me&u vs Putmenu vs Qder vs Tabelog Order

me&u is a guest-experience platform for hospitality venues that combines QR-code order and pay at the table, mobile payments, multi-vendor food hall ordering, a CRM, loyalty and reservations with an AI voice answering service. Putmenu is a Japanese mobile-ordering platform. Qder is a Japanese restaurant management system from Qder Japan K.K. Tabelog Order is a mobile ordering system for restaurants in Japan from Kakaku.com, the company behind the Tabelog restaurant guide. All four are listed under QR Code Menu & Ordering. They differ in price, audience and platforms.

Key differences

  • price

    On price, Qder at JPY 9,000 per month, billed yearly; Tabelog Order at JPY 15,000 per month (excluding tax). These figures are not directly comparable because the currency or billing basis is not the same. Me&u and Putmenu do not publish a starting price.

  • audience

    The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: me&u: Pubs, bars and table-service venues; Putmenu: Small Japanese restaurants wanting mobile ordering with no upfront cost; Qder: Japanese restaurants wanting ordering, reservations and POS in one system; Tabelog Order: Izakaya and casual restaurants in Japan.

  • platforms

    Platform support differs. me&u: Web; Putmenu: Web; Qder: Web; Tabelog Order: Web, iOS.

  • countries covered

    Me&u names 4 countries, Putmenu names 1 country, Qder names 1 country and Tabelog Order names 1 country. No country appears in every list.

  • company background

    By headquarters, me&u (Melbourne, Australia), Putmenu (Tokyo, Japan), Qder (Osaka, Japan) and Tabelog Order (Tokyo, Japan).

Side by side

me&u vs Putmenu vs Qder vs Tabelog Order: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
Fieldme&uPutmenuQderTabelog Order
What it isme&u is a guest-experience platform for hospitality venues that combines QR-code order and pay at the table, mobile payments, multi-vendor food hall ordering, a CRM, loyalty and reservations with an AI voice answering service.Putmenu is a Japanese mobile-ordering platform.Qder is a Japanese restaurant management system from Qder Japan K.K.Tabelog Order is a mobile ordering system for restaurants in Japan from Kakaku.com, the company behind the Tabelog restaurant guide.
Best forPubs, bars and table-service venues; Food halls and multi-vendor sites; Multi-venue and enterprise hospitality groupsSmall Japanese restaurants wanting mobile ordering with no upfront cost; Shops that want to sell prepaid balances to regulars; Venues serving overseas visitors to JapanJapanese restaurants wanting ordering, reservations and POS in one system; Cafes, izakaya and fast-food outletsIzakaya and casual restaurants in Japan; Restaurants with no POS or a basic cash register; Venues with many overseas guests
Pricing modelQuote onlyPercentage of salesSubscription per locationSubscription per location
Starting priceNot publishedNot publishedJPY 9,000 per month, billed yearlyJPY 15,000 per month (excluding tax)
Free planNot publishedYesNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot publishedYesYes
ContractNot publishedNot published1, 2 or 3 years depending on planNot published
PlatformsWebWebWebWeb, iOS
CountriesAustralia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United StatesJapanJapanJapan
LanguagesNot publishedChinese, English, Japanese, KoreanJapaneseJapanese
Number of integrations212Not published9
CertificationsNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedCompatible with Japan's qualified invoice system (invoice制度), per the vendor
FoundedNot published2018Not published1997
HeadquartersMelbourne, AustraliaTokyo, JapanOsaka, JapanTokyo, Japan
OwnerNot publishedGroup company of Boxis Inc. (ボクシーズ株式会社), which develops the serviceNot publishedKakaku.com, Inc., listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime market (code 2371)
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 202629 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by me&u

  • Abacus
  • Access POS
  • Amex
  • Aura
  • Bepoz
  • Clover
  • Deliverect
  • Doordash Drive
  • Doshii
  • Epos Now
  • H&L
  • Impos
and 8 more
  • Leat
  • Lightspeed K Series
  • Lightspeed O Series
  • Myne
  • Tevalis
  • Toast
  • Triniteq
  • Zen Global

Named only by Putmenu

  • au PAY

Named only by Qder

Qder does not name any integrations in the material we reviewed.

