Appfront vs Sidedoor
Appfront
appfront.ai
Sidedoor
thesidedoor.coSide by side
| Figure | Appfront | Sidedoor |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $99/mo | £12.42/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 6 |
| Spec score · Restaurant Marketing Software | 7.9 (#11) | 8.8 (#2) |
| AI assistant | Its Co-Work assistant can answer questions about customers and business data, recommend actions, launch campaigns, and handle operational tasks such as updating hours and menus. | Aimy is presented as a natural-language assistant for bookings, business intelligence and marketing tasks. |
| Integrations | Listed POS integrations include Toast, Square, PAR, Clover, GlobalPayments, Speedline, Shift4, and CBS NorthStar. | The named connected integrations are Alliance iPOS, Google Business and Stripe; Square and Epos Now are listed as upcoming. |
| What it does | Appfront describes itself as an AI-powered platform for restaurant ordering, guest engagement, loyalty, and marketing. | Sidedoor combines guest bookings, venue reservations, guest lists, events, vouchers, marketing, CRM, analytics and business intelligence in one hospitality platform. |
Plans
Appfront
- Basic$99 a month
- Enterprise (PRO)$299 a month
- AI Growth EnginePriced on request
Sidedoor
- FreeFree
- Starter£99 a month
- Premium£149 a year
- Pro£299 a month
- Max£499 a month
- Premium Plus£999 a year
In their own words
Sidedoor
Sidedoor is a bookings and venue management platform with distinct guest-facing and operator-facing apps. Guests can browse participating venues, request guest-list entry, reserve tables and check in with QR codes. Free membership includes guest-list bookings, priority queue skips at participating venues, reward points and five free keys. Venue tools include reservations, guest lists, ticketed events, gift vouchers, email marketing, analytics and business intelligence. Venue staff can use native Android and iOS apps offline. The operator platform offers role-based access by venue and module, administrative audit logging and lock-screen protection on shared devices. Sidedoor says its hosting and databases are encrypted, passwords are hashed, optional two-factor authentication is available, and Stripe processes card payments without Sidedoor storing full card numbers or CVV codes. Connected services include Alliance iPOS, Google Business, Stripe and an open API; Square and Epos Now are listed as coming soon. Developers can use REST API documentation and tokens. Venue plans include Starter at £99 per month, Pro at £299 per month and Max at £499 per month; paid guest memberships are annual.