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TableNest vs Tablewick

Tablewick has a permanent free plan, and puts its floor plan, card holds and loyalty cards on a AUD 49 Starter plan. TableNest has no free plan. It starts at $29/month with no cap on online bookings and no per-user fee, and adds Square POS, Xero, gift vouchers and API access on Business ($49).

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FeatureTableNestTablewick
Free planNo — 30-day free trialYes — 30 online bookings a month and one user
Cheapest plan with no online-booking cap$29 AUD/mo (Starter)AUD 49/mo (Starter)
Extra team membersNo per-user feeAUD 11/mo each after the first
SMS allowance per month120 on Starter · 240 on Business · 400 on ProNone on Free · 200 on Starter · 500 on Pro
Commissions and per-cover feesNoneNone
ContractsNone — cancel anytimeNo lock-in contract
Visual floor planFrom Pro ($69)From Starter (AUD 49)
Deposits / card holdsDeposits from Business ($49)Card holds from Starter (AUD 49)
Paid event bookingsFrom BusinessDeposit per person or full price
Gift vouchersFrom BusinessDoes not sell gift cards
Square POS syncFrom BusinessNo ready-made POS integration (API add-on)
Xero accountingFrom BusinessThrough the API add-on
API accessIncluded from BusinessAUD 18.99/mo add-on
Loyalty cardsNoFrom Starter
Online orderingNoAUD 19/mo add-on, no commission
Meal pre-orders for groupsNoPro
iPhone and iPad appNo — runs in the browserYes
Published pricingAUD, USD and NZD — signup open in Australia, the US and New ZealandAUD only — no NZ or US pricing published

Tablewick figures are taken from Tablewick's own pricing, cafés, about and comparison pages and its public release notes, checked 2 November 2026. Tablewick's prices are in AUD with GST included, and TableNest's Australian prices include GST too, so the two sets of figures compare like-for-like. Tablewick's release notes list version 1.0.0, "Launch", on 16 October 2026. Tablewick's own comparison with TableNest was checked 21 October 2026, and TableNest's plans have changed since — the TableNest figures on this page come from our current price list. Plans and features change, so confirm current terms with Tablewick directly.

When Tablewick is the better choice

If you take fewer than 30 online bookings a month and run the place on your own, Tablewick's free plan costs nothing and TableNest does. If you want a visual floor plan and card holds for the smallest monthly bill, Tablewick's AUD 49 Starter plan has both, where TableNest's floor plan starts at Pro ($69).

And if your trade is a café counter, Tablewick does three things TableNest does not do at all: digital loyalty stamp cards, commission-free pickup ordering (a AUD 19 add-on), and meal pre-orders for groups on Pro. It also has an iPhone and iPad app. If those matter most, Tablewick is the closer fit.

When TableNest is the better choice

When more than one person takes bookings. Tablewick includes one user per plan and charges AUD 11 a month for each extra user — on its own figures, Starter with three users is AUD 71 a month. TableNest has no per-user fee, so a team of three on Starter is still $29.

When the booking system has to talk to your till and your books. Tablewick says it has no ready-made POS integrations yet and sells API access as a AUD 18.99 add-on. TableNest's Square POS sync, Xero invoicing and API access all come with Business ($49) at no extra charge, and Business is also where gift vouchers start — Tablewick does not sell gift cards.

Both are Australian, both take no commission and no per-cover fee, and neither asks for a contract. Both can take paid bookings for special events. The difference is mostly which extras you need, and who in your team needs a login.

On the part everyone worries about — the move itself

“We moved to TableNest as our previous booking system was charging us a premium monthly charge for features that we didn’t need for our business. The transition was seamless and it offers everything our old booking system had for a fraction of the price.”

