Restaurant software prices, October 2026
Published list prices for the software a small restaurant is usually offered in October 2026: reservations, private events, websites and ordering. Each number says where we read it and when. Where a vendor doesn't publish a price, we say so instead of guessing.
DocketBEO is one system for a restaurant: its website, online reservations with no per-cover fee, the floor plan and host stand, kitchen screens and printers, checkout, private events with BEOs, and QuickBooks sync, priced per location from $49 a month with a 14-day free trial and no card to start.
DocketBEO
| Tool | Price | Fees on top | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| DocketBEO Website Website, booking, pickup, inquiries | $49 a month per location | No per-cover fee, no order commission, no guest fee. Card payments at Stripe's rate, nothing added. | vendor page As of 2026-10-29, from docketbeo.app/#pricing |
| DocketBEO Counter Website plus register, kitchen screens, host stand, time clock | $79 a month per location | Same: no per-cover fee, no commission, no guest fee. | vendor page As of 2026-10-29, from docketbeo.app/#pricing |
| DocketBEO House Everything: floor, kitchen, checkout, private events and BEOs, QuickBooks | $129 a month per location | No setup fee, no contract, 14-day free trial without a card. | vendor page As of 2026-10-29, from docketbeo.app/#pricing |
| DocketBEO Small Group / Multi-Unit Groups | $297 a month for up to 3 locations; $790 for up to 10 | Everything in House at every location. | vendor page As of 2026-10-29, from docketbeo.app/#pricing |
Everyone else
| Tool | Price | Fees on top | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenTable Reservations (diner network) Side by side | Basic $149, Core $299, Pro $499 a month | Per-cover fees on network bookings, roughly $0.25 to $1.50; 2% on deposits, prepaid bookings and no-show charges since early 2026. | third-party report As of 2026-10-29, from restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/opentable-pricing. Eat App, a competing vendor; OpenTable's own pricing page did not load. The 2% fee: Philadelphia Inquirer, 2026-01-14. |
| Resy OS Reservations (diner network) Side by side | $289 a month (Platform, or Essential powered by Tock); $459 (Platform 360, or Premium powered by Tock) | No per-cover fee. 3% on prepayments on Essential, 2% on Premium. Standard card processing. | vendor page As of 2026-10-29, from resy.com/resyos/plans-and-pricing/ |
| SevenRooms Reservations and guest CRM | Not published; quote only | Unknown. | not published As of 2026-09-17, from sevenrooms.com/. Checked for marketing/sales/prospecting-playbook.md; no price on the site. |
| Tripleseat Event sales and BEOs Side by side | Not published; quote only | Third-party estimates start around $99 to $149 a month, plus setup fees. | not published As of 2026-10-29, from tripleseat.com/. Quote request only on tripleseat.com. Estimates from ops/sales-objections-top10.md and the 2026-08 blog comparison. |
| Perfect Venue Event management and BEOs Side by side | Free plan; Professional $239 a month ($199 billed yearly); Premium $339 ($299 yearly); Enterprise by quote | Card processing 2.9% + $0.30 plus 0.5% (Professional) or 0.3% (Premium). ACH $5 per payment on Premium. | vendor page As of 2026-10-29, from perfectvenue.com/pricing |
| Toast Catering & Events Events add-on for Toast POS Side by side | $100 a month (standard module); Pro tier not published | Requires Toast POS. Toast POS hardware/software commonly quoted at $69 a terminal a month by third parties; 2-to-3-year contracts reported. | vendor support doc As of 2026-10-29, from support.toasttab.com/en/article/Get-Help-Toast-Catering-and-Events. "The current list price for this module is $100 per month." POS figures are third-party. |
| Planning Pod Venue and event management | Estimated $149 to $319 a month | Unknown. | third-party report As of 2026-09-16, from capterra.com/p/125947/Planning-Pod/pricing/. Capterra listing, read for marketing/strategy/2026-09-90-day-acquisition-plan.md. |
| Owner.com Done-for-you website and online ordering Side by side | Flex $249 a month plus 5% of each order; Flat $499 a month | Guests pay a 5% order support fee on both plans. No reservations offered. | vendor page As of 2026-10-29, from owner.com/pricing |
| Popmenu Restaurant website and marketing | Starter $179, Essentials $299, Premier $499 a month per location (10% off yearly: $159/$269/$449) | $1 per online order. Online ordering, AI answering and ads are add-ons without published prices. | vendor page As of 2026-09-30, from get.popmenu.com/pricing. Read for marketing/competitive/popmenu.md; the page 403'd our 10/20 re-check. |
