Booking & management
DaySmart Salon
Established salon and spa software (formerly Salon Iris) for scheduling, POS, and client management.
What it does
DaySmart Salon, formerly known as Salon Iris, is a long-established platform for salons and spas covering appointment scheduling, online booking, POS and payments, client records, inventory, payroll, and marketing. It has both cloud and legacy desktop roots and appeals to owners who want a proven, full-featured system for running the front desk and back office. It targets small to mid-size independent businesses.
AI features
Checked on DaySmart Salon’s own pages, October 13, 2026
DaySmart Salon's AI sits in its review tools and website builder: an assistant drafts replies to Google reviews and helps clients write theirs, and an AI builder makes the salon's website. Its Business Advisor is announced for the wider DaySmart family, not confirmed in the salon product.
AI pricing: AI review replies come with Reputation Management, included from Deluxe Growth ($149 a month) and an add-on on Basic and Deluxe. The AI website builder is $15 a month once the site is published.
Drafts personalized replies to Google reviews from the DaySmart Salon dashboard.
Pricing: Included from Deluxe Growth ($149 a month); an add-on on Basic and Deluxe.
- DaySmart Salon: Online review management: “We even provide an AI assistant to help you draft professional, personalized responses in seconds”
- DaySmart Salon pricing page: “Deluxe Growth $149 / Month Everything in Deluxe, plus: Text Marketing Two-Way Texting Reputation Management”
DaySmart's company-wide AI page lists Business Advisor for plain-language business questions, with AI coaching planned first for its UK product, Slick. No DaySmart Salon page confirms it is live in the salon product.
- DaySmart Salon: Daysmart AI: “Business Advisor answers business questions in plain language and outlines clear next steps so you can act confidently.”
- DaySmart Salon blog: Daysmart acquires uk salon platform slick: “Building on DaySmart’s existing Business Advisor tool and Slick’s rich industry data set, early AI features are planned to roll out to Slick users in Q2 2026”
- DaySmart Salon blog: Daysmart introduces practical AI to transform small business...: “Business Advisor translates data into clear, actionable decisions”
Answer a few questions and AI generates a branded salon website with online booking built in ($15 a month once published).
- DaySmart Salon: Salon website builder: “DaySmart Salon’s AI-powered salon website builder creates a custom, branded site for your business in under 10 minutes”
- DaySmart Salon help center: Simple website builder new cloud: “Publishing your website will enable the rate plan of $15/month.”
After a visit, clients pick a few keywords and AI drafts a review for them to approve and post.
- DaySmart Salon: Online review management: “Our AI helps clients draft polished, detailed reviews using prompts.”
- DaySmart Salon help center: Reputation management cloud new: “automating review requests, offering AI-assisted review drafting, syncing with external review sites (like Google/Facebook)”
Writes service and class descriptions; DaySmart's AI page still labels it coming soon.
- DaySmart Salon: Daysmart AI: “Publish polished, SEO-friendly descriptions in seconds to improve discoverability, attract more clients, and easily drive bookings for your services or classes.”
- DaySmart Salon blog: Daysmart introduces practical AI to transform small business...: “the AI Description Generator creates polished, SEO-friendly service and class listings in seconds”
Not found on October 13, 2026: AI phone receptionist, AI text and chat replies, AI marketing writer and AI scheduling and pricing.
Pricing
From about $29/mo, scaling with staff and features
Pricing signals are indicative and change often. Confirm current pricing with the vendor.
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