PEKO vs SevenRooms
Written by Peko Research Team.Last updated: 10/07/2026.
Published: 10/07/2026
Updated October 2026 — PEKO is the better pick for most independent cafés, restaurants and service venues in Singapore: guests earn by snapping any receipt with no POS integration, the whole table joins via Group Check-In, and an embedded AI Agent sets up vouchers and campaigns from one message, from free up to 300 members.
Choose SevenRooms if your room is reservation-led fine dining and the guest profile should come from bookings and service notes.
SevenRooms and PEKO solve different jobs. SevenRooms manages reservations and the guest profile that comes with them; PEKO turns every visit, booked or walk-in, into a member you can bring back. Where this site has no sourced SevenRooms fact, the cell says so. See how PEKO shows up in-market on our Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines country pages.
- SevenRooms is a reservation-led guest platform; PEKO is a loyalty layer that runs beside any POS or booking system.
- PEKO enrols walk-ins and the whole table; reservation tools know the person who booked.
- PEKO publishes its price: free up to 300 members, then S$49 (SG); SevenRooms pricing is not listed in our sources (checked Oct 2026).
What is SevenRooms? Reservation and guest-profile platform for restaurants, strongest at reservation-led fine dining where the guest profile is built from booking and service notes.
The PEKO ecosystem
PEKO and LOOP are two products from the same company. PEKO is the AI retention layer and runs alongside the POS you already use. LOOP is the AI-native POS that covers operations: recipe-level inventory, staff shifts, table plans and the kitchen display. Each works on its own, and run together they share one dataset, so nothing has to be entered twice. See PEKO + LOOP in one ecosystem
Choose PEKO when
- Most of your covers are walk-ins, so a booking record never exists.
- You want the whole table to join, not only the person who booked or paid.
- You want points from any receipt with no integration project.
- You want a published price and a free start — PEKO is free up to 300 members, then S$49 (SG) or RM99 (MY).
- You'd rather chat to your loyalty tool than click through 10 dropdowns — PEKO's AI Agent creates vouchers, segments and campaigns for you, and you only click Approve.
Choose SevenRooms when
- Your room is reservation-led fine dining and the guest profile should come from bookings and service notes — PEKO is not a reservation book, so keep SevenRooms for the floor and add PEKO for walk-ins and win-back.
- You need table management, waitlists or service pacing — PEKO does not do those, and runs beside the booking system you already use.
Why owners switch from SevenRooms to PEKO
1.Receipt Scan Loyalty: Snap any receipt. Points land in seconds.
Traditional loyalty CRM: Integration project or a specific POS. PEKO: Any POS that prints a receipt. Receipt Scan Loyalty →
2.Group Check-In: The whole table joins, not just the one who pays.
Traditional loyalty CRM: Only the person who pays. PEKO: Everyone at the table. Group Check-In →
3.AI-first operations (PEKO AI Agent): Prompt it. PEKO does it.
Traditional loyalty CRM: 10+ clicks across menus; staff need training. PEKO: One message to the AI Agent; you approve. AI-first operations (PEKO AI Agent) →
PEKO pricing: free up to 300 members, then S$49/month on the Standard plan, 0% commission, cancel anytime.
