Food & Restaurant · head to head
OpenTable vs BentoBox
OpenTable
Food & Restaurant
Restaurant reservation and management platform
- From
- $39/month
- Rated
- -
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BentoBox
Food & Restaurant
Restaurant websites and marketing platform
- From
- $99/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: OpenTable openTable for Restaurants charges a subscription fee on top of per-cover network fees: Basic is $149/month with covers free for the first 30 days then $1.50 per network cover, Core is $299/month at $1 per network cover, and Pro is $499/month also at $1 per network cover, so cost scales with both plan tier and diner volume rather than a flat seat price (archived plans page, 5 November 2025); BentoBox bentoBox is now Clover, and its own site states that BentoBox products and services are only available to Clover POS customers
- They diverge on capability: OpenTable covers Online reservations, BentoBox covers Website builder.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which OpenTable and BentoBox actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Food & Restaurant).
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 OpenTable
- Online reservations
- Table management
- Guest profiles
- Waitlist
- Marketing tools
- Reviews
- Lightspeed
- Revel
Only in BentoBox
- Website builder
- Online ordering
- Email marketing
- Gift cards
- Catering
- Event management
- OpenTable
- Resy
Both cover
- Toast
- Square
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
OpenTable
- Point of Salenot BentoBox
- Order Managementnot BentoBox
- Inventory Controlnot BentoBox
- Staff Schedulingnot BentoBox
BentoBox
- Restaurant websites with integrated online orderingnot OpenTable
- Gift cards, events and catering enquiries from a restaurant's own sitenot OpenTable
- Marketing and customer data capture for restaurants on Clover POSnot OpenTable
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
OpenTable
- OpenTable for Restaurants charges a subscription fee on top of per-cover network fees: Basic is $149/month with covers free for the first 30 days then $1.50 per network cover, Core is $299/month at $1 per network cover, and Pro is $499/month also at $1 per network cover, so cost scales with both plan tier and diner volume rather than a flat seat price (archived plans page, 5 November 2025)
- On the Basic plan, reservations booked through the restaurant's own website are not free: they cost $0.25 per cover or a $49/month flat fee, a charge that is waived only on the higher Core and Pro tiers (archived plans page, 5 November 2025)
BentoBox
- BentoBox is now Clover, and its own site states that BentoBox products and services are only available to Clover POS customers
- The pricing page publishes no plan price, setup fee, online ordering commission or contract length
- Existing customers wanting to add services are directed to a customer success manager or an email address rather than a self serve price
Pricing, plan by plan
OpenTable
$39/month- Basic$39/month
- Reservations
- Table management
- Core$249/month
- Guest profiles
- Marketing
- Pro$449/month
- Full features
- Premium support
BentoBox
$99/month- Starter$99/month
- Website
- Basic features
- Essential$199/month
- Online ordering
- Marketing
- Pro$399/month
- Full features
- Catering
Which should you pick?
Choose OpenTable if
- You need online reservations.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want table management.
Questions people ask
- Is OpenTable or BentoBox better?
- Neither clearly leads. OpenTable starts at $39/month and BentoBox at $99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, OpenTable or BentoBox?
- OpenTable starts at $39/month and BentoBox at $99/month.
- Does OpenTable or BentoBox run on more platforms?
- OpenTable runs on Web, Ios, Android. BentoBox runs on Web.
- What is OpenTable best used for?
- OpenTable is most often used for point of sale, order management, inventory control, staff scheduling. Of those, point of sale and order management are not what BentoBox is typically brought in for.
- What can OpenTable do that BentoBox cannot?
- OpenTable covers Online reservations, Table management, Guest profiles, Waitlist. BentoBox covers Website builder, Online ordering, Email marketing, Gift cards. Both handle Toast, Square, Web support.