Best Quandoo Alternatives for Restaurants in 2026

Quandoo is shutting down. New bookings stop flowing through the platform on September 30, 2026, and its systems go fully offline by December 31. If you're running your reservations through Quandoo, you're choosing a replacement on a deadline and choosing well matters more than choosing fast, since you're also deciding where your guest history goes next.

This guide covers seven real alternatives, what each one costs as of this writing, and what to weigh before you commit including one merger you should know about before you compare Tock and Resy as if they're still separate products.

Why Restaurants Are Leaving Quandoo

A few recurring reasons show up across restaurant forums and switching threads, independent of the shutdown itself:

• Cost creep: Per-booking and per-cover charges add up faster than a flat subscription once volume grows, and they're harder to budget against.
• Shallow guest data: Basic booking logs without a real CRM mean staff can't see a guest's history or preferences at the host stand.
• Support response times: Slower support is a common complaint when something breaks during service, not after it.
• Dated interface: Staff training takes longer on systems that haven't kept pace with how a modern floor runs.

What to Weigh Before You Pick One

• Where your Quandoo guest data goes: Names, visit history, preferences, allergy notes — if the new platform doesn't have a real guestbook, that data has nowhere to live once it's exported.
• What you pay per booking, not just per month: A low base price with per-cover fees can end up costing more than a flat rate once your volume grows.
• How fast your team can actually learn it: The best system on paper is a liability if your staff needs weeks to get comfortable with it during live service.

A Note on Accuracy

The prices and features below reflect published information as of September 2026, gathered directly from each provider's site or otherwise noted where pricing isn't public. Plans change — confirm current details with each provider before you sign anything. One relevant update: Tock and Resy merged in mid-2026 under American Express. Tock's standalone app is being retired, but its reservation and ticketing tools now live inside Resy, so the two are listed here as one combined platform rather than separate options.

At a glance: Full Comparison

Hostme

Hostme is built as one system covering reservations, guest data, and floor operations together, rather than a booking calendar with add-ons bolted on. For a restaurant replacing Quandoo, that matters specifically because the guestbook — capturing preferences, birthdays, anniversaries, visit history — lives in the same place as the reservation itself, so you're not stitching together a CRM separately the way you would with most of the platforms below. Compared to what Quandoo offered, Hostme replaces Quandoo's basic guest notes with a full guestbook, adds SMS and WhatsApp marketing Quandoo didn't have, and removes the £3.90-per-booking network commission entirely in favor of one flat monthly fee.

What's included:

• Reservation management: Online bookings from your website, social channels, and dedicated booking pages
• Table management: Real-time table status and staff coordination, included on every plan
• Guest CRM: Full guestbook recording preferences, birthdays, anniversaries, visit history. Built in, not an add-on
• Waitlist management: Digital waitlist with SMS notifications when a table's ready
• Insights & analytics: Reporting across reservations, wait times, covers, and server performance
• Deposits & prepayments: Reservation deposits and cancellation fees, with credit card guarantees on bookings
• Marketing automation: Campaigns across SMS, email, and WhatsApp
• Live chat support: 24/7 in-app chat plus a phone support line

Hostme operates in 47 countries and 21 languages. Restaurants using it report a 19% average increase in total sales, a 24% increase in covers, and a 43% reduction in no-shows, backed by a 100% uptime guarantee.

Pricing:

Mezzo: $109/month ($98/month billed annually) — unlimited reservations, unlimited SMS/WhatsApp, 1 free event per month, full analytics.

Grande: $169/month ($152/month billed annually) — adds POS integration and dedicated support, 5 free events per month.

Enterprise (10+ locations): Custom quote. No commissions, no per-cover fees, no setup fees, and a 2-week free trial with no credit card required.

Best for:

Restaurants that want reservations and guest data to live in one place instead of stitching together separate tools, especially if retaining Quandoo-era guest history is a priority.

OpenTable

OpenTable has one of the largest diner networks in the industry, which gives it strong reach if discovery matters more to your business than a low guest-data ceiling. Pricing runs across three published tiers, with per-cover fees layered on top of the base subscription for anyone booked through OpenTable's own network rather than your website. Compared to Quandoo, OpenTable trades Quandoo's flat £3.90-per-booking commission for a per-cover model that starts higher ($1.50 on the entry tier) but drops as you move up, and it doesn't include a dedicated guest CRM or waitlist tool the way Quandoo's guest-notes system did.

What's included:

• Reservation management: large, well-established diner network
• Table management: included on all tiers
• Guest CRM: limited on lower tiers
• Insights & analytics: available, generally tied to higher tiers
• Deposits & prepayments: yes, with a 2% service fee on deposits, no-shows, and prepaid bookings as of early 2026
• Marketing automation: higher tiers only

Pricing:

Basic: $149/month, plus $1.50 per cover from OpenTable's network (after a 30-day free trial) and $0.25 per cover (or $49/month flat) for bookings through your own website

Core: $299/month, $1.00 per network cover, free covers via your own website

Pro: $499/month, $1.00 per network cover, free covers via your own website

A 2% service fee applies to deposits, no-shows, and prepaid bookings as of early 2026. Phone and walk-in reservations aren't charged per cover on any tier

Best for:

Restaurants prioritizing diner discovery over cost predictability.

