Zyda is built for the region — Arabic-first, social-commerce ordering, a courier network with local names, a call centre — and prices the branded app as an unquoted add-on on top of a dollar subscription. Devfood prices in dirhams, includes the branded apps and the driver app in that price, and treats the register, kitchen screen and kiosk as add-ons you can see the shape of before you ask.
Zyda is a commission-free ordering platform for restaurants in the GCC, Egypt and Jordan. Its Ordering product opens a restaurant on the web, on social media (an Instagram "Order Food" button, Facebook and Instagram shops) and on mobile; Verd manages delivery through a network of regional couriers and your own drivers; Ring is a cloud call centre that turns phone orders into digital ones. Pricing is two plans in US dollars — Starter at $85 a month billed annually for one branch, Growth at $135 a month for up to three — with branded iOS and Android apps as an add-on priced by sales, an Arabic and English interface, and no setup fee.
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Checked against Zyda's own published pages on 2 September 2026.
| Criterion | Devfood | Zyda |
|---|---|---|
| Commission on orders | None — no percentage of any order, at any volume | None — "Zyda doesn’t take any commission, no hidden fees, no setup fees" |
| Per-order or per-transaction fee | None. You connect your own payment processor and pay their rate directly | None from Zyda; gateway fees published — Tap 1% for KNET and 2.5% for Visa or Mastercard, Paymob 2.5% + EGP 2.5; Verd Network deliveries are charged per delivery at a rate that "varies based on the store’s plan" |
| Order limits | Unlimited orders on every plan | "Unlimited Orders" on both plans |
| Setup fee | $299 one-time on monthly billing; included on annual plans | None — "no setup fees", with "full setup in 48 hours" |
| Branded iOS & Android apps under your brand | Included on every plan — published to the App Store and Google Play under your brand | Add-on on both plans — "Branded iOS and Android apps", priced by "Talk to Sales" |
| POS register | Optional add-on — multi-tender register, tables and tabs, till sessions with X/Z reports (quoted separately) | Not published as a register — "POS Integration" is listed on every plan |
| Kitchen display | Optional add-on — per-item check-off across kitchen stations (quoted separately) | Not published |
| Self-order kiosk | Optional add-on — your menu and prices, rewards sign-in, tips, printed pickup code (quoted separately) | Not published |
| Driver app & auto-dispatch | Included — driver app with live GPS, plus distance/load/vehicle auto-dispatch | Verd — "Manage multiple delivery fleets and dispatch faster without missing any order"; "1 delivery courier" included on Starter |
| On-demand delivery networks | DoorDash Drive, Uber Direct, Shipday and Nash | Verd Network — "8 Delivery partners" in "4 countries"; Verdi, Wiyak, Armada, Do Deliver and Brax named in the help centre; "pay only for successful deliveries" |
| POS integrations | Two-way sync with Clover, Square and Toast | "Integrations with POS systems" — none named on the pricing or Ordering pages |
| Reporting | 75+ built-in reports with CSV export | "Sales analytics" on Starter; a CRM module and segment campaigns on Growth; no report count published |
| Markets & currencies | 100+ countries supported, 9 published local currencies | "Currently, Zyda is available in GCC, Egypt, and Jordan"; English and Arabic |
| Priced in local currency | Yes — nine published markets, each set against its local category leader; see /pricing | No — both plans are priced in USD for every market, and "Prices do not include applicable taxes" |
| Pricing published publicly | Yes — every tier and currency is on /pricing | Yes for the two plans; the branded-app add-on, bundles and Enterprise are on request |
Scorecard: 2 to Devfood, 2 to Zyda, 11 level — by our own reading of the 15 criteria above. Read the rows, not the tally.
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Verd Network connects to delivery companies Zyda names for the GCC and Egypt — Verdi, Wiyak, Armada, Do Deliver, Brax — on success-based per-delivery pricing, plus dispatch for your own drivers. Devfood’s networks are DoorDash Drive, Uber Direct, Shipday and Nash; where those do not run, Zyda’s list is the one that matters.
Zyda sells an Instagram "Order Food" button, Facebook and Instagram shops, and Ring — a cloud call centre with shared, food-trained agents that turns phone orders into digital ones. Devfood has no call-centre product and no social-shop integration; it builds the app and the web storefront.
Zyda publishes "no setup fees" and "full setup in 48 hours", with on-site onboarding on Growth. Devfood charges a one-time setup fee on monthly billing (included on annual plans).
Zyda lists branded iOS and Android apps as an add-on with no published price. Devfood includes them on every plan — AED 291 a month for one to three locations in the UAE, published on /pricing.
Zyda prices in US dollars and excludes tax. Devfood publishes a dirham price for the UAE and a per-market price in eight other currencies, set against each market’s own category leader rather than converted from the US figure.
Zyda’s Growth plan covers up to three branches; above that is Enterprise, on request. Devfood is a per-location ladder that falls at four and at ten locations, and the kitchen display, kiosk and register are on the same menu as optional add-ons rather than left unpublished.
Yes, on its own statement: "Zyda doesn’t take any commission, no hidden fees, no setup fees." What you do pay is the gateway — Zyda publishes Tap at 1% for KNET and 2.5% for Visa or Mastercard and Paymob at 2.5% + EGP 2.5 — and, if you use Verd Network couriers, a per-delivery fee deducted from the order that varies by plan. Devfood likewise takes no commission; you connect your own processor.
Zyda does not publish it. Both plans list "Branded iOS and Android apps" under add-ons with a "Talk to Sales" button. Devfood includes the branded apps in every plan.
Yes — multi-language storefronts are included, so the menu, checkout and notifications can run in Arabic and English. Zyda’s site and dashboard are offered in Arabic and English too; on language the two are a tie.
The Zyda column was read from these pages on 2 September 2026. Vendors change their pricing without announcing it — if you find a row that no longer matches what Zyda publishes, tell us at contact@devfood.com and we will correct it.
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