Independent · sourced · Updated September 2026
Best Restaurant Reservation (2026)
12 restaurant reservation options compared on price, free tier, compliance and fit — ranked by entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it; where a vendor publishes no monthly price we name the kind of pricing it uses, never a guess.
The cheapest restaurant reservation is Eat App at $0/mo. 2 offer a free tier. All 12 compared below on price, free tier and compliance — every figure sourced and dated, updated September 2026.
As of Sep 10, 2026 · figures linked to their source in the table below
Cite this comparison
Per The Front Desk Review, the cheapest restaurant reservation is Eat App at $0/mo; across 6 with published pricing the median is $124.50/mo ($47–$289/mo), 2 with a free tier, every figure sourced and dated, as of 2026-09-10. https://frontdeskreview.com/best/restaurant-reservation/ Key takeaways
- Typical paid price: from $47/mo, median $124.50/mo, up to $289/mo — across 6 with published pricing.
- Free tier: Eat App, resOS.
- Tracked: 12 vendors, data current through 2026-09-10.
Comparison
| # | Restaurant Reservation | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eat App | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | — | Independent restaurants and neighbourhood spots testing a booking system at zero cost | restaurant.eatapp.co | Visit → |
| 2 | resOS | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | — | Small cafés, bars and pubs that need a free or very cheap booking system | resos.com | Visit → |
| 3 | Tablein | $79/mo Starter | No | — | — | Small and mid-size independent restaurants wanting every feature on the cheapest tier | tablein.com | Visit → |
| 4 | SpotOn Reserve | $150/mo SpotOn Reserve | No | — | — | Restaurants already on SpotOn POS wanting reservations in the same stack | help.spoton.com | Visit → |
| 5 | Yelp Guest Manager | $159/mo Basic | No | — | — | US restaurants already getting discovery traffic from Yelp | business.yelp.com | Visit → |
| 6 | Resy | $289/mo Platform | No | — | — | High-volume restaurants punished by per-cover pricing elsewhere | resy.com | Visit → |
| 7 | OpenTable | not priced monthly | — | — | — | Restaurants that want inbound diner demand from a marketplace and will pay per cover for it | opentable.com | Visit → |
| 8 | SevenRooms | quote-only | No | — | Yes | Hotel groups and multi-venue operators that need one guest database across venues | sevenrooms.com | Visit → |
| 9 | TableCheck | quote-only | — | — | Yes | Hotel restaurant groups and multi-country operators in Asia-Pacific | tablecheck.com | Visit → |
| 10 | Toast Tables | quote-only | No | — | — | Restaurants already running Toast POS that want reservations and waitlist in one system | pos.toasttab.com | Visit → |
| 11 | Tock | not priced monthly | — | — | — | Tasting-menu and event-driven restaurants that take money upfront | exploretock.com | Visit → |
| 12 | Zenchef | not priced monthly | No | — | — | European restaurants and groups that want zero cover commission | zenchef.com | Visit → |
Prices are the lowest published self-serve monthly rate as captured on the linked source. Annual-billing and usage details are on each vendor's record in our open dataset.
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What is the cheapest restaurant reservation?
Eat App has the lowest published entry price at $0/mo (Free), as of 2026-09-10.
How much does restaurant reservation cost per month?
Across the 6 restaurant reservation with published paid pricing, the median starting price is $124.50/mo, ranging from $47/mo to $289/mo, as of 2026-09-10. 2 also offer a free tier. 6 are quote-only.
Which restaurant reservation have a free plan?
Eat App, resOS offer a free tier.
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