The price anchor
| Menuly | Toast QR menus | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $0 — no subscription | $29+/mo |
| Annual | $0 after purchase | $348 |
| 5-year total | $24 | $1,740 |
| 10-year total | $24 | $3,480 |
Subscription figures from the vendor's published pricing ($29+/mo, ~$348/yr); the Menuly column is the full price, paid once.
Break-even analysis
Menuly pays for itself in under one month of a QR-menu subscription — and it never charges you per location.
- After 1 year: Menuly has cost you $24 total — Toast QR menus has cost $348.
- After 3 years: Menuly is still $24 — the subscription is at $1,044.
- After 5 years: Menuly is still $24 — the subscription is at $1,740.
What you get for $24 once
- Menu builder. Categories and items with name, description, photo and dietary tags, all drag-to-reorder.
- Server-rendered menu page. Pure HTML with inline critical CSS and no JS bundle, so it loads instantly on any phone with sticky category nav.
- 86 it in one click. Toggle an item out of stock and it vanishes from the live menu immediately, toggle back when the kitchen restocks.
- Specials section. Mark items as specials and flip one switch to show a Today's Specials section at the top of the menu.
- Branding per venue. Dark or light theme, accent color, logo and tagline, all respected on the public page.
- No renewal, ever. The license does not expire and there is no per-seat meter — $24 is the whole price.
Pricing questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — Menuly is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/restaurant-menu-qr-mvp. The $24 buys the packaged Windows installer with zero setup; building from source is free.
Where does my menu live?
In your own SQLite file with images in local storage, served from your own server — no telemetry and no third-party calls, so your menu is never hostage to a SaaS.
Do I pay more for extra locations?
No. Menuly supports unlimited locations from one admin for the same $24, versus the per-location pricing the subscription tools charge.
Menuly — $24, one time
Or get Menuly plus every other app in the suite: the OneTimeSuite bundle is currently $97, one time.