Feature by feature
| Feature | PEKO | SevenRooms |
|---|---|---|
| Earn by snapping any receipt (no POS integration) | Snap any receipt. Points land in seconds. Works with any POS that prints a receipt. | Not stated in the SevenRooms sources on this page (Oct 2026) |
| Whole table joins (Group Check-In) | The whole table joins, not just the one who pays. 4 guests = 4 members. | Not stated in the SevenRooms sources on this page (Oct 2026) |
| Change setup by chatting with an AI Agent | Prompt it. PEKO does it. Approval-gated: the Agent proposes, you decide. | Not stated in the SevenRooms sources on this page (Oct 2026) |
| Setup time | About 15 minutes, self-serve | Not listed in our sources (checked Oct 2026) |
| Starting price | Free up to 300 members, then S$49/month; 0% commission; cancel anytime | Not listed in our sources (checked Oct 2026) |
| Built for | Loyalty and win-back on any POS | Reservation-led dining and booking-based guest profiles |
| Free plan | Yes, up to 300 members | Not listed in our sources (checked Oct 2026) |
| Walk-in guests | Join by receipt snap or table QR | Not listed in our sources (checked Oct 2026) |
| Reservations and table management | No — runs beside your booking system | Yes, core product |
| Member export | CSV export anytime, no exit fee | Not listed in our sources (checked Oct 2026) |
| In-product AI Agent that takes actions for you | Yes — chat to create vouchers, segments, campaigns and settings; approval-gated (you click Approve) | No — manual clicks through dashboards and dropdowns |
| Can customers self-enrol without a cashier? | Yes — customers scan a table/receipt QR or photograph the bill and PEKO's OCR credits points automatically. Cashier is out of the enrolment loop. | Not clear from public documentation |
| Can it earn points from other POS receipts? | Yes — AI OCR reads receipts from any POS (KiotViet, iPOS, Sapo, MISA, PosApp, Toast, Square). No POS swap or API required. | Not clear from public documentation |
| Can someone who did not pay join? | Yes — anyone present scans the in-venue QR to join and receives a joining reward | Not stated in public documentation |
| Redeem rewards on online orders? | Yes — the same balance redeems online and in-store | Not stated in public documentation |
| How many automated message types? | 10 types, including points- and voucher-expiry reminders | Not stated in public documentation |
| Abuse controls when customers claim their own points? | Yes — rate limits, receipt age and value thresholds, 90-day brand-wide duplicate-image matching, risk-tiered actions | Not stated in public documentation |
Earn by snapping any receipt (no POS integration)
Snap any receipt. Points land in seconds. Works with any POS that prints a receipt.
Not stated in the SevenRooms sources on this page (Oct 2026)
Whole table joins (Group Check-In)
The whole table joins, not just the one who pays. 4 guests = 4 members.
Not stated in the SevenRooms sources on this page (Oct 2026)
Change setup by chatting with an AI Agent
Prompt it. PEKO does it. Approval-gated: the Agent proposes, you decide.
Not stated in the SevenRooms sources on this page (Oct 2026)
Setup time
About 15 minutes, self-serve
Not listed in our sources (checked Oct 2026)
Starting price
Free up to 300 members, then S$49/month; 0% commission; cancel anytime
Not listed in our sources (checked Oct 2026)
Built for
Loyalty and win-back on any POS
Reservation-led dining and booking-based guest profiles
Free plan
Yes, up to 300 members
Not listed in our sources (checked Oct 2026)
Walk-in guests
Join by receipt snap or table QR
Not listed in our sources (checked Oct 2026)
Reservations and table management
No — runs beside your booking system
Yes, core product
Member export
CSV export anytime, no exit fee
Not listed in our sources (checked Oct 2026)
In-product AI Agent that takes actions for you
Yes — chat to create vouchers, segments, campaigns and settings; approval-gated (you click Approve)
No — manual clicks through dashboards and dropdowns
Can customers self-enrol without a cashier?
Yes — customers scan a table/receipt QR or photograph the bill and PEKO's OCR credits points automatically. Cashier is out of the enrolment loop.
Not clear from public documentation
Can it earn points from other POS receipts?
Yes — AI OCR reads receipts from any POS (KiotViet, iPOS, Sapo, MISA, PosApp, Toast, Square). No POS swap or API required.
Not clear from public documentation
Can someone who did not pay join?
Yes — anyone present scans the in-venue QR to join and receives a joining reward
Not stated in public documentation
Redeem rewards on online orders?
Yes — the same balance redeems online and in-store
Not stated in public documentation
How many automated message types?
10 types, including points- and voucher-expiry reminders
Not stated in public documentation
Abuse controls when customers claim their own points?
Yes — rate limits, receipt age and value thresholds, 90-day brand-wide duplicate-image matching, risk-tiered actions
Not stated in public documentation
Where PEKO is weaker
- PEKO is not a reservation book: it does not manage tables, waitlists or service pacing — keep your booking system for the floor and let PEKO handle walk-ins, points and win-back.
- PEKO has no Singapore merchant base to cite yet; the 3,000 onboarded venues are in Vietnam — local pricing, WhatsApp support and onboarding help are included.
From your chat request to a live merchant setup — 5 steps.
