# Zid review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Saudi e-commerce platform with POS, payments and shipping Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Zid is a Saudi-based platform for building an online store, with a built-in point-of-sale system, WhatsApp integration, a payments service and shipping through its own logistics arm. Plans are priced in Saudi riyals, with a free Starter plan and paid tiers that add team seats, custom domains and advanced payment methods. - **Category:** Online Store Builders - **Made by:** Al-Qudrah Al-Taqniyah for Technology and Communication - **Website:** https://zid.sa/en/ - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you need dollar prices, as the site shows only riyals. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Zid has a free plan, and paid plans start at SAR 83 per month, billed annually (SAR 99 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Starter: free forever, with unlimited products, orders and customers, discount coupons, bank transfer and cash on delivery. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | SAR 0 | Free forever: unlimited products, orders and customers, coupons, bank transfer and cash on delivery, and listing on the Mazeed marketplace. | | Rise | SAR 83 per month, billed annually (SAR 99 billed monthly) | For anyone past the starting point; the comparison table lists 1 team member. SAR 990 billed annually. | | Growth | SAR 249 per month, billed annually (SAR 299 billed monthly) | Aimed at stores ready to scale and needing a complete setup; 5 team members. SAR 2,988 billed annually. | | Professional | Custom | For large enterprises, sold through sales by quote, with 20 team members and annual billing. | Read from https://zid.sa/en/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Zid before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save with annual billing** (Annual discount): Rise is SAR 83 a month when billed annually (SAR 990 a year) against SAR 99 monthly; Growth is SAR 249 against SAR 299. Source: https://zid.sa/en/pricing/ ## Key features - **Online store and themes:** Launch a storefront with themes and pick from more than 400 apps in Zid's app store, with CSS customization of the interface listed in the plan table. - **Point of sale:** A mobile and tablet POS app and a branch dashboard cover in-person sales, and the pricing page says POS is offered free with a subscription. - **Payments and wallet:** Accept Mada, Apple Pay and Visa or Mastercard, with a Zid Wallet for balances. Zid says it charges no fees on sales on its paid plans. - **Shipping:** Print shipping labels and ship through Zid logistics and partner carriers; the plan pages show rates starting from 8.5 SAR. - **WhatsApp and marketing tools:** WhatsApp login and messaging, discount coupons, abandoned-cart voice recovery and the Mazeed marketplace help bring in orders. ## Good for - Merchants selling to customers in Saudi Arabia - Stores that want POS, payments and shipping from one vendor - Sellers who want to start free and add a domain later ## Worth knowing - Prices are in Saudi riyals; the site does not show a dollar price. - The plan table lists custom domain linking, advanced payment methods and live chat support, but the text does not show which plans include them. - The free Starter plan lists only basic payment methods: bank transfer and cash on delivery. - Linking payment gateways may need a commercial registration, which the FAQ says is otherwise not required. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Zid is a Saudi store platform with a free Starter plan and paid plans from SAR 83 a month billed annually. Prices are in riyals, the free plan takes only bank transfer and cash on delivery, and the plan table does not say which plans include some features. - **Value for money: B.** Rise is SAR 83 a month billed annually, roughly $22, inside the cheaper quarter of store builders. Growth is SAR 249. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Starter is free forever with unlimited products, orders and customers, coupons, bank transfer and cash on delivery. - **Features: C.** Online store and themes, point of sale, payments and wallet, shipping and WhatsApp tools. The page does not show which plans include custom domains or live chat support. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You set up the store, themes, payments and shipping yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with a point of sale and links to WhatsApp, Mada, Apple Pay, Amazon and Trendyol. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Zid's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among online store builders - Zid's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 21 of the 26 other online store builders we grade, and level with 3. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 22 of 26) and worst on features (C, above 2). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/online-stores ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Zid you would be making checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 21 of the 26 other online store builders we grade. - You could make: Inventory: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. - You could not: Discounted carrier rates and labels, which take an agreement with each carrier. - You could not: The WhatsApp Business API, which Meta opens only through approved partners. - You could not: It plugs into other products, WhatsApp, Mada and Apple Pay among them. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with WhatsApp, Mada, Apple Pay, Amazon, Trendyol, Jahez **Tags:** Online store, Inventory, Shipping labels, WhatsApp messaging ## Alternatives - [Shopify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shopify): Hosted commerce platform for online, in-person and social selling. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shopify-vs-zid) - [SHOPLINE](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shopline): Ecommerce platform joining online, social and in-store selling. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shopline-vs-zid) - [BigCommerce](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bigcommerce): Hosted ecommerce platform with plans set by yearly sales. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-zid) - [Ecwid](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ecwid): Online store you can add to any website or run as its own site. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ecwid-vs-zid) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://zid.sa/en/pricing/ - https://zid.sa/en/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/zid Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).