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Nory vs SevenRooms

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Nory

Restaurants

Forecast driven scheduling, inventory and purchasing for multi site hospitality groups

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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SevenRooms

Restaurants

Guest experience and retention platform

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On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Nory the forecasting that justifies the product needs several months of clean point of sale history, so new openings and recently reopened sites get little value at first.; SevenRooms higher price point at $499/month compared to OpenTable Basic at $149/month
  • They diverge on capability: Nory covers Demand forecasting, SevenRooms covers Reservations.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Nory and SevenRooms actually diverge.

Attributes where Nory and SevenRooms differ
AttributeNorySevenRooms
Pricing modelquotesubscription
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb
FoundedUnknown2011

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Restaurants).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Nory

  • Demand forecasting
  • Forecast driven rotas
  • Inventory and purchasing
  • Profit and loss reporting
  • Compliance and rota rules
  • Team app

Only in SevenRooms

  • Reservations
  • Table management
  • CRM
  • Marketing automation
  • Direct ordering
  • Guest data
  • Toast
  • Oracle

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Nory

  • A group of ten to thirty sites where rotas are built on gut feel and labour percentage is discovered after the factnot SevenRooms
  • An operator who wants purchase orders sized against forecast covers rather than last week actualsnot SevenRooms
  • A finance team that needs site level profit and loss without waiting for month end accountsnot SevenRooms
  • A hospitality group replacing a scheduling app, a stock spreadsheet and a reporting deck with one systemnot SevenRooms

SevenRooms

  • Point of Salenot Nory
  • Order Managementnot Nory
  • Inventory Controlnot Nory
  • Staff Schedulingnot Nory

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Nory

  • The forecasting that justifies the product needs several months of clean point of sale history, so new openings and recently reopened sites get little value at first.
  • It replaces scheduling, stock and reporting together, which makes adoption an all or nothing project rather than a tool a single manager can trial.
  • Employment rules and rota compliance are built for the United Kingdom and Ireland, so groups with United States or continental European sites will find gaps.
  • The vendor is young and its integration list is short, so an operator on a less common point of sale or payroll provider may be waiting on a build.
  • Pricing is per site, which means small satellite units and kiosks cost the same as flagship venues despite far simpler operations.

SevenRooms

  • Higher price point at $499/month compared to OpenTable Basic at $149/month

Pricing, plan by plan

Nory

On request
  • Nory$undefined/year
    • Quoted per site per month
    • Modules for labour, inventory and reporting sold as one platform
    • Onboarding includes point of sale history import and recipe setup

SevenRooms

On request
  • EssentialFree
    • Custom pricing
    • Reservations
    • CRM
  • ProfessionalFree
    • Custom pricing
    • Marketing
    • Analytics
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Custom pricing
    • Full platform

Which should you pick?

Choose Nory if

  • You need demand forecasting.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want forecast driven rotas.
Nory review

Choose SevenRooms if

  • You need reservations.
  • You also want table management.
SevenRooms review

Questions people ask

Is Nory or SevenRooms better?
Neither clearly leads. Nory starts at On request and SevenRooms at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Nory or SevenRooms?
Nory starts at On request and SevenRooms at On request.
Does Nory or SevenRooms run on more platforms?
Nory runs on Web, iOS, Android. SevenRooms runs on Web.
What is Nory best used for?
Nory is most often used for a group of ten to thirty sites where rotas are built on gut feel and labour percentage is discovered after the fact, an operator who wants purchase orders sized against forecast covers rather than last week actuals, a finance team that needs site level profit and loss without waiting for month end accounts, a hospitality group replacing a scheduling app, a stock spreadsheet and a reporting deck with one system. Of those, a group of ten to thirty sites where rotas are built on gut feel and labour percentage is discovered after the fact and an operator who wants purchase orders sized against forecast covers rather than last week actuals are not what SevenRooms is typically brought in for.
What can Nory do that SevenRooms cannot?
Nory covers Demand forecasting, Forecast driven rotas, Inventory and purchasing, Profit and loss reporting. SevenRooms covers Reservations, Table management, CRM, Marketing automation.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Nory: How much sales history does it need to forecast well?

Several months at minimum. With less than that the forecast is not reliable enough to size rotas or orders against.

SevenRooms: What does SevenRooms cost?

SevenRooms starts at $499/month. SevenRooms is differentiated from OpenTable and Resy by offering the deepest CRM capabilities for guest intelligence and loyalty programs.

Source
Nory: Does it do payroll?

No. It produces the rota, hours and labour cost, and exports to payroll rather than running it.

SevenRooms: How does SevenRooms compare to OpenTable?

OpenTable has basic tiers starting at $149/month, but cover fees apply on network bookings and your brand takes a back seat in guest communications. SevenRooms at $499/month offers more control and deeper CRM functionality.

Source
Nory: Is it usable outside the United Kingdom and Ireland?

It can be, but the employment rules, compliance logic and integration coverage are built around those markets.

Nory: Does it replace my point of sale?

No. It reads sales from the point of sale and sits above it as the operations and reporting layer.

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