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The trade ministry and arzan.kz will work together to develop digital price monitoring tools, the ministry said (t.me/saudagovkz). The platform currently lets users compare prices on more than 220 thousand products.
What happened
The ministry announced the collaboration on November 13. It said arzan.kz operates in seven cities in Kazakhstan and collects prices from more than 18 retailers.
The service’s website lists the cities as Aktobe, Almaty, Astana, Atyrau, Karaganda, Pavlodar and Shymkent (arzan.kz).
How arzan.kz works
The service compares grocery prices and helps users put together a shopping basket. Its main features are free. The service says placement in search results cannot be bought.
Students Ansar Yesmukhanov and Sanzhar Karaulov founded the project. In autumn 2025, they were manually comparing prices for a basket of groceries and decided to automate the process. The service’s legal entity is Arzan APPAI LLP.
Why it matters
Grocery prices are one of shoppers’ main concerns. raem.kz previously reported on which foods have become cheaper and where discounts are promised and examined the inflation and exchange rate forecast for 2027. The announcement does not disclose the timeline or terms of the collaboration between the ministry and arzan.kz.