SevenRooms

SevenRooms leans heavily into guest CRM and marketing automation, and is generally aimed at larger operations or multi-location groups that need that depth. Pricing isn't published. Their site lists Starter, Growth, and Premium tiers plus an Essential Operations option, with email marketing, event management, and API access available as add-ons, but you'll need a custom quote after a demo to see actual numbers.

What's included:

• Reservation management: Included, standard across tiers
• Table management: Included, standard across tiers
• Guest CRM: Included
• Waitlist management: Included
• Insights & analytics: Robust
• Deposits & prepayments: SevenRooms markets a dedicated “Capture Payments” feature, though full details require a sales conversation
• Marketing automation: Included, but gated behind add-on tiers

Best for:

Larger or multi-location restaurant groups with dedicated marketing operations and budget for a custom package.

Resy (including Tock)

Resy and Tock merged in mid-2026 under American Express, roughly doubling Resy's restaurant network to more than 25,000 venues and folding in Tock's ticketed-event and prepaid-booking tools. If you were considering Tock specifically for event ticketing, that functionality now lives inside Resy rather than as a separate product.

What's included:

• Reservation management: included, plus Tock's ticketed-event tools now folded in
• Table management: included
• Insights & analytics: Basic reporting; not a stated strength
• Deposits & prepayments: Yes, 3% fee on the Essential tier, 2% on Premium
• Live chat support: 24/7 live chat plus email (resysupport@resy.com

Pricing:

• Platform: $289/month
• Essential: $289/month, plus a 3% fee on prepayments
• Platform 360: $459/month
• Premium: $459/month, plus a 2% fee on prepayments

Best for:

Restaurants that want flat, predictable pricing and may also need ticketed or prepaid event bookings, without a dedicated built-in guest CRM.

The Fork

TheFork has strong diner reach in Europe, largely through its TripAdvisor partnership, and its Michelin Guide and Google integrations extend that further. Its published Visibility plan is a single tier at €39/month, with a commission-free booking widget for your own website. Confirm directly whether bookings sourced through TheFork's own diner app or wider network carry a separate fee, since that wasn't specified in the published plan details.

What's included:

• Reservation management: strong European reach via TripAdvisor
• Table management
• Waitlist
• Guest CRM: limited
• Insights & analytics: limited
• Deposits & prepayments: yes, via “TheFork PAY”
• Marketing automation: limited
• Live chat support: confirmed via their contact page

Pricing:

• Free: With commission on average spend from The Fork website and Google Reservations
• Visibility Plan: €39/month

Best for:

European restaurants prioritizing diner reach over CRM depth, at a low published entry price.

Yelp Guest Manager

Yelp Guest Manager competes on a no-cover-fee model and Yelp's own audience, with listings extending to Reserve with Google, Apple Maps, and social platforms. It runs $129–$349/month depending on tier, with no per-cover fees at all, a contrast to both OpenTable's model and Quandoo's £3.90 per-booking charge. It includes a complimentary iPad host station, which Quandoo didn't offer.

What's included:

• Reservation management: included, plus listings across Google, Apple Maps, and social platforms
• Table management: included, with custom floor maps
• Guest CRM: not a dedicated feature
• Waitlist management: cited at up to 92% wait-time accuracy
• Insights & analytics: daily performance updates and key metrics
• Deposits & prepayments: not published
• Marketing automation: not a dedicated feature

Pricing:

$129–$349/month depending on tier, with an introductory offer of up to 60 days free plus ad credit.

Best for:

Restaurants that already draw traffic through Yelp and want a no-cover-fee model with broad discovery listings.

Zenchef

Zenchef is a European all-in-one platform with three tiers: Reserve, Manage, and Grow. Each tier is layering on more functionality. All tiers publish €0 commission per cover, though payment processing and SMS fees vary by plan and aren't fully published; you'll need a quote for exact monthly pricing.

What's included:

• Reservation management: included on every tier
• Table management: Manage tier and above
• Guest CRM: Grow tier only
• Waitlist management: Manage tier and above
• Insights & analytics: Grow tier only
• Deposits & prepayments: dedicated deposit and prepayment tools, confirmed via their help center
• Marketing automation: Grow tier only
• Live chat support: 24/7 call assist is confirmed; a dedicated live chat channel isn't clearly published

Best for:

European restaurants that want commission-free covers and are comfortable requesting a quote for exact pricing.

If You're Migrating From Quandoo

The deadline that matters is September 30, not December 31. That's when Quandoo stops accepting new bookings. Get your guest data exported before management-tool access ends on October 1, regardless of which platform you choose.

If Hostme looks like a fit, our team can walk through your specific setup, handle the data export from Quandoo, and get your staff trained before it needs to carry a live service. You won't be billed until your Quandoo contract actually ends, so you're not paying for two systems during the switch.