Resy for Restaurants: Pricing, Features and Who It's Really For
Resy's 2026 pricing after the Tock merger, what its plans actually include, and an honest look at which restaurants it suits and which it doesn't.
July 5, 2026 · 8 min read
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Resy built its reputation as the reservation app diners in food-forward cities actually check first, and that diner-side brand strength is still its biggest selling point for restaurants. Since Amex's February 2026 announcement that Tock is merging into Resy, the product has also picked up serious ticketed-dining capability. Here's what Resy costs in 2026, what you actually get at each tier, and who it genuinely suits.
Resy pricing in 2026
| Plan | Monthly price | Per-cover fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $249/mo | None published | Core booking, floor plan, guest book |
| Pro | $399/mo | None published | Adds deeper CRM and marketing tools |
| Enterprise | $899/mo | None published | Multi-location and advanced reporting |
The headline difference from OpenTable's model is the absence of a per-cover network fee: Resy's cost is fixed at whichever tier you're on, regardless of how many diners book through it in a given month. For a high-volume restaurant, that flat structure can be considerably cheaper than a per-cover competitor once you cross a certain booking threshold, commonly cited as somewhere around 80 network covers a month.
What you actually get
- A floor plan and table management view built for a full-service dining room, not a generic grid.
- A guest CRM that tracks preferences, allergies and visit history, genuinely useful for high-end hospitality where personal touches matter to the guest experience.
- Diner-side discovery through the Resy app itself, which has real brand pull among diners in major US food scenes.
- Since the Tock merger, growing support for ticketed and prepaid dining events, previously Tock's clear strength over Resy.
Where Resy is worth the price
Resy makes the most sense for restaurants that genuinely benefit from its diner-side brand recognition, typically higher-end or destination dining in cities where Resy is the app diners already have open. If a meaningful share of your covers come from diners discovering you through the app itself, rather than your own marketing, the flat monthly fee is straightforward to justify against that incremental business.
Where it's the wrong fit
A neighbourhood restaurant running mostly on repeat local guests and its own following gets little from Resy's diner-discovery layer, and $249 to $899 a month is a meaningful fixed cost for a room that doesn't need that reach. The floor plan and guest book, the parts most restaurants actually use daily, are available at no monthly cost on flat-fee platforms built specifically for that use case.
“Resy plans run $249 to $399 a month in 2026 after the Tock merger, with no per-cover fees.”
Resy vs. a flat-fee alternative
| Resy Basic | TableHelm House (free) | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $249 | $0 |
| Per-cover fee | None published | None, ever |
| Diner-discovery app | Yes, real brand pull | No |
| Floor plan and guest book | Yes | Yes |
| Best for | Discovery-dependent, higher-end dining | Repeat-guest-driven independents |
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Does Resy charge a per-cover fee?
No published per-cover fee as of 2026; Resy's cost is the flat monthly plan fee regardless of booking volume, which is the main structural difference from OpenTable's model.
What happened with Tock and Resy?
Amex announced in February 2026 that Tock is merging into Resy, expected to complete over the following months. This brings Tock's ticketed and prepaid-dining strength into the Resy product.
Is Resy worth it for a small independent restaurant?
Only if diner-discovery traffic from the Resy app is genuinely bringing in covers you wouldn't otherwise get. For restaurants running mainly on repeat guests, the fixed monthly cost is hard to justify against a free or low-cost alternative offering the same floor plan and guest book.