Qomanda vs CoverManager vs TheFork
Qomanda publishes a €49/month + VAT booking plan with no Qomanda per-booking fee. CoverManager quotes for your business; TheFork combines management and acquisition with costs by channel. Compare features, terms and extras using your actual figures.
Own engine or marketplace: the decision that sets your bill
The choice isn't in the feature list, it's in the model. TheFork is a portal: it puts you in its shop window and charges a toll for every diner who walks through it. Qomanda and CoverManager are management software: the booking is yours, the guest is yours, and there's no percentage on top.
And you already generate bookings. They come from your website, your Google listing, your Instagram and your phone. You've already paid for those tables once; handing over a commission on each one means paying twice. Qomanda takes that flow and turns it into a full room, a CRM with names, allergens and preferences on file, and a bill of €49 that doesn't move even if you double your bookings.
If what you want is a shop window bringing you new faces on a quiet Tuesday, TheFork does that and charges every time. If what you want is to run what you already have and keep the margin, the choice is Qomanda. Check it against your own numbers: 30 days free, no card.
Qomanda, CoverManager and TheFork, side by side.
| Feature | Qomanda | CoverManager | TheFork |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business modelThe model sets your bill: flat fee, custom quote, or a toll per diner. | Management software. Your bookings, your guest, your database. | Management software (SaaS). Not a portal. | Marketplace + software. Portal with its own traffic and a toll. |
| Monthly priceCompare the current fee, taxes, extras and included channels from each provider. | €49/month per restaurant, flat and public. | On request, by modules. | Monthly fee + variable per-booking commission. |
| Per-cover or per-booking commissionEvery diner arriving through TheFork's portal carries a toll. At Qomanda, none do. | €0. Whatever you book. | Management and acquisition channels have different terms; check your contract and CoverChannels. | Commission based on average spend for bookings from TheFork, Tripadvisor and partners; confirm your contracted percentage. |
| Free trialA full month of real service before you hand over a single bank detail. | 30 days free, no card. | Demo on request; terms not public. | Free sign-up on a basic plan with reduced visibility. |
| Lock-in / contract | No lock-in. You stay because you want to. | Depends on contract (on request). | Depends on the plan. |
| Marketplace: does it bring new diners?TheFork sells acquisition and bills it per diner. We make the most of what you already generate, at a flat fee. | No. Your engine and your traffic, with no commission in between. | No. It's management software, not a portal. | Yes. Its portal can bring you new diners, with a commission on each. |
| Own embeddable booking engineAll three book from your site. With Qomanda the guest sees it in their language without doing a thing. | Yes: iframe on your site, 39 auto-detected languages. | Yes: booking widget on your site. | Yes: widget on your site (on top of the portal). |
| Guest CRM (allergens, VIP, history)Returning guests can tell you know them: their table, their allergy, their last visit. | Yes: 14 allergens, notes, VIP tags and history. | Yes, very complete and well established. | Yes, also with data from the portal. |
| Analytics (no-shows, source, occupancy)You know what empty tables cost you and which channel fills them. | Yes: no-shows, booking source, occupancy and average rating. | Yes, advanced analytics. | Yes, with portal metrics. |
| Deposits / holds against no-showsWith a card or prepayment, no-shows fall to 0.66%. The money lands in your account, nobody else's. | Yes, via Stripe on your own restaurant's account. | Yes, card charges and guarantees. | Yes, card imprint / prepayment. |
| SMS remindersSMS reconfirmation leaves no-shows at 1.52%. | Yes, automatic before service. | Yes, notices and reminders. | Yes, confirmations and reminders. |
| Voice bot for phone bookingsNo booking is lost because the phone was engaged in the middle of service. | Yes: it takes the phone booking while you're out on the floor. | Yes, AI phone assistant. | Not publicly announced. |
| Booking engine languagesCoverManager adds more languages. Qomanda's 12 switch on by themselves from the guest's browser. | 39 languages, auto-detected. | Broad multilingual support. | Multilingual (international platform). |
| Integrations and channelsCoverManager connects to more third-party systems. We're not a Swiss army knife: we're the reservations software, and we put ordering on that same table ourselves, with the Comandas add-on. | Own engine, Google reviews and Stripe. For ordering, our own module on the same floor plan. | Broad catalogue of POS, delivery and channel integrations. | Integrations + its own portal as a channel. |
| Track record in the Spanish marketCoverManager has more years behind it. Qomanda carries no twenty layers of legacy, and it's kept by the team that answers your phone. | A 2026 product: built for today's dining room. | Veteran and very widespread in Spain. | Established, international group. |
| Support and closenessOn a Friday at nine, the difference between a ticket and a phone somebody picks up. | You talk to Alture, the Granada team that builds it. | Structured corporate support. | Corporate support from a large platform. |
Reviewed on 30 September 2026. TheFork publishes average-spend-based commissions for its channels and includes bookings from your site, Instagram and Facebook in its plans. Check its official terms and your contract. CoverManager quotes after a demo; a public 2025 pricing document also exists and may have changed. No-show figures link their sources and do not guarantee outcomes for your restaurant. Trademarks belong to their owners; no affiliation.
