Hostme alternatives

Pros

• Published prices for every message tier, with no charge per guest.
• Business brings online bookings, table management, two-way texting, payments and the Square integration together.
• Month to month on monthly billing, a 14-day trial and a data export you run yourself.

Cons

• Online bookings start with Business: Free and Starter are waitlist-first.
• The price rises with the messages you send, and texting pauses when you hit the monthly limit.
• Square is the only POS it connects to, and support is by email on weekdays.

Pros

• Published prices, unlimited guests from Lite and no commission on bookings.
• Table management, waitlist and guest profiles on the cheapest paid plan.
• A 14-day free trial of any plan, and live support 24/7.

Cons

• Deposits, prepayments and POS integration are on Pro; email campaigns start with Core.
• Its terms are under Indian law, and you owe the current term's payments when you leave.

Pros

• Every feature on every plan: floor plan, waitlist, guest profiles, deposits and card guarantees.
• No charge per guest, and bookings from Google, Facebook and Instagram come with the plan.
• Month to month, with a 14-day free trial and no setup fee.

Cons

• No POS integration yet: Tablein lists it as coming soon.
• The smaller plans charge extra bookings in euros, so a restaurant with about 200 bookings a month needs the top plan.
• SMS prices are not published, and support hours are not either.

Pros

• Online bookings, a waitlist and table management for $0 a month, with no fee per booking or per guest.
• Deposits, prepaid events and no-show fees with a flat monthly add-on and no fee per transaction.
• Paid add-ons go month to month and you cancel them from the dashboard.

Cons

• It doesn't connect to any POS.
• Text messages to guests are a paid add-on, and we didn't find whether guests can reply.
• The free plan covers one location, and TableAgent may change or limit its free services.

Pros

• One published monthly fee with no charge per guest, from the Resy app or from your own website.
• Its own diner app, plus Google, Instagram and partner discovery platforms.
• Table management, waitlist, card holds and POS integration in the cheapest plan.

Cons

• No deposits or prepayment on Platform or Platform 360.
• The term, renewal and early termination fee are in an order form that is not public.
• No built-in email campaigns: you download your guestbook and use another tool.

Pros

• A low published monthly price, with no charge per guest or per booking.
• Month to month, and you can download your data for 90 days after you leave.
• A Free plan for very small restaurants.

Cons

• Google bookings, deposits, card guarantees and the waitlist are paid add-ons.
• No POS integration.
• Going over 350 bookings in a month moves you to a pricier plan automatically, and it does not move you back.

Pros

• Guest profiles, waitlist, table management, two-way texting and POS integration in the entry package.
• No fees per booking, from your own channels or from the DoorDash reservation marketplace.
• Connects to Toast, Square, Shift4 POS and Lightspeed, among others.

Cons

• No published price: every package and the setup fee are by quote.
• A one-year term by default that renews on its own, with 90 days' notice to stop it, and no early exit without paying the rest of the term.
• Email and text marketing campaigns are paid add-ons.

Pros

• Low published prices with notifications included and no charge per guest.
• A simple waitlist that texts or calls guests when it's their turn, plus reservation requests from your website.
• Month to month on monthly billing, with plan changes from your account.

Cons

• Table management and two-way texting start with Pro at $59.99 a month.
• No deposits, prepayments or card guarantees against no-shows.
• You can't export your guests' phone numbers, and support is by email only.

Pros

• Deposits, full prepayment, ticketed events and card holds in the cheapest plan.
• A published monthly fee with no charge per guest, plus table management and waitlist.
• Bookings from the Resy network, Google and partner discovery platforms.

Cons

• Essential keeps 3% of every prepayment, on top of card processing.
• The term is in a private order form, renewal needs 90 days' notice and payments are non-refundable.
• The plans page is unclear about whether Essential includes POS integration.

Pros

• The largest diner network of the catalog, plus a booking widget and more than 100 booking partners on every plan.
• Published prices for its three plans, and you only pay for seated guests, never for no-shows or cancellations.
• Live support 24/7.

Cons

• A one-year contract that renews for another year, and leaving early means paying the rest of the term.
• Basic has no floor plan, waitlist or POS integration: they start with Core at $299 a month.
• Each guest from the network costs $1.50 on Basic, and the bill grows with your bookings.

Pros

• No fee per guest on any plan, and your tables show on Yelp, Google and Apple Maps.
• Published prices, with the waitlist and two-way texting on the cheapest plan.
• An iPad comes with every plan.

Cons

• The floor plan, guest profiles, card holds and POS integration start with Plus, at $349 a month.
• Basic caps bookings at 500 guests a month.
• The term and any early termination fee are set in each purchase order, not published.

Pros

• No fee per booking or per guest: a flat monthly software fee with unlimited bookings.
• Integrated with TouchBistro POS, with table status, waitlist and two-way texting.
• Bookings from your website, Google and TouchBistro Dine.

Cons

• TouchBistro does not publish the price, and it is an add-on to its own POS.
• You can't end the agreement before the term ends, and it renews for the same length unless you give 30 days' notice.
• Email campaigns need TouchBistro Marketing, a separate add-on.

Pros

• Built into Toast POS: table status follows the orders, and seating a party can open the check for its server.
• Waitlist, floor plan and two-way texting in both tiers, with bookings from your website, Google and the Local by Toast app.
• Prepayments for reservations and ticketed experiences.

Cons

• Toast does not publish the price, and it only works with Toast POS.
• The base tier caps reservations (normally 25 a month); a restaurant that books every night needs Toast Tables Plus.
• The host app needs your own tablet: it does not run on Toast hardware.

Pros

• Reservations, waitlist and table assignments in one iPad app built for busy host stands.
• Direct booking from your website, Google and social pages with no fee per booking.
• Guest profiles with notes, visit history and past feedback.

Cons

• No published price, plans or agreement: everything comes with a quote.
• Olo does not publish which POS systems Host connects to.
• No deposits, prepayments or card guarantees are documented on the Host page.