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Every figure comes from each provider’s own published pricing — with its source and date under the table. Where a provider does not publish a price, the cell says so.
Square takes card payments too, so we’ve matched it. Change it if your card machine comes from someone else.
On 80–150 covers on a typical Friday at £30–£60 a head, one site. The form on the next page takes your own figures.
About£490a month less with Inservo
Where the difference comes from
ResDiary: reported range across tiers, before add-ons
Square: Square for Restaurants Free £0 · Plus £69 a month per location · Premium custom above £200,000 a year
Free for the first year, then £69 a month
Square at 1.75% on your takings
1.25% + 20p on your takings. Standard rate 1.4% + 20p.
How we worked this out
Card takings assumed at about £90,761 a month: 2,241 covers a month from your Friday figure, £45 a head, 90% paid by card, across 840 payments. Card volume is as entered and not scaled by sites; per-location subscriptions are.
No figures of your own were entered; the comparison uses published prices and typical bands.
A typical band is a reported range for a provider that only quotes; a saving can rest on one, a “more” result never does.
Where a provider publishes a range, the headline uses its midpoint.
Published prices as captured on 2026-10-21. See the sources
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See what you’d saveTerms and sources
| Cost line | ResDiaryReservations | SquareePOS and payments | Inservo Suite+Reservations, ePOS and payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly subscription | Quote-based — typically £89–£245 a month3reported range across tiers, before add-ons | £0–£69 a month4Square for Restaurants Free £0 · Plus £69 a month per location · Premium custom above £200,000 a year | £69 a monthSuite+ · per location · unlimited devices and users |
| Per-cover or per-booking fees | None1 | None4 | None |
| Card processing (standard UK cards) | Deposits only · 1%1deposits and cancellation charges only, online via Stripe at +1%; no terminal or tap to pay | 1.75%41.75% in person; 1.4% + 25p online for UK cards; 2.5% + 25p for non-UK cards | 1.25% + 20ppilot rate, in person and online · standard rate 1.4% + 20p |
| Contract term | Annual contracts common2 | No long-term contract4 | Monthly, cancel anytime |
| Devices and users | Not published | Unlimited devices on Free and Plus4 | Unlimited devices and users |
| Booking, bill and payment on one record | No | No | Yes |
Sources, as published on 21 October 2026
- resdiary.com/pricing — captured Jun 2026
- reservaii.com; restaurantbookingsystem.com — captured Jun 2026
- restaurantbookingsystem.com; reservaii.com (reported range) — captured Jun 2026
- squareup.com/gb/en/point-of-sale/restaurants/pricing — captured 21 Oct 2026
Numbered references in the table point to the entries in this list. Inservo’s own figures are its published pricing and carry no reference.
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How is the comparison data sourced?
Every figure comes from each system’s own published pricing and feature pages, or from widely reported industry data where a system doesn’t publish in full. Each one is dated, and we re-check the table before every update rather than letting it drift.
Why does Inservo include more for a lower subscription?
Suite+ includes card processing, so the small margin on payments funds the system — which is why the subscription can sit below reservations-only or per-cover pricing.
Does Inservo charge per-cover fees?
No. There are no per-cover or per-booking fees on any plan. The cost is the monthly subscription and, on Suite+, the published card-processing rate.
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