Considering OpenTable?
See both sides.
OpenTable pairs a booking system with a diner marketplace — and charges a cover fee for each seated diner its network sends you. ResoFlow takes the other road: no per-cover booking fees, flat published prices from free to £129/month. Here's a comparison — including when OpenTable might suit you better.
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| Compared area | ResoFlow | OpenTable |
|---|---|---|
| Plan prices on the website | Published — free, £39, £79 and £129 a month | Not published — “Contact us for pricing” |
| Per-cover booking fees | None — ever | On network bookings only — own-website, phone and walk-ins free |
| Free plan | Yes — Free, free forever | None advertised |
| Contract | Monthly — cancel any time | Standard contract one year, auto-renews annually |
| Diner marketplace | No commission marketplace — direct booking links and a separate venue directory | Yes — OpenTable's website, app and affiliate network |
| Getting started | Self-serve — create your venue free, no demo call | Contact sales / book a demo |
Official source: OpenTable UK plans and fee FAQs ↗. Reviewed 7 September 2026. Compare the same features, billing period and tax basis; confirm current terms before switching.
About this comparison
OpenTable's UK Core and Pro prices are available from its sales team. Its published FAQs distinguish seated diners from its network from direct website and phone bookings. Confirm the plan price, any cover charges, add-ons and contract period in your quote.
On the ResoFlow side: there is no ResoFlow fee on deposits (Stripe processing applies) and there's no platform fee on gift card sales (Stripe processing fees apply); a fee of 2.9% + 50p applies per paid event ticket (your venue absorbs it by default). ResoFlow is not affiliated with OpenTable.
Flat pricing, and the
relationship stays yours.
A cost that stays flat on your busiest month
Per-cover fees scale with your success — a full December costs more than a quiet January. ResoFlow is the same flat published price all year, free to £129/month, so a great month is simply a great month. The commission calculator shows what your own numbers come to.
Run your numbersThe toolkit in your plan
Gift cards, ticketed events, money-off promotions and a loyalty scheme are part of your plan on Pro (£79/month) and above — and gift cards, tickets and loyalty can also be bought on their own, from £25/month, if you only want one piece. ResoFlow's own optional extras are small and named: credit top-ups for SMS, email and marketing, and extra storage at £2 per GB a month.
See what's in each planYour guests book with you, not through a middleman
Bookings come through your own website, links and profiles, so the relationship — and the data — is yours. Guest profiles, visit history, allergies and preferences live in your own dashboard, hosted in the EU, covered by UK GDPR, and never sold for advertising.
How your data is heldWhen OpenTable might
suit you better.
Four things OpenTable's own plans pages offer that ResoFlow does not. They are real, and for some venues they are the whole argument.
You want diners who don't know you yet
OpenTable's core value is its marketplace — its website, app and affiliate network put your restaurant in front of diners searching for somewhere to eat. ResoFlow provides direct booking links and a separate venue directory, with no per-cover commission.
You want Reserve with Google
OpenTable venues can take bookings directly from Google Search and Maps through Reserve with Google. ResoFlow doesn't offer that — instead it walks you through pointing your Google Business Profile's booking link at your ResoFlow page.
You need POS integration
OpenTable's plans list POS integration and 100+ booking integrations. ResoFlow doesn't offer those integrations today — bookings, payments and reports live in ResoFlow itself.
You want advertising inside the platform
OpenTable offers digital advertising and ad tracking to promote your restaurant to its diner network. ResoFlow has nothing equivalent — its marketing tools work your own guest list (email, SMS, offers and loyalty), not a marketplace audience.
If most of your bookings come from diners discovering you on OpenTable, its cover fees may be money well spent. If most of your bookings already come through your own website and Google profile, you may be paying discovery prices for guests who were coming anyway. Run your numbers through the calculator and decide with evidence.
Move from OpenTable
in three steps.
Export your data from OpenTable
Your guest book is your data. Export your guest list and reservation history from OpenTable as CSV files — or ask their support team for an export if you can't find one in your reports. Check your contract's renewal date at the same time: the standard OpenTable contract auto-renews annually, with 30 days' notice before the renewal date to stop it.
Import it into ResoFlow
Open Settings → Data import in your ResoFlow dashboard and upload each CSV. The wizard matches your columns to ResoFlow fields, shows a preview before anything is written, and imports up to 500 rows per file. Customers with a matching email are merged, never duplicated.
Point your channels at your new booking link
Your public booking page is live the moment setup is complete. Put the link on your website, social profiles and Google Business Profile — or embed the booking widget directly on your site. Many venues run OpenTable alongside for a while to keep its marketplace diners during the transition, then decide with real numbers.
CSV import is included on Plus (£39/month) and above, and with a paid Gift Cards, Loyalty, Tickets or Order & Pay product. Full venue setup — valued by us at £199, free on every plan just now — includes the import done with you.
OpenTable vs ResoFlow,
answered.
How is ResoFlow different from OpenTable?
The biggest difference is the model. OpenTable runs a diner marketplace — its website, app and affiliate network send you diners, and on its Core and Pro plans you pay a cover fee for each seated diner who found you that way (bookings from your own website are free, as at 7 September 2026). ResoFlow charges no booking commission and no per-cover fees at all: guests book through your own website, links and profiles, and you pay a published booking plan, with optional products and usage charged separately — free to £129/month.
What does OpenTable cost?
OpenTable's UK Core and Pro prices are available from its sales team. Its published FAQs distinguish seated diners from its network from direct website and phone bookings. Confirm the plan price, any cover charges, add-ons and contract period in your quote.
What does ResoFlow cost?
Plans are flat-rate and published: Free is free forever, Plus is £39/month, Pro is £79/month and Complete is £129/month, with two months free if you pay annually. When you first subscribe you get a 14-day money-back guarantee. There are no per-cover fees and no annual contracts — cancel any time from your dashboard.
Will I lose OpenTable's diners if I switch?
You lose OpenTable's marketplace, and if a meaningful share of your bookings comes from diners discovering you on OpenTable's website and app, that's worth weighing seriously before you move (our commission calculator helps you put a number on what those covers cost). Many venues run both during a transition — keep OpenTable for discovery while your own website, Google profile and social links point at your ResoFlow page, then decide with real numbers.
Can I bring my OpenTable guest list and bookings with me?
Yes. Export your guest book and reservation history from OpenTable as CSV files, then use ResoFlow's import wizard at Settings → Data import. It matches your CSV's columns to ResoFlow fields, previews everything before anything is written, and handles up to 500 rows per file. Customers with a matching email are merged, never duplicated. CSV import is included on Plus (£39/month) and above, and with a paid Gift Cards, Loyalty, Tickets or Order & Pay product.
Are gift cards, events, promotions and loyalty included?
On Pro (£79/month) and Complete (£129/month) they're plan features — and gift cards, tickets and loyalty can also be bought on their own, from £25/month, if you only want one piece. There's no platform fee on gift card sales (Stripe processing fees apply) — and a fee of 2.9% + 50p applies per paid event ticket (your venue absorbs it by default). ResoFlow has optional paid extras of its own too: SMS, email and marketing credit top-ups, and extra image storage.
Every OpenTable claim on this page is sourced from opentable.co.uk's own restaurant plans pages and reviewed 7 September 2026. No third-party price estimates are used. Features and pricing change; always confirm current terms with OpenTable directly. ResoFlow is not affiliated with OpenTable.
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