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Access needs partner approval and a contract, rate limits and prices are not published, and the status page and main website could not be read.", "bestFor": "Approved affiliates, restaurant groups and voice AI vendors that need to book into OpenTable restaurants.", "strengths": [ "Diner-side Consumer API v2 and venue-side In-House Booking API both cover availability, slot lock, booking, change and cancellation", "Booking and cancellation policy endpoints return deposits, holds and cut-off rules before a booking is made", "X-Request-Id on POST, PUT and PATCH requests makes retries safe", "Error tables name business-rule failures such as DinerHasOverlappingReservations with their HTTP codes", "A sandbox environment with its own OAuth host is granted after approval" ], "weaknesses": [ "Access needs an application, review by the partnerships team and an agreement, with no self-serve credentials", "Rate limits are not published and come from the OpenTable representative", "No OpenAPI file, llms.txt or SDK, only a Postman collection", "The change log has one dated entry, the TLS 1.3 notice of 6 October 2025", "The Platform Policy allows API changes and suspension with or without notice and promises no support" ], "agentNotes": [ "Lock the slot before calling Make Reservation, since the lock and its reservation_token expire within 5 minutes", "Send a unique X-Request-Id on every POST, PUT and PATCH so a retried booking is not duplicated", "Fetch booking and cancellation policies before booking and show any deposit, hold or service fee to the diner", "Use the Consumer API for diner bookings and the In-House Booking API only for a restaurant's own voice or phone channel", "Ask the OpenTable representative for the rate limit of each endpoint before going live" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 38.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 5, "payments": 5, "reliability": 35, "schema": 61, "security": 33, "transparency": 20 }, "provenanceScore": 64 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://oauth-pp.opentable.com/api/v2/oauth/token?grant_type=client_credentials\" -H \"Authorization: Basic BASE64_CLIENT_ID_AND_SECRET\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/booking.availability", "tool": "https://letme.dev/opentable" }, "area": "everyday", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "opentable.com", "domainRegistered": "1999-01-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.opentable.com/legal/terms-and-conditions", "privacy": "https://www.opentable.com/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.opentable.com", "changelog": "https://docs.opentable.com/", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms and privacy URLs are the ones the API documentation links. www.opentable.com timed out on every request from our network on 14 October 2026, including robots.txt, so neither page nor the legal entity was read.", "The API's own Platform Policy (last updated 20 December 2024) is published at the top of docs.opentable.com and refers to each partner's agreement with OpenTable.", "status.opentable.com is a StatusDashboard page whose components and history load by script and were not readable to our reader.", "The change log is a section of the documentation (API Reference, Change Log), not a separate page.", "security.txt could not be fetched because www.opentable.com did not answer.", "RDAP gives opentable.com a registration date of 1999-01-17." ], "score": 64 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opentable.json", "live": { "slug": "opentable", "probe": { "target": "https://platform.opentable.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-14T09:42:01.177574691Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 476, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 545, "p95ms24h": 2988, "samples24h": 17, "samples30d": 17, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 17, "ok": 17 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.opentable.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T08:53:44.535821064Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T09:42:01.177574691Z" } }, "answer": "OpenTable APIs scores 38.6 (E) on agent readiness against SevenRooms's 17.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. 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It runs venues' booking widgets and connects to 100+ booking, POS and voice AI partners.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sevenrooms", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sevenrooms.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sevenrooms.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sevenrooms.json", "license": "Proprietary service under the SevenRooms Terms of Service (updated 17 April 2026) and venue agreements", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No public agent access. API documentation at api-docs.sevenrooms.com moved to individually provisioned accounts on 26 February, and new integrators are sent to a partnerships form. The credential type could not be read first-hand, because the reference sits behind that login.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No prices are published. The pricing page describes packages and asks for a demo (https://sevenrooms.com/pricing/). 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The trust centre at trust.sevenrooms.com (SafeBase) lists a responsible disclosure section.", "No public changelog was found. The API docs landing page says it was last updated about six months ago.", "RDAP gives sevenrooms.com a registration date of 2007-09-09." ], "score": 75 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sevenrooms.json", "live": { "slug": "sevenrooms", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.sevenrooms.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T09:39:40.536180888Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T09:39:40.536180888Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "OpenTable", "b": "SevenRooms (a DoorDash company)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://platform.opentable.com", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Your plan", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under each partner's agreement with OpenTable and the Platform Policy published in the API documentation", "b": "Proprietary service under the SevenRooms Terms of Service (updated 17 April 2026) and venue agreements", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-04-17", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-06-16", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "OpenTable APIs scores 38.6 (E) on agent readiness against SevenRooms's 17.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. SevenRooms leads on reliability, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, OpenTable APIs or SevenRooms?" }, { "answer": "OpenTable APIs has a hosted endpoint at https://platform.opentable.com. 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The API reference needs an individually provisioned account" } ], "job": { "capability": "booking.availability", "name": "Booking availability" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/chope-vs-opentable.json", "title": "Chope vs OpenTable APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/chope-vs-opentable" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/chope-vs-sevenrooms.json", "title": "Chope vs SevenRooms", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/chope-vs-sevenrooms" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/eat-app-vs-opentable.json", "title": "Eat App Partner API vs OpenTable APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/eat-app-vs-opentable" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/eat-app-vs-sevenrooms.json", "title": "Eat App Partner API vs SevenRooms", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/eat-app-vs-sevenrooms" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opentable-vs-tock.json", "title": "OpenTable APIs vs Tock", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opentable-vs-tock" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/resy-vs-sevenrooms.json", "title": "Resy vs SevenRooms", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/resy-vs-sevenrooms" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opentable-vs-resy.json", "title": "OpenTable APIs vs Resy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opentable-vs-resy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opentable-vs-square-appointments.json", "title": "OpenTable APIs vs Square Appointments (Bookings API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opentable-vs-square-appointments" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opentable-vs-tablecheck.json", "title": "OpenTable APIs vs TableCheck