ResOlio vs SevenRooms
A price on the page, no setup fee, and a restaurant you can set up yourself today.
| At a glance | ResOlio | SevenRooms |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One flat price per restaurant, by plan | A monthly subscription by quote, plus a one-time setup fee |
| A month, on a monthly plan | Plus €59 (Starter €39, Pro €99), before tax | Not published: “Get a quote”. Software Advice lists it from $499, about €443 |
| A month, paid yearly | Plus €47 (Starter €32, Pro €79) | Not published |
| Setup fee | None | A one-time fee, amount not published |
| Fee per cover | None | None, by its pricing page |
| Who pays | The restaurant, its plan only. Guests never pay: no deposit, no card, no no-show fee | The restaurant: the subscription and the setup fee |
| Contract | Monthly plans: none. Yearly plans: paid up front, no refunds | Not published on the pages we read |
| Free plan | Free: up to 50 bookings a month, €0 | None on its pricing page |
| English, French and Arabic | All three on every plan, Arabic right to left | No Arabic in its 2021 list of guest booking languages |
| AI host that takes bookings | Olio, included from Starter; on WhatsApp from Plus | Voice AI for phone bookings, as an add-on, price not published |
| Booking page and embed | Both, on every plan, Free included | Branded reservations, from its Starter plan, by quote |
How we compared
We read SevenRooms’s pricing page and home page on 16 October 2026. Its three plans are sold by quote, so SevenRooms publishes no price. The only monthly figure we found is Software Advice’s listing, from $499 a month. We turned it into euros at the European Central Bank’s rate of that day: about €443.
ResOlio wrote this article, so read it as our own comparison. Every SevenRooms fact comes from SevenRooms’s own pages, or from Software Advice where we say so, with the day we read it. Its language list comes from a SevenRooms post of February 2021, and we say that too.
Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.
What it costs at your volume
Neither charges per cover, so the difference is where the bill starts: €59 a month on ResOlio Plus, with nothing to set up and nothing to wait for, against a quote from about €443 a month as listed, plus a setup fee. See every plan.
- SevenRooms From $499 a month, as Software Advice lists it; by quote, plus a setup fee
- ResOlio Plus One price, whatever the covers
100 covers a month
500 covers a month
1,500 covers a month
The SevenRooms line is a third party’s “from” price, turned into euros. A quote may differ, and the setup fee is not included, because its amount is not published. On ResOlio, a plan counts bookings, not covers: at two or three guests a table, 1,500 covers is 500 to 750 bookings, inside Plus’s 1,500 a month.
Where ResOlio is different
A published price, from €0
Every ResOlio price is on the page. Free costs nothing for up to 50 bookings a month, Starter is €39 for 500, Plus €59 for 1,500, and Pro €99 with no limit. Pay yearly and a month costs €32, €47 or €79. There is no setup fee: your plan is the only fee. Pay monthly and there is no contract.
What a fee per cover would cost.
Marketplaces charge for every guest who books through them, €1.50 a cover on OpenTable; Plus costs the same however busy the month.
500covers / month
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Monthly cost estimate
Based on 500 covers a month
OpenTable
Core: €169 a month + €1.50 a cover
€919
/ month
TheFork
About €2 a cover (our estimate; TheFork does not publish its rate)
≈ €1,000
/ month
SevenRooms
From $499 a month, as Software Advice lists it; by quote, plus a setup fee
≈ €443
/ month
ResOlio Plus · Recommended
One price, whatever the covers
€59
/ month
OpenTable: as published on opentable.ie, read 16 October 2026. TheFork: our estimate of about €2 a cover; TheFork does not publish its rate. SevenRooms: from $499 a month as listed on softwareadvice.com, read 16 October 2026, in euros at the ECB rate of that day (1 EUR = 1.1253 USD); sevenrooms.com prices by quote and charges no reservation fees.
Set it up yourself, or by chatting with Olio
You sign up, add your hours, your tables and your page, and go live when you are ready. Nothing is public before, and you pay nothing until you go live. From Starter, the owner can set the restaurant up by chatting with Olio instead: the days and hours, the tables, how guests book and the page. Each change comes as a card, and nothing changes until you tap.
In your dashboard: Host: Who’s late? Olio: Late now: Nowak, 3 guests at 20:40, T7, 10 min Host: Move Nowak to 21:00 Olio: a card, Move Nowak, 3 guests: 20:40 → 21:00, with the button Move booking Host: taps Move booking. Done Host: How do I close a day? Olio: Open Settings › Special days, find the day and press Close the day & cancel. You see who is booked before anything changes, and you can undo it for ten minutes. Close a day and cancel its bookings
English, French and Arabic, for guests and staff
Every plan speaks three languages: the dashboard, your booking page and your guests’ emails. Arabic runs right to left, and the floor map is never mirrored. A guest picks their language on your page, and every email about their booking follows it. Your own words, such as your house rules, are written once for each language. See the booking page.
