Menuveo or CoverManager: two products for different profiles.

CoverManager is a booking and floor management tool widely used in restaurants with a high average bill, with a monthly fee per venue that it does not publish on its website. Menuveo is the alternative for the neighbourhood bar and restaurant: commission-free bookings with a button on Google, plus your Google Maps listing, menu and daily set menu, from €59.99/month + VAT with no lock-in.

CoverManager’s floor management is very thorough: a floor plan with smart table assignment, an automatic waiting list, no-show risk scoring, card holds, and integration with POS tills (TPV, as they are known in Spain) and payment providers, according to its website. For a restaurant with two full sittings and deposits per table it is a serious tool. Its Performance plan adds multi-venue management, API integrations and marketing automation for groups.

Tap “Partial” to see exactly what is included.

A 40-cover bar with 20 bookings a day needs the Google button to work and nobody to be left without a table. CoverManager does not publish its prices, so put in the table the fee from the proposal they give you after the demo.

Add to that fee the add-ons you activate, such as the website or the WhatsApp assistant, and whatever you pay separately for working on Google Maps, the menu and the daily menu. Menuveo connects listing, menu, daily menu, bookings, website and customer relationships in one fee: the Ultra plan costs €99.99/month + VAT with all of that included.

CoverManager separates the plan from the add-ons, which are switched on and paused individually. According to its website, these are the AI voice assistant for the phone, the AI assistant on WhatsApp, takeaway, the website and payment at the table.

Its plan table also shows a commission on prepayment and on gift card sales, lower the higher the plan. It does not publish the percentage, so ask for it before you activate deposits.

With Menuveo, the Google listing, the menu, the daily menu, the website and reviews all come in the same fee. What we do not have by default is taking deposits by card; if your restaurant needs that, tell us before you sign up.

If you are on CoverManager and recognise yourself in several of these statements, switching usually pays off.

As the price comes from a proposal, go to the demo with these questions and ask for the answers in writing. With them you can fill in the table above and compare using your own numbers.

You send us the export of customers and future bookings and we load it into your Menuveo diary with the same time slots. That same day we change the booking button on your Google listing.

You can keep both tools active for a week or two while you check that nothing gets lost. Before you cancel, check the renewal date and the notice period in your contract.

CoverManager says on its website that your customers’ data is yours and that you can export it whenever you like. Ask for that export before closing the account and keep it even if it is already loaded into Menuveo.

If you run a bar or a neighbourhood restaurant, Menuveo covers more parts of the problem for a public fee of €99.99/month + VAT: people find you on Google, see the menu and book direct. If your dining room is high-end, with deposits and a waiting list, CoverManager goes deeper on bookings.

CoverManager does not document work on Google Maps, the daily menu or a digital menu. Menuveo has no floor plan with table turn times and no card deposits by default. Choose by the gap that costs you the most money each week.

For a neighbourhood restaurant, Menuveo covers most of what it needs from a booking system: sittings, capacity per time slot, the button on Google, reminders and notes per table. If you take bookings weeks ahead and run a waiting list, stay with CoverManager and add Menuveo for Google Maps and the menu.