Alison Withers

Badger Creek Blueberry Winery & St Ronan’s Cider

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Frequently asked questions

Yes. Tablewick has a permanent free plan with 30 online bookings a month and one user, a booking page and website widget, and email confirmations. Its Starter plan at AUD 49 a month removes the booking limit. TableNest has no free plan: it has a 30-day free trial, then starts at $29 AUD a month with no cap on online bookings. If you take fewer than 30 online bookings a month and work alone, Tablewick's free plan is the cheaper answer. Tablewick figures are taken from Tablewick's own pricing, cafés, about and comparison pages and its public release notes, checked 2 November 2026. Tablewick's prices are in AUD with GST included, and TableNest's Australian prices include GST too, so the two sets of figures compare like-for-like. Tablewick's release notes list version 1.0.0, "Launch", on 16 October 2026. Tablewick's own comparison with TableNest was checked 21 October 2026, and TableNest's plans have changed since — the TableNest figures on this page come from our current price list. Plans and features change, so confirm current terms with Tablewick directly.
Tablewick publishes Free, Starter at AUD 49, Pro at AUD 89 and Group at AUD 69 per venue a month for three or more venues. Every plan includes one user, and each extra user is AUD 11 a month on a paid plan — Tablewick's own example is Starter with three users at AUD 71 a month. Online ordering is a AUD 19 add-on and API access a AUD 18.99 add-on. TableNest is Starter at $29, Business at $49 and Pro at $69 AUD a month, with no per-user fee on any plan and API access included from Business. Both companies quote Australian prices with GST included. Tablewick figures are taken from Tablewick's own pricing, cafés, about and comparison pages and its public release notes, checked 2 November 2026. Tablewick's prices are in AUD with GST included, and TableNest's Australian prices include GST too, so the two sets of figures compare like-for-like. Tablewick's release notes list version 1.0.0, "Launch", on 16 October 2026. Tablewick's own comparison with TableNest was checked 21 October 2026, and TableNest's plans have changed since — the TableNest figures on this page come from our current price list. Plans and features change, so confirm current terms with Tablewick directly.
Tablewick says it has "no ready-made POS integrations yet"; its comparison page points to its API add-on, which lets a developer or your POS provider connect. TableNest ships a named Square POS sync and Xero invoicing from the Business plan ($49 AUD) up. The Square sync pushes confirmed bookings and their guests out to Square as customer records and draft tickets, and brings one thing back: the status of a booking TableNest created, so cancelling or no-showing it in Square updates TableNest to match. It does not read your Square orders, tickets or spend. Tablewick figures are taken from Tablewick's own pricing, cafés, about and comparison pages and its public release notes, checked 2 November 2026. Tablewick's prices are in AUD with GST included, and TableNest's Australian prices include GST too, so the two sets of figures compare like-for-like. Tablewick's release notes list version 1.0.0, "Launch", on 16 October 2026. Tablewick's own comparison with TableNest was checked 21 October 2026, and TableNest's plans have changed since — the TableNest figures on this page come from our current price list. Plans and features change, so confirm current terms with Tablewick directly.
Several things, and they are real. A permanent free plan. A visual floor plan and card holds on its AUD 49 Starter plan, where TableNest's floor plan starts at Pro ($69 AUD). Digital loyalty cards on Starter and up. Commission-free online ordering as a AUD 19 add-on. Meal pre-orders for groups on Pro. An iPhone and iPad app. TableNest has none of the loyalty, ordering, pre-order or native-app features. What TableNest has that Tablewick does not: gift vouchers from Business (Tablewick says it "does not sell gift cards"), Square POS and Xero, API access with no add-on fee, no per-user charge, and published pricing and signup in the US and New Zealand as well as Australia (Tablewick's pricing page lists AUD only). Tablewick figures are taken from Tablewick's own pricing, cafés, about and comparison pages and its public release notes, checked 2 November 2026. Tablewick's prices are in AUD with GST included, and TableNest's Australian prices include GST too, so the two sets of figures compare like-for-like. Tablewick's release notes list version 1.0.0, "Launch", on 16 October 2026. Tablewick's own comparison with TableNest was checked 21 October 2026, and TableNest's plans have changed since — the TableNest figures on this page come from our current price list. Plans and features change, so confirm current terms with Tablewick directly.
Yes. In Tablewick, Settings, Export data downloads everything in one ZIP file: bookings, guests, orders and more. Unzip it first. TableNest's import maps spreadsheet columns by header name — name, email, phone, visit count and notes — so it does not depend on any one vendor's export layout, and existing customers matched on email or phone are updated rather than duplicated. The booking widget swap is a single embed-code line on your venue website.
TableNest is open for signup in Australia, the US and New Zealand, with pricing in each market's local currency. Support and onboarding are AU-first, support hours follow Australian time zones, and SMS confirmations route through a different carrier in each country. Canada and the UK are not open for signup yet.

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