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Reservanto S.r.o.
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Reservanto s.r.o.
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reservanto.cz
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Private
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2012
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Reservanto s.r.o. is a Czech private limited company headquartered in Liberec that operates a SaaS-based online reservation and booking platform targeted at service businesses. Founded in 2012, the platform supports 73 distinct industries with specialized booking modes, ranging from individual appointments and group sessions to fixed-time events, multi-date events, and resource-based bookings (bowling lanes, EMS training, courts, climbing walls, etc.). Core functional modules include multi-resource and multi-location scheduling, automated SMS and email reminders, a waitlist and substitute management system, voucher and loyalty engines, online payments (card, transfer, passes, credits, loyalty points, Bitcoin), POS integration, a QR-code check-in flow, and a ratings/feedback collection mechanism triggered roughly one hour after a completed reservation. Technical access is provided through a web browser, a mobile application, and an API that supports custom booking-form implementations and integration with Zoom, Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, Google Ads, Facebook Pixel, and Sklik for conversion tracking.

The company monetizes through a four-tier subscription model: a free Basic tier, Lite at 166 Kč/month, Professional at 499 Kč/month, and Premium at 1,249 Kč/month (all excluding VAT), with a 21-day free trial and a 2-month discount on annual billing. Additional revenue streams include usage-based SMS credit purchases, payment-gateway fees, and an affiliate program paying 25% commission on referred customers' first-year subscriptions. Reservanto operates as a product-led growth business with self-serve signup, supplemented by light sales-assisted demos and an affiliate channel managed via AffilBox. The platform reports more than 10,000 customers ranging from sole proprietors and small service providers to large enterprise accounts (Alza, ČEZ Group, BENU, MOL, Novartis Alcon, FM Group) and government bodies (regional Kraj administrations), with an average of one new reservation processed every four seconds. Operating geographies are primarily the Czech Republic with Slovak language support; no external institutional funding, parent company, or acquisition activity is disclosed.

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Reservanto s.r.o. is a Czech SaaS company that provides an online reservation and booking platform for service businesses across 73 industries, offering subscription-based scheduling, customer management, payments, POS, and voucher features to over 10,000 customers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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HeadquartersLiberec, Czechia
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Liberec
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Czechia
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Europe
Markets served

Serves global market

Offices2 records

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City, Country, Type, Description, Source

Keyword5 values
online reservation system, appointment scheduling software, booking management platform, SaaS booking solution, customer management software
Industry2 codes
1Central Reservation Systems (CRS)
CodeTHALACABPrimaryYes
2Guest Experience & Engagement (CRM, Messaging, Loyalty)
CodeTHALACAFPrimaryNo
NAICS code1 code
  • All Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services561599
SIC code1 code
  • Services-Prepackaged Software7372
Product category
Booking and Reservation Software
Social media profiles1 record
GTM motion1 record

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Type, Description, Source

Revenue model4 records
1Subscription fees (Basic)
TypeFreemium
Description

Free tier with unlimited reservations, customers, and services. Basic tier includes no premium features but allows optional paid add-ons like SMS reminders, SMS change reports, and payment gateway.

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2Subscription fees (Lite, Professional, Premium)
TypeSubscription Recurring
Description

Monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual subscription plans with increasing feature sets. Annual subscriptions include 2 months free. New users get 21 days free trial. Pricing: Lite 166 Kč/month, Professional 499 Kč/month, Premium 1249 Kč/month (all without VAT).

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3SMS credits
TypeUsage Based
Description

Optional SMS credit purchases for sending SMS reminders to customers and SMS reports on changes. Purchased credits become integral part of the subscribed plan.

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4Affiliate commission
TypeAffiliate Referral
Description

Partners earn 25% commission on referred customer's subscription fees for the first 12 months. Partners must reach 500 Kč minimum payout threshold.

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Marketing channels5 records

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Title, Type, Stage, Description, Source

Distribution channels2 records

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Cost components6 values
Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure, Others
Pricing details4 tiers
1Free tier with basic features for small service providers
ModelFreemiumBilling cadenceMonthly
Notes

Free tier includes unlimited reservations, customers, and services. Premium features like email reminders, statistics, and mobile app are not included but optional paid add-ons are available (SMS reminders, payment gateway, etc.).