Full room, guests that are yours, and a €49 bill that doesn't move
Qomanda costs €49/month per restaurant. A public, flat price, 30 days free without a card and no lock-in. Zero per-cover commissions and zero per booking: whatever you book, the fee is the same. That number, with no fine print and no meeting first, is the argument.
Inside you get the room in real time —day, month, inbox and activity— workable from your phone in the middle of service. Your own booking engine embedded in your website in 39 languages, so visitors book in theirs without hunting for a flag. A floor plan you edit table by table. A CRM that remembers 14 allergens, notes, VIP tags and history, so returning guests can tell you know them. Analytics that tell you what empty tables cost you, which channel fills them and how your occupancy is doing. Google reviews, shifts and capacity, a waitlist, team management, multi-restaurant and GDPR compliance.
Against no-shows: card deposits and holds through Stripe, charged on your own restaurant's account, SMS reminders, and a voice bot that takes phone bookings while you're out on the floor.
And there's something no table shows: who you talk to. Behind it is Alture, a Granada team with hospitality clients across Andalusia. There's no call centre: you talk to the people who build the product. Start today, free for 30 days, no card.
TheFork brings you new diners, and charges for every one
TheFork can provide discovery through its portal and partners. Its official plan page lists average-spend-based commissions for those channels and includes bookings from your own site, Instagram and Facebook. Check the current subscription, percentage and included services.
Qomanda manages direct channels for €49/month + VAT. It is not a marketplace and does not promise the same new-customer demand. The engine, booking diary, floor plan and CRM are included; Comandas, SMS and voice bot are extras, and Stripe applies payment fees for deposits.
Compare the need each service meets and the direct traffic you already have. Try Qomanda in your workflow for 30 days without a card.
CoverManager: to learn the price, first there's a meeting
CoverManager is a veteran of the Spanish market, with many years behind it, a broad base of restaurants and, with them, a large catalogue of integrations and channels. If your group needs to plug in many third-party systems, that catalogue is their ground.
Now the price: it isn't published. It's "on request" and configured by modules, so until you sit down with a sales rep you don't know what you'll pay or what to compare it against. A large catalogue is always paid for by someone, and in a restaurant that just wants to fill its tables it's usually catalogue that never gets used.
Qomanda works the other way round: a single €49 plan, the whole reservations product inside, and the figure on the website before you talk to anyone. Like CoverManager, we don't charge a per-cover commission either; the difference is that here you see the price now and can try it free for 30 days without a card, no meeting required.
€15,500 a year in empty tables: here's how you keep that money
The no-show rate in Spanish hospitality was 3.3% in 2025, down from 3.6% the year before. With an average spend of around €27 per diner and tables of 2.9 people, a restaurant handling about 500 bookings a month loses on the order of €15,500 a year to people who never turn up. That's a full salary thrown away on gaps nobody filled.
It can be fixed, and the numbers are known: automatic SMS reconfirmation brings no-shows down to 1.52%, and asking for a card or prepayment leaves them at 0.66%. All three tools offer deposits and reminders; what changes is the bill and where the money lands.
With Qomanda, deposits are charged through Stripe on your own restaurant's account —the money goes straight where it belongs, no middleman— and protecting yourself doesn't raise your fee: it's still €49, whatever you book. Recovering a single table a month already pays for the month. Start charging them today: 30 days free, no card.
Average no-show rate in Spanish hospitality in 2025, down from 3.6% in 2024.
What a restaurant with ~500 bookings a month loses each year to tables that never show up.
No-show rate when you ask for a card or prepayment, versus 1.52% with an SMS reminder.
What Qomanda costs per restaurant, flat and public, with no per-cover or per-booking commission.
Before you make the move.
What restaurants thinking about switching usually ask us. No fine print.
There is no universal cheapest option: it depends on the plan and booking sources. Qomanda publishes €49/month + VAT for reservations without a Qomanda commission. CoverManager quotes by business. TheFork distinguishes included direct channels from acquisition channels with an average-spend-based commission. Compare current quotes, extras and acquisition value.
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