Mrfqy vs Zid: Saudi-native platform vs pan-Arab commerce | Mrfqy OS
ComparisonsJuly 4, 20266 min readMrfqy Team
Mrfqy vs Zid: Saudi-native platform vs pan-Arab commerce
Zid is a capable Saudi e-commerce suite. Here's how it compares to Mrfqy on RTL, payments, pricing, and multi-country selling.
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Zid has earned trust among Saudi merchants with streamlined store setup, local payment connectors, and marketing tools tuned for the Kingdom. Like Salla, it is strongest when your revenue is KSA-weighted. Mrfqy competes not by cloning Saudi features, but by offering 22 Arab country packs, lifetime free Starter, and integrated profit analytics for merchants who operate across borders.
Who each platform serves best
Zid targets Saudi SMBs and growing brands that want a localized admin, Saudi payment methods, and quick time-to-launch without managing servers. Franchise operators and omnichannel retailers in KSA often appreciate Zid's familiarity and regional support channels.
Mrfqy serves merchants in Egypt, the Levant, North Africa, and the GCC who need one platform with per-country currency, subdivisions, and shipping defaults. It's ideal for exporters, regional brands, and entrepreneurs who want to start free and scale into Pro when custom domains and full integrations matter.
Agency-built stores add another lens: if your developer already ships Zid themes weekly, switching costs include retraining and template rewrite. Mrfqy becomes compelling when the agency's bottleneck is maintaining per-country payment plugins rather than theme CSS.
Zid = Saudi growth engine. Mrfqy = Arab-wide storefront infrastructure.
Arabic and RTL experience
Zid delivers a cohesive Arabic admin and RTL storefront experience aimed at Saudi shoppers. Product pages, cart, and checkout feel native on mobile — critical for social-commerce traffic from Snapchat, Instagram, and WhatsApp in the Gulf.
Mrfqy mirrors that mobile-first RTL quality but extends localization to all Arab League markets. Checkout collects addresses using country-appropriate fields (e.g., governorate vs. emirate), and merchants can run EN/AR content side by side without maintaining two separate stores.
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Marketing copy tone differs by platform culture. Zid storefronts often reflect Saudi social-commerce norms — flash offers, Khaleeji-friendly layouts, Snapchat traffic patterns. Mrfqy storefronts target bilingual catalogs where English collection pages and Arabic product detail must coexist without duplicate SKUs.
Payments and shipping
Zid integrates with Saudi payment rails and local shipping partners that KSA customers expect. BNPL, Mada, and courier workflows are first-class for domestic orders.
Mrfqy's catalog spans Tap, HyperPay, Paymob, Fawry, Kashier, InstaPay instructions, COD, and carriers including SMSA, Naqel, Aramex, and Bosta — selected by store country. Rather than installing a new app per country, you enable integrations from the Payments and Shipping hubs when you upgrade to Pro.
Refund and void workflows deserve a test too. Domestic Saudi orders on Zid follow playbooks your team may already know from peers. Multi-country Mrfqy stores need consistent partial-refund behavior across gateways — run one refund test per country before Black Friday load.
Selling in Egypt and Saudi from one brand? Mrfqy's multi-country catalog reduces integration sprawl.
Pricing and total cost
Zid pricing follows Saudi SaaS norms with paid tiers that unlock more products, staff, and features as you grow. Total cost may include apps, themes, and payment fees — budget accordingly for KSA operations.
Mrfqy Starter costs 0 EGP forever: 50 products, subdomain, basic analytics, Paymob and COD in Egypt. Pro at ~999 EGP/month unlocks 1,000 products, five staff seats, custom domain, full integrations, inventory modules, and profit dashboard. Yearly Pro billing offers additional savings on the marketing site.
Inventory and operations
Zid covers standard e-commerce ops: orders, discounts, basic inventory, and extensions via its ecosystem. Saudi merchants with straightforward SKU counts rarely hit operational ceilings.
Mrfqy adds purchase orders, supplier records, stock receiving, reservation on checkout, and movement history on Pro — valuable when you source from multiple vendors or run warehouse-style fulfillment. Digital products with secure download tokens are supported natively for mixed catalogs.
A simple decision framework
Draw two circles on paper: inner circle = countries where you earn money today; outer circle = countries on your 18-month roadmap. Zid fits when both circles sit almost entirely inside Saudi Arabia. Mrfqy fits when the outer circle includes Egypt, Morocco, UAE, or other Arab markets you do not want to run as separate WordPress or Shopify satellites.
Weight team skills honestly. Zid rewards merchants who want Saudi-native playbooks, local community answers, and KSA marketing integrations out of the box. Mrfqy rewards merchants who need bilingual EN/AR catalogs, country-scoped shipping zones, and one admin when the same SKU ships to Cairo and Riyadh with different carriers and currencies.
Before signing annual contracts, test checkout friction on a real phone. Configure one product, one shipping zone, and one payment method on each platform. If Zid gets you live in an afternoon for KSA-only selling, that efficiency is valuable. If you stall on multi-country address forms or second-store setup, Mrfqy's country packs likely save weeks over the first year.
Map revenue by destination country first — platform fame in Riyadh does not fix Cairo checkout gaps.
What's new in Mrfqy (2026)
Since early 2026, Mrfqy added POS with shared inventory, live ZATCA e-invoicing paths, B2B wholesale tiers, multi-warehouse allocation rules, A/B storefront experiments, Metabase BI embeds, an app marketplace with OAuth and @mrfqy/sdk, and channel sync for Meta, TikTok, Noon, and Amazon.
Theme Engine v2 ships 21 RTL presets with AI section generation. Customer accounts include loyalty, digital downloads, and security settings — narrowing Zid's advantage for merchants selling beyond Saudi Arabia or needing developer extensibility.
Compare the full matrix at mrfqy.com/compare — updated for 2026 capabilities.
When to choose Mrfqy
Choose Mrfqy when you need free lifelong entry, cross-country Arab selling, or profit/COGS visibility without spreadsheets. Egyptian merchants and GCC brands expanding into multiple markets often land here first.
Choose Zid when Saudi Arabia is your operational headquarters and you value a platform with deep local merchant density, KSA-specific marketing integrations, and community knowledge bases focused on the Kingdom.
Migration and switching
Export products from Zid, map variants and images, and import via Mrfqy CSV tools. Reconnect payment and shipping credentials per country. Redirect your domain after SSL is active on Pro.
Run parallel stores briefly if you have active campaigns — freeze paid ads during DNS cutover to avoid split traffic. Enterprise customers can request assisted migration for large catalogs.
Zid and Mrfqy are not interchangeable — they reflect different market bets. Map your customer geography honestly, then pick the platform whose defaults match that map.
