What is the best alternative to Resy?

Fork Time for independents wanting AI across every channel at a lower published flat price; OpenTable for discovery; SevenRooms for CRM-led groups; Eat App on a budget; Toast Tables for Toast venues; Now Book It for Australian venues wanting gift cards and events.

Is Resy shutting down?

No. Resy is absorbing Tock under American Express; it's the Tock app that is closing. The merger is why many operators are reviewing their options in 2026.

Does Resy charge per-cover fees?

No. Resy's pricing page confirms flat monthly plans with no per-cover fees, from $249 a month.

Can I export my guest data from Resy?

Resy supports data export, and operators have reported friction doing so during the merger. Take a current export before your renewal regardless of what you decide.

By Aadeel Khaan, Founder of Fork Time · Reviewed by Abeer, Co-founder and CTO · Corrections: support@forktime.ai

RESY ALTERNATIVES · REVIEWED JULY 2026 · UPDATED FOR THE TOCK MERGER

6 best Resy alternatives for restaurants

Q: What does Fork Time have that Resy doesn't?

AI that answers phone, WhatsApp, SMS and web chat inside its own live book, risk-scored deposits, ranked cancellation recovery and walk-in options, and MCP access for AI assistants, at $199 a month published with a 14-day trial. > Fork Time publishes this comparison and is one of the products evaluated. The same criteria were applied to every platform, and where another product is the better fit we say so. Pricing verified 22 July 2026, including Resy's no-cover-fee confirmation from its own pricing page. Corrections: support@forktime.ai.

The best Resy alternatives in 2026 are Fork Time for independents who want AI answering every channel at a lower published price, OpenTable for venues that need marketplace discovery, SevenRooms for CRM-led groups, Eat App for budget-led operators, Toast Tables for venues already on Toast POS, and Now Book It for Australian venues wanting gift cards and events. The reason this page is busy right now is the merger: American Express, Resy's owner since 2019, is folding Tock into Resy through 2026, the Tock app is closing, and operators report account-management decay and friction exporting guest data during the transition, alongside a rise in diner-side booking complaints. Resy's model itself remains genuinely good: $249 to $399 a month published, Enterprise higher, with no per-cover fees confirmed on Resy's own pricing page. The question restaurants are asking is not whether the model is right but whether to sit inside a platform mid-migration. Fork Time publishes this comparison and is one of the products evaluated; where another platform fits better, we say so.

WHY RESTAURANTS ARE SHOPPING NOW

The merger. Two platforms are becoming one under Amex. Migrations of this size reorganise support, roadmaps and account teams, and the operator reports during this one (decaying account management, data-export friction) match the pattern. If your renewal lands mid-migration, you're pricing uncertainty.

The price floor. $249 a month with no free tier is the highest published entry in the flat-fee category. The model is clean; the floor excludes smaller rooms.

The data question. Resy is American Express. Guest data on the platform sits inside a card network's consumer business. For some operators that's fine; for others it's the reason they're on this page.

The AI gap. Resy records bookings; it doesn't answer the phone, the WhatsApp message or the AI-assistant query that creates them.

Where Resy still wins: brand cachet with diners in its strong metros, a genuinely fashionable consumer app, and flat pricing with no cover fees. If those are your economics and your market, staying is defensible; time the decision to the merger settling.

A note on Tock: normally Tock would appear on this list. It's mid-migration into Resy, so choosing Tock today is choosing Resy with extra steps. Prepaid-dining venues should compare Resy's post-merger prepayment terms directly.

THE 5 ALTERNATIVES

1. Fork Time: best for independents who want AI at a lower published price

$99/mo reservations · $199/mo AI Front of House: unlimited AI calls, SMS and WhatsApp under fair use · $299/mo with phone ordering via supported partners (CloudWaitress, Square). USD, no per-cover fees, no contract, 14-day no-card trial, account live in about 6 minutes and AI answering within 30.

Why people switch to it: the same flat-fee, no-cover-fee ethos at $50 to $200 less a month, with capability Resy doesn't have: AI answering phone, WhatsApp, SMS and web chat from inside the system of record, per-booking risk-scored deposits where most systems apply one blanket policy, ranked cancellation-recovery offers, ranked walk-in options, and an MCP server giving compatible AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini access to live availability and booking actions. Your guest data exports in full if you ever leave.

Missing: Resy's consumer brand. Fork Time brings no diner app and no marketplace cachet; if Resy's app genuinely fills your seats, that's revenue this switch gives up. Young platform, early Australian base.

Dealbreaker: brand-led rooms in Resy's strong metros whose covers come from the app.

2. OpenTable: best if you need discovery

Basic $149 / Core $299 / Pro $499 a month plus $1.00 to $1.50 per network cover and, in the United States, a 2% service fee on deposits, no-show penalties and prepaid dining. The largest diner network in the category, which Resy's app is not.

Missing: the fee model Resy freed you from. Full fee math on our OpenTable alternatives page.

Dealbreaker: switching from Resy to OpenTable trades a flat bill for a metered one; only worth it if the network genuinely fills seats.

3. SevenRooms: best for CRM-led groups

Roughly $299 to $499+ a month, quote-led, no cover fees, owned by DoorDash since 2025. The deepest CRM, marketing and events platform in the category.

Missing: simplicity. Onboarding runs 2 to 4 weeks and the product is built for groups. And leaving Amex ownership for DoorDash ownership swaps the data question rather than answering it.

4. Eat App: best budget entry

$49 to $389 a month, free tier available, 90+ countries, WhatsApp-friendly, fast setup.

Missing: starter tiers meter messages, and there's no native AI voice. The cheap price grows with use.

5. Toast Tables: best if you're on Toast POS

$50 to $199 a month as a Toast add-on. One vendor, one screen.

Missing: depth. Reservation caps on lower tiers and operator complaints about wait-time accuracy make it a bolt-on, not a front of house.

Dealbreaker: requires Toast.

6. Now Book It: best for Australian venues wanting gift cards and events

Australia and New Zealand's incumbent at 11,000+ venues, on an unpublished flat monthly fee with local support. Its AI receptionist is Sadie, a separate Valsoft-owned product that answers the phone only.

Why people switch to it: the same flat-fee ethos as Resy with revenue add-ons Resy lacks locally: gift cards, event ticketing, marketing tools, and Australian support hours.

Missing: published pricing, and an AI layer of its own; the bolt-on covers the phone only. See our full Now Book It comparison for the two-system trade.

Dealbreaker: if AI across channels is part of why you're leaving Resy, a phone-only third-party bolt-on recreates the gap.

VERDICT BY RESTAURANT TYPE

Independent, one to three sites, direct demand: Fork Time. Same flat ethos, lower published price, AI across every channel, and a 14-day trial to prove it before your Resy renewal.

Brand-led room in a Resy metro: stay on Resy, but time the renewal to the merger settling and take a current export of your guest data now.

Need marketplace discovery: OpenTable, with the fee math open.

Group living in CRM and events: SevenRooms.

Tight budget: Eat App. Already on Toast: Toast Tables. Australian, wants gift cards and functions: Now Book It.

Next step: book a demo built on your restaurant's own menu and service style, or talk to Fork Time yourself in the browser first.

Fork Time publishes this comparison and is one of the products evaluated. The same criteria were applied to every platform, and where another product is the better fit we say so. Pricing verified 22 July 2026, including Resy's no-cover-fee confirmation from its own pricing page. Corrections: support@forktime.ai.