What Tripleseat charges
Tripleseat doesn't publish its pricing — it is quoted per contract. Below: what that comes to over a year at three volumes, what is not in that number, and what the same job costs when you own it instead of renting it.
What Tripleseat publishes
Packages page: 'Pricing depends on volume, locations, add-ons, and use case' - quote only. Only public number is $89/mo per restaurant in a 2008 vendor blog post (stale, not recorded). Processing-fee help article returned 403.
There is no public rate card, so the only figure that exists for you is the one on your own invoice. That is worth finding before your next renewal: a platform that quotes per contract is a platform whose price is negotiable.
What to ask Tripleseat before you sign
There is no published rate card, so these are the questions that turn a demo into a number. Ask them in writing.
- What is the fee on a single paid booking, in money?A percentage and a fixed part, both named. "Competitive" is not a rate.
- Who is charged it — us or the buyer?If the buyer pays, it is still coming out of what they were willing to spend.
- Is card processing inside that number or on top?Normally on top, around 2.9% + $0.30 an order.
- What is the term, and what happens to our data at the end of it?Ask for the export format in writing before you sign, not after.
- What does the fee become if our volume doubles?A share of every booking grows with you; a build does not.
Once you have that number, ours is simple: a tenth of what you pay now, with hosting, fixes and changes included.
What you would own instead
- The part you actually useMost of a platform like Tripleseat goes unused. We rebuild the parts your business runs on and leave the rest out.
- The code and the dataYours, in your own account, exportable on any day for any reason.
- A price that does not scale with your takingsa tenth of what you pay now — hosting and changes included, and it does not grow with your takings.
When to stay put
- You use nearly all of itIf your team lives in every corner of Tripleseat and the bill is small, replacing it is work for no gain.
- The fee is tiny against your marginRun the numbers above on your real volume first. If it is noise, leave it.
- It is the only place your customers can find youA marketplace that brings you buyers is selling you demand, not only software. That is worth paying for.
Tripleseat pricing, asked and answered
What does Tripleseat cost?
Tripleseat doesn't publish its pricing — it is quoted per contract. Packages page: 'Pricing depends on volume, locations, add-ons, and use case' - quote only. Only public number is $89/mo per restaurant in a 2008 vendor blog post (stale, not recorded). Processing-fee help article returned 403.
What would Tripleseat cost me over a year?
Tripleseat quotes per contract, so there is no published figure to work from.
Who pays Tripleseat's fee — me or my customer?
Tripleseat does not say in its published material, which usually means it is settled in the contract.
Is card processing included?
No. Taking the money is a separate cost, normally around 2.9% + $0.30 an order, and it is charged whoever you use. The figures on this page leave processing out on both sides so the comparison is like for like.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Tripleseat?
That depends on what you actually use it for. Most businesses use a small part of a platform like this — take the money, hold the record, send the confirmation, show the list. That part can be built once and owned, and we price it against your own bill: a tenth of what you pay now, instead of a share of every booking forever. You keep the code and the data, and the old system keeps running beside it until the new one is proven.
What the others charge
Same category, same treatment — each one read from the vendor's own pricing page.
- What HoneyBook chargesHoneyBook charges 2.7% + $0.10 on every paid booking, plus card processing on top.
- What Perfect Venue chargesPerfect Venue runs $59 a month plus 3.8% of every booking.
- What Planning Pod chargesPlanning Pod charges 2.39% + $0.29 on every paid booking, plus card processing on top.
Reading on the same subject
- When not to build custom softwareSeptember 29, 2026 · An honest list of when custom software is the wrong call: a small flat bill, a product you use fully, network vendors, mandated systems, unsettled processes.
- How to read a SaaS invoice line by lineSeptember 23, 2026 · Read a SaaS invoice by asking what each line scales with: base plan, seats, add-ons, usage, payment processing, taxes, credits and billing period.
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Tell us what Tripleseat costs you
Send your last invoice or just the rate you are on, and we will tell you what the same work costs built and owned — and say so plainly if you are better off where you are.
Hiro costs about a tenth of what you pay now, quoted against your own bill. Hosting, fixes and changes included, and no per-seat fees.