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2Entry-level paid tier with essential premium features
ModelSubscriptionBilling cadenceMonthly
Notes

166 Kč/month without VAT. Includes email reminders to forgetful customers, smartphone application access. First 21 days free. Annual billing reduces effective cost to approximately 138 Kč/month with 2 months free.

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3Mid-tier with multiple resources, locations, and business management features
ModelSubscriptionBilling cadenceMonthly
Notes

499 Kč/month without VAT. Includes multiple resources, locations, or specializations, complete statistics, customer account management. First 21 days free. Annual billing reduces effective cost to approximately 415 Kč/month with 2 months free.

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4Full-featured enterprise tier with all capabilities
ModelSubscriptionBilling cadenceMonthly
Notes

1249 Kč/month without VAT. Includes everything Reservanto offers: cheapest SMS, online payments, multi-user management with permissions, exports, API, and much more. First 21 days free. Annual billing reduces effective cost to approximately 1039 Kč/month with 2 months free.

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B2B
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Software
Core offering1 text field

Reservanto provides an online reservation and booking SaaS platform that lets service businesses accept appointments, manage customers, process payments (including card, transfer, vouchers, loyalty points, and Bitcoin), send automated reminders, run a point-of-sale check-in, and integrate conversion tracking and video conferencing. The platform is offered as a tiered subscription (Basic free, Lite, Professional, Premium) with a 21-day free trial, and serves businesses across 73 different industries from sole proprietors to corporate clients and government entities.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Quantifiable outcome1 of 3 values shown
  • Processes a new reservation every 4 seconds on average
+2 more records
Product overview1 text field

Reservanto is an online booking (reservation) system platform offered as a tiered SaaS product with four subscription levels: Basic (free), Lite (166 Kč/month), Professional (499 Kč/month), and Premium (1249 Kč/month). The platform helps businesses of all sizes manage online reservations for services across 73 different industries. Key add-on modules include SMS reminders, online payment processing, point-of-sale systems, video conferencing via Zoom integration, voucher management, and an affiliate program. The system is accessible via web browser, mobile app, and can be embedded on customer websites through buttons, links, or iframe integrations.

Product and service1 record
1Reservanto Online Reservation System
CategoryBooking and Reservation Software
Description

Web-based SaaS booking and reservation platform for service-based businesses in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Includes industry-specific booking modes for 73 verticals (beauty, sports, healthcare, education, professional services, culture and leisure), customer database, online payments, automated SMS/email reminders, waitlist and substitute management, voucher system, POS check-in via QR codes, customer satisfaction surveys, analytics, and integrations with Zoom, Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, Google Ads, Facebook Pixel, Sklik, and AffilBox. Sold via four subscription tiers (Basic free, Lite 166 Kč/month, Professional 499 Kč/month, Premium 1249 Kč/month, ex-VAT) with a 21-day free trial.

Scale indicator3 records

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Recent move5 records

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Date, Type, Title, Description, Source

Expansion highlight6 records

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Type, Description

Peers10 records
TypeDirect peer
Description

Free and paid appointment scheduling SaaS for service-based SMBs with staff management, payments, and reminders. Setmore's feature set — online booking, calendar sync, payment integrations — closely overlaps Reservanto's core offering for the same solo-provider and small-team customer profile.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Large SaaS platform for fitness, beauty, and wellness businesses combining bookings, payments, marketing, and customer management. Mindbody is a much broader incumbent than Reservanto but targets the same service-business SMB buyer and competes in the wellness and sports verticals Reservanto supports.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Prague-based online booking SaaS for service businesses across multiple verticals. Reservio is the closest geographic and product analog to Reservanto, offering free and paid plans, multi-industry templates, customer notifications, and POS integration for SMBs in Central Europe and beyond.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Multi-industry online booking SaaS offering customizable reservation flows, payments, gift cards, memberships, and integrations. SimplyBook.me competes head-on with Reservanto in the multi-vertical SMB booking category and targets a similar global SMB audience.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Category-defining scheduling SaaS used widely by individuals and enterprises for meeting booking. Calendly overlaps with Reservanto on calendar/scheduling core functionality but does not focus on multi-vertical service SMB workflows or POS/payments — making it a partial competitor for professional-services segments.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Appointment booking module within Block's Square commerce ecosystem. Square Appointments competes with Reservanto on SMB booking + payments but bundles hardware and a broader commerce stack, targeting the same beauty and service SMB segment from a much larger platform.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Online appointment scheduling software for service businesses across verticals including wellness, fitness, education, and professional services. Appointy mirrors Reservanto's tiered SaaS model, POS and payments integrations, and multi-industry positioning.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Mobile-first appointment booking SaaS targeting beauty, wellness, and service SMBs. Like Reservanto, Booksy emphasizes industry-specific workflows, a freemium funnel, and SMB self-serve onboarding, and serves a comparable tradesperson and small-business customer base.

