# Square Appointments (Bookings API) vs TableCheck API (slim)

> Square Appointments scores 68.1 (B) to TableCheck's 57.1 (C) for booking availability. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-14

Square Appointments (Bookings API) scores 68.1 (B) on agent readiness against TableCheck API's 57.1 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. TableCheck API leads on reliability. Both do booking availability.

- Square Appointments (Bookings API): B 68.1, rank #242 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/square-appointments.min.md
- TableCheck API: C 57.1, rank #661 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tablecheck.min.md
- Square Appointments (Bookings API), good for Venue-side appointment booking for salons, clinics and other service businesses already on Square. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 89 against 77; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 72; Security & auth, 70 against 46; Payments & pricing, 40 against 0; Maintenance & community, 71 against 35. Also Runs on your own machine.
- TableCheck API, good for Restaurants and groups in Japan and Asia on TableCheck, and booking or concierge platforms wanting their inventory. Ahead on Reliability, 80 against 55.

| Category | Square Appointments (Bookings API) | TableCheck API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 89 | 77 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 70 | 46 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 35 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Square Appointments (Bookings API) | TableCheck API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Block, Inc. | TableCheck Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://connect.squareup.com/v2/bookings` | `https://api.tablecheck.com/api/` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Square Developer Terms of Service. The OpenAPI specification and MCP server are Apache 2.0 | Proprietary service under the TableCheck API Terms of Service |
| Tools exposed | 3 | 20 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-16 | none |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-10 | 2022-10-11 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-15 | 2016-12-14 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |