# OpenTable APIs vs Tock (slim)

> OpenTable scores 38.6 (E) to Tock's 12.4 (F) for restaurant reservations. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenTable APIs scores 38.6 (E) on agent readiness against Tock's 12.4 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Tock leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do restaurant reservations.

- OpenTable APIs: E 38.6, rank #994 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opentable.min.md
- Tock: F 12.4, rank #1062 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tock.min.md
- OpenTable APIs, good for Approved affiliates, restaurant groups and voice AI vendors that need to book into OpenTable restaurants. Ahead on Reliability, 35 against 25; Schema & documentation, 61 against 5; Agent ergonomics, 69 against 0; Security & auth, 33 against 0; Payments & pricing, 5 against 0. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Tock, good for Restaurants and wineries taking reservations and experience bookings, and for diners booking in person. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 23 against 5; Transparency & trust, 52 against 42.

| Category | OpenTable APIs | Tock |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 25 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 61 | 5 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 33 | 0 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 5 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 5 | 23 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 42 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | OpenTable APIs | Tock |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |
| Vendor | OpenTable | Tock (American Express) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://platform.opentable.com` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Pricing | Your plan | Paid |
| Licence | Proprietary service under each partner's agreement with OpenTable and the Platform Policy published in the API documentation | Proprietary service under the Tock Terms of Use (effective 12 February 2026) and merchant terms |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-02-12 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-11-24 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |