CentralPlanner vs Taybl

CentralPlanner is an online reservation book for businesses managing bookings and guest information. Reservations can create guest contacts automatically, building a history of visits. The system handles rooms, tables, seating capacity, and suggested table combinations. Businesses can accept online reservations through a form embedded on a website or Facebook page. From Premium, the system can check capacity and accept or reject online requests automatically, with manual review also available. Professional adds capacity planning, attachments, reminder emails, and post-visit thank-you or review emails; it includes 5GB for attached PDFs and images. Reservations are available in a browser on internet-connected devices, and free apps are offered for iOS and Android. An API key lets an external application write to an account. Starter is free forever and allows 50 reservations per month. Paid prices are listed as €19.90/mo for Basis, €34.90/mo for Premium, and €59.90/mo for Professional, each plus VAT. CentralPlanner is a product of Cologne-based 42he GmbH.

Taybl combines restaurant bookings, food safety, staff rotas, event ticketing, and marketing in one platform. Booking tools include website widgets and hosted pages, floor plans, guest CRM, a waiting list, deposits, and no-show charges. Food safety functions cover opening and closing routines, temperature checks, cooking and cooling checks, prep lists, and an SFBB diary. The rota features include mobile clock-in and clock-out, shift swaps, leave management, availability, and payroll exports; an AI builder uses bookings, availability, required hours, historic data, popular dates, and weather to prepare a rota. Marketing can target guest segments and automate campaigns for special dates, lapsed guests, and regulars. Ticketing includes seating plans or general admission, QR-coded tickets, food pre-orders, and door check-in. Taybl lists integrations such as Clover, Lightspeed, Square, Toast, Zonal, QuickBooks, Sage, Xero, Twilio, and an open API. It is available on Android, iOS, and web, and is described as UK-only. The 14-day trial includes all apps, features, and unlimited users; SMS and Voice AI are paid add-ons. Pricing varies by product, including Bookings at £69 a month per venue and Rotas at £39 a month per venue.