TablePort vs Zavo
Both platforms describe themselves as AI-native. TablePort surfaces AI quietly inside the work: photo-to-menu, multi-channel phone agent, invoice OCR, par-level forecasting. Zavo organises it as named AI agents. Here's how the products compare.
Based on Zavo's publicly available product documentation at zavo.ai, May 2026. Features and pricing change; verify current details before deciding.
At a glancefull table below
Side by side
| Feature | TablePort | Zavo |
|---|---|---|
AI surface area | 12 shipped AI features across onboarding, operations, comms, analytics | AI Voice, AI Intelligence, and Custom AI agents |
AI phone answering | Voice + WhatsApp + SMS, multi-language | AI Voice (voice calls) |
AI menu import | Photo or PDF → full menu structure with allergens and modifiers | |
AI staff import | Paste text, CSV, or XLSX → employees with roles | |
Invoice OCR | Photo/PDF → stock match, 3-way PO/delivery match | |
AI inventory | Par levels with confidence scoring, auto-ordering, Auto-86 | Coming soon |
AI menu translation | One-click, restaurant-context-aware | |
Self-service kiosk | Any iPad with tip prompts and 23 languages | |
QR order & pay | ||
Gift cards | Digital, with Apple & Google Wallet | |
Waitlist | Digital waitlist with real-time SMS | |
Offline mode | Full offline incl. card payments via Stripe Terminal | Mesh-networking claim |
Pricing transparency | Published 3-tier pricing on the website | Custom Pricing (not published, contact for quote) |
Self-serve signup | 30 days free, no sales call required | Sales-only (Schedule Demo) |
Payment processing | Stripe (established, global) | Adyen (rates not publicly listed, contact for quote) |
Daily insights | 12-category intelligence engine with health scoring | AI Intelligence reporting |
Marketing & CRM | Guest profiles via reservations; email campaigns, automations, and revenue attribution via the Marketing Suite add-on (£99/mo) | Email + SMS marketing, loyalty campaigns bundled into the core product |
Why operators switch
Sign up, snap a photo of your menu, and start taking orders. No installation appointment, no hardware shipment, no two-week parallel run. Your phone is the POS until you're ready for a reader.
Photo-to-menu in onboarding. Phone agent for the calls you can't pick up. Invoice OCR in the back office. Output where you already look: no chat bubble, no sparkle icon.
Three tiers, all published. No "Schedule a Demo" to learn what it costs. Card processing rates printed beside them, in plain language.
Who it's for
Zavo bundles email and SMS marketing into its core plan; TablePort's equivalent (email campaigns, automations, revenue attribution) lives in the optional Marketing Suite add-on rather than the base price. If bundled marketing at no extra cost matters most today, weigh that. Otherwise, the full platform is ready to go.
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 Zavo?
We import your menu, reservations book, and historical sales from Zavo. 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.