Named only by Tabelog Order

  • LINE
  • NECモバイルPOS
  • ステアリテール
  • スマレジ
  • 東芝テック
  • 楽天ペイ
  • 食べログノート

Which to choose

me&u

Choose me&u if you fit its listed audience: Pubs, bars and table-service venues; Food halls and multi-vendor sites; Multi-venue and enterprise hospitality groups.

Putmenu

Choose Putmenu if you are in one of these groups: Small Japanese restaurants wanting mobile ordering with no upfront cost; Shops that want to sell prepaid balances to regulars; Venues serving overseas visitors to Japan.

Qder

Choose Qder if you are in one of these groups: Japanese restaurants wanting ordering, reservations and POS in one system; Cafes, izakaya and fast-food outlets.

Tabelog Order

Choose Tabelog Order if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Izakaya and casual restaurants in Japan; Restaurants with no POS or a basic cash register; Venues with many overseas guests.

What we could not confirm

me&u

  • Ordering and payment pricing
  • Contract terms
  • Legal entity, founding year, funding
  • Security certifications
  • Interface languages of the venue tools
  • Complete integration list
  • Native apps

Putmenu

  • Prices of paid plans above the basic plan
  • Contract term and cancellation
  • Whether the consumer app is on iOS and Android and store listing details
  • POS integrations
  • Funding and team size
  • Security certifications (the home page cites Microsoft Azure hosting only)

Qder

  • Founding year, founders, team size and funding
  • Which four languages are supported
  • Exact terms of the early cancellation fee
  • Whether the App Store listing under another publisher name is Qder's own app
  • POS, accounting and delivery integrations
  • Security certifications
  • Customer names

Tabelog Order

  • Contract minimum term and renewal
  • Whether the 3-month free campaign is still running
  • Prices for the hardware not included in the monthly fee
  • Full list of supported credit cards
  • Security certifications
  • Interface languages for staff
  • Which operating systems the handhelds run on (iOS devices are lent)

Go further

me&u profilePutmenu profileQder profileTabelog Order profile

Other comparisons with these products

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below. Prices and features change, so confirm with each vendor before you buy.

me&u, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Home: products, stats, customershttps://www.meandu.com/
  2. Order and pay featureshttps://www.meandu.com/serve/order-pay
  3. Integrations listhttps://www.meandu.com/integrations
  4. Connect CRM pricinghttps://www.meandu.com/grow/pricing
  5. HQ, staff, mergerhttps://www.meandu.com/careers
  6. Mr Yum and me&u legalhttps://www.meandu.com/legal-stuff/uk

Putmenu, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Home page: product, Azure, languages, plan overview, company addresshttps://putmenu.com/
  2. FAQ: features, languages, cost (older content)https://putmenu.com/faq/
  3. Basic plan and Putmenu Prepaid descriptionhttps://www.putmenu.net/sregi/
  4. Basic plan fee and payment methodshttps://www.putmenu.net/sregi/plan.html
  5. Press release: payment methods, founding date, HQhttps://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000009.000105580.html
  6. Customer case studyhttps://putmenu.com/case/29yamato/putmenu_case_yakinikuyamato.html

Qder, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Home page: company address and brancheshttps://q-der.jp
  2. Product modules: order, AI reservation, AI analysishttps://q-der.jp/philosophy/
  3. Feature listhttps://www.ad-q-der.net/%E6%A9%9F%E8%83%BD%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7/
  4. Pricing planshttps://q-der.jp/plan/
  5. FAQ: cost, campaign, genreshttps://q-der.jp/question/
  6. Sign-up steps and required documentshttps://q-der.jp/introduction/

Tabelog Order, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Product page: features, price, integrations, FAQhttps://order.tabelog.com/lp/index.html
  2. Case study: Spice&Cafe FamFamhttps://order.tabelog.com/lp/case/001.html
  3. Case study: café RINhttps://order.tabelog.com/lp/case/005.html
  4. Tabelog Note reservation ledger linkhttps://owner.tabelog.com/home/tbnote/
  5. Company profile: HQ, founded, listing, employeeshttps://corporate.kakaku.com/company/profile