Guest Wi-Fi
- Yesnative
- liveRES
- Nonot offered
Comparison · Table bookings
Stampede vs liveRES
Stampede does 17 of the 17 things compared here natively. liveRES does 2.
OrderingBookingsWi-FiPaymentsMarketingReviewsLoyalty
One profileVIP
Sarah MitchellOrg-wide profile
AI insights
Table 12, Margarita ready. Tell the kitchen: nut allergy.
Visits14
Spend£1,342
Loyalty320
Device
Last 30 days3 visits peak
This visit · Table 12Square
2×Jerk wings to share£16.00
1×Half jerk chicken£14.50
1×Margarita£9.50
ReviewData used12.62.4GB
Ordering
Bookings
Wi-Fi
Payments
Reviews
One profileVIP
Sarah MitchellOrg-wide profile
AI insights
Table 12, Margarita ready. Tell the kitchen: nut allergy.
Visits14
Spend£1,342
Loyalty320
Device
Last 30 days3 visits peak
This visit · Table 12Square
2×Jerk wings to share£16.00
1×Half jerk chicken£14.50
1×Margarita£9.50
ReviewData used12.62.4GB
Powering 2,500+ UK venues
The score
17 to 2.
Native capabilities across the 17 compared below.
Guest profileSquare bill
Priya Shah6th visit · Table 12
Bill · 20:415 items
1×Lobster linguine£26.00
1×MargheritaV£12.00
1×Falafel bowlVGGF£14.00
2×Pale ale, pint£12.80
Paid on Square£64.80
Visits6Lifetime£412Points+64
Payments
- Yestwo-way
- liveRES
- NoZonal EPoS ecosystem
Campaign
Sent
Opened
Clicked
Booked
Marketing
- Yesincluded
- liveRES
- LimitedAirship CRM, sold separately
Day planner
17:0020:00Now
Table bookings
- Yes
- liveRES
- Yes
Feature comparison
Feature by feature.
Native, limited or not offered. Checked September 2026, sources below.
| Capability | | liveRES |
|---|---|---|
| Bookings and front of house | 7 of 7 | 2 of 7 |
| Online reservations and booking management | Yes | Yes |
| Table and floor-plan management | Yesincluded | Limitednot in Essentials |
| Pre-orders for group bookingsMenus, modifiers and split-pay on the booking before the party sits down | Yesincluded | LimitedPlus package only |
| Fully branded booking page and guest journeyOne brand kit across the booking page, menus, events, emails, wallet card and Wi-Fi splash | Yesone brand kit | Limitedunbranded widget on your site |
| Deposits and no-show protectionCollected online and recorded against the booking | YesSquare-powered | Yes |
| Bookings from Google | Yesincluded | Limitedoptional extra |
| AI phone host that takes bookings | Yes | Nonot listed |
| Guest data and marketing | 5 of 5 | 0 of 5 |
| One guest profile across every serviceOrdering, bookings, Wi-Fi, spend, loyalty and reviews on one record | Yes | Limitedshared across Zonal products |
| Email and SMS marketing | Yesincluded | LimitedAirship CRM, sold separately |
| Guest Wi-Fi data captureA captive portal that turns footfall into opted-in contacts | Yesnative | Nonot offered |
| Points loyalty programme | Yespoints, in the wallet | Limitedseparate Zonal product |
| Digital wallet passes (Apple and Google) | Yesno app needed | Nonot listed |
| Reviews and payments | 2 of 2 | 0 of 2 |
| Google review management and AI replies | YesGoogle, AI replies | Nonot offered |
| Square integration | Yestwo-way | NoZonal EPoS ecosystem |
| Ownership and pricing | 3 of 3 | 0 of 3 |
| One flat price per venue | Yes | Noquote only, three packages |
| Bookings, CRM, marketing and loyalty in one product | Yes | Noseparate Zonal products |
| Guest data export on your terms | Yesyours at any time | Limitedrequested via support |
Bookings and front of house7/7liveRES2/7
7/7liveRES2/7Online reservations and booking managementStampede: YesliveRES: Yes
Table and floor-plan managementStampede: included · liveRES: not in EssentialsStampede: YesliveRES: Limited
Pre-orders for group bookingsStampede: included · liveRES: Plus package onlyStampede: YesliveRES: Limited
