No per-cover fees. No contracts. One flat price for the whole platform — and preventing a single no-show usually covers it.
For venues dipping a toe in
Free forever. No card, no time limit.
No credit card · Cancel anytime · Live in minutes
For independent restaurants & cafés
Billed annually (£416/yr) — 2 months free
Billed monthly. No contract, cancel anytime.
One prevented no-show pays for the month.
No credit card · Cancel anytime · Live in minutes
For busy, event-heavy venues
Billed annually (£750/yr) — 2 months free
Billed monthly. No contract, cancel anytime.
Less than the margin on one table a week.
No credit card · Cancel anytime · Live in minutes
“Couldn't ask for better customer service and the price is incredibly reasonable. We'd highly recommend them to anyone.”
Page — D20 Board Game Cafe
“We came from a much larger organisation and we're very happy to have made the switch. It's been a fantastic move for us.”
Sarah — Scribbleton Soft Play
You're choosing booking volume and extras — not paying to unlock the basics. All of this is included from £0.
Bookings from anywhere
Your website, socials, and a hosted booking page
Real-time availability
Sessions, time slots and capacity managed live
Table management
Floor plans, auto-assignment and table chaining
Deposits & payments
Take deposits, prepayments and tickets via Stripe
Automatic emails
Confirmations and reminders that cut no-shows
Customer database
History, notes and allergies on every guest
Reports & insights
Know your busiest sessions and best customers
Real human support
Talk to the people who actually built it
The maths
The average UK no-show costs a venue around £89. Deposits, card capture and automated reminders — all built in — typically cut no-shows by more than half.
Estimated loss to no-shows
That's the cost of the Starter plan, every month. Recover a fraction of it and BookingNinja is free money.
Venues on BookingNinja averaged just 1.5% no-shows over the last 12 months — real data from hundreds of thousands of bookings on the platform.
All Gold features, £0/month
Use every feature with no subscription. A small customer booking fee covers our costs after your first 50 no-payment bookings each month.
How the fee works
First 50 bookings
Completely free — no fees for you or your customers.
Bookings 51+
Must include payment. Customer fee of 2% or 50p (whichever is higher) at checkout.
Your cost: £0
Customer fee covers our costs. Standard Stripe fees & 1% transaction fee on payments.
Every plan includes the same core platform. Here's what differs.
| Feature | Free Forever | Free | Starter | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | £0 | £0/mo | £42/mo | £75/mo |
| Free trial | — | — | 7 days | 7 days |
| No-payment bookings | 50/month | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Paid bookings | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Customer booking fee | 2% or 50p | None | None | None |
| Stripe processing fees | Standard | Standard | Standard | Standard |
| Transaction fee | 1% | 2.5% | 1% | 1% |
| Team members | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| API access | ||||
| Branding removal | ||||
| Get started | Get started | Try free | Try free |
Flat pricing, not per-cover fees
Per-cover fees punish your success — the busier you get, the more you pay. Our price is the same on your best Saturday as your quietest Tuesday.
Free setup & migration
We'll import your existing bookings, configure your venue, and get you live — at no cost. Most venues are taking bookings the same day.
No contracts, ever
Month-to-month billing from an independent, family-run company. Upgrade, downgrade or cancel whenever you want. No exit fees, no lock-in.
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Not sure which plan fits?
Tell us about your venue and we'll point you at the right one — no sales pitch.
Full access to the whole platform. No credit card, no contract. If it's not for you, walk away — or stay on Free Forever at £0.
Start Your Free TrialLive in minutes. Free setup & migration included. Cancel anytime.
Before you go
We'll email you the plan prices and the no-show maths — handy for sharing with your team. No spam, no sales calls.