API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opentable-vs-tablecheck" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opentable-vs-thefork.json", "title": "OpenTable APIs vs TheFork B2B API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opentable-vs-thefork" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sevenrooms-vs-square-appointments.json", "title": "SevenRooms vs Square Appointments (Bookings API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sevenrooms-vs-square-appointments" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sevenrooms-vs-tablecheck.json", "title": "SevenRooms vs TableCheck API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sevenrooms-vs-tablecheck" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sevenrooms-vs-thefork.json", "title": "SevenRooms vs TheFork B2B API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sevenrooms-vs-thefork" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sevenrooms-vs-tock.json", "title": "SevenRooms vs Tock", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sevenrooms-vs-tock" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 5, "edge": "sevenrooms", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "opentable": 35, "sevenrooms": 40, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 56, "edge": "opentable", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "opentable": 61, "sevenrooms": 5, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 69, "edge": "opentable", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "opentable": 69, "sevenrooms": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 19, "edge": "opentable", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "opentable": 33, "sevenrooms": 14, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "opentable", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "opentable": 5, "sevenrooms": 0, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "sevenrooms", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "opentable": 5, "sevenrooms": 15, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 16, "edge": "sevenrooms", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "opentable": 42, "sevenrooms": 58, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "OpenTable APIs scores 38.6 (E) on agent readiness against SevenRooms's 17.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. SevenRooms leads on reliability, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do booking availability.", "verdicts": { "opentable": "The public documentation covers diner-side and venue-side booking in detail, with slot locks, policy endpoints, error tables and an X-Request-Id header for safe retries. Access needs partner approval and a contract, rate limits and prices are not published, and the status page and main website could not be read.", "sevenrooms": "SevenRooms runs reservations, table management and guest CRM for hospitality venues, with a Statuspage history that includes its API and a trust centre listing SOC 2 and PCI DSS. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. The API serves venues and approved partners, and even its documentation needs a provisioned account." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opentable-vs-sevenrooms", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opentable-vs-sevenrooms.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opentable-vs-sevenrooms.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opentable-vs-sevenrooms.min.md" }, "markdown": "OpenTable APIs scores 38.6 (E) on agent readiness against SevenRooms's 17.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. SevenRooms leads on reliability, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do booking availability.\n\n- OpenTable APIs: grade E, 38.6/100, rank #994 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opentable.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/opentable.json\n- SevenRooms: grade F, 17.7/100, rank #1043 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sevenrooms.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sevenrooms.json\n- Best restaurant reservation and local appointment APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/local-bookings/index.md\n- All 36 bookings comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/local-bookings/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### OpenTable APIs (E)\n\nGood for: Approved affiliates, restaurant groups and voice AI vendors that need to book into OpenTable restaurants.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 61 against 5\n- Agent ergonomics, 69 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 33 against 14\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 5 against 0\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: Access needs an application, review by the partnerships team and an agreement, with no self-serve credentials\n\n### SevenRooms (F)\n\nGood for: Hospitality venues and groups that want reservations, CRM and marketing in one system.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 40 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 15 against 5\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 58 against 42\n\nWatch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call. The API reference needs an individually provisioned account\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | OpenTable APIs | SevenRooms | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 35 | 40 | SevenRooms +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 61 | 5 | OpenTable APIs +56 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 0 | OpenTable APIs +69 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 33 | 14 | OpenTable APIs +19 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 5 | 0 | OpenTable APIs +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 5 | 15 | SevenRooms +10 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 58 | SevenRooms +16 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **38.6 · E** | **17.7 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | OpenTable APIs | SevenRooms |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |\n| Vendor | OpenTable | SevenRooms (a DoorDash company) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://platform.opentable.com` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Your plan | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under each partner's agreement with OpenTable and the Platform Policy published in the API documentation | Proprietary service under the SevenRooms Terms of Service (updated 17 April 2026) and venue agreements |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-04-17 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-06-16 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**OpenTable APIs.** The public documentation covers diner-side and venue-side booking in detail, with slot locks, policy endpoints, error tables and an X-Request-Id header for safe retries. Access needs partner approval and a contract, rate limits and prices are not published, and the status page and main website could not be read.\n\n**SevenRooms.** SevenRooms runs reservations, table management and guest CRM for hospitality venues, with a Statuspage history that includes its API and a trust centre listing SOC 2 and PCI DSS. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. The API serves venues and approved partners, and even its documentation needs a provisioned account.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### OpenTable APIs\n\n1. Lock the slot before calling Make Reservation, since the lock and its reservation_token expire within 5 minutes\n2. Send a unique X-Request-Id on every POST, PUT and PATCH so a retried booking is not duplicated\n3. Fetch booking and cancellation policies before booking and show any deposit, hold or service fee to the diner\n4. Use the Consumer API for diner bookings and the In-House Booking API only for a restaurant's own voice or phone channel\n5. Ask the OpenTable representative for the rate limit of each endpoint before going live\n\n### SevenRooms\n\n1. Don't plan to call SevenRooms from another agent. To book for a diner, use the venue's booking widget with the person, or a booking channel the venue lists\n2. If you work for a venue or vendor, apply through the SevenRooms partnerships form before planning an integration\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, OpenTable APIs or SevenRooms?\n\nOpenTable APIs scores 38.6 (E) on agent readiness against SevenRooms's 17.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. SevenRooms leads on reliability, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Can an agent call OpenTable APIs and SevenRooms without installing anything?\n\nOpenTable APIs has a hosted endpoint at https://platform.opentable.com. 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