Considering TheFork?
See both sides.
TheFork pairs restaurant software with one of Europe's biggest diner marketplaces — and charges a fee based on a percentage of your average bill per guest for the bookings its marketplace 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 TheFork might suit you better.
The same six questions,
asked of both.
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| Compared area | ResoFlow | TheFork |
|---|---|---|
| Plan prices on the website | Published — free, £39, £79 and £129 a month | Not published — Performance and Enterprise plans are both “Ask for pricing” |
| Fees on bookings | None — ever | Marketplace bookings carry a fee based on a percentage of your average bill per guest (rate not published); own-website, Instagram and Facebook bookings included |
| Free plan | Yes — Free, free forever | None advertised |
| Diner marketplace | No commission marketplace — direct booking links and a separate venue directory | Yes — TheFork’s website and app, with offers up to 50% off and Yums diner rewards |
| No-show tools | Deposits and card-secured no-show fees on every paid plan; full pre-payment from Pro | Credit card guarantees, pre-payments and no-show protection listed on its Performance plan |
| Getting started | Self-serve — create your venue free, no demo call | Book a demo / contact sales |
Official source: TheFork plans and booking-fee basis ↗. Reviewed 7 September 2026. Compare the same features, billing period and tax basis; confirm current terms before switching.
How we checked — and why this page quotes no estimates
TheFork details are from TheFork's own websites (thefork.co.uk and theforkmanager.com), checked 7 September 2026. Its pricing page lists two plans — Performance and Enterprise — with no prices (“Ask for pricing”), and says reservations from TheFork, Tripadvisor and partners carry a “fee based on a percentage of your average bill per guest” while reservations from your website, Instagram and Facebook are included. The percentage isn't published, so this page quotes no estimates for it — bring the rate from your own contract to the calculator instead.
Features and pricing change; always confirm current terms with TheFork directly. 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 TheFork, La Fourchette or Tripadvisor.
Flat pricing, and the
relationship stays yours.
A price you can see, and a bill that stays flat
A percentage of your average bill per guest means a busier month, a bigger party or a pricier menu all cost you more. ResoFlow is the same flat published price all year — free to £129/month — so a great month is simply a great month.
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 — gift cards, tickets and loyalty are also available separately, with Tickets free to start. Promotions come with the plans and eligible products that include them. ResoFlow's own optional extras are small and named: credit top-ups 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. Hosted in the EU, covered by UK GDPR, never sold for advertising.
How your data is heldOne bill grows with you.
One doesn't.
TheFork doesn't publish its percentage, so this page gives no worked example. What can be said is how each model behaves as your venue does well.
A percentage of your average bill, per guest
Published booking plans
Bring the rate from your own TheFork contract or statement to the commission calculator — it shows the yearly total at your numbers, and tells you if per-cover works out cheaper.
When TheFork might
suit you better.
Four things TheFork's own sites offer that ResoFlow does not. They are real, and for discovery-hungry venues they are the whole argument.
You want diners who don’t know you yet
TheFork's marketplace — 20M+ monthly visits across 11 countries, part of the Tripadvisor family — puts your venue 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 to fill quiet services with offers
TheFork promotes special offers of up to 50% off across its site and app — trading discount for volume on the nights you need it. ResoFlow's promotions work your own guest list instead.
You want a diner loyalty scheme run for you
TheFork's Yums points reward diners on every marketplace booking, redeemable for money off at participating venues. ResoFlow's loyalty scheme is yours — your rewards, your rules, your venue only.
You want bookings from many channels at once
TheFork lists multi-channel integration — Google, Tripadvisor, MICHELIN, Meta and more. ResoFlow instead walks you through pointing your own profiles at your booking page.
If most of your bookings would come from diners discovering you on TheFork, its percentage fee may be money well spent. Run your numbers through the calculator and decide with evidence.
Move from TheFork
in three steps.
Export your data from TheFork Manager
Your guest book is your data. Export your customer database and booking history from TheFork Manager as CSV files — or ask their support team for an export if you can't find one in your reports.
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 TheFork 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.
TheFork vs ResoFlow,
answered.
How is ResoFlow different from TheFork?
The model. TheFork pairs its software with a diner marketplace and charges a fee based on a percentage of your average bill per guest for marketplace bookings (own-website bookings are included). ResoFlow charges no booking commission and no per-cover or percentage fees on table bookings — published booking plans, free to £129/month.
What does TheFork cost?
TheFork doesn't publish its prices — both plans (Performance and Enterprise) are "Ask for pricing", and the marketplace fee is described as a percentage of your average bill per guest with the rate not published. This page deliberately quotes no estimates for it — always confirm with TheFork directly.
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 — and a 14-day money-back guarantee when you first subscribe.
Will I lose TheFork's diners if I switch?
You lose TheFork's marketplace, and if a meaningful share of your bookings comes from diners discovering you there, weigh that seriously before you move. Many venues run both during a transition — keep TheFork for discovery while your own website, Google profile and social links point at your ResoFlow page, then decide with real numbers.
Every TheFork claim on this page is sourced from thefork.co.uk and theforkmanager.com, checked 7 September 2026; the marketplace percentage isn't published and no estimate of it appears here. Features and pricing change; always confirm current terms with TheFork directly. ResoFlow is not affiliated with TheFork, La Fourchette or Tripadvisor.
Your guests, your prices,
your relationship.
Start free — no card, no demo call and no percentage of your bill. Import your guests, share your new booking link, and decide with real numbers.
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