TypeRegional player
Description

Slovak-headquartered online reservation system primarily serving restaurants and hospitality venues. Bookio overlaps with Reservanto's restaurant and table-reservation features but is regionally focused on Slovakia and does not address Reservanto's broader 73-industry footprint.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Appointment scheduling SaaS (now part of Squarespace) offering customizable booking pages, payments, subscriptions, and integrations. Acuity targets service SMBs across verticals, mirroring Reservanto's positioning, and competes for the same end-customer wallet share.

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Weaknesses5 records

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Competitive moat5 records

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Key risks5 records

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Key highlights7 records

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Customer concentration

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Named customers8 records

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Segment1 record

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Ideal customer profile2 records

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Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

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AI maturity
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Has app

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Investors

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Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

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Name, Acquisition type, Announced date, Completed date, Status, Website, News

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Name, Round, Announced date, Lead investor, Website, News

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Reservanto S.r.o.

Booking and Reservation Softwarereservanto.cz

Reservanto s.r.o. is a Czech SaaS company that provides an online reservation and booking platform for service businesses across 73 industries, offering subscription-based scheduling, customer management, payments, POS, and voucher features to over 10,000 customers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

What Reservanto S.r.o. does

Reservanto s.r.o. is a Czech private limited company headquartered in Liberec that operates a SaaS-based online reservation and booking platform targeted at service businesses. Founded in 2012, the platform supports 73 distinct industries with specialized booking modes, ranging from individual appointments and group sessions to fixed-time events, multi-date events, and resource-based bookings (bowling lanes, EMS training, courts, climbing walls, etc.). Core functional modules include multi-resource and multi-location scheduling, automated SMS and email reminders, a waitlist and substitute management system, voucher and loyalty engines, online payments (card, transfer, passes, credits, loyalty points, Bitcoin), POS integration, a QR-code check-in flow, and a ratings/feedback collection mechanism triggered roughly one hour after a completed reservation. Technical access is provided through a web browser, a mobile application, and an API that supports custom booking-form implementations and integration with Zoom, Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, Google Ads, Facebook Pixel, and Sklik for conversion tracking.

The company monetizes through a four-tier subscription model: a free Basic tier, Lite at 166 Kč/month, Professional at 499 Kč/month, and Premium at 1,249 Kč/month (all excluding VAT), with a 21-day free trial and a 2-month discount on annual billing. Additional revenue streams include usage-based SMS credit purchases, payment-gateway fees, and an affiliate program paying 25% commission on referred customers' first-year subscriptions. Reservanto operates as a product-led growth business with self-serve signup, supplemented by light sales-assisted demos and an affiliate channel managed via AffilBox. The platform reports more than 10,000 customers ranging from sole proprietors and small service providers to large enterprise accounts (Alza, ČEZ Group, BENU, MOL, Novartis Alcon, FM Group) and government bodies (regional Kraj administrations), with an average of one new reservation processed every four seconds. Operating geographies are primarily the Czech Republic with Slovak language support; no external institutional funding, parent company, or acquisition activity is disclosed.