| SpotHopper Restaurant website and marketing | Not published; third parties estimate $250 to $450 a month on an annual agreement | Setup and photography fees reported by reviewers. | third-party report As of 2026-10-20, from ravanasolutions.com/blog/spothopper-pricing-hidden-costs-restaurant-marketing. Ravana, a competing vendor, 2026-10-13. |
| BentoBox Restaurant website | Not published; sold only to Clover POS customers since 2026 | Historic third-party figures: $119 to $279 a month plus a setup fee. | not published As of 2026-10-20, from getbento.com/. "BentoBox is now Clover"; "only available to Clover POS customers." |
| Toast Websites Restaurant website (Toast POS add-on) | Not published; third parties quote a website + online ordering bundle around $149 a month | Requires Toast POS. Toast lists a 90-day free trial for Websites. | not published As of 2026-10-20, from support.toasttab.com/article/Toast-Websites-FAQ-Internal |
| Squarespace General website builder | Basic $25, Core $39, Plus $65, Advanced $139 a month ($19/$29/$49/$99 billed yearly) | No native table reservations; embed OpenTable or Tock. 2% store transaction fee on Basic. | vendor page As of 2026-10-20, from squarespace.com/pricing |
| Wix General website builder | Light $17, Core $29, Business $36, Business Elite $159 a month (yearly list prices) | Free Table Reservations app. Promotional discounts common. | vendor page As of 2026-10-20, from wix.com/upgrade/website |
| Square Online Online store and ordering | Free plan; Plus about $49 and Premium about $149 a location a month (third-party figures) | Processing 3.3% + 30¢ online on Free; 2.9% + 30¢ on paid plans (third-party). | third-party report As of 2026-10-20, from squareup.com/us/en/online-store/plans. Plan names from Square's page; prices did not render, so figures are from UpMenu and NerdWallet. |
What a 60-seat restaurant pays a year
A worked example, not a quote. Assumptions: one location, dinner service with private dining a few nights a month, about 300 covers a month booked through a reservation network (charged at $1 each where a per-cover fee applies), and $4,000 a month in online orders where an order commission applies. Card processing is left out of every stack because every tool uses a processor at roughly the same rate.
| Stack | Lines | A month | A year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three specialist tools |
Plus Perfect Venue's 0.5% on event card payments and Squarespace's embed for booking, which is Resy's widget. | $557 | $6,684 |
| Done-for-you website plus a reservation network |
Guests also pay Owner.com's 5% order support fee, which is not in this total. No events tool in this stack. | $1,048 | $12,576 |
| DocketBEO House |
No per-cover fee, no order commission, no guest fee. Card payments at Stripe's rate, same as the others' processors. Does not include a diner network. | $129 | $1,548 |
The gap is the point of this page: the first two stacks cost $6,684 and $12,576 a year before processing; DocketBEO House is $1,548. What you give up is the diner network: OpenTable and Resy send first-time guests, and nothing on your own website does. If the network fills tables you couldn't fill otherwise, keep it and move the rest.
Questions
What does restaurant software cost in 2026?
Published prices for the common tools run from $17 a month (a general website builder) to $499 a month (OpenTable Pro, Owner.com Flat, Popmenu Premier). Reservation networks add per-cover fees or a percentage on prepayments; ordering platforms add a per-order fee or a commission; events tools add a card-payment percentage. DocketBEO is $49 (Website), $79 (Counter) or $129 (House) a month per location, with none of those extras.
What is the cheapest restaurant reservation system with no per-cover fee?
Of the tools on this page, DocketBEO's Website plan at $49 a month takes bookings on your own site with no per-cover fee. Resy ($289) also has no per-cover fee but costs more and includes its diner network. OpenTable charges per cover on network bookings. A general website builder with a free booking app (Wix) can be cheaper but does not check real table capacity or run a host stand.
How often is this page updated?
Monthly. Each competitor number lists the page it was read from and the date. Vendor prices change without notice; check the vendor's page before you decide.
How this page is kept honest
Our prices are read from the same file that draws the pricing cards, so they can't disagree. Competitor prices are read from the vendor's own page where it publishes one; where it doesn't, the row says "not published" and any estimate is labelled third-party with its source. Spotted a number that moved? Email hello@docketbeo.app and we'll fix it the same week.
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