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Reservation platforms, compared with sources
Every claim on these pages cites published pricing, contract documents or first-hand operator reports, nothing invented. Each vendor page starts with what that vendor does well, because you deserve the real trade-offs.
The pricing table
Published list pricing side by side. Last verified 2026-07-03; sources are on each vendor's page. Always check the vendor's site for current pricing.
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| System | Monthly price | Usage fees | Contract | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TableHelm (that's us) | Free, or $29 a month flat | Never a per-cover or per-booking fee | Month to month. Cancel self-serve, keep your data. | Yes: unlimited reservations and guests, one location |
| OpenTable | $149 (Basic), $299 (Core) or $499 (Pro) a month, list price | Network covers $1.50 each on Basic, $1.00 on Core/Pro; own-website covers $0.25 each or $49/mo flat on Basic, $0 on Core/Pro; promoted Bonus Points bookings up to $7.50 per diner (third-party figure); plus a 2% service fee on no-show fees, deposits and prepaid transactions (2026) | 12-month auto-renewing term (March 2026 agreement); early exit costs 100% (initial term) or 50% (renewal term) of remaining subscription fees plus 100% of remaining cover fees | None |
| Resy | Platform $249/mo, Platform 360 $399/mo; Tock-powered tiers: Essential $269/mo, Premium $399/mo | No per-cover fees ('We do not charge any fees on a per reservation basis'); prepayments carry a 3% fee on Essential or 2% on Premium, plus standard payment processing | Terms not published on the pricing page; setup fees not disclosed (partner promos reference 12-18 month terms, unverified) | None; no free trial advertised |
| SevenRooms | Not published; quote-only (operator-reported estimates around $499/mo core per venue and $600-900/mo all-in, unverified) | No per-cover fees on direct bookings, per third-party comparisons | Sales-gated; operator reports describe annual contracts (unverified) | None (no free tier or trial listed) |
| Tock | Essential $269/mo or Premium $399/mo (official post-merger pricing on resy.com) | 3% of prepayments on Essential, 2% on Premium, plus card processing (third-party listings cite Stripe ~2.9% + $0.30 or Braintree 2.59% + $0.49); 0% commission only appeared on legacy $699/mo tiers | Not published; sold through the Resy/Tock sales process | None for reservations today; whether the old $0 events-only Intro tier survives the merger is unverified |
| Toast Tables | Not in our verified source file. See the vendor's site. | Operators switching from OpenTable report no extra charges for online bookings; exact terms not in our verified source file | Not in our verified source file. See the vendor's site. | Not in our verified source file. See the vendor's site. |
| Yelp Guest Manager | Basic $129/mo billed annually ($159 month-to-month); Plus $279/mo annually ($349 monthly); Enterprise custom | No cover fees; Basic is capped at 500 covers per month | Annual billing for the lower listed price; a 'Pay $0 for up to 60 days' promo has been offered | None today (the old free Yelp Reservations tier is gone) |
| Eat App | Free $0; Starter $99/mo ($69 annual); Essential $199/mo ($159 annual); Pro $389/mo ($299 annual) | No per-cover fees; tiers are capped instead (Free 100 covers/mo, Starter 300 covers/mo) | Self-serve; monthly or discounted annual billing | Yes: $0 for up to 100 covers per month, permanent |
| Tablein | Starter $79/mo (50 reservations/mo, then 0.67 euro each extra); Growth $139/mo (150/mo); Success $209/mo (unlimited); annual billing gives 12 months for 10 | Per-extra-reservation charges above your tier's monthly cap (Starter and Growth) | No setup fees, no minimum contract, cancel anytime (its own pricing page) | None; 14-day trial only |
| resOS | Free $0 (25 bookings/mo); paid tiers roughly $35-149/mo per third-party listings (unverified; resOS's pricing page blocks fetchers) | No per-booking or per-cover fees on bookings; a 2% resOS surcharge plus Stripe fees applies to deposits, prepayments and no-show fees | No long-term contracts; free setup (consistent across sources) | Yes: 25 bookings per month, all core features, no card required |
| Tableo | Freemium £0/mo; Organise £49.17/mo; Grow £71.67/mo; Expand £121.67/mo (all paid tiers billed annually) | None disclosed beyond Grow tier's payments/deposits fee (1% + Stripe fees) | Paid tiers billed annually on the published pricing; no monthly-billing price shown | Yes: £0 for up to 100 covers a month, 1 user account |
| TablesReady | Free $0/mo; Starter $39/mo; Business $79/mo (both paid tiers billed annually); Enterprise is quote-only | Message-metered: Free includes 150 messages/mo, paid tiers start at 1,000/mo and scale up to 30,000/mo | Starter and Business billed annually per the published pricing page | Yes: $0/mo, 150 messages and up to 100 parties, core waitlist features |
| Waitlist Me | Premium $34.99/mo; Pro $59.99/mo; Platinum $99.99/mo (about 20% less if billed annually) | Text-metered: 1,000 / 2,500 / 5,000 notifications a month by tier, then $0.02 per additional text | Monthly or annual (annual billing discounts each tier by roughly 20%) | None for real use; pricing starts at Premium |
The comparisons
OpenTable
OpenTable is the biggest diner marketplace and reservation platform in the US, owned by Booking Holdings. The software is well rated and the network genuinely fills seats.