Reservanto S.r.o. firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Reservanto S.r.o.
Legal name
Reservanto s.r.o.
Website
https://reservanto.cz
Company type
Private
Founded year
2012
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
1–10 employees
Short description
Reservanto s.r.o. is a Czech SaaS company that provides an online reservation and booking platform for service businesses across 73 industries, offering subscription-based scheduling, customer management, payments, POS, and voucher features to over 10,000 customers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Reservanto S.r.o. industry classification

Industry
Product category
Booking and Reservation Software
NAICS
All Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services (561599)
SIC
Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)
akta.pro primary industry
Central Reservation Systems (CRS) (THALACAB)
akta.pro secondary industry
Guest Experience & Engagement (CRM, Messaging, Loyalty) (THALACAF)

Keywords

  • Online reservation system
  • Appointment scheduling software
  • Booking management platform
  • SaaS booking solution
  • Customer management software

Where Reservanto S.r.o. is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Liberec
HQ country
Czechia
HQ region
Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

Reservanto S.r.o. business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Software
Cost components
Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

  1. Subscription fees (Basic): Free tier with unlimited reservations, customers, and services. Basic tier includes no premium features but allows optional paid add-ons like SMS reminders, SMS change reports, and payment gateway.
  2. Subscription fees (Lite, Professional, Premium): Monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual subscription plans with increasing feature sets. Annual subscriptions include 2 months free. New users get 21 days free trial. Pricing: Lite 166 Kč/month, Professional 499 Kč/month, Premium 1249 Kč/month (all without VAT).
  3. SMS credits: Optional SMS credit purchases for sending SMS reminders to customers and SMS reports on changes. Purchased credits become integral part of the subscribed plan.
  4. Affiliate commission: Partners earn 25% commission on referred customer's subscription fees for the first 12 months. Partners must reach 500 Kč minimum payout threshold.

Pricing tiers

ModelBillingPrice
FreemiumMonthlyFree tier with basic features for small service providers
SubscriptionMonthlyEntry-level paid tier with essential premium features
SubscriptionMonthlyMid-tier with multiple resources, locations, and business management features
SubscriptionMonthlyFull-featured enterprise tier with all capabilities

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Reservanto S.r.o. product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Reservanto provides an online reservation and booking SaaS platform that lets service businesses accept appointments, manage customers, process payments (including card, transfer, vouchers, loyalty points, and Bitcoin), send automated reminders, run a point-of-sale check-in, and integrate conversion tracking and video conferencing. The platform is offered as a tiered subscription (Basic free, Lite, Professional, Premium) with a 21-day free trial, and serves businesses across 73 different industries from sole proprietors to corporate clients and government entities.

Product overview

Reservanto is an online booking (reservation) system platform offered as a tiered SaaS product with four subscription levels: Basic (free), Lite (166 Kč/month), Professional (499 Kč/month), and Premium (1249 Kč/month). The platform helps businesses of all sizes manage online reservations for services across 73 different industries. Key add-on modules include SMS reminders, online payment processing, point-of-sale systems, video conferencing via Zoom integration, voucher management, and an affiliate program. The system is accessible via web browser, mobile app, and can be embedded on customer websites through buttons, links, or iframe integrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Reservanto Online Reservation System Web-based SaaS booking and reservation platform for service-based businesses in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Includes industry-specific booking modes for 73 verticals (beauty, sports, healthcare, education, professional services, culture and leisure), customer database, online payments, automated SMS/email reminders, waitlist and substitute management, voucher system, POS check-in via QR codes, customer satisfaction surveys, analytics, and integrations with Zoom, Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, Google Ads, Facebook Pixel, Sklik, and AffilBox. Sold via four subscription tiers (Basic free, Lite 166 Kč/month, Professional 499 Kč/month, Premium 1249 Kč/month, ex-VAT) with a 21-day free trial.

Quantifiable outcome

  • Processes a new reservation every 4 seconds on average
  • +2 more outcomes

Companies that use Reservanto S.r.o.

Customer profile

Named customers8 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Reservanto S.r.o. technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API
Yes
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature13 records

