ScanqurScanqur vs Square Online: the QR Menu Comparison
Square is a payments company with a website builder attached. Scanqur is a menu-first platform. Very different tools behind the QR on your table.
Why use Scanqur instead of Square Online?
QR ordering: free vs $49/month
On Square, QR code table ordering requires the Plus plan at $49 per month per location. On Scanqur the QR menu is free and so is sending the order to your WhatsApp; only the dashboard order board is paid, at a fraction of that price.
Menu-first, not payments-first
Square's menu lives inside a website and POS ecosystem built around card processing. Scanqur starts with the page your customer actually scans: the menu.
Works everywhere, in 30+ languages
Square operates in a limited set of countries. Scanqur menus work anywhere, in more than 30 languages including right-to-left Arabic, with your local currency.
Scanqur vs Square Online: feature comparison
Scanqur Built for real businesses
Scanqur gives you what you need to go digital, free to start.
A free plan that is a real plan
No time limit and no product cap on the free plan. Pro is optional, and every new account can try it for 14 days.
Works in 30+ languages
Translated automatically, from English, French and Arabic to Greek, Turkish and Japanese. Your customers see the menu in their phone's language.
21 design themes
Choose from 21 professionally designed themes. Two come with the free plan and Pro unlocks the rest, all customizable.
Live analytics
See how many customers scan your code and which products they view most.
Pricing: Scanqur vs Square Online
ScanqurFree plan- Unlimited menu items and categories
- QR code generation and download
- Two menu designs with your logo and colors
- Real-time menu updates
- Multilingual menu support
- Scan analytics and insights
- No credit card to start
- QR table ordering requires Plus ($49/month/location)
- Card processing fees on every transaction
- Menu tied to the Square website and POS ecosystem
- No multilingual menu experience
- Only available in supported Square countries
The bottom line
If you already run your payments and point of sale on Square, adding its online ordering keeps everything in one ecosystem, and that coherence has real value. The free site plan is a genuine free plan, as long as you remember Square earns its margin on every card transaction.
But as a QR menu, Square is heavy: the menu is a page inside a website builder, QR table ordering sits behind a $49 monthly plan, there is no multilingual menu, and none of it works outside Square's supported countries. If the job is a menu your customers scan, browse and order from, anywhere in the world, Scanqur does exactly that for free.
Questions about switching from Square Online
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