TablesReady vs. Tock
By Mike Errecart, CEO of TablesReady, which our team has built since 2011
Tock prices and features as of October 2026
We make TablesReady. This page also says when Tock is the better choice.
Tock sells reservations with money attached: prepaid tables, ticketed events and experiences, and card holds. Its walk-in waitlist is one feature among many, and its help center says staff work out each wait quote and type it in by hand. TablesReady starts with the walk-in waitlist and predicts quotes from each location's own history on Starter. On Business you also get a floor plan, online bookings and automatic guest replies.
Tock now sits under Resy. Both belong to American Express, and on August 11, 2026 Resy announced that Tock restaurants, wineries and experiences are now on the Resy platform and app. Tock-powered plans are still sold, now on Resy's website.
Choose Tock if you want diners who book through Resy's app and you sell prepaid seats or tickets. If you don't need those, TablesReady's waitlist is free and you can set it up yourself. Tock's plans cost $289 or $459 a month and are sold through a demo form.
Which Option is Right for Your Business?
TablesReady
- Set it up yourself tonight on the free plan; no demo
- Waitlist, plus online bookings on Business
- Guest self check-in from a link or QR code
- AI-predicted wait quotes from Starter, learned overnight from your own history (you can turn them off)
- Square orders on the waitlist (no POS table-status sync)
- Custom guest fields, tags and saved replies on Business
- Designed for all businesses, from food trucks to Enterprise accounts.
Tock
- Listed in the Resy diner app since August 2026
- Prepaid tables, ticketed events and experiences
- Deposits, card holds and a Notify list for sold-out times
- Two-way Toast POS link on Premium (per its plan card)
- Best for fine-dining restaurants, wineries and experience venues that sell prepaid seats or tickets.
What each plan covers
Compared with TablesReady Starter
| Guest parties a month* | TablesReady Starter, monthly (billed annually) | Tock, cheapest plan at this level or above |
|---|---|---|
| 500 | $39 ($34)1,000 messages | Essential: $289comparable to TablesReady Business |
| 1,250 | $69 ($59)2,500 messages | Essential: $289comparable to TablesReady Business |
| 2,500 | $99 ($84)5,000 messages | Essential: $289comparable to TablesReady Business |
| 5,000 | $159 ($129)10,000 messages | Essential: $289comparable to TablesReady Business |
Compared with TablesReady Business
| Guest parties a month* | TablesReady Business, monthly (billed annually) | Tock, cheapest plan at this level or above |
|---|---|---|
| 500 | $79 ($69)1,000 messages | Essential: $289 |
| 1,250 | $109 ($94)2,500 messages | Essential: $289 |
| 2,500 | $139 ($119)5,000 messages | Essential: $289 |
| 5,000 | $199 ($164)10,000 messages | Essential: $289 |
Tock: Plus a 3% fee on prepayments (2% on Premium) and card processing. Sold through a demo.
*Assumes 2 text messages per party, the median across TablesReady restaurants. TablesReady counts 160-character segments; Resy lists no text allowance for Tock. Each row shows the cheapest published option that covers that many parties, extra-use charges included.
Texting pauses at your monthly limit. You get alerts at 80, 90 and 100%, and can add messages in one click.
| Ratings | TablesReady | Tock |
|---|---|---|
| Capterra and G2 |
Tock details come from Resy's plans page and Tock's help center. Capterra ratings checked October 2026; G2 ratings checked October 2026. See something out of date? Email support@tablesready.com.
Features to Supercharge Your Waitlist
Starter includes everything below except the items marked Business.
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Other Tock alternatives worth a look
These are the other tools we'd shortlist, and who each one suits.
Resy OS
Full-service and fine-dining restaurants that want Resy's diner network, American Express reach and table status fed from the POS.
Read about Resy OS in our guideOpenTable
Restaurants and groups that want OpenTable's diner network and its full reservation and table system, and accept fees on network covers and a yearly contract.
Compare TablesReady with OpenTableSevenRooms
Hotels, nightlife venues and full-service restaurant groups that want a deep guest CRM and automated marketing, and have the budget to run both.
Compare TablesReady with SevenRoomsEat App
Booking-led restaurants, hotels and groups that want reservations, tables, a guest CRM and WhatsApp in one system. Strongest in the Gulf and India.
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