Direct online reservations
Share your booking page on your website, Google Business Profile, Instagram, and QR codes. Guests pick a date, party size, and time, and can choose a table if you allow it.
Resy alternative
A Resy Alternative for Independent Restaurants
GetReserve is for restaurants that want guests to book on the restaurant's own page, with a table picker, email confirmations, and guest profiles, rather than through a diner app.
- Free plan available
- No per-cover fees
- Your guest data stays yours
Comparison table
GetReserve vs Resy
A side-by-side view of the questions restaurants usually ask when comparing reservation systems. Competitor plans and features change, so check their current details.
Category
Resy
GetReserve
Pricing
Check Resy's current plans and fees for your restaurant.
Free plan, then flat plans from $49/month. No per-cover fees or commission.
Setup
Setup covers your presence on the Resy diner app as well as the restaurant tools.
Booking rules, floor plan, and your booking link. Runs in a web browser.
CRM
Includes guest profiles and hospitality tools.
Profiles built from bookings for recognising regulars: visit history, no-show counts, notes, tags, and preferences.
Waitlist
Includes waitlist features; check what your plan covers.
Waitlist sits in the same list as reservations; staff seat parties or convert them to a booking.
Analytics
Reporting is included within the platform.
Reservations, covers, cancellations, no-shows, busiest hours and days, bookings per table, and waitlist joins.
Floor Plans
Includes table and inventory controls.
Guests can pick a table on your floor plan and see a 360° photo; staff set table status by hand.
Direct Booking Ownership
The diner app and network can help with discovery.
Guests book on your own page, and guest data belongs to your restaurant.
Why restaurants switch
Why restaurants leave Resy
Some restaurants want guests to get into the habit of booking with them, not through an app that also shows other restaurants. GetReserve's booking page shows your restaurant only.
Others want guests to choose their table. On GetReserve, guests can pick a specific table on your floor plan and see a 360° photo of it, take a suggested table, or choose from a list. You can also make table selection required.
Cost structure matters too. Network-based platforms may price in access to their diners, so check Resy's current plans for your restaurant. GetReserve is a flat monthly price with a free plan and no per-cover fees.
How GetReserve compares
A focused Resy competitor for direct bookings
The right reservation system is the one guests find easy to book and your staff actually use during service.
Part of Resy's value is its diner-facing app and brand. GetReserve doesn't offer discovery. It gives you the booking page and the tools to run service from it.
Your GetReserve restaurant page includes photos, your menu, and reviews from guests who completed a booking, and staff can reply to those reviews. Guests see who you are before they reserve.
Behind the page, staff get a live reservation list and a month calendar, bulk confirm, no-show, and cancel actions, and a history of status changes on every booking.
Buyer decision guide
When to choose GetReserve instead of Resy
Either can be the right choice. It depends on where your guests come from and what your team needs during service.
Resy may fit better if its diner app is a meaningful source of new guests in your city and being listed there matters to how you position the restaurant.
GetReserve may fit better if your guests already find you through your name, your website, Google, or Instagram, and you want those bookings to happen on your own page.
Think about what happens after the booking. With GetReserve, the guest gets an email confirmation, can change or cancel with a booking code, and the visit is added to a profile your staff can see next time.
In a demo, ask each vendor to show a guest booking from your website on a phone, then the same booking on the host's screen. Compare how many steps it takes and what the host can see about that guest.
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See the direct-booking workflow in action.
Book a demo to walk through your floor plan, booking rules, and plan options, or start on the free plan and set up your booking page yourself.
Feature comparison
Feature comparison for modern reservation teams
The core tools restaurants usually look for when comparing reservation systems: online booking, booking rules, waitlist, guest profiles, floor plans, and reporting.
Booking rules
Set minimum notice, how far ahead guests can book, maximum party size, default duration, auto-confirm, and a cancellation window.
Waitlist and walk-ins
Guests join the waitlist from your booking page when a slot is full. Staff add walk-ins, mark parties as notified, seat them, or convert them to reservations from the same list.