Fully branded booking page and guest journeyStampede: one brand kit · liveRES: unbranded widget on your siteStampede: YesliveRES: Limited
Deposits and no-show protectionStampede: Square-poweredStampede: YesliveRES: Yes
Bookings from GoogleStampede: included · liveRES: optional extraStampede: YesliveRES: Limited
AI phone host that takes bookingsliveRES: not listedStampede: YesliveRES: No
Guest data and marketing5/5liveRES0/5
5/5liveRES0/5One guest profile across every serviceliveRES: shared across Zonal productsStampede: YesliveRES: Limited
Email and SMS marketingStampede: included · liveRES: Airship CRM, sold separatelyStampede: YesliveRES: Limited
Guest Wi-Fi data captureStampede: native · liveRES: not offeredStampede: YesliveRES: No
Points loyalty programmeStampede: points, in the wallet · liveRES: separate Zonal productStampede: YesliveRES: Limited
Digital wallet passes (Apple and Google)Stampede: no app needed · liveRES: not listedStampede: YesliveRES: No
Reviews and payments2/2liveRES0/2
2/2liveRES0/2Google review management and AI repliesStampede: Google, AI replies · liveRES: not offeredStampede: YesliveRES: No
Square integrationStampede: two-way · liveRES: Zonal EPoS ecosystemStampede: YesliveRES: No
Ownership and pricing3/3liveRES0/3
3/3liveRES0/3One flat price per venueliveRES: quote only, three packagesStampede: YesliveRES: No
Bookings, CRM, marketing and loyalty in one productliveRES: separate Zonal productsStampede: YesliveRES: No
Guest data export on your termsStampede: yours at any time · liveRES: requested via supportStampede: YesliveRES: Limited
Pricing
What you pay.
One flat price per venue
The whole platform, priced per venue and sized to your estate on one call.
- Ordering, bookings, Wi-Fi, loyalty, reviews and marketing on one price
- No per-cover fees
- Onboarding and support included
- Your guest data is yours to keep and export at any time
liveRES
Quote-only packages
Zonal Bookings comes in Essentials, Standard and Plus packages, with no prices published for any of them.
- Table management is not in Essentials, and large group bookings are Plus only
- Google and social bookings are an optional extra, and SMS fees apply
- Email and SMS marketing means buying Airship CRM, a separate Zonal product
- The liveRES FAQ lists a set-up fee that cannot be removed and a minimum contract of generally 12 months
Why switch
Why venues switch to stampede.
Why venues switch to
- Group bookings with pre-orders, deposits and allergens on the booking, without climbing to the top package to get them.
- If your brand matters, Stampede is the choice: every venue gets its own fully branded booking page, and one brand kit carries it across menus, events, emails, the wallet card and the Wi-Fi splash, not a booking widget dropped into your site.
- One guest profile across ordering, bookings, Wi-Fi, payments, loyalty, reviews and marketing, not a booking module that shares data with a separate CRM.
- Keep Square. Stampede connects to it both ways, instead of a booking system built to feed its owner’s EPoS.
- Every walk-in on your Wi-Fi becomes a contact you can market to, and every review is answered from the same place.
- One flat price per venue with no per-cover fees, not a quote, a set-up fee and a 12-month minimum.
- Your data future-proofed for AI on one guest record, not spread across a booking module, a CRM and a loyalty product.
Proof
The proof.
Operators running on Stampede, in their own numbers.
4.59 → 4.80Google rating, year on year
2.3×average bill from email bookings
“Having everything under one roof is simply superior, full stop.”
Matthew Sankey, owner, Sankey'sRead the story
24,604covers in a single month
0.3%no-show rate across eight venues
“You innovate at a rate I have never seen in a software company.”
