Comparison
Bubo vs. Guestplan
Everything Guestplan does, for less. And then the one thing it cannot do at any price: answer your phone.
Reservation system
Guestplan
€49.99 / month
- Booking widget on your website
- Diary and floor plan
- Email and SMS confirmations
Your phone still rings, and somebody still has to leave the floor to answer it.
The same reservation system, first 6 months free
Bubo
€49 / month
- Booking widget on your website, plus your own booking page and QR code
- The same diary, the same floor rules
- WhatsApp confirmations, and every number verified before a table is held
And for €59 more, Bubo answers your phone as well: 24/7, in 70+ languages, taking bookings and orders straight into that same diary.
6 months
The same reservation system, free for your first six months, then €49 against €49.99
24/7
Bubo answers your phone too. Guestplan cannot, at any price.
70+
Languages spoken on the phone, not just written on a form
Side by side
What it does
Bubo
Guestplan
Why it matters on a Friday night
Where the bookings come from
Answers the phone
Yes. On the first ring, day and night
No
A phone that rings out during service is the booking you never knew you lost. Nobody leaves a voicemail for a restaurant; they call the next one.
Booking form on your own website
Yes, plus your own booking page and QR code
Yes, a branded booking widget
Both cover the guest who is already on your site. Only one covers the guest with your number in their hand.
One diary for both
Yes. Phone and web check the same availability
Web only, so there is only one
The same table cannot be sold twice, and a booking taken on the phone is not re-typed by somebody later.
Takes an order, not just a booking
Yes. Takeaway and delivery, priced from your real menu, paid on WhatsApp
No. Reservations only
If part of your evening is people phoning to order, that is revenue a reservation system has nowhere to put.
Answers questions that are not bookings
Yes. Hours, allergens, parking, where to find you, what is on the menu
No
Half the calls in an evening are not reservations at all. Those are the ones that pull somebody off the floor.
Answers after closing
Yes. Takes the booking at 2am
The web form is up; nobody is on the phone
People decide where to eat tomorrow after they get home tonight.
What the guest gets
Confirmation
WhatsApp, in the language they booked in. Email and SMS too
Email and SMS
A WhatsApp message is read. An email can sit unopened or land in a promotions tab, and then nobody knows whether the table is really coming.
Changing or cancelling
A secure one-time link in the confirmation
Available to the guest
A cancellation you actually receive is a table you can sell again. One you do not receive is an empty two hours.
Languages
70+, spoken on the phone and written in every message after it
Interface and booking page in 8 languages
Written languages serve the guest who is already typing. A guest who phones in Turkish or Polish needs somebody to speak it, and a tourist who cannot finish the call does not book.
A regular caller
Remembered, down to the language they called in last time
Guest records and contact management
Being recognised is the cheapest hospitality there is.
Keeping the night honest
Fake numbers
Verified by text before the table is held
Not verified
An open form on a busy Saturday is an invitation. A booking that was never real still blocks one that is.
No-shows
WhatsApp reminder, and a deposit link when you want one
Email and SMS reminders, and deposits on every plan
The reminder that gets read is the reminder that gets answered.
Using the tables properly
A party of ten takes an eight and a two, not an eight and a four
Table and floor management
Two seats wasted on every large party is a table you could have sold.
Big groups and last seatings
Large parties wait for your approval; the last-seating cutoff holds on every channel
Floor rules on the web form
Nobody books eleven minutes before you close, from any direction.
Everything in the Guestplan column was read on guestplan.com in September 2026. Their plan prices came down during that month, so this page follows theirs rather than the other way round. Products change; check before you decide on it.
Everything else, at a glance
Bubo
Guestplan
Answers the phone, 24/7
✓ Yes
✕ No
Booking widget on your own website
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Your own booking page and QR code
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Takeaway and delivery orders
✓ Yes
✕ No
Reads your menu out loud and states prices
✓ Yes
✕ No
Answers questions it was never asked to book
✓ Yes
✕ No
Never invents an answer: what it does not know goes to you
✓ Yes
?
Spoken languages
70+
?
Written languages
70+
8
WhatsApp confirmations and reminders
✓ Yes
✕ No
Email and SMS reminders
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Phone number verified before a table is held
✓ Yes
✕ No
Guests move or cancel their own booking
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Deposits and prepayments
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
No-show reminders
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Waitlist management
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Gift cards
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Part-spent gift card becomes a new code, not a balance
✓ Yes
?
Feedback asked after the visit
✓ Yes
Business plan and up
Guest history and contacts
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Reports and analytics
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Live daily operations screen
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Every call recorded and summarised
✓ Yes
?
Staff panel in your team's own languages
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
No commission, no cover fees
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Reserve with Google
Coming
✓ Yes
iOS and Android apps for your team
Coming
✓ Yes
Try it free
6 months on booking, 14 days on the phone
30 days
Both columns are as published in September 2026. Anything marked as coming is in build, not shipped. We would rather say so than leave a tick you cannot use yet. A question mark means we could not confirm it either way.
What each one costs
Buy the same thing from both, and Bubo is cheaper. The phone is what you cannot buy from Guestplan at all.
- Like for like. What Guestplan sells, online bookings and the reservation dashboard, is €49 a month with Bubo against their €49.99. That is a euro, and not a reason to switch. The six months free at the start are worth €294, and that is.
- Then the phone. The AI receptionist starts at €29 a month for 60 minutes, or €59 for 150, which is roughly 75 to 100 calls. Guestplan does not sell this at any price.
- The phone plans are minutes, not features. €29, €59, €149 and €289 buy more calls, not more product. Pick the one that matches your call volume; nothing else changes.
- One setup fee. €149 once, and we train Bubo on your menu, your hours and your rules before it takes a single call. If you stay a year, you don't pay it. Guestplan charges nothing to set up.
Bubo
Guestplan
Online bookings and reservation dashboard
€49 / monthFirst 6 months free
€49.99 / monthPro plan
AI receptionist on the phone
From €29 / month60 minutes, roughly 30 to 40 calls€59 for 150 minutes, €149 for 400, €289 for 800
Not available
Setup, one time
€149On us if you stay a year
None
Taking a deposit
A secure link over WhatsApp, through Mollie
Mollie or Stripe€2.99 per deposit on Pro, €0.99 on Business, free on Ultimate
Both sets of figures are the providers’ own published prices, read in September 2026: Guestplan’s from guestplan.com/pricing, ours from our own pricing page. Prices change, so check both before you budget on them.
Hear it before you believe it
Let Bubo call you.
Give us your number and the phone rings in seconds: the same call your guests would get. Or book fifteen minutes and we will set it up around your own menu and hours.
Your mobile number with the country code. Spaces are fine. We call it once. Privacy.
Bubo will call you in a moment.