PorchlightPorchlight Hospitality
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About
Porchlight is a cloud-based restaurant booking and operations platform for independent pubs, restaurants and cafés. Its AI phone host, Thomas, answers calls and books tables against live availability, with requests it cannot handle passed to staff as callbacks. Phone, website and Google bookings are brought together in one venue diary with a floor plan. The staff app combines rota management, clock-in, payroll-hour records, tips and food-safety checks, giving venues a shared place to manage bookings and day-to-day staff tasks. The service is designed for independent UK hospitality venues that need to handle reservations during busy service as well as when the venue is closed. Thomas recognises regular callers and remembers their usual table. Live at The Kings Head, Tealby since August 2026. Every venue gets a 14-day free trial, and we’ll visit anywhere in the UK to set it up.
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About
Swapste is affordable workforce and rota software built for independent hospitality businesses, including pubs, bars, restaurants and cafés. It brings weekly rotas, shift cover, direct swaps, holidays, GPS-assisted clock-in/out, attendance, payroll-ready reporting and labour-cost planning into one simple system.
Managers can organise staff shifts, approve cover and swaps, manage time off, resolve attendance issues and export confirmed hours for payroll. Smart Labour helps compare scheduled wage costs with expected sales, then actual wage costs with actual sales as the week progresses.
Swapste costs £24.99 per venue per month with unlimited staff, includes a 30-day free trial, and has no long-term contract. Initial rota setup and training are included. It is designed for hospitality teams that want more control than spreadsheets and messaging apps without enterprise complexity or per-user pricing.
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Platforms Supported
Windows
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Mac
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Linux
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Cloud
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On-Premises
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iPhone
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iPad
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Android
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Chromebook
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Platforms Supported
Windows
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Mac
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Linux
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Cloud
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On-Premises
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iPhone
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iPad
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Android
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Chromebook
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Audience
AI phone host that answers calls and books tables for independent pubs and restaurants.
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Audience
Independent pubs, bars, restaurants and cafés that need to manage staff rotas, shift cover, swaps, attendance, holidays, payroll-ready hours and labour costs
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Support
Phone Support
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24/7 Live Support
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Online
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Support
Phone Support
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24/7 Live Support
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Online
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API
Offers API
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API
Offers API
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Pricing
£249/venue/month
£249 per venue per month, VAT included, no card fees. One-off setup £149 including a tablet (£49 if you use your own). 14-day free trial.
Free Version
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Free Trial
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Pricing
£24.99/month
per venue, price decreases with more sites
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Free Trial
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Training
Documentation
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Webinars
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Live Online
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In Person
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Company InformationPorchlight Hospitality
Founded: 2026
United Kingdom
porchlightpro.com
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Company InformationSwapste
Founded: 2026
swapste.com
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Restaurant Reservations Features
Capacity Monitoring
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Custom Reservation Inventory
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Deposits / Prepayment Processing
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Email Marketing
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Facebook Reservations
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Feedback Management
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Guest Data
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Guest Notifications
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Mobile App Booking
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Online / Website Reservations
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Reminders
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Reporting / Analytics
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Seat / Table Optimization
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Text/SMS Communications
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Waitlist Management
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Employee Scheduling Features
Appointment Management
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Automated Scheduling
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Calendar Management
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Employee Database
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Group Scheduling
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Messaging
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Mobile Access
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Payroll Management
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Reporting/Analytics
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Resource Management
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Schedule Distribution
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Scheduling
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Shift Scheduling
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Shift Swapping
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Time Clock
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Time Tracking
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Vacation / Leave Tracking
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