Olio takes bookings on WhatsApp
Olio is included in the plan. On Plus, guests book a table by writing to Olio on WhatsApp, in English, French or Arabic. Olio offers only the times you really have free, nothing is booked until the guest taps, and it never takes a card. A question it cannot answer waits for your team in the dashboard. From Starter, Olio also books guests on your page. Meet Olio.
On WhatsApp: Guest: Table for 4 on Saturday at 8, Hartwell's Olio: 20:00 isn’t free at Hartwell's on Saturday 17 October 2026. Here are the closest free times for 4 guests. I’ll also need your email for the confirmation. a list, See times: 19:30, 19:45, 20:15, 20:30, 20:45 Guest: 20:15 Olio: Hartwell's, Saturday 17 October 2026 at 20:15, 4 guests: held for you until 19:13. What email should the confirmation go to? Guest: sam@example.com Olio: Your booking at Hartwell's. Saturday 17 October 2026 at 20:15. 4 guests. Name: Sam. Email: sam@example.com. Pressing “Book it” means you agree that Hartwell's keeps these details to manage your booking, and uses any allergies you add to prepare your meal. Privacy: https://resolio.app/privacy. Held for you until 19:13 With the buttons Book it, Other times, Change something. Guest: Book it Olio: You’re booked! Hartwell's, Saturday 17 October 2026 at 20:15, 4 guests. Reference HW-4K7Q. Your confirmation is on its way to sam@example.com, with the link to change or cancel. Add a person, change the time or cancel here: https://resolio.app/en/hartwells/manage#t=… Guest: Can we bring our own birthday cake? Olio: I’ve asked Hartwell's, and I’ll send you their answer here. Olio: Hartwell's: Of course, and we’ll keep it in the fridge for you.
The night on one screen
Every plan has the service screen: the guestlist, the floor map and the calendar, live on every tablet. A booking made online lands on each tablet as it arrives, and two devices can never sell the same table. An allergy a guest declares while booking reaches your host on every plan, even Free. See the service screen.
Who ResOlio is for
- An owner who wants to start today, alone, at a price on the page.
- A restaurant that wants no setup fee and no quote to wait for.
- A team, or guests, who read French or Arabic.
- A restaurant whose guests would rather book on WhatsApp.
- A group of restaurants: Enterprise puts every restaurant on one dashboard, at a price agreed with you. Compare the three ways to take a booking.
Switching from SevenRooms
You can set everything up before you pay, and run both books until you are ready.
Set up your restaurant
Add your hours, your tables and your booking page, or ask Olio to do it with you. Nothing is public until you go live.
Bring your guests and future bookings
On Pro, import them from a CSV file. You see what would be added, merged or refused before anything is saved.
Run both books
Your staff take bookings in ResOlio while your page stays closed.
Go live
One switch puts your page and your embed live. Then change the booking link on your website.
Before you leave, ask SevenRooms how to export your guest profiles and what notice your agreement asks for: its pricing page does not say. Bookings already taken there stay valid: honour them on the night, or bring them across with the import on Pro. Switch to ResOlio.
Questions
How much does SevenRooms cost?
SevenRooms does not publish a price: its pricing page asks you to get a quote. Software Advice lists it from $499 a month, about €443 at the European Central Bank’s rate of 16 October 2026. SevenRooms also charges a one-time setup fee, whose amount is not published.
Does ResOlio charge a setup fee?
No. Your plan is the only fee, and you can set everything up before you pay. Free costs nothing for up to 50 bookings a month.
Can I set up ResOlio myself?
Yes. Sign up, add your hours, your tables and your page, and go live when you are ready; you pay nothing until then. From Starter, Olio can set it up with you in a chat.
Is SevenRooms available in Arabic?
A SevenRooms post of February 2021 lists its guest booking languages, and Arabic is not among them. We found no newer list on its site. ResOlio has English, French and Arabic on every plan.
Can ResOlio run several restaurants?
Yes, on Enterprise: as many restaurants as you run under one owner, each with its own name and floor, one dashboard for tonight across all of them, and a price agreed with you.
Do my guests pay anything on ResOlio?
Never. No deposit, no card at booking and no no-show fee.
Sources
- SevenRooms: plans, features and pricing sevenrooms.comread on
- SevenRooms: home page sevenrooms.comread on
- SevenRooms: multi-language support for direct reservations (19 February 2021) sevenrooms.comread on
- Software Advice: SevenRooms profile softwareadvice.comread on
ResOlio is not affiliated with SevenRooms. SevenRooms is a trademark of its owner. Prices change: check SevenRooms’s own page before you decide.
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