$149 (Basic), $299 (Core) or $499 (Pro) a month, list price
See the comparisonResy
Resy is American Express's reservation platform, popular with design-forward independents and known for its diner app. Pricing is published and there are no per-cover fees.
Platform $249/mo, Platform 360 $399/mo; Tock-powered tiers: Essential $269/mo, Premium $399/mo
See the comparisonSevenRooms
SevenRooms is the CRM-heavy guest platform for hospitality groups, acquired by DoorDash for about $1.2 billion in 2025. It is the data-ownership benchmark of the category and the feature depth is real.
Not published; quote-only (operator-reported estimates around $499/mo core per venue and $600-900/mo all-in, unverified)
See the comparisonTock
Tock built its name on prepaid reservations and events for fine dining, and it is genuinely liked for that model and for clean data portability. The trade-offs are structural: Tock takes 2-3% of prepaid booking revenue on current tiers, its Capterra rating (3.4/5) is the lowest of the major platforms with support and sales complaints, and Amex is merging it into Resy in summer 2026, which means forced migration..
Essential $269/mo or Premium $399/mo (official post-merger pricing on resy.com)
See the comparisonToast Tables
Toast Tables is the reservation and waitlist product inside the Toast POS ecosystem. Operators leaving OpenTable cite it approvingly, mainly because online bookings do not carry extra per-cover fees.
Not in our verified source file. See the vendor's site.
See the comparisonYelp Guest Manager
Yelp Guest Manager is Yelp's reservation and waitlist platform, priced mid-market with no cover fees and Yelp's consumer traffic behind it. The documented pain points are the 500-cover monthly cap on the Basic tier that forces upgrades, and Yelp's sales machine: operators report aggressive ad bundling, relentless sales calls, and steep price jumps after Yelp acquired NoWait..
Basic $129/mo billed annually ($159 month-to-month); Plus $279/mo annually ($349 monthly); Enterprise custom
See the comparisonEat App
Eat App is the most content-visible mid-market reservation platform, with published pricing and a genuinely free tier capped at 100 covers a month. It is a fair, self-serve product.
Free $0; Starter $99/mo ($69 annual); Essential $199/mo ($159 annual); Pro $389/mo ($299 annual)
See the comparisonTablein
Tablein is a small, well-liked European reservation tool (a rare 5.0/5 across 21 Capterra reviews) with clean terms: no setup fees, no minimum contract, cancel anytime, and every feature on every tier. The model to understand is reservation caps: $79/mo covers only 50 reservations a month, with per-extra-reservation charges, and unlimited costs $209/mo.
Starter $79/mo (50 reservations/mo, then 0.67 euro each extra); Growth $139/mo (150/mo); Success $209/mo (unlimited); annual billing gives 12 months for 10
See the comparisonresOS
resOS is a lean budget booking system with a real free plan (25 bookings a month, all core features, no card required), no contracts and free setup. Its published dollar pricing could not be fetched directly for our research file, so we treat third-party tier figures as unverified.
Free $0 (25 bookings/mo); paid tiers roughly $35-149/mo per third-party listings (unverified; resOS's pricing page blocks fetchers)
See the comparisonTableo
Tableo is a UK reservation platform with a real free tier and commission-free multi-channel booking (Google, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) once you're on a paid plan. The model to understand: the free Freemium tier caps at 100 covers a month, and no-show protection plus SMS/WhatsApp notifications only unlock on the Grow tier and above.
Freemium £0/mo; Organise £49.17/mo; Grow £71.67/mo; Expand £121.67/mo (all paid tiers billed annually)
See the comparisonTablesReady
TablesReady is a dedicated waitlist and paging product with a free tier and message-metered paid plans. The comparison to make honestly is one of scope: TablesReady centres on the walk-in queue and SMS, while TableHelm pairs a waitlist with online reservations, a floor plan and a guest book in one system, with no message quota to watch..
Free $0/mo; Starter $39/mo; Business $79/mo (both paid tiers billed annually); Enterprise is quote-only
See the comparisonWaitlist Me
Waitlist Me is a simple waitlist and notification app with no free tier for real use: every plan is priced by monthly text allowance. The honest comparison is scope: Waitlist Me manages the queue and text notifications, while TableHelm runs the queue and the reservation book together, with a floor plan, guest history and no-show protection, for a flat fee with no per-text metering..
Premium $34.99/mo; Pro $59.99/mo; Platinum $99.99/mo (about 20% less if billed annually)
See the comparisonLooking for head-to-head pages between the incumbents themselves? See the vs pages, including Resy vs OpenTable and Tock vs OpenTable.
See where TableHelm fits
Free for unlimited reservations at one location. $29 a month for Pro. Never a per-cover fee.