Is Resy or Swiggy better?

Neither clearly leads. Resy starts at $289/month and Swiggy at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Resy or Swiggy?

Swiggy has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $289/month for Resy and Free for Swiggy.

Does Resy or Swiggy run on more platforms?

Resy runs on Web. Swiggy runs on iOS, Android, Web.

Can I use Swiggy for free?

Yes. Swiggy has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Resy starts at $289/month.

What is Resy best used for?

Resy is most often used for restaurant reservation and table management, waitlist and walk-in management, event ticketing and experience management for restaurants, guest crm and personalised communication. Of those, restaurant reservation and table management and waitlist and walk-in management are not what Swiggy is typically brought in for.

What can Resy do that Swiggy cannot?

Resy covers Online reservations, Table optimization, Guest CRM, Waitlist. Swiggy covers Food delivery marketplace, Instamart quick commerce, Swiggy One membership, Swiggy Dineout.

Restaurants · head to head

Resy vs Swiggy

Resy

Restaurants

Premium reservation platform for restaurants

From: $289/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

Swiggy

Restaurants

Indian food delivery marketplace with Instamart quick commerce grocery built in

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Swiggy has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Resy platform & Essential tier (289 USD/month) lacks advanced analytics and POS integrations (Premium required); Swiggy restaurant commission of roughly 15 to 25 percent is commonly passed through as higher in-app menu prices, so the delivered price is not simply the counter price plus a fee.
They diverge on capability: Resy covers Online reservations, Swiggy covers Food delivery marketplace.
Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Resy and Swiggy actually diverge.

Attributes where Resy and Swiggy differ
Attribute	Resy	Swiggy
Starting price	$289/month	Free
Pricing model	Unknown	Free to download; delivery and platform fees per order, optional paid membership
Free tier	No	Yes
Platforms	Web	iOS, Android, Web
Founded	2014	Unknown

Identical on both: 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 Resy

Online reservations
Table optimization
Guest CRM
Waitlist
Marketing
AmEx integration
Toast
Square

Only in Swiggy

Food delivery marketplace
Instamart quick commerce
Swiggy One membership
Swiggy Dineout
Swiggy Genie
Swiggy for Business

What people use each for

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

Resy

Restaurant reservation and table managementnot Swiggy
Waitlist and walk-in managementnot Swiggy
Event ticketing and experience management for restaurantsnot Swiggy
Guest CRM and personalised communicationnot Swiggy
Real-time analytics and revenue reportingnot Swiggy
Premium dining inventory managementnot Swiggy

Swiggy

A diner in an Indian city ordering restaurant food and wanting quick grocery top-ups in the same appnot Resy
A household comparing Swiggy One against Zomato Gold based on which platform they use morenot Resy
Someone needing same-day courier pickup and drop-off for a non-food item via Swiggy Genienot Resy
A restaurant partner using Swiggy for Business to manage online order volume and menu pricingnot Resy

Where each one falls short

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

Resy

Platform & Essential tier (289 USD/month) lacks advanced analytics and POS integrations (Premium required)
Platform tier lacks Premium features such as priority phone support and advanced experience management
Essential tier charged with 3% prepayment fees on events (Premium reduced to 2%)

Swiggy

Restaurant commission of roughly 15 to 25 percent is commonly passed through as higher in-app menu prices, so the delivered price is not simply the counter price plus a fee.
Instamart's fast delivery promise depends on dense local dark-store coverage, so the speed and product range advertised in major metros do not extend evenly to smaller cities.
Delivery riders and Instamart pickers are engaged on a gig basis with earnings tied to order volume, a model that has drawn wage and working-condition scrutiny in India.
Swiggy One's value depends on using multiple Swiggy products regularly; a household that only orders food occasionally will rarely recoup the subscription cost.
As a newly public company since its 2024 IPO, Swiggy is under investor pressure to show profitability, and cost-cutting or fee changes driven by that pressure can land on riders, restaurants or diners with limited notice.

Pricing, plan by plan

Resy

$289/month

No published plan breakdown. See the Resy review.

Swiggy

Free

Pay per orderFree
- Delivery fee scaling with distance and demand
- Platform fee on order total
- Restaurant menu prices often marked up versus dine-in
Swiggy One$299/month
- Delivery fee waivers across food, Instamart and Dineout orders
- Additional discounts and offers at partner outlets
- Also offered at a discounted annual rate

Which should you pick?

Choose Resy if

You need online reservations.
You also want table optimization.

Resy review

Choose Swiggy if

You need food delivery marketplace.
You want to start without paying.
You work on iOS, Android, Web.
You also want instamart quick commerce.

Swiggy review

Questions people ask

Is Resy or Swiggy better?: Neither clearly leads. Resy starts at $289/month and Swiggy at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Resy or Swiggy?: Swiggy has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $289/month for Resy and Free for Swiggy.
Does Resy or Swiggy run on more platforms?: Resy runs on Web. Swiggy runs on iOS, Android, Web.
Can I use Swiggy for free?: Yes. Swiggy has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Resy starts at $289/month.
What is Resy best used for?: Resy is most often used for restaurant reservation and table management, waitlist and walk-in management, event ticketing and experience management for restaurants, guest crm and personalised communication. Of those, restaurant reservation and table management and waitlist and walk-in management are not what Swiggy is typically brought in for.
What can Resy do that Swiggy cannot?: Resy covers Online reservations, Table optimization, Guest CRM, Waitlist. Swiggy covers Food delivery marketplace, Instamart quick commerce, Swiggy One membership, Swiggy Dineout.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Swiggy: Is Instamart a separate app from Swiggy?

No, Instamart quick commerce grocery delivery is built into the main Swiggy app rather than sold as a standalone download.

Swiggy: What does Swiggy One include?

A paid membership bundling delivery fee waivers and discounts across food delivery, Instamart and Dineout dine-in bookings.

Swiggy: Is Swiggy a public company?

Yes, Swiggy Limited listed on Indian stock exchanges via an IPO in 2024.

Resy vs Swiggy

Resy

Swiggy

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Resy

Only in Swiggy

What people use each for

Resy

Swiggy

Where each one falls short

Resy

Swiggy

Pricing, plan by plan

Resy

Swiggy

Which should you pick?

Choose Resy if

Choose Swiggy if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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