Restaurant Management Software in Nigeria: What It Costs

Most restaurant owners in Nigeria start this search with the wrong question. They ask "how much does restaurant software cost" before they ask what the software actually needs to do for their business. That order matters, because the price you should pay depends entirely on what you are running: a single shop taking orders on WhatsApp and cash, or a three-branch operation that needs riders assigned, stock tracked, and staff accounts separated by role.

Before you look at a naira figure, sit down and answer a few things. How many locations do you have, or plan to have in the next year? Do you already take online payments, or are you still doing bank transfers and hoping the customer sends a screenshot? Do you need a team using this daily across shifts, or is it just you and one other person? The answers decide whether a basic plan covers you or whether you are wasting money on features you will not touch for a year. Software priced low but missing what you need is not actually cheap, and software priced high with features sitting unused is not actually value. Fit comes first, cost comes second.

What Restorant actually charges

Restorant, built by Brandyeast in Nnewi, Anambra State, is a fair example to work through because its pricing is public and tiered by what a restaurant is actually running, not by guesswork. There are four plans.

Starter costs ₦30,000 a month, or ₦306,000 if you pay for the year upfront. This gets you a branded storefront with your own page, a digital menu with room for up to 50 items, online ordering through Paystack, basic order management, a listing on the Restorant marketplace so new customers can find you, delivery zone management, one location, and email support. This is built for a single restaurant that wants to stop relying only on phone calls and WhatsApp screenshots for orders.

Growth costs ₦65,000 a month, or ₦663,000 a year. It includes everything in Starter, then adds an AI customer chat on your storefront that can answer questions about your menu and hours, an AI business assistant in your dashboard, AI assisted menu updates from photos so you are not retyping every dish by hand, a coupons and loyalty system, a customer CRM to see who is ordering and how often, an advertising module, a store module, support for up to three locations, and SMS and WhatsApp notifications for orders. This tier fits a restaurant that has moved past one location or wants real marketing and repeat customer tools working in the background.

Pro costs ₦130,000 a month, or ₦1,326,000 a year. Everything in Growth carries over, and on top of it you get full AI dashboard control, meaning you can create, update, or delete things across your dashboard through natural language instead of clicking through menus. You also get a custom domain, white label branding so Restorant's own name is not visible to your customers, support for up to ten locations, advanced analytics, a dedicated account manager, and phone support. This is the tier for a brand that is actively expanding and needs the platform to look and feel entirely like its own product.

Enterprise starts from ₦300,000 a month and is priced by custom quote. It carries everything in Pro forward and adds unlimited locations, logistics API integration for restaurants working with third party delivery partners, custom AI training on your brand's own voice, custom feature development, onboarding support, and an SLA guarantee. This is built for chains, not single restaurants, where downtime or a missing feature has real cost across many branches.

Across every tier, paying annually instead of monthly saves you about 15%. If cash flow allows it, that is worth doing once you know a plan is the right fit, since it is the same features at a lower effective monthly cost.

Matching the tier to the business

A single small restaurant in a place like Enugu or Ibadan, one location, one kitchen, an owner who still argues with staff about who forgot to write down a phone order, fits Starter. You are not losing money by skipping AI tools you have no time to use yet. Get online ordering working, get on the marketplace, and grow from there.

A business with two or three locations, or one location that is busy enough to need loyalty coupons and a CRM to bring repeat customers back, fits Growth. The SMS and WhatsApp notifications alone solve a real problem, customers in Nigeria expect a text or WhatsApp message confirming their order went through, not silence after they pay.

A brand running up to ten locations, wanting a domain that matches its own name with no third party branding visible, and wanting a dedicated person to call when something breaks, fits Pro. Enterprise is for chains where the cost of downtime or a missing integration is measured in more than one branch's daily revenue.

The 1.5% commission, and how it works with the monthly fee

Restorant charges a 1.5% commission on online payments processed through Paystack, separate from the monthly plan fee. This only applies to money that actually moves through the platform online. If a customer pays cash on delivery or in person, there is no commission on that order. Think of the monthly fee as the cost of running the system, and the 1.5% as the cost of moving money safely and instantly through Paystack instead of chasing bank transfer proof all day.

Try it before paying

Restorant offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required. That is enough time to load your real menu, test an order end to end, and see whether the dashboard fits how your staff actually work before any money changes hands.

Hidden costs to watch for in any restaurant software

Whatever platform you choose, not just Restorant, ask about a few things upfront. Is there a setup fee on top of the subscription? Are SMS or WhatsApp messages billed separately once you go past a free allowance? Does the price change once you add a second location, or is that locked in? Is there a cost to export your own customer and order data if you decide to leave? A platform that is upfront about all of this before you sign up is usually the safer one to build your business on.

Where to go from here

The clearest way to see current numbers and compare tiers side by side is Restorant's own pricing page, where you can also start the 14-day trial without entering card details.