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How much does a digital menu cost in Algeria?

A digital menu is paid for in one of three ways: a flat subscription, a percentage of your orders, or hardware you buy — sometimes all three. The headline price tells you almost nothing; the structure decides what you'll actually pay by the end of the year.

Last updated: 1 September 2026

1. The three models, and what they really cost

Be most wary of that last row. A free service earns its money somewhere: commission on orders, ads shown to your guests, or reselling data. Ask explicitly how the service makes money.

The word "free" attached to a digital menu always deserves a follow-up question.

Model	What you pay	The risk
Flat subscription	A monthly amount, known in advance	You pay even in a quiet month
Commission per order	A percentage of every sale	The cost climbs as you succeed
Hardware + licence	An upfront purchase in currency, then a licence	Failure and replacement are on you
Free	Nothing, apparently	Funded by commission, ads, or your data

2. The sum to run on your own numbers

Don't compare headline rates. Compare the annual cost against your real volume.

A concrete example: at 5% commission on 400,000 DA of monthly orders you pay 20,000 DA that month, and more during Ramadan. A subscription of a few thousand dinars doesn't move — and the gap widens precisely in the months you work hardest.

Take your average monthly revenue, then your best month.
For commission, multiply each figure by the percentage. That's your monthly cost, and it varies.
For a subscription, the cost is identical both times.
Add any mandated hardware divided over twelve months, plus printing the codes.
Compare the two annual totals, not the two monthly prices.

3. The costs people forget to count

Printing the codes: a few hundred dinars for one room, repeated if you rearrange tables.
Time to enter the menu: about an hour, once. Worth counting, not worth overstating.
Dish photos: your phone is enough; a photographer is a choice, not an obligation.
Staff training: minutes if the tool is simple, days if it isn't. Test it with a waiter before signing, not after.
Replacing hardware, if there is any. It's the most-forgotten cost and the hardest to predict.

4. What Qweko costs

A flat monthly subscription, starting at 2,100 DA per month on a 12-month plan — or 2,800 DA if you pay month to month, with no commitment. No commission on your orders, whatever your volume. No hardware to buy: the system runs on the phones you and your staff already own.

There are two plans: the first covers the whole dining-room service, the second adds selling beyond the room — delivery and pickup by link. Current monthly and annual rates are on the pricing page.

Payment is by CCP, BaridiMob or bank transfer. You remain the owner of your data and can request an export or its deletion.

5. Is it worth the cost?

The honest answer depends on your dining room, and there are cases where it's no.

If you serve a dozen covers a day from an eight-dish menu that never changes, paper does the job and a subscription doesn't justify itself.

But if your prices move, if you regularly run out of dishes, if order mistakes recur every week, or if you can't say which dishes sell least — the monthly cost usually pays for itself on those four items alone, before counting the time returned to your staff.

The lowest-risk test: start with one table for a week, and watch what changes.