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
VenueStack is an all-in-one platform for nightclubs, lounges, beach clubs, festivals and event venues. Venues sell tickets, take table reservations with deposits, and sell multi-entry passes from one branded booking page that can also be embedded on their own website. Guests pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through the venue's own Stripe account, and keep tickets and passes in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet.
On the night, staff scan tickets and passes from a phone or iPad, even when the connection drops, count the door, and run the floor from a live table map with deposits, server assignments and guest notes. Pulse alerts the team to unanswered requests, unpaid deposits and waiting chats.
VenueStack also includes a guest CRM, customer accounts, email campaigns, guest chat with an AI concierge, tracking links, ad pixels, and ticket, table, pass and door reports. One plan includes every feature.
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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
Not Supported
Mac
Not Supported
Linux
Not Supported
Cloud
Supported
On-Premises
Not Supported
iPhone
Not Supported
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
Nightclubs, lounges, beach clubs, festivals, event venues and ticketed-event promoters
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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
$180/month
One plan with every feature: $200 per month, or $180 per month billed annually ($2,160 per year), per venue. 14-day free trial. No contracts, no feature tiers.
Free Version
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Free Trial
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Reviews/
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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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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 InformationVenueStack
Founded: 2026
www.venuestack.io
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Restaurant Reservations Features
Capacity Monitoring
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Custom Reservation Inventory
Supported
Deposits / Prepayment Processing
Not Supported
Email Marketing
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Facebook Reservations
Supported
Feedback Management
Not Supported
Guest Data
Supported
Guest Notifications
Supported
Mobile App Booking
Not Supported
Online / Website Reservations
Supported
Reminders
Supported
Reporting / Analytics
Supported
Seat / Table Optimization
Supported
Text/SMS Communications
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Waitlist Management
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Venue Management Features
Attendee Management
Supported
Billing & Invoicing
Not Supported
Contract Management
Not Supported
Customer Management
Supported
Event Management
Supported
Food & Beverage Management
Not Supported
Multi-Facility
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Reservations Management
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Resource Booking
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Sales Management
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Staff Management
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Integrations
Apple Pay
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Apple Wallet
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Google Ads
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Google Analytics
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Google Business Profile
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Google Pay
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Google Wallet
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Meta Pixel
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Stripe
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Stripe Connect
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Integrations
Apple Pay
Supported
Apple Wallet
Supported
Google Ads
Supported
Google Analytics
Supported
Google Business Profile
Not Supported
Google Pay
Supported
Google Wallet
Supported
Meta Pixel
Supported
Stripe
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Stripe Connect
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