Tripleseat
American private-event management platform for restaurants and venues: requests, proposals, contracts, payments, floor plans and event orders.
Requests, proposals and event tracking can be rebuilt with a form and a simple database. What you lose: the tool is designed for the American market (no French version visible on the site), with BEO-type documents and built-in payment that you would have to rebuild and make compliant with French law (VAT, mandatory mentions on quotes and invoices). More of a benchmark to compare against than a tool to install in France.
What you lose
- Contracts with built-in payment.
- The graphical floor plan.
- American integrations (OpenTable and others).
Existing alternatives to Tripleseat
- DolibarrOpen source
Open-source ERP/CRM (GPL) for quotes, invoices, customers and calendar, developed in France.
- HenrriFree
Free French invoicing software: unlimited quotes, invoices and customers.
The prompt to build it yourself
Build me a private-event management tool for a restaurant, for my venue, to replace a subscription. Stack: web app (Next.js or Node/Express) with SQLite, hosted on my small server, usable on phone and computer. No mandatory paid service, no telemetry. Core of the tool: - Requests, proposals and contracts with signing by ticking a box, with date. - Event order (BEO) as PDF with menu, times and plan. - Floor plan per event drawn on a grid. Requirements: - Online request form (date, number of people, type of event, budget, contact) that creates a record in a tracking board: new, quote sent, accepted, deposit received, done. - Quote then invoice as PDF: continuous numbering with no gaps, mandatory mentions, VAT per line, deposit. To be validated by my accountant. - Function sheet as PDF to brief the teams (times, menu, floor plan, contacts). - Event calendar with room-conflict detection. Out of scope: online payment and connection to a booking site. README: installation, backup, and a reminder that the tool produces documents but does not replace the approved platform that electronic invoicing reform will eventually require, which remains out of scope.
Frequently asked questions
- Can Tripleseat be replaced by a custom-built tool?
- casevibecode verdict: Partly replaceable. Requests, proposals and event tracking can be rebuilt with a form and a simple database. What you lose: the tool is designed for the American market (no French version visible on the site), with BEO-type documents and built-in payment that you would have to rebuild and make compliant with French law (VAT, mandatory mentions on quotes and invoices). More of a benchmark to compare against than a tool to install in France.
- What is Tripleseat used for?
- American private-event management platform for restaurants and venues: requests, proposals, contracts, payments, floor plans and event orders.
- What alternatives to Tripleseat already exist?
- Dolibarr (open source), Henrri (free). Options to compare before committing to a custom build.
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