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OpenTable vs Tock

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OpenTable

Food & Restaurant

Restaurant reservation and management platform

From
$39/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Tock logo

Tock

Food & Restaurant

All-in-one reservation and events platform

From
$199/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

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); Tock tock To Go pickup/delivery takes a 3% cut of orders from restaurants, with the separate $5 to $10 delivery charge passed to the consumer, per a case study reproduced on the vendor's own site (Internet Archive capture, 25 December 2022)
  • They diverge on capability: OpenTable covers Online reservations, Tock covers Reservations.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which OpenTable and Tock actually diverge.

Attributes where OpenTable and Tock differ
AttributeOpenTableTock
Starting price$39/month$199/month
Founded19982014

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), 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
  • Guest profiles
  • Waitlist
  • Marketing tools
  • Reviews
  • Lightspeed
  • Revel

Only in Tock

  • Reservations
  • Prepaid bookings
  • Event ticketing
  • Experiences
  • CRM
  • Stripe
  • Google

Both cover

  • Table management
  • Toast
  • Square
  • Web support
  • Ios support
  • Android support

What people use each for

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

OpenTable

  • Point of Sale
  • Order Management
  • Inventory Control
  • Staff Scheduling

Tock

  • Point of Sale
  • Order Management
  • Inventory Control
  • Staff Scheduling

Both are used for point of sale, order management, inventory control, staff scheduling, on those jobs the choice comes down to price and fit rather than capability.

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)

Tock

  • Tock To Go pickup/delivery takes a 3% cut of orders from restaurants, with the separate $5 to $10 delivery charge passed to the consumer, per a case study reproduced on the vendor's own site (Internet Archive capture, 25 December 2022)

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

Tock

$199/month
  • Basic$199/month
    • Reservations
    • Basic features
  • Plus$699/month
    • Events
    • Prepaid
    • Marketing
  • ProFree
    • Custom pricing
    • Full features

Which should you pick?

Choose OpenTable if

  • You need online reservations.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want guest profiles.
OpenTable review

Choose Tock if

  • You need reservations.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want prepaid bookings.
Tock review

Questions people ask

Is OpenTable or Tock better?
Neither clearly leads. OpenTable starts at $39/month and Tock at $199/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, OpenTable or Tock?
OpenTable starts at $39/month and Tock at $199/month.
Does OpenTable or Tock run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is OpenTable best used for?
OpenTable is most often used for point of sale, order management, inventory control, staff scheduling.
What can OpenTable do that Tock cannot?
OpenTable covers Online reservations, Guest profiles, Waitlist, Marketing tools. Tock covers Reservations, Prepaid bookings, Event ticketing, Experiences. Both handle Table management, Toast, Square, Web support.
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