# TheFork B2B API vs Treatwell

> TheFork B2B scores 43.6 (E) to Treatwell's 8 (F) for restaurant reservations. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-19

TheFork B2B API scores 43.6 (E) on agent readiness against Treatwell's 8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Treatwell leads on payments & pricing. Both do restaurant reservations.

- TheFork B2B API: grade E, 43.6/100, rank #1026 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/thefork.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/thefork.json
- Treatwell: grade F, 8/100, rank #1165 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/treatwell.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/treatwell.json
- Best restaurant reservation and local appointment APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/local-bookings/index.md
- All 51 bookings comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/local-bookings/index.md

## Which one, for what

### TheFork B2B API (E)

Good for: CRM, PMS and AI phone-agent vendors and restaurant groups that run on TheFork Manager, mainly in Europe.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 35 against 15
- Schema & documentation, 87 against 5
- Agent ergonomics, 56 against 0
- Security & auth, 42 against 0
- Maintenance & community, 15 against 0
- Transparency & trust, 47 against 34

Also in its favour:
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 1.3 out of 5

Watch for: Venue-side only. Credentials cover the restaurants that granted access, and no endpoint lists restaurants

### Treatwell (F)

Good for: Treatwell is a marketplace for booking hair, beauty and wellness appointments.

Ahead on:
- Payments & pricing, 10 against 5

Watch for: Open agent booking access was not verified


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | TheFork B2B API | Treatwell | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 35 | 15 | TheFork B2B API +20 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 5 | TheFork B2B API +82 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 56 | 0 | TheFork B2B API +56 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 42 | 0 | TheFork B2B API +42 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 5 | 10 | Treatwell +5 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 15 | 0 | TheFork B2B API +15 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 47 | 34 | TheFork B2B API +13 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **43.6 · E** | **8 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | TheFork B2B API | Treatwell |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |
| Vendor | TheFork (La Fourchette SAS) | Treatwell Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.thefork.io/manager` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Your plan | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service under TheFork Partners API Terms of Use (La Fourchette SAS) and any core agreement with TheFork | Proprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below. |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-09-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2025-03-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 1.3/5 (4) |

## Verdicts

**TheFork B2B API.** A venue-side API with a generated OpenAPI 3.1 schema, an llms.txt written for agents and nine OAuth scopes down to read-only availability. It acts for restaurants and their vendors, not diners, needs partner approval, cannot take card guarantees, and has no public status page, changelog or published prices.

**Treatwell.** Treatment and venue discovery with visible consumer prices. Open agent booking access was not verified.

## Before you call either

### TheFork B2B API

1. Read hasPaymentGuaranteeRequirement in the timeslots response before booking, since the API cannot take a card
2. Check the status field after creating a reservation and treat REQUESTED as unconfirmed
3. Send the timeslot datetime unchanged as mealDate, because times are the restaurant's local time
4. Check for an existing reservation before retrying a failed POST, as no idempotency key exists and 409 signals DOUBLE_BOOKING
5. Cache the access token for its 8,600 seconds and do not request a new one while it is valid

### Treatwell

1. Hand the final booking to the person unless Treatwell has approved an integration.
2. Check the selected venue’s cancellation deadline and payment option.

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, TheFork B2B API or Treatwell?

TheFork B2B API scores 43.6 (E) on agent readiness against Treatwell's 8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Treatwell leads on payments & pricing.

### Can an agent call TheFork B2B API and Treatwell without installing anything?

TheFork B2B API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.thefork.io/manager. No hosted endpoint is listed for Treatwell.


## For agents

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

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