One price per reservation. No cover fees. No monthly fee.
What your reservations really cost
Most restaurants pay a reservation platform and an AI phone add-on to answer the calls. Set your numbers and compare it with one per-reservation price.
Platforms charge per guest seated. Bite Buddy charges once per reservation.
OpenTable charges per guest only for these. Phone and walk-in bookings carry no OpenTable fee.
You'd pay
at least 35% less
than the cheapest setup: Resy Platform + Slang AI Core
Saved a year
at least $2,856
$0.60 per guest booked with Bite Buddy
Published prices, checked September 30, 2026: OpenTable (per-guest fees on seated network guests only), Resy, Slang AI (priced by call volume). Slang AI publishes only starting prices and says it prices by call volume, so every setup that includes it is shown as a minimum and the savings as “at least”. Excludes OpenTable Basic's website-booking fee, prepayment fees and card processing. Bite Buddy is $1.50 per completed reservation. OpenTable and Resy also list you in their diner apps, which Bite Buddy does not; if that app brings you most of your guests, weigh it in.
What you're paying for
Published prices, checked September 30, 2026. The platforms' diner apps are a real benefit if they bring you guests; the rest is fees for things Bite Buddy includes.
| Bite Buddy AI | OpenTable | Resy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How you pay | $1.50 per completed reservation | $149–$499/month + per-guest fees | $289–$459/month |
| Monthly fee | None | Yes, 12-month auto-renewing contract | Yes |
| Per-guest (cover) fees | None. A party of 8 is one reservation | $1–$1.50 per seated guest from the OpenTable network | None listed |
| Answers your phone and books the table | Included | Needs an AI add-on, e.g. Slang AI Core from $399/month, priced by call volume | Needs an AI add-on (from $399/month, priced by call volume) |
| Listing in a diner app | No | Yes, OpenTable network | Yes, Resy app |
Big parties cost the same
Per-guest pricing charges a table of eight eight times. Bite Buddy charges the reservation once, so large parties and private dining don't cost more to book.
No second vendor for the phone
The AI that answers the call is the system that books the table. No add-on subscription, no second login, no bookings copied between systems.
You pay for results
Only completed reservations are billed and there is no monthly fee, so a quiet month means a smaller bill.
Real customer results
Epicure & Jack's Tavern, six months on AI reservations
A family-owned restaurant in Millbrook, Alabama, where the average party is seven. They pay $0.21 per guest booked, because Bite Buddy prices the reservation, not the guest.
Reservation cost questions
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