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Catlog alternatives · 2026
Catlog starts from ₦2,750/mo. Menuthere gives your restaurant its own ordering website, QR menu and table ordering with 0% commission, free to start and $9 a month on Lite.
Menuthere vs Catlog
Catlog is a Lagos-based online-store builder for small businesses that sell on Instagram and WhatsApp. Its pricing page pitches it to fast-food sellers, restaurants and cloud kitchens. Customers order from a store link and either pay online or send the order to the business on WhatsApp or Instagram. The same app handles payments, courier booking and record keeping. It is sold in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Kenya on monthly subscriptions from ₦2,750. No per-order commission is published, but Catlog does charge fees on payments or withdrawals.
Price
Catlog: From ₦2,750/mo
Menuthere: Free plan · from $9/mo
Commission per order
Catlog: 0%
Menuthere: 0%
Contract
Catlog: No long-term contract. Plans are prepaid monthly, quarterly, every six months or yearly, renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime. When a subscription expires, there is a 7-day grace period. After that the store is disabled and customers cannot order.
Menuthere: Month to month
Setup fee
Catlog: None published.
Menuthere: None
Side by side
“—” means the company doesn't publish it. Menuthere's plan for each feature is shown next to it.
| Menuthere | Catlog | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan · from $9/mo | From ₦2,750/mo |
| Commission per order | 0% | 0% |
| Contract | Month to month; 7-day free trial on Lite and Pro | No long-term contract. Plans are prepaid monthly, quarterly, every six months or yearly, renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime. When a subscription expires, there is a 7-day grace period. After that the store is disabled and customers cannot order. |
| Own ordering website | Yes | Yes |
| QR table ordering | Yes | Not published |
| Pickup | Yes | Yes |
| Delivery orders | Yes | Yes |
| Your own drivers | Yes · Pro | Not published |
| Scheduled orders | Yes · Lite | Not published |
| Online payments | No | Yes |
| POS | No | Not published |
| Loyalty | Yes · Pro | Not published |
| Marketing tools | Yes · Lite | Yes |
| WhatsApp ordering or updates | Yes | Yes |
| Branded app | Yes · Enterprise | Not published |
| Delivery-app integration | No | Not published |
| Multiple locations | Yes · Pro | Yes |
| Menu translation | Yes · Lite | Not published |
| Reservations | Yes · Lite | Not published |
Menuthere's online payments work in India today; elsewhere customers pay cash, on delivery or at pickup while card payments are being added.
Why restaurants look elsewhere
Recurring points from reviews, forums and the press, each from a source listed at the foot of the page.
Be fair to it
And Menuthere's limits
Other alternatives
| Menuthere | Take App | Rack Hospitality | FoodChow | Odoo | Deonde | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan · from $9/mo | Free plan · from $50/mo | Quote only | From ₹5,475 one-time | Free plan · from $31.10/mo | Free plan · from $39/mo |
| Commission per order | 0% | 0% | Not published | 1.8% per order on every plan (the pricing page's 'Per Order Commisson' row; its FAQ calls it a 1.8% transaction fee on every order). The same pricing page, the Features page and the homepage say cash orders carry 0% commission, and the homepage sign-up form promises 'zero commission'. | 0% | 0% |
| Contract | Month to month; 7-day free trial on Lite and Pro | Monthly, or yearly at a discount. The restaurants page says no long-term contract is needed. Yearly plans are paid up front: you can cancel the renewal at any time but cannot end the current term early. | — | No contract published. Lifetime plans are paid once; add-ons are billed yearly or monthly. The pricing page offers a '100 % Money Back Guarantee' and a 90-day growth guarantee (250 orders in 90 days or FoodChow keeps working for free), but the refund policy says service fees charged to restaurant owners are non-refundable. | Billed yearly or monthly. Monthly billing is only for cloud hosting (Odoo Online or Odoo.sh), and yearly billing is cheaper. | Monthly, cancel anytime (pricing pages); downgrades take effect at the next billing cycle (Deonde pricing FAQ). The terms say subscriptions may renew automatically unless cancelled before the renewal date, subscription fees are non-refundable, and for apps the subscription starts when they go live on the App Store and Play Store. |
| Own ordering website | Yes | Yes | Not published | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| QR table ordering | Yes | Yes | Not published | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pickup | Yes | Yes | Not published | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Delivery orders | Yes | Yes | Not published | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Your own drivers | Yes · Pro | Yes | Not published | Yes | Not published | Yes |
| Scheduled orders | Yes · Lite | Yes | Not published | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Online payments | No | Yes | Not published | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| POS | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Loyalty | Yes · Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Marketing tools | Yes · Lite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WhatsApp ordering or updates | Yes | Yes | Not published | Yes | Yes | Not published |
| Branded app | Yes · Enterprise | No | Not published | Yes | Not published | Yes |
| Delivery-app integration | No | Not published | Not published | Not published | Yes | Not published |
| Multiple locations | Yes · Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Menu translation | Yes · Lite | Not published | Not published | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reservations | Yes · Lite | Yes | Not published | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Small restaurants, cafés and home kitchens in almost any country that already take orders on WhatsApp and want a free menu link with local payment methods.
Free plan · from $50/mo
Take App alternativesKenyan bars and restaurants that want POS, kitchen display, stock control and Pesapal card and M-Pesa payments in one system.
Quote only
Rack Hospitality alternativesSmall restaurants, cafés and sweet shops, mainly in India, that would rather pay once than monthly for an ordering website, app and QR ordering.
From ₹5,475 one-time
FoodChow alternativesRestaurants that want QR ordering, kiosks and kitchen screens in a POS linked to full accounting and inventory, and can manage a more involved setup.
Free plan · from $31.10/mo
Odoo alternativesRestaurants that want to start free on a commission-free ordering site and later pay per outlet for a branded app, loyalty and their own drivers.
Free plan · from $39/mo
Deonde alternativesQuestions
How Catlog ranks: Kenya · Nigeria · South Africa
Sources · checked 2026-09-26
Menuthere gives your restaurant an ordering website, QR menu and table ordering. Free to start, live in minutes.