Edwin Kirk, founding director, ART HospitalityRead the story
3,920guests enriched with real spend
6 weekstheir first six weeks with Stampede
“Every payment lands on the guest who made it now. Everything a guest does with us, online and in our venues, finally joins up in one view.”
Louis Scott, Howies, EdinburghFull story coming soon
- 89%
- Wi-Fi marketing opt-in rate
- 55p
- average value of a guest contact
- 2,500+
- UK venues run on Stampede
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Yes. Stampede does online bookings, floor plans, deposits and pre-orders for group bookings, then adds what liveRES, now Zonal Bookings, does not include: native guest Wi-Fi capture, email and SMS marketing built in, a points loyalty programme in Apple and Google Wallet, Google review management with AI replies and a two-way Square integration, all on one guest profile and one bill.
Zonal acquired liveRES in 2015, and it has since become Zonal Bookings. The old liveres.co.uk address now redirects to Zonal. In February 2026 Zonal itself was acquired by Volaris Group.
Because AI is only as good as the data beneath it. With liveRES, bookings sit in Zonal Bookings, marketing in Airship CRM and loyalty in another Zonal product, sharing data between them, with no Wi-Fi or review data at all. On Stampede, every booking, order, Wi-Fi login, Square payment, loyalty point and review lands on one guest record as it happens. The fewer places your data lives, the more context our AI agent has, so it answers from what happened, not a guess, and asks before it acts.
Zonal Bookings is built to share data with Zonal EPoS, and the liveRES FAQ names Zonal and Comtrex tills. Square is not listed. Stampede connects to Square both ways: deposits and pre-orders connect through to Square, every paid tab lands on the guest profile, and loyalty points are earned off the till automatically.
Zonal publishes no prices for Zonal Bookings: Essentials, Standard and Plus are all quote only, with Google bookings an optional extra and SMS fees on top. The liveRES FAQ lists a set-up fee and a minimum contract of generally 12 months, and CRM means buying Airship separately. Stampede is one flat price per venue for the whole platform, with no per-cover fees.
Neither appears on the Zonal Bookings page. Stampede includes both: guest Wi-Fi that captures an opted-in contact at connect, and Google reviews answered with AI replies in your voice, on the same guest profile as the booking.
Yes, and we do it for you. Our team brings your guests, bookings and history across and switches Stampede on, with Square, Wi-Fi and loyalty connected from the start.
Yes, every page of it. Each venue gets its own fully branded booking page, with your logo, colours, fonts, photography, menus and what’s on. One brand kit then carries it to the emails, wallet card and Wi-Fi splash. Zonal Bookings, formerly liveRES, is a bookings widget on your website that Zonal describes as unbranded, so it fits in, while CRM and loyalty are separate Zonal products. If your brand matters, Stampede is the choice.
See it on your venue.
Book a live walkthrough and we will show you exactly how Stampede compares to liveRES for your setup.
SourcesChecked September 2026
liveRES details were checked in September 2026 against the sources below. Products change; if anything here is out of date, tell us at hello@stampede.ai and we will correct it. Pricing is taken from liveRES's own published pages where they exist, and from the third-party sources listed where they do not.
- 1.Zonal: liveRES has moved (now Zonal Bookings)www.zonal.co.uk/liveres-has-moved
- 2.Zonal Bookings (packages, optional extras, SMS fees, Airship CRM)www.zonal.co.uk/products/bookings
- 3.liveRES FAQ (set-up fee, contract term, tills, data exports)insights.zonal.co.uk/hubfs/Table%20Management%20FAQs.pdf
- 4.Zonal acquires liveRES (Morning Advertiser, 5 May 2015)www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2015/05/05/Zonal-Retail-Data-Systems-in-liveRes-acquisition
- 5.Volaris Group acquires Zonal (4 Feb 2026)www.volarisgroup.com/press-room/volaris-group-announces-the-acquisition-of-zonal-uk-based-provider-of-software-solutions-for-the-hospitality-sector