Reference table · OpenTable facts as of 16 October 2026
OpenTable vs Slotora for restaurants: nine rows, each with its source
No argument on this page, only the table. The OpenTable column says what OpenTable's own UK and Irish pages say; the Slotora column says what the product does, and where the answer is no, it says no.
Slotora’s column describes what the product does today.
The nine rows
| OpenTable | Slotora for restaurants | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. What you are buying | A place on a diners' network (website and app, a page per restaurant) plus the reservation software, table management, guest database and marketing tools behind it.opentable.co.uk plans page | The software only: a booking page, the floor plan and the host-stand screen, with ordering, a kitchen display, the bill and payments, stock and the rota. |
| 2. Bookings sent by a diner network | Yes: that is the network's job.opentable.co.uk, opentable.fr plans pages | None. Slotora runs no diner listing. |
| 3. A guest found by the network | A fee for each seated guest who found you on OpenTable's website, app or partner network.opentable.co.uk, opentable.ie plans pages | Not applicable: there is no network. |
| 4. A guest from your website, the phone or the door | No cover fee. No-shows and cancellations are not charged either.opentable.co.uk, opentable.ie plans pages | No fee per cover and no commission. A no-show is counted on the guest's card, and charged only under a rule you have set, through your own Stripe account. |
| 5. Plans and base price | Core and Pro, each a monthly base fee. UK prices are given on request; we print none of OpenTable's figures.opentable.co.uk plans page | One plan. £99 per location per month for the first 100 restaurants that pay, held for 12 months; £149 after that. UK prices, plus VAT where applicable. In Ireland, €179 a month per location. |
| 6. Term and renewal | A year. In the UK and Ireland it renews yearly unless you cancel 30 days before renewal.opentable.co.uk, opentable.ie plans pages | Month to month after a 3-day trial. |
| 7. Floor and tables | Customisable floor plans and smart table assignment, in both plans.opentable.co.uk plans page | Rooms drawn to scale in centimetres; a table that would not physically fit is refused when you save; named combinations of tables with what they seat. |
| 8. Waiting list | In-house and online, in both plans.opentable.co.uk plans page | Kept at the stand, and guests can join it themselves from their phone, by the QR code at your door or its link, with a queue position and a wait estimate. No text messages: the restaurant rings them. |
| 9. Deposits, till, reviews, campaigns | Deposits and card holds, POS integration, review management, Google's reserve button, experiences and ticketing in both plans; automated e-mail campaigns in Pro.opentable.co.uk, opentable.de plans pages | Deposits and card guarantees, charged through your own Stripe account once you have connected it; there is no till link, no reviews and no campaigns. Events with a ticket and a door list are in, free or paid for when booking. |
Every OpenTable page the column rests on
- opentable.co.uk — Pricing & Plans, read 16 October 2026
- opentable.ie — Pricing & Plans, read 16 October 2026
- opentable.de — Kosten & Pläne, read 16 October 2026
- opentable.fr — Plans, read 16 October 2026
- opentable.fr, read 16 October 2026
- opentable.fr — London restaurants, read 16 October 2026
- opentable.fr — Dublin restaurants, read 16 October 2026
- opentable.fr — Berlin restaurants, read 16 October 2026
The German and French pages are listed because the same facts were read there too. Its own footer says OpenTable is part of Booking Holdings.
Reading the table against your own book
Rows 3 and 4 are where the two systems differ most, and only your own records can say how much that matters. Three things to bring to the conversation:
- 1
Covers by source, for three ordinary months
How many seated guests came through OpenTable's network, and how many through your website, the phone and the door. Row 3 applies to the first number only.
- 2
Your renewal date
Row 6: the contract renews each year unless notice is given 30 days before. Write the date down before you compare anything else.
- 3
What you used last week
Go down row 9 and mark what your team actually touched in a normal week. Anything you rely on there is something the Slotora column cannot give you.
Where the Slotora column is shorter, on purpose
- No network means no bookings from Google, Instagram, TripAdvisor or OpenTable itself. Guests book on your own page, by phone or at the door.
- No connection to another till, no review requests and no e-mail campaigns.
- Guest records you can hand over: one guest's data exports in one go for a data-protection request, and the whole guest book exports as a CSV.
About this table
Why are there no OpenTable prices in it?
Its UK plans are quoted on request, published figures can change, and a comparison has to stay true for whoever reads it next month. The column describes how OpenTable charges; its own plans page, linked above, gives the current numbers.
Does OpenTable charge a cover fee on phone bookings?
Not according to its plans pages for the UK and Ireland: bookings through your own website, by phone and walk-ins carry no cover fee, and neither do no-shows or cancellations.
When will this table be checked again?
At least once a month while the page is up. The date at the top is the day every OpenTable cell was last read on OpenTable's own pages.