Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 61,530,416 checks across 284 restaurants through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
For one table a year, TablePass a la carte ($18). For anyone booking more than a table a month, SnagRes Plus ($14.99 a month or $99.99 a year, no per-table fee).
No, ever. You book under your own name on the restaurant's own page, which is why New York's 2024 reservation law, written about services that arrange bookings for a fee, does not apply to us.
Its site names New York only. SnagRes covers New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago.
TablePass: books the table for you, on your own account. New York only, "104+ top NYC restaurants". Price: $18 per successful booking, or Gold at $29 a month (3 bookings, then $15 each), Platinum at $49 a month (5 bookings, then $12 each), Black from $499 a month. Alerts by email and in the app.
SnagRes: tells you the second a table opens and you book it yourself. 284 restaurants in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago, on Resy, OpenTable, Tock and SevenRooms. Price: free for one restaurant, Plus $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year with no per-table fee. Alerts by text and app push.
TablePass presses the button for you. That is the appeal: you name the restaurant and the night, and a confirmation shows up. You pay for that convenience on every table, and the booking is made by a service acting on your account.
SnagRes never books. It watches the calendar and texts you the moment a table comes back, with the time and a link to the restaurant's own page, and you book it in a few taps. The tables do come back: Carbone had a table open up on 81% of its dates at some point and Via Carota on 70%. The catch is speed, which is why the alert arrives as a text, not an email.
Three hard tables in a month on TablePass is $54 a la carte or $29 on Gold. Five is $90 a la carte or $49 on Platinum. Every table after the plan allowance is another $8 to $15.
On SnagRes the same month costs $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year, whether you book one table or ten, because we charge for the alert, not the table.
TablePass covers New York only. SnagRes covers 284 of the hardest rooms across New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago, and for each one publishes the open rate for two and four, the release time, and when tables tend to come back. 61,530,416 availability checks sit behind those numbers.
If you never want to look at your phone, are happy to pay per table, and only eat in New York, a booking service is built for exactly that. We would rather you know it.
If you want to know the moment a table opens, see the odds before you wait, pick the time yourself, and pay one flat price no matter how many tables you book, in any of four cities.
Is TablePass or SnagRes cheaper? For one table a year, TablePass a la carte ($18). For anyone booking more than a table a month, SnagRes Plus ($14.99 a month or $99.99 a year, no per-table fee).
Does SnagRes book for me? No, ever. You book under your own name on the restaurant's own page, which is why New York's 2024 reservation law, written about services that arrange bookings for a fee, does not apply to us.
Does TablePass work outside New York? Its site names New York only. SnagRes covers New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago.
TablePass books the table for you and charges per booking or by plan, in New York only. SnagRes texts you the moment a table opens in four cities, and you book it yourself for one flat price.
One restaurant free, no card. SnagRes alerts you and never books.
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