TablePort vs OpenTable
OpenTable is the reservations layer: a booking book plus a diner-discovery network that sits on top of whatever POS you already run. TablePort is a different shape: reservations, the till, and the kitchen are one platform, one bill, with no per-cover fee on the bookings you bring in yourself.
Based on OpenTable's publicly available product documentation and pricing, May 2026. Features and pricing change; verify current details before deciding.
At a glancefull table below
Side by side
| Feature | TablePort | OpenTable |
|---|---|---|
Core purpose | Full restaurant operating system: reservations, POS, KDS, stock | Reservations and a diner-discovery network on top of your POS |
POS built in | Built-in POS with all order types | Not a POS: integrates with Toast, Square, and others |
Per-cover fees | No per-cover fees on any booking | Per-cover fees on network covers (around $1.50 Basic, $1 on higher tiers); direct/widget bookings not charged on the paid tiers |
Diner-discovery network | Embeddable booking widget on your own site and channels | Core strength: a large marketplace of diners searching for tables |
Reservations & floor plan | Booking policies, deposits, waitlist, floor plan linked to the POS | Reservations, waitlist, and floor management: its core product |
Kitchen display system | Runs on any tablet or screen, fired straight from the order | |
QR order & pay | Built into the POS, same check | |
Stock & inventory | ||
Guest data ownership | Guest profiles live in your system and stay yours | Guest profiles and diner relationship live partly in the OpenTable network |
Pricing | From £49/mo POS, reservations add-on £49/mo, no per-cover fees | Basic ~$149/mo, Core ~$299/mo, Pro ~$499/mo, plus per-cover network fees |
Contract terms | Month-to-month, cancel anytime | Monthly plans; review current terms before signing |
UK focus | UK-built, UK rails, UK support | US-headquartered, global network |
Why operators switch
When a booking comes from your own site, widget, or walk-in, you keep all of it. There's no cover fee skimmed off the top of bookings you generated yourself.
Reservations, the floor plan, the till, and the kitchen aren't separate vendors stitched together. A booking becomes a seated table becomes a check without an integration layer in between.
Guest profiles, history, and contact details live in your platform, not inside a marketplace you rent access to. You decide how to reach your regulars.
Who it's for
If inbound diner discovery from a reservations marketplace is your primary need, OpenTable's network is its real advantage: it puts your tables in front of diners actively searching, and no booking widget on your own site matches that reach. TablePort makes sense when you want to own the full stack and stop paying per cover on bookings you generate yourself.
Get started
Sign up after close, snap a photo of your menu, and process your first order the next morning. No hardware shipment, no demo call, no two-week parallel run. Your phone is the POS until you're ready for a reader.
Create your account in two minutes. No appointment, no credit card.
Snap a photo of your menu or upload a PDF. AI builds the full structure: items, modifiers, allergens.
Your phone is the POS. Take your first order the next morning. Add a card reader when you're ready.
Switching from OpenTable?
Switching from OpenTable usually means replacing the POS it sits on too. We import your menu, modifiers, reservations book, and guest history from whichever systems you run today. Most operators go live within a weekend.
Pull your data from your current system; we'll guide you through it.
Menus, modifiers, customer records, and history: imported and validated.
Run a test service on TablePort. Confirm everything looks right.
Flip when you're confident. Most operators switch over a weekend.
Sign up now. AI imports your menu. First order by morning. No card required.