Reservanto S.r.o. partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Reservanto S.r.o. competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • Setmore: Free and paid appointment scheduling SaaS for service-based SMBs with staff management, payments, and reminders. Setmore's feature set — online booking, calendar sync, payment integrations — closely overlaps Reservanto's core offering for the same solo-provider and small-team customer profile.
  • Reservio: Prague-based online booking SaaS for service businesses across multiple verticals. Reservio is the closest geographic and product analog to Reservanto, offering free and paid plans, multi-industry templates, customer notifications, and POS integration for SMBs in Central Europe and beyond.
  • SimplyBook.me: Multi-industry online booking SaaS offering customizable reservation flows, payments, gift cards, memberships, and integrations. SimplyBook.me competes head-on with Reservanto in the multi-vertical SMB booking category and targets a similar global SMB audience.
  • Appointy: Online appointment scheduling software for service businesses across verticals including wellness, fitness, education, and professional services. Appointy mirrors Reservanto's tiered SaaS model, POS and payments integrations, and multi-industry positioning.
  • Booksy: Mobile-first appointment booking SaaS targeting beauty, wellness, and service SMBs. Like Reservanto, Booksy emphasizes industry-specific workflows, a freemium funnel, and SMB self-serve onboarding, and serves a comparable tradesperson and small-business customer base.
  • Acuity Scheduling: Appointment scheduling SaaS (now part of Squarespace) offering customizable booking pages, payments, subscriptions, and integrations. Acuity targets service SMBs across verticals, mirroring Reservanto's positioning, and competes for the same end-customer wallet share.

Broad incumbents

  • Mindbody: Large SaaS platform for fitness, beauty, and wellness businesses combining bookings, payments, marketing, and customer management. Mindbody is a much broader incumbent than Reservanto but targets the same service-business SMB buyer and competes in the wellness and sports verticals Reservanto supports.
  • Calendly: Category-defining scheduling SaaS used widely by individuals and enterprises for meeting booking. Calendly overlaps with Reservanto on calendar/scheduling core functionality but does not focus on multi-vertical service SMB workflows or POS/payments — making it a partial competitor for professional-services segments.
  • Square Appointments: Appointment booking module within Block's Square commerce ecosystem. Square Appointments competes with Reservanto on SMB booking + payments but bundles hardware and a broader commerce stack, targeting the same beauty and service SMB segment from a much larger platform.

Regional players

  • Bookio: Slovak-headquartered online reservation system primarily serving restaurants and hospitality venues. Bookio overlaps with Reservanto's restaurant and table-reservation features but is regionally focused on Slovakia and does not address Reservanto's broader 73-industry footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Reservanto S.r.o. social profiles

Digital presence

Reservanto S.r.o. financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Reservanto S.r.o. leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Reservanto S.r.o. funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Reservanto S.r.o. M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Reservanto S.r.o.

What does Reservanto S.r.o. do?

Reservanto provides an online reservation and booking SaaS platform that lets service businesses accept appointments, manage customers, process payments (including card, transfer, vouchers, loyalty points, and Bitcoin), send automated reminders, run a point-of-sale check-in, and integrate conversion tracking and video conferencing. The platform is offered as a tiered subscription (Basic free, Lite, Professional, Premium) with a 21-day free trial, and serves businesses across 73 different industries from sole proprietors to corporate clients and government entities.

Is Reservanto S.r.o. a public or private company?

Reservanto S.r.o. is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was Reservanto S.r.o. founded?

Reservanto S.r.o. was founded in 2012. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is Reservanto S.r.o. based?

Reservanto S.r.o. is headquartered in Liberec, Czechia, in the Europe region.

How does Reservanto S.r.o. make money?

Four revenue lines are on record. Subscription fees (Basic) is the primary driver. The others are subscription fees (Lite, Professional, Premium), SMS credits and affiliate commission.

Who are Reservanto S.r.o.'s main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Setmore, Reservio, SimplyBook.me, Appointy, Booksy and Acuity Scheduling. Broad incumbents are Mindbody, Calendly and Square Appointments. Bookio is listed as a regional player.

Does Reservanto S.r.o. have an API?

Yes. Reservanto provides an API that allows custom reservation form implementations. As stated in the help documentation: 'Pomocí našeho API lze vytvořit prakticky libovolný rezervační formulář ať už našimi vývojáři nebo vašimi.' (Using our API, you can create practically any reservation form, either by our developers or your own.) The API enables custom integrations and custom reservation form development. Additionally, integration settings include options for 'vlastní implementace pomocí našeho API' (custom implementation using our API) as one of the four integration methods for conversion tracking.

What industry is Reservanto S.r.o. in?

Reservanto S.r.o.'s product category is Booking and Reservation Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is THALACAB, Central Reservation Systems (CRS), with a secondary code of THALACAF, Guest Experience & Engagement (CRM, Messaging, Loyalty). Its NAICS code is 561599 and its SIC code is 7372.

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