Guest CRM
Profiles build automatically from bookings, with visit history, covers, cancellation and no-show counts, staff notes, tags, and preferences.
Floor plans
Drag-and-drop tables, spaces, and layout objects, with CSV import and export. Guests can pick a table when booking, and staff set each table's status.
Analytics
See reservations, covers, cancellations, no-shows, average party size, busiest hours and days, bookings per table, and waitlist joins.
How to switch
How to switch from Resy to GetReserve
Switching works best one step at a time: set up GetReserve, handle your upcoming bookings, then update your links.
Step 1
Note your regulars' details
GetReserve doesn't import guest lists, so write down preferences and key notes for your regulars before switching, and add them to profiles as those guests book again.
Step 2
Build your floor plan and table photos
Draw your room with drag-and-drop tables, or import them from a CSV file. Add 360° photos so guests can see the tables they're choosing.
Step 3
Set your booking rules
Set minimum notice, how far ahead guests can book, maximum party size, default duration, auto-confirm, waitlist, and whether guests must pick a table.
Step 4
Train your hosts
Walk the team through the reservation list, calendar, statuses, waitlist, and guest profiles before the first service.
Step 5
Update your links
Replace old booking links on your website, Google Business Profile, Instagram bio, and QR codes with your GetReserve booking page.
Pricing comparison
GetReserve pricing vs Resy pricing
Competitor pricing changes and varies by plan, so check their current prices. Compare the monthly fee, any per-cover or per-booking charges, setup time, and who keeps the guest data.
Resy publishes monthly plans and explicitly states that it has no per-cover or per-reservation fees. Direct booking and a fixed subscription are not exclusive to GetReserve.
Reviewed 2 October 2026 against Resy's official plans and product information. Plans, regional availability and fees can change; confirm current terms with the provider.
Resy's pricing depends on the plan and what's included. Check their current pricing for your restaurant.
GetReserve publishes flat monthly prices: Free ($0), Starter ($49/month), Professional ($129/month), Enterprise ($249/month), with annual billing about 20% cheaper. There are no per-cover fees, per-reservation fees, or commissions.
Compare the monthly cost, any fees that grow with bookings, and how much value you'd get from network discovery versus the guests who already come to you directly.
Customer benefits
What restaurants gain after switching
What changes for your team and your guests day to day.
More direct bookings
Your booking page lives on your own link that you can put on your website, Google Business Profile, Instagram bio, and printed QR codes. Guests book with you directly, without browsing other restaurants on the way.
One list for the whole shift
Reservations, phone bookings, walk-ins, and waitlist parties sit in one list, and changes show up live for everyone on shift. Hosts can confirm, seat, mark no-shows, or cancel in bulk instead of juggling paper and separate screens.
Guest history you own
A guest profile is created automatically from each booking, with visit history, covers, cancellation and no-show counts, staff notes, tags such as VIP, and preferences. That guest data belongs to your restaurant.
No per-cover fees
GetReserve plans are a flat monthly price, starting with a free plan. There are no per-cover fees, per-reservation fees, or commissions, so a busy night doesn't make your software bill bigger.
FAQ
Resy alternative FAQ
Is GetReserve a good Resy alternative for independent restaurants?
It can be if you want guests to book on your own page. GetReserve gives you a booking page with an optional table picker, a reservation book, a waitlist, guest profiles, and analytics. It doesn't have a diner app, so it won't bring you discovery traffic.
How does GetReserve compare with Resy?
Resy is known for its diner app and network. GetReserve focuses on your own booking page, a reservation book, waitlist, guest profiles, a floor plan, and core analytics, on flat plans with no per-cover fees.
Can guests still book from Google and Instagram?
Yes. Share your GetReserve booking link on your website, your Google Business Profile, your Instagram bio, or a QR code. GetReserve doesn't connect to Reserve with Google, so guests book through your link.
Does GetReserve support waitlist and guest profiles?
Yes. Guests can join the waitlist from your booking page when a slot is full, and staff see them in the same list as reservations. Every booking builds a guest profile with visit history, notes, tags, and preferences.
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