# Resy vs Tock

> Tock scores 12.4 (F) to Resy's 10.3 (F) for restaurant reservations. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-14

Tock scores 12.4 (F) on agent readiness against Resy's 10.3 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Both do restaurant reservations.

- Resy: grade F, 10.3/100, rank #1068 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/resy.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/resy.json
- Tock: grade F, 12.4/100, rank #1062 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tock.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tock.json
- Best restaurant reservation and local appointment APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/local-bookings/index.md
- All 36 bookings comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/local-bookings/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Resy (F)

Good for: Diners booking in person through the app.

Watch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call. The Amex dining MCP endpoint takes only pre-registered OAuth clients

### Tock (F)

Good for: Restaurants and wineries taking reservations and experience bookings, and for diners booking in person.

Ahead on:
- Schema & documentation, 5 against 0
- Transparency & trust, 52 against 30

Watch for: No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call. The docs index reads "Docs coming soon"


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Resy | Tock | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 25 | even |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 5 | Tock +5 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 3 | 0 | Resy +3 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 25 | 23 | Resy +2 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 30 | 52 | Tock +22 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **10.3 · F** | **12.4 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Resy | Tock |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Resy (American Express) | Tock (American Express) |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service. Resy Network, Inc. publishes separate privacy and merchant terms for Resy and Tock | Proprietary service under the Tock Terms of Use (effective 12 February 2026) and merchant terms |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | no |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-02-12 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-11-24 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |

## Verdicts

**Resy.** Resy is a large diner reservation network, now including Tock's venues, with American Express behind it. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. An Amex-hosted MCP endpoint exists but accepts only pre-registered clients and has no public documentation, and Resy's own terms and privacy pages could not be read.

**Tock.** Tock takes reservations and experience bookings for restaurants and wineries and now feeds its venues into Resy. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. api.exploretock.com publishes reservation data models without endpoints, and the Terms of Use forbid automated access to the site.

## Before you call either

### Resy

1. Don't plan to call Resy from another agent. Hand the booking to the person in the Resy app, or use a client that American Express has approved for its dining MCP
2. Do not automate the Resy website or app, since Resy runs a bot-detection programme against automated booking

### Tock

1. Don't plan to call Tock from another agent. Hand the booking to the person on exploretock.com or in the Resy app
2. Do not script the Tock website, which the Terms of Use forbid. A venue wanting data should ask Tock through its dashboard account

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Resy or Tock?

Tock scores 12.4 (F) on agent readiness against Resy's 10.3 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/resy-vs-tock.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/resy-vs-tock.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "resy", "b": "tock"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare resy tock`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/resy.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tock.json

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