Reserving is an OpenTable alternative for restaurants that want reservations on their own website without a fee on every guest. You pay a flat 49 or 149 USD per venue per month, no amount per cover, and the guest list stays yours to export. A busy Saturday costs what a quiet Tuesday costs.
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OpenTable publishes three plans. Basic is 149 USD a month plus 1.50 USD for every guest seated from the OpenTable network, and website covers cost 0.25 USD each or 49 USD a month flat. Core is 299 USD and Pro is 499 USD a month, each plus 1.00 USD per network cover, with website covers included.
A network cover is any guest who booked through the OpenTable app, opentable.com or one of its partner channels. That includes regulars who open the app out of habit, so a slice of what you pay for is demand that was already yours. OpenTable also added a 2% service fee on deposits and prepaid experiences in 2026.
Take a restaurant that seats 2,000 reserved covers a month: 1,200 arrive through the OpenTable network and 800 through its own website. Here is what that same month costs on each plan.
| Plan | Subscription | Cover fees on 1,200 network covers | Website covers | Month total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenTable Basic | 149 USD | 1,800 USD | 49 USD flat | 1,998 USD |
| OpenTable Core | 299 USD | 1,200 USD | included | 1,499 USD |
| OpenTable Pro | 499 USD | 1,200 USD | included | 1,699 USD |
| Reserving Growth | 149 USD | none, every cover is free | included | 149 USD |
OpenTable figures are from its published plans for US restaurants and exclude taxes, add-ons and the deposit service fee. Reserving Growth is 119 USD a month when billed yearly. Card processing on deposits is charged by the payment provider on any system, ours included.
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Everything a host needs to run the book during service, on one board, with the booking page running on your domain rather than on a marketplace listing.
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Yes, if most of your reservations come from people who already know you. A flat-fee system such as Reserving costs 149 USD a month however many guests you seat. What you give up is the OpenTable diner network, so the real question is how many of your network covers are new guests who would not have found you otherwise.
In those cases the network is selling you real distribution, and 1.00 to 1.50 USD for a new guest can be a fair price.
Here the fee is a tax on demand you created, and a flat price per venue stops it.
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Resy is the other name restaurants usually shortlist. It dropped cover fees altogether and charges a monthly plan instead, from 289 USD a month, with Tock now part of the Resy network. The table below uses each vendor's published US pricing. Where a competitor is stronger, the table says so.
| What you are comparing | OpenTable | Resy | Reserving |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price per month | 149 USD, Basic | 289 USD, Platform or Essential | 49 USD, Core |
| Fee per guest seated | 1.00 to 1.50 USD per network cover | none | none |
| Fee on deposits and prepayments | 2% service fee | 3% on Essential, 2% on Premium | no platform percentage |
| Diner app and network | large, the main reason to pay | large, plus Amex card member perks | none, bookings come from your site, Google and Instagram |
| Tables, rooms and chairs | tables | tables, events and experiences | tables, rooms, chairs and spaces on one board |
| Guest list export | shared with the platform | shared with the platform | owned by the venue, export any time |
| Five locations | per location, repeated | per location, repeated | 499 USD a month for all five |
For the full breakdown of Resy's four plans, read Resy pricing for restaurants. For the three questions that matter on any contract, see what to compare before you sign.
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Pick a cutover date, import your future bookings and guest records, and point every booking button at the new page. Most restaurants run both books for one service so the host team can learn the board before the old system goes quiet.
Download your guest list and your future reservations. Ask your account manager for the export in writing if it is not in the dashboard, and check your contract for the notice period before you give it.
Enter tables, seats, turn times per party size, buffers and service windows. A dining room of twenty tables takes an afternoon.
Bring future bookings and guest records across by CSV, paste the widget snippet on your site, and replace the reserve button on your Google profile and Instagram bio with your booking link.
Run both books for a service, then close new availability on OpenTable. Guests who already hold a booking there keep it and are seated as normal.
It depends on where your guests come from. If you need a diner network, Resy is the closest match and has no cover fees, from 289 USD a month. If most guests already know you, a flat-fee system that books on your own website, such as Reserving at 49 to 149 USD per venue, costs far less for the same book.
OpenTable charges per cover, meaning per guest, not per reservation. A party of four booked through the OpenTable network costs 4.00 USD on Core or Pro and 6.00 USD on Basic. Bookings from your own website are included on Core and Pro, and cost 0.25 USD a cover or 49 USD a month flat on Basic.
For a busy restaurant, usually yes. Resy charges a flat monthly plan from 289 USD with no cover fees, while OpenTable Core is 299 USD plus 1.00 USD per network cover. Resy's entry plan costs less than Core before a single cover is counted, and it beats OpenTable Basic once a restaurant seats about 94 network covers a month. A small independent restaurant pays less again on a per-venue system.
Guests who booked with you directly are your customers, and you can ask OpenTable for an export of your reservation and guest data. What you can take and in what format depends on your plan and contract, so request it in writing before you give notice. On Reserving, the guest list is exportable from the dashboard at any time.
You lose the guests who only find restaurants through the OpenTable app. Check how many network covers were genuinely first visits over the last three months. If most were returning guests, they will book on your website or Google profile instead, and each of those bookings is no longer charged.
Yes. Put your booking link on your Google Business Profile as the reservation link, and guests who search for your restaurant book straight onto your board. The same link works in an Instagram bio, in email and on printed menus through a QR code.
Create your account, enter your tables and service windows, and take your next booking on your own site for a flat fee.
Enter the email address that runs your venue and we take it from there. One field, no card, no sales call.
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