Here's the before/after workflow: the strikethrough line is how other tools make you do it, the line below is how PEKO's AI Agent does it for you.
Click a step to run it in the demo below.
Sample prompt
“20% off weekday lunch for lapsed diners we haven't seen in 30 days, cap 1 per customer.”
Ready-to-paste voucher request — drop it straight into the AI Agent chat.
Questions merchants ask at each step
Ask, review, approve.
Describe the voucher you want in one sentence. PEKO's AI Agent drafts the full configuration; you approve it with one click — no 10-step form.
Your request
Or try one of these:
Proposed voucher
FAQ
Is PEKO a replacement for SevenRooms?
No. SevenRooms is built around reservations; PEKO is a loyalty layer. A reservation-led restaurant usually keeps its booking system and adds PEKO for walk-ins, points and win-back.
How much does SevenRooms cost?
SevenRooms pricing is not listed in our sources (checked Oct 2026). PEKO is free up to 300 members, then S$49 in Singapore or RM99 in Malaysia.
Can walk-in guests join PEKO?
Yes. They snap the receipt or scan the table QR; no booking and no cashier step are needed.
Do I still need to learn a complicated dashboard?
No. PEKO's embedded AI Agent takes actions for you — creating vouchers, building segments, drafting campaigns — inside the product. You describe what you want in chat, the Agent configures it, and you only click Approve. The full dashboard is there when you want it, but on any given day you can run PEKO by messaging the Agent.
Does SevenRooms have receipt scanning?
The SevenRooms sources cited on this page do not mention receipt scanning (checked October 2026), so ask SevenRooms directly. With PEKO: Guests photograph the receipt your POS already prints. PEKO's AI reads the total, items, receipt number, date and time, and credits points in seconds. It works with any POS that prints a receipt, with no integration project and no cashier step, so enrolment no longer dies at peak hour.
Can a whole table join SevenRooms's loyalty programme?
The SevenRooms sources cited on this page do not describe a whole-table sign-up (checked October 2026). With PEKO: Every guest at the table scans one QR and joins in about 10 seconds with a welcome reward. Four guests become four members you can reach again, instead of one. Traditional programmes only ever enrol the payer.
Can I set up SevenRooms by chatting with AI?
The SevenRooms sources cited on this page do not mention an AI agent that builds setup from a message (checked October 2026). With PEKO: No more hunting for buttons to create one voucher. Tell the embedded AI Agent what you want in plain language, for example "20% off for regulars who haven't visited in 3 weeks, WhatsApp only, cap 500 redemptions", and it builds the voucher, segment or campaign for you. You review and click Approve; nothing goes live without you. The same AI watches for regulars who are drifting and drafts the win-back for you, 24/7.
Does receipt-scan loyalty miss transactions?
Receipt Scan records every sale a guest chooses to claim, whatever the payment method, including cash and e-wallets that payment-linked loyalty misses. Guests are prompted by the QR on the receipt and the table, Group Check-In enrols everyone at the table, and the AI Agent can send a reminder to members who stop claiming. Full answer: heypeko.com/answers/does-receipt-scan-loyalty-capture-every-sale
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Sources & citations
These public sources support the competitor pricing, feature, and limitation claims in this comparison.
- PEKO — Plans and pricing
PEKO free-plan, paid-plan, and included-feature claims used in the comparison.
How we compare
Every comparison on this site is written from a fair market analyst stance — no hit pieces, no puffery.
- Public materials first. Competitor pricing, feature, and limitation claims are sourced from their own website, marketing collateral, and public reviews (Capterra, G2, App Store) — see the Sources & citations block above.
- Acknowledge real strengths. Each page includes a "Choose SevenRooms when" block that names the scenarios where the competitor is genuinely the better pick.
- Same feature grid. Every comparator uses the same feature axes (pricing, setup time, messaging channel, churn prediction, data ownership, and more) so you can read across vendors on the same grid.
- Refreshed when the market moves. This page was last updated on 10/07/2026. Spot a stale claim after a competitor pricing or feature change? Email hello@heypeko.com and we'll refresh it.
- No pay-to-rank. We take no payment from competitors to shape rankings or hide weaknesses. If you spot bias, tell us and we'll rewrite the section.
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