DinnerElite vs SnagNYC
SnagNYC, now SnagRes, and DinnerElite play the same game: watch the hardest restaurants and tell you the moment a table opens, while you book it yourself. SnagRes covers 80 New York rooms and 140+ counting San Francisco, across four booking platforms. DinnerElite covers 224 in New York on Resy and OpenTable, with alerts from the first day of its trial and drop-time data for every restaurant.
In short: two honest alert tools, no bots on your account either way. The differences are coverage, data depth, and what the free tier actually does. Last updated August 27, 2026.
DinnerElite vs SnagNYC at a glance
| DinnerElite | SnagNYC | |
|---|---|---|
| How it works | Monitors availability continuously and emails you the instant a matching table opens. You book it yourself. | Tracks real-time availability for its restaurant list. Plus subscribers get instant email alerts when new dates release. You book it yourself. |
| Coverage | 224 tracked NYC restaurants on Resy and OpenTable. | 80 hard-to-book NYC restaurants, 140+ counting San Francisco, per its own pages read 2026-08-07. |
| Free tier | Real open-table alerts on every restaurant you watch, free for the first 3 days. | Browsable 14-day availability window across its list. Instant alerts arrive with the paid tier. |
| Pricing | $10/month or $100/year for unlimited watches. Expert at $29/month adds a human concierge who books for you. | Plus at $4.99/month or $29.99/year for the 30-day window, exact time slots, and instant alerts (per its site, July 2026). |
| Drop-time data | Publishes when each restaurant releases tables and how far ahead it books, free to read for all 224. | Shows live availability windows. No published per-restaurant drop-time pages. |
| Account access required | None. No bots, no stored Resy or OpenTable credentials. | None. Same alert-only model. |
| Best for | Diners tracking anything across 224 restaurants who want free alerts, timing data, or a concierge option. | Budget-minded diners whose targets sit inside its 80-room New York list, and anyone booking in San Francisco or on Tock and SevenRooms. |
SnagNYC details from snagnyc.com in July 2026. Check their site for current pricing and coverage.
How is DinnerElite different from SnagNYC?
This is the rare comparison on this site where the other tool shares our philosophy. SnagRes alerts instead of booking and keeps bots off your account. It charged an honest flat price too, before it stopped publishing pricing. Respect for that. The differences are practical, and they no longer all run one way. Coverage: 224 New York restaurants against 80, but SnagRes also covers San Francisco and watches Tock and SevenRooms, which we do not. The entry tier: DinnerElite sends real alerts for the restaurants you pick, while SnagRes's free tier is a browsable two-week window. Data: DinnerElite publishes drop-time pages for every tracked restaurant, so you can plan for the release instead of only reacting to cancellations. And ceiling: if you never want to race an alert at all, the Expert tier puts a human on it. If your short list lives inside SnagNYC's catalog and $4.99 is the budget, it's a reasonable pick. The wider the net you cast, the more the DinnerElite model pays for itself.
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DinnerElite vs SnagNYC: FAQ
What is SnagNYC (now SnagRes) and how does it work?
SnagNYC is now SnagRes, and snagnyc.com redirects to snagres.com/nyc. It is a web-based reservation tracker that watches Resy, OpenTable, Tock and SevenRooms. Its own pages say it covers 80 hard-to-book NYC restaurants and 140+ across New York and San Francisco, as of 2026-08-07. The free tier shows a 14-day availability window you can browse. The Plus tier extends that window to 30 days, shows exact time slots, and sends instant email alerts. It cost $4.99/month or $29.99/year when we read it in July 2026. Neither page publishes pricing today, so treat those figures as dated. Like DinnerElite, it alerts rather than books: you complete the reservation yourself.
How is DinnerElite different from SnagNYC?
Same philosophy, different shape. DinnerElite tracks 224 NYC restaurants and publishes per-restaurant drop-time pages that show you when each one releases tables and how far ahead it books. SnagRes does not. We start you on a free 3-day trial with alerts on every restaurant you watch. An Expert tier at $29/month adds a human concierge. SnagRes goes wider in two ways we do not: San Francisco as well as New York, and four platforms, including Tock and SevenRooms, against our Resy and OpenTable. Its New York list is 80 rooms against our 224, and its free tier is a browsable window with alerts arriving on the paid tier.
Is SnagNYC cheaper than DinnerElite?
The last price we could read, in July 2026: $4.99/month against DinnerElite's $10/month. SnagRes no longer publishes pricing on its site, so check it yourself before you decide on cost. Whether the saving matters depends on what you track. If your targets sit inside its 80-room New York list, it is a fair budget pick. If you want a restaurant outside that list, or per-restaurant drop-time data, that is what the difference buys.
Should I use SnagNYC or DinnerElite?
Try both entry tiers and see which fits how you book. DinnerElite's free 3-day trial sends real alerts for any restaurant in a 224-restaurant catalog. SnagRes's free tier lets you browse a 14-day window across its list. Both leave the booking to you, which keeps your booking accounts clean. Pick SnagRes if you eat in San Francisco too, or if your restaurant books on Tock or SevenRooms. Pick DinnerElite for New York depth and for the drop-time data, which is the part nobody else publishes.
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Where these figures come from
We read everything on this page about SnagRes from snagres.com on August 7, 2026. Check it yourself. Prices and coverage move, and a figure that was right when we read it can be wrong by the time you do.
SnagNYC is now SnagRes: snagnyc.com redirects to snagres.com/nyc. Coverage is readable on their pages, pricing is not published on either, so the prices below are what we read in July 2026 and we could not re-read them.
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