ordable/ alternative for restaurants: free to start, no annual commitment
ordable/ is a serious commerce stack for a business that already runs a POS: storefront, QR ordering, B2B, delivery and gateway integrations, sold across Kuwait, Saudi, the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon. What it does not have is a door for a small one. The one price on their pricing page is 250 KD a year. Here the menu is free forever, and ordering is 0% per order whenever you want to switch it on.
Where the two actually differ
A free plan with no expiry
A full menu, more than 20 premium templates, a QR code and your own Page, with no card and no expiry. Their pricing page shows no free tier.
No entry price at all
The one tier they publish is 250 KD a year, for 6 users, 2 branches and 500 products. Here you can run a real menu without paying anything, and pay monthly when ordering starts earning its keep.
Live in minutes, without a sales call
Send a PDF or a photo of the printed menu and the AI builder types it up. You are publishing the same afternoon, without anyone quoting you first.
0% per order, on both sides
To be fair to them: ordable/ also takes no commission on orders, and gateway and delivery fees settle to the merchant. That is not the difference. The difference is what it costs to open the door.
Built for the smallest merchant too
A single cafe or an Instagram kitchen is priced out of ordable/ before it has published anything. That merchant is exactly who the free plan is for.
Arabic, and 20 other languages
Publish the menu in Arabic with full native right-to-left rendering on the free plan. A diner-facing language switcher, with AI translation across 21 languages, is on Plus.
Switching, or starting
1. Send the menu you have
A PDF, a photo, or an export. It comes back built, free.
2. Turn on what you use
WhatsApp ordering on Free. A website checkout with delivery zones and an order dashboard on Plus.
3. Keep your gateway
Payments run on your own credentials, exactly as they would there, so nothing settles through us.
ordable/ and ala.menu
| ordable/ | ala.menu | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | None | Yes, forever, no card |
| Cheapest published price | 250 KD a year, for 6 users, 2 branches and 500 products | Monthly, regional pricing, on /pricing |
| Commission per order | 0% | 0% |
| Who it is built for | A business already running a POS | That, and the cafe that has never published anything |
| Markets | Kuwait, KSA, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon | Anywhere, with local rails named per market |
ordable/ compared, answered
Is ordable/ expensive?
It is priced for a business with a POS and a team. The one price on their pricing page is 250 KD a year, covering 6 users, 2 branches and 500 products. For that business it is reasonable. For a single cafe it is a wall before the first order.
Does ordable/ take a commission?
No, and neither do we. Their own pricing page says it outright: they take no commission on any package, and delivery and payment providers bill the merchant separately. Both of us settle gateway and delivery fees to the merchant. We would rather say that than imply a difference that is not there. The real difference is the entry price.
What does ordable/ do that you do not?
It is a wider commerce stack: POS, inventory, B2B ordering and a set of platform integrations we do not have. If you need inventory tied to a till, they are the better fit and we will say so.
Can I move my catalogue over?
Yes. Send a PDF, a photo of the printed menu, or an export of your products, and the AI builder rebuilds it. Most menus take minutes.
What does it cost here?
The menu, the templates, your Page and WhatsApp ordering are free with no card. Website ordering with a dashboard is Plus; a custom domain, branches and loyalty are Pro. Paid plans are priced by region, so the figure for you is on the pricing page.
Publish first. Pay when it earns it.
Send us the menu you already have and see it live before you decide anything.
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