Comparison
A CoverManager alternative for a small restaurant,
with the price published.
Both are booking software on a flat fee, with no commission on direct bookings. What differs, and can be checked, is that taula.ai has its prices in writing and you start without a demo, while CoverManager gives its price after a demo.
30 days free, no card and no lock-in.
- taula.ai
- From €9.99 + VAT a month
- CoverManager
- Price after a demo
- To start on taula.ai
- 30-day trial, no demo and no card
- Minimum term
- None on taula.ai nor, according to its site, on CoverManager
Point by point
taula.ai and CoverManager, side by side
| taula.aifrom €9.99 + VAT (€12.09) a month | CoverManagerprices not published | |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Flat fee: from €9.99 + VAT (€12.09) a month | Fixed monthly subscription per venue, on three plans: Standard, Premium and Performance |
| Price published | Yes: Basic €9.99 + VAT (€12.09) and Pro €24.99 + VAT (€30.24) a month | No: a firm price comes after a demo, with a proposal in under 48 hours |
| Commission | None: not per booking and not per guest | None on direct bookings, according to its site; in its plan table, gift cards and card request and prepayment are marked “Comisión” |
| How you start | You create the account yourself: 30-day trial, no card | By requesting a demo, which is free and without obligation; its team handles setup, data migration and training |
| Where bookings come from | Your site, your Google listing and the booking link you share | Your website, Google and social media |
| Restaurant website | Included, hosting paid; your own domain on Pro | Separate: “Website” is one of the add-ons activated outside the plans |
| QR menu | Included, up to four languages | — |
| Messages to guests | Confirmation and reminder by email; by WhatsApp, coming soon on Pro and Custom | Personalised SMS and emails and WhatsApp notifications on all three plans; reconfirmations by SMS or email are an add-on |
| POS integration | No | Yes: with the POS, the payment provider and more than 130 tools |
| Phone call handling | No: you add phone bookings in the dashboard yourself | Yes: “Call Assist”, on all three plans |
| Minimum term | None: stop any month | None, according to its site |
CoverManager data checked on 6 October 2026 on its public website. A dash (—) means its pricing page does not say, and we do not claim it either way. Its plans and terms may have changed: check its own site before deciding anything.
Sources: CoverManager’s pricing page and page for independent restaurants, checked on 6 October 2026.
For a small restaurant
What you get as a single venue
The price, before you talk to anyone
Basic is €9.99 + VAT (€12.09) a month and Pro is €24.99 + VAT (€30.24). They are written on the pricing page: there is no quote to request to know what you will pay.
You sign up yourself, with no demo
You create the account and the booking page, the dashboard and the QR menu are live straight away. You get a 30-day trial and no card is needed. If you prefer, we set it up for you after a twenty-minute conversation.
Website and QR menu, inside the fee
The restaurant website and the QR menu, in up to four languages, are part of Basic and Pro. They are not separate add-ons.
The Basic limit, stated up front
Basic includes up to 60 online bookings a month from November 2026; the ones you add by hand do not count. Go over in a month and you move to Pro the next month, with unlimited bookings. No booking is turned away.
The part that does not favour us
When CoverManager suits you better than we do
- If you want the booking software connected to your POS: CoverManager says it connects with the POS, the payment provider and more than 130 tools. taula.ai has no POS integration.
- If you want phone calls handled or a waiting list: its three plans include “Call Assist”, and Premium and Performance include a waiting list; it also offers AI assistants for phone and WhatsApp as add-ons. taula.ai has none of these: you add phone bookings yourself, and only the booking reminder will go by WhatsApp.
- If you run a group or a large venue: its Performance plan is, according to its site, for hospitality groups and large restaurants, with every venue managed from one place. On taula.ai each restaurant is one account with its own subscription.
The maths
How to compare the two prices
CoverManager says that, after the demo, it prepares a proposal in under 48 hours. Ask for it and put it next to the plans below, which are the published ones. We cannot tell you which of the two will cost you less, because we do not know what you will be charged: that is why we do not say it.
See the TheFork alternativeThe plans
From €9.99 a month
No per-guest commission and no lock-in. The first 30 days are free and no card is needed to start.
Basic
€9.99+ VAT
€12.09 a month incl. VAT
To start taking bookings without paying per guest.
- Restaurant website at yourname.taula.ai, which you create in two minutes
- QR menu you change yourself, in up to four languages
- Full dashboard: agenda, floor plan, guests and reports
Pro
€24.99+ VAT
€30.24 a month incl. VAT
For the restaurant that already fills up and wants its own domain.
- Everything in Basic
- Unlimited bookings
- Your own domain (the domain itself is billed at cost)
Custom
from€69+ VAT
€83.49 a month incl. VAT
A website of your own built by SANFELIU, with the taula.ai dashboard inside.
- Everything in Pro
- Your own website designed and built by SANFELIU
- We make the changes for you
Prices exclude VAT. The 21 % is itemised on the invoice.
Questions
CoverManager and taula.ai: frequently asked questions
How much does CoverManager cost?
- CoverManager does not publish prices. According to its site, it runs on a fixed monthly subscription per venue, on three plans (Standard, Premium and Performance), with add-ons activated separately, and it gives a firm price only after a demo. taula.ai does publish its prices: €9.99 + VAT (€12.09) a month on the Basic plan and €24.99 + VAT (€30.24) on Pro. Source: the pricing page and the independent restaurants page on covermanager.com, checked on 6 October 2026.
Is taula.ai cheaper than CoverManager?
- That cannot be claimed without asking them for a quote: CoverManager does not publish its plan prices, and without that figure there is nothing to compare. What can be checked is that taula.ai publishes its own — from €9.99 + VAT (€12.09) a month, website and QR menu included — and that you can start without a demo, on a 30-day trial with no card. With CoverManager’s proposal in front of you, the comparison is direct.
What CoverManager alternative is there for a small restaurant?
- For a small restaurant that wants to take bookings through its own channels with the price in plain sight, one alternative is taula.ai: a flat fee from €9.99 + VAT (€12.09) a month on the Basic plan, with the restaurant website, the QR menu and up to 60 online bookings a month, or €24.99 + VAT (€30.24) on Pro, with unlimited bookings. The restaurant signs up itself, with no demo, and the first 30 days are free with no card. taula.ai has no POS integration and no phone call handling, which CoverManager does offer.
Does CoverManager have a minimum term?
- According to its site, no: the CoverManager pricing page says you can move up or down a plan with no minimum term (“sin permanencia ni ataduras”). taula.ai has none either: the monthly subscription can be stopped at any time with no penalty, and the restaurant’s data — guests, phone numbers and booking history — goes with the restaurant.
Try it with your own restaurant
Create the account and use taula.ai for 30 days, with no card. If you ask CoverManager for its proposal in the meantime, you will have both prices to compare.