/md/en/salon): Hair, colour, nails, brows. ## This Saturday you cut. Onist takes the phone. Call the number and talk to it directly. Or build your own AI receptionist in 5 minutes. 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