Gurunavi vs Tabelog

Gurunavi is a Japanese restaurant search and reservation site, branded Rakuten Gurunavi on its business pages. Tabelog is a Japanese restaurant guide and reservation site run by Kakaku.com, Inc. Both are listed under Restaurant Discovery & Listing Management (business-facing). Where the profiles show a difference, it is in price, audience and platforms.

Key differences

  • price

    On price, Gurunavi at JPY 11,000 per month; Tabelog at JPY 10,000 per month (excluding tax). These figures are not directly comparable because the currency or billing basis is not the same.

  • audience

    Audience differs between the profiles. Listed by one product alone: Gurunavi: Restaurants in Japan seeking online bookings; Tabelog: Restaurants in Japan that want more guests from Tabelog.

  • platforms

    Platform support differs. Gurunavi: Web, iOS, Android; Tabelog: Web.

  • integrations

    The integration lists differ. Gurunavi names 4 integrations and Tabelog names 3 integrations. No partner appears in every list.

Side by side

Gurunavi vs Tabelog: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldGurunaviTabelog
What it isGurunavi is a Japanese restaurant search and reservation site, branded Rakuten Gurunavi on its business pages.Tabelog is a Japanese restaurant guide and reservation site run by Kakaku.com, Inc.
Best forRestaurants in Japan seeking online bookings; Venues targeting inbound tourists; Multi-site restaurant groupsRestaurants in Japan that want more guests from Tabelog; Restaurants wanting online reservations with no fixed fee; Restaurants serving overseas visitors
Pricing modelSubscription per locationFree listing plus paid services
Starting priceJPY 11,000 per monthJPY 10,000 per month (excluding tax)
Free planYesYes
Free trialNot publishedNot published
ContractYearly contract for the reservation ledgerNet Reservation is used in one-month units
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb
CountriesJapanJapan
LanguagesJapaneseJapanese
Number of integrations43
CertificationsNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
FoundedNot published1997
HeadquartersTokyo, JapanTokyo, Japan
OwnerNot publishedKakaku.com, Inc., listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market (2371)
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by Gurunavi

  • Googleビジネスプロフィール
  • LINE公式アカウント
  • トリップアドバイザー
  • 楽天ポイント

Named only by Tabelog

  • Googleマップ
  • LINE
  • OpenRice

Which to choose

Gurunavi

Choose Gurunavi if you fit its listed audience: Restaurants in Japan seeking online bookings; Venues targeting inbound tourists; Multi-site restaurant groups.

Tabelog

Choose Tabelog if you are in one of these groups: Restaurants in Japan that want more guests from Tabelog; Restaurants wanting online reservations with no fixed fee; Restaurants serving overseas visitors.

Less suited to: Restaurants outside Japan; the owner pages, terms and support are in Japanese and the service covers Tabelog's Japanese restaurant listings.

What we could not confirm

Gurunavi

  • Ledger price and hardware price
  • Named POS integrations
  • Parent or major shareholders
  • Funding
  • Security certifications
  • Whether prices include tax on the plan table
  • Number of listed restaurants (homepage says over 30,000 eligible stores for points)

Tabelog

  • Pricing of Inbound MEO and Tabelog Order beyond the list price
  • Contract length for Tabelog PR
  • Security certifications
  • Named POS integrations

Go further

Gurunavi profileTabelog profile

Other comparisons with these products

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below. Prices and features change, so confirm with each vendor before you buy.

Tabelog, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Owner services overviewhttps://owner.tabelog.com/home/
  2. Free store member registrationhttps://owner.tabelog.com/home/registration/
  3. Tabelog PR plans and priceshttps://owner.tabelog.com/home/pr/
  4. Net Reservation fees and featureshttps://owner.tabelog.com/home/net_reservation/
  5. Inbound MEOhttps://owner.tabelog.com/home/inbound_meo/
  6. Tabelog Orderhttps://order.tabelog.com/lp/index.html
  7. Operator company profilehttps://corporate.kakaku.com/company/profile
  8. Consumer site homehttps://tabelog.com/