SmakSpace is the New Zealand-built alternative to Now Book It for restaurants that want bookings bundled with the rest of their hospitality stack rather than as a standalone subscription. SmakSpace publishes flat NZD pricing and includes the full booking module (floor plan, automated confirmations, reminders on request, no-show flags, walk-in management) on Professional and Enterprise plans alongside self-order kiosks, online ordering, kitchen display and loyalty. Note: Now Book It has a distinctive Sadie AI phone-receptionist feature SmakSpace doesn't currently match — if AI phone answering is your must-have, Now Book It may suit better.
What's the best Now Book It alternative for NZ restaurants?
The best Now Book It alternative for NZ restaurants depends on whether you value the Sadie AI phone receptionist or you want bookings bundled with your wider hospitality stack. For the bundling play, SmakSpace is the NZ-built option — Starter NZ$49/mo, Professional NZ$99/mo (full booking module + POS + KDS + loyalty), Enterprise NZ$179/mo. Public NZD pricing, free help moving your diner list and upcoming bookings across, month-to-month with no annual contract.
A direct comparison including the AI gap.
Comparison reflects publicly available Now Book It materials (nowbookit.com) as of May 2026. Now Book It contract terms and pricing vary by venue — confirm specifics with Now Book It directly. SmakSpace pricing is published on /pricing.
From Now Book It to live without rushing.
Free audit
We review your Now Book It setup, contract renewal date, multi-venue scope, Sadie AI usage (if active), and integrations. We are honest about which features we match like-for-like and which we don't.
Diner list + bookings, typed in for you
Ask us and we load your Now Book It diner list into your account and type your upcoming bookings into the new diary from your CSV export. Past bookings, notes and no-show history stay in Now Book It — export them for your records. You sign off on the data before we proceed.
Floor + service setup
Rebuild your floor plan in SmakSpace with the same table numbers, party sizes and turn times. Confirmation emails configured, and we switch reminder emails on for you if you want them. Turning on ordering or a kiosk too? Fill in our menu CSV template and we set the items up with you.
Soft launch
Booking widget goes live on your website and Google Business Profile booking link. Run SmakSpace and Now Book It in parallel for 2 weeks while validating.
Switch and cancel
Cancel Now Book It at your next contract checkpoint. If Sadie AI was a key feature for you, we discuss whether to keep Sadie alone or wait on the SmakSpace AI roadmap.