Comaly vs Per Diem

Comaly is a web service for restaurants that combines guest data with automated marketing. It brings orders, reservations, and reviews into one guest list, then helps create personalized, on-brand email and text messages. Before sending, users can preview the message and review its audience and timing. Approved campaigns run automatically. Examples include birthday outreach, messages to lapsed guests, and invitations intended to fill slow nights. Comaly monitors Google, Yelp, Resy, and OpenTable reviews and can alert a manager when a regular leaves a low rating. Campaign reporting connects reservations and orders back to campaigns, and Comaly says those results tune future campaigns. Listed integrations include Toast, Square, Resy, OpenTable, SevenRooms, Olo, DoorDash, Uber Eats, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Twilio, Stripe, Shopify, and Google Reviews. The free plan covers the first 5,000 guests and requires no credit card. The site says Toast or Square can connect in five minutes and setup takes under an hour.

Per Diem is restaurant CRM and marketing software that uses customer and Square POS data to help restaurants encourage repeat business. Its customer insights track revenue, returning customers, and customers at risk of lapsing, with orders and customer records syncing automatically from Square. The platform identifies customer segments and lets merchants send a win-back offer from a customer profile without building a campaign. Marketing options include targeted SMS, push notifications, email, and in-app banners; its Olivia copilot answers sales questions and recommends campaigns based on performance and customer behavior. Per Diem also offers branded web ordering and custom iOS and Android apps for pickup, delivery, catering, and group orders. It runs on Android, iOS, and the web and supports Square Loyalty. Bundled CRM costs $49 a month and À la carte CRM costs $99 a month; each includes up to 5,000 customer profiles per location. There is no free plan. Separate SMS credits start at $50 a month, and email credits cost 1.00 USD per 1,000 emails.