vsOpenTable books your tables. Growtality runs your entire guest journey.
OpenTable is a reservations and discovery network. Growtality takes bookings too, then adds online and table ordering, an AI guest assistant and your guest CRM, with no per-cover fee on any booking.
No card required · No setup fees · Cancel anytime
Friday night, as the bookings land
Bookings · Fri0 covers
OpenTable cover fees tonight
$0.00
$1.00 per network cover (Core, Pro)
Growtality cover fees tonight
$0.00
On every booking, however busy you get
Illustrative night. A month of busy weekends adds up fast.
- Entry price
- $39/movs $149–$499/mo on OpenTable
- Fee per network cover
- $0vs $1.00–$1.50 on OpenTable
- Fee on deposits & prepayments
- 1%vs 2% on OpenTable
- Online & table ordering
- Includedvs Not in its plans on OpenTable
What a year costs
Busier shouldn't mean pricier.
Set how many covers book through OpenTable's network each month and compare a year on each plan.
Growtality Standard costs you$15,120 less a yearthan OpenTable’s cheapest option at these numbers, with online ordering included.
Growtality Standard
Growtality Pro (with Grow AI)
OpenTable Basic
OpenTable Core
OpenTable Pro
Growtality: plan fee, plus 1% of online orders and deposits taken through Growtality (not shown), monthly billing. OpenTable Basic: $149/mo + $1.50 per network cover (+ $0.25 per website cover or $49/mo). OpenTable Core: $299/mo + $1.00 per network cover. OpenTable Pro: $499/mo + $1.00 per network cover. Card processing excluded for both.
Feature by feature
The full scorecard
OpenTable details checked 5 October 2026 from OpenTable pricing (restaurantbookingsystem.com, verified Aug 2026) and OpenTable pricing (Eat App, 2026) and OpenTable Voice AI. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
The gaps
Where you’d feel it with OpenTable
- 1A fee on every busy nightEvery seated network cover costs $1.00 to $1.50, so the busier you get, the more you pay. And when a regular rebooks through OpenTable, you pay for them again.
- 22% on deposits and no-showsSince early 2026, OpenTable has added a 2% service fee to transactions, including deposits, prepaid experiences and no-show charges.
- 3Bookings, and nothing afterNo online ordering, no table ordering and no branded app in its plans. The revenue beyond the booking needs other tools.
- 4Subscription before you start$149 to $499 a month before a single cover fee. Growtality starts at a fraction of that, with ordering and Grow AI included.
Fair’s fair
What OpenTable does well
- A real diner marketplaceOpenTable brings genuine discovery from a large network of diners. Growtality has no consumer marketplace, so this one is theirs.
- A name diners trustDiners know the OpenTable brand, which can help a listing convert.
- Mature table managementYears of refinement in floor plans, waitlists and turn times.
- Fair on your own bookingsOn Core and Pro, bookings from your own website or phone carry no cover fee; only seated network covers are charged.
Right tool, right restaurant
Which one fits you?
Choose Growtality if
- You want bookings, ordering, AI and CRM in one place
- Your bookings come from Google, your website and regulars
- You want costs that stay flat as you get busier
- You take orders as well as reservations
- You want an AI assistant answering calls, built in
- You want to own your guests and rebook them directly
OpenTable may fit if
- Discovery from a large diner marketplace is your priority
- You're happy to pay per cover for that reach
- You only need reservations
- A listing on a well-known consumer brand matters to you
FAQ
Questions restaurant owners ask us
Straight answers on how Growtality and OpenTable differ.
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Talk to us and we’ll walk you through it for your restaurant.
Growtality vs OpenTable
Yes. OpenTable charges $1.50 per seated network cover on Basic and $1.00 on Core and Pro, on top of the monthly plan. Growtality has no per-cover fees on any booking.
Switching from OpenTable?
Keep more of every order, and every guest.
Bookings, ordering, Grow AI and your guest CRM in one place. No setup fees, no contract, nothing added to your guests’ bill.