Restaurant reservation software roundups tend to default to the two most famous names, OpenTable and Resy, and stop there. We checked what restaurants actually use across 137,970 verified US restaurant websites in Stackra's corpus. The ranking below is real usage, not brand recognition.
What restaurants actually use
Ranked by the number of US restaurant sites that actually use each platform. OpenTable and Resy lead reservations; Toast leads restaurant tech overall but is ordering-first.
| Platform | Type | What it is | Restaurant sites |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenTable | Reservations | Table reservations, the largest diner network | 8,282 |
| Resy | Reservations | Table reservations, upscale-leaning | 7,944 |
| SevenRooms | Reservations | Reservations and guest data for upscale venues | 751 |
| SpotHopper | Website + ordering | Restaurant site builder with ordering and marketing | 7,581 |
| Clover (formerly BentoBox) | Website + ordering | Restaurant site builder that bundles ordering and reservations | 5,020 |
| Popmenu | Website + ordering | Restaurant websites, digital menus, and marketing | 4,553 |
| Toast | Ordering | POS with online ordering, plus a waitlist and reservations add-on | 16,998 |
| DoorDash | Delivery | Third-party delivery marketplace | 5,809 |
| ChowNow | Ordering | Commission-free first-party online ordering | 2,126 |
| Slice | Ordering | Online ordering, built for pizzerias | 2,593 |
Counts are US restaurant sites that use each platform; read the smaller names as at-least figures. Toast is the single most-used restaurant platform overall but is ordering-first, not a reservation tool. Source: Stackra corpus, US restaurants (n = 137,970), 2026.
OpenTable and Resy lead reservations
Among standalone reservation tools, OpenTable (8,282 sites) and Resy (7,944) clearly lead, with SevenRooms the upscale option behind them. The full website platforms are a different purchase: SpotHopper and Clover (formerly BentoBox) build the whole site and bundle ordering and reservations into it, so a restaurant adopting one gets reservation software as part of the package, not as a separate decision. If you already have a website you like and just need a reservation widget bolted on, OpenTable and Resy are the direct fit.
OpenTable vs. Resy: the two everyone has heard of
OpenTable has the larger diner network and the deepest brand recognition, which matters most for restaurants relying on walk-in discovery traffic from the platform itself, not just their own site. Resy has a smaller but often more upscale-leaning diner base and a reputation for a cleaner restaurant-side interface. Neither meaningfully beats the other on raw adoption in this data; the choice comes down to which diner network matters more for a given restaurant's customer base.
Online ordering is a separate, bigger category
Ordering is a different job from reservations, and by real usage it is a bigger field. Toast leads it, followed by first-party tools like ChowNow, Menufy and Slice (Slice built around pizzerias), plus the third-party delivery marketplaces DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub. If the goal is takeout and delivery rather than seated reservations, that is the relevant set, and we rank the full ordering field in our restaurant website tools piece.
About this data
Every figure comes from Stackra's own corpus of verified US restaurant websites, measured as real usage across those sites rather than brand recognition or vendor claims. Read the smaller names as at-least figures.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about picking restaurant reservation software.
What reservation software do most restaurants actually use?
Measured by real usage across restaurant sites, OpenTable and Resy lead standalone reservations, OpenTable at 8,282 restaurant sites and Resy at 7,944, with SevenRooms the upscale option behind them. Full website builders like SpotHopper, Clover (formerly BentoBox) and Popmenu also carry reservations, but bundled into the site rather than as a standalone tool. Toast is the most-used restaurant platform overall, but it is ordering-first, not a reservation system.
Is OpenTable or Resy better for a small restaurant?
Adoption numbers are close enough that the decision should come down to diner network, not install counts. OpenTable has the larger, broader diner base; Resy skews toward a smaller, often more upscale-leaning audience. Pick based on which network matches your actual customers.
What is the difference between a reservation platform and an ordering platform?
Reservation platforms (OpenTable, Resy, SevenRooms) manage seated table bookings. Ordering platforms (Toast, ChowNow, Slice) and the delivery marketplaces (DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub) handle takeout and delivery instead. Full website builders like SpotHopper, Clover (formerly BentoBox) and Popmenu are different again: they build the whole site and bundle reservations and ordering into one package.