Tabelog vs Yelp for Business

Tabelog is a Japanese restaurant guide and reservation site run by Kakaku.com, Inc. Yelp for Business is the owner-facing side of Yelp. 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, Tabelog at JPY 10,000 per month (excluding tax); Yelp for Business at $129 (currency not stated) per month, billed annually. 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: Tabelog: Restaurants in Japan that want more guests from Tabelog; Yelp for Business: Restaurants that want to be found on Yelp.

  • platforms

    Platform support differs. Tabelog: Web; Yelp for Business: Web, iOS, Android.

  • integrations

    Tabelog names 3 integrations and Yelp for Business names 14 integrations. No partner appears in every list.

Side by side

Tabelog vs Yelp for Business: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldTabelogYelp for Business
What it isTabelog is a Japanese restaurant guide and reservation site run by Kakaku.com, Inc.Yelp for Business is the owner-facing side of Yelp.
Best forRestaurants in Japan that want more guests from Tabelog; Restaurants wanting online reservations with no fixed fee; Restaurants serving overseas visitorsRestaurants that want to be found on Yelp; Restaurants that lose calls or bookings; Restaurant groups
Pricing modelFree listing plus paid servicesSubscription per location
Starting priceJPY 10,000 per month (excluding tax)$129 (currency not stated) per month, billed annually
Free planYesYes
Free trialNot publishedYes
ContractNet Reservation is used in one-month unitsNot published
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android
CountriesJapanNot published
LanguagesJapaneseNot published
Number of integrations314
CertificationsNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
Founded1997Not published
HeadquartersTokyo, JapanNot published
OwnerKakaku.com, Inc., listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market (2371)Not published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by Tabelog

  • Googleマップ
  • LINE
  • OpenRice

Named only by Yelp for Business

  • NCR Aloha
  • ChowNow
  • Delivery.com
  • Dinerware
  • EatStreet
  • Grubhub
  • Micros 3700
  • Micros Simphony FE
  • Olo
  • POSitouch
  • Punchh
  • Squirrel systems
and 2 more
  • Toast
  • Xpient

Which to choose

Tabelog

Choose Tabelog if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: 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.

Yelp for Business

Choose Yelp for Business if you are in one of these groups: Restaurants that want to be found on Yelp; Restaurants that lose calls or bookings; Restaurant groups.

What we could not confirm

Tabelog

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

Yelp for Business

  • Headquarters, founding year, founders, team size and funding (not stated on the vendor's site)
  • Countries where the restaurant products are sold
  • Contract minimum term and renewal terms (the Master Services Agreement text does not settle it)
  • Security certifications
  • Which integrations are available on which Guest Manager plan

Go further

Tabelog profileYelp for Business 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/

Yelp for Business, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage and product rangehttps://business.yelp.com
  2. Restaurant offering overviewhttps://business.yelp.com/restaurants/
  3. Restaurant pricing and planshttps://business.yelp.com/restaurants/yelp-restaurants-pricing/
  4. Ads and Upgrade Package pricinghttps://business.yelp.com/local-business-pricing/
  5. Free Business Pagehttps://business.yelp.com/products/business-page/
  6. Guest Manager features and trialhttps://business.yelp.com/restaurants/products/yelp-guest-manager/
  7. Yelp Host AI answeringhttps://business.yelp.com/restaurants/products/yelp-host/
  8. Integration partnershttps://business.yelp.com/restaurants/products/yelp-integrations/
  9. POS partnershttps://business.yelp.com/restaurants/solutions/point-of-sale-integration/
  10. Multi-location featureshttps://business.yelp.com/restaurants/solutions/multi-location/
  11. Owner mobile apphttps://business.yelp.com/business-mobile-app/
  12. Company about pagehttps://www.yelp.com/about