Zayos savings calculator: what delivery apps cost your restaurant

The Zayos savings calculator shows what delivery apps charge your restaurant each month and each year, what a flat Zayos plan costs, and what you keep when part of those orders moves to your own site. You set every assumption, and every result shows the formula behind it.

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60%

That is 1,800 app orders a month per location (DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub).

30%

15% to 30% is the base commission. 25% to 35% is the blended real cost once delivery, marketing and processing fees stack. The default, 30%, is the top of the base range and the middle of the blended one. Your payout statement has your real number. Read my delivery statement

30%

An estimate you set, not a promise. It starts at a cautious 30%. How fast regulars move depends on your customers, your bag inserts and your offers. Move it to see your own case.

Plans are per location, per month. No setup fee, month to month.

What the apps charge
$0
a year, at today's volume
$0 a month
What Zayos costs
$0
a year, flat
$0 a month
Money you keep
$0
a year, after the Zayos plan, at 30% moved to direct
$0 a month

A modeled estimate from the numbers you entered. Not a promise.

Break-even

0 app orders a month per location pays for the plan.

The $0.99 service fee on pickup and delivery is paid by the diner, so it is not a restaurant cost and is not in these numbers.

How we got this
What the apps charge
Orders × share through apps × average order × commission rate × 12 months × locations.
What Zayos costs
Plan × locations × 12 months. Nothing per order.
Commission you stop paying
App sales × share moved to direct × (commission rate minus 3% card processing, which a direct order still pays).
Total: $0
Money you keep
Commission you stop paying, minus what Zayos costs.
Break-even
Plan ÷ (average order × share moved to direct × (commission rate minus 3%)).

One measured example: Farooj Abo Alabed, live on Zayos, is on pace for $40k+ a year in commission not paid to a marketplace: its direct food sales after discounts from 10 Aug to 3 Oct 2026 (55 days), annualized at a 35% blended marketplace cost.

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How much do delivery apps take from a restaurant?

Delivery apps such as DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub charge a restaurant a base commission of 15% to 30% of each order. The blended real cost is 25% to 35% once delivery, marketing and processing fees stack. The calculator defaults to 30%. Use the rate on your own payout statement.

How many orders does Zayos need to pay for itself?

Break-even is the plan price divided by what you keep on each app order: average order times the share moved to direct times the commission rate minus 3% card processing. At a $35 average order, a 30% commission, 30% moved to direct and the $499 Operator + Tablet plan, that is 177 app orders a month per location.

What does "share moved to direct" mean, and is it a promise?

It is the share of your delivery-app orders you expect to move to your own ordering site. It is an estimate you set, not a promise and not a measured result. The calculator starts at a cautious 30%. Move it to your own case; the break-even and the money kept update as you move it, and the result shown is for the value you chose.

What else do owners ask about the calculator?

Is the $0.99 service fee a cost to the restaurant?
No. The flat $0.99 service fee on pickup and delivery is paid by the diner at checkout, never by the restaurant, so it is not in the calculator. The restaurant pays the flat monthly plan: $399, $499 or $599 per location.

Which Zayos plan should I pick in the calculator?
Operator at $399 is direct ordering with POS integration. Operator + Tablet at $499 adds the kitchen tablet and brings DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub orders into one feed. Concierge at $599 is white glove with up to 5 virtual brands per kitchen. All three are per location, per month.

Can I share or print my numbers?
Yes. The page address updates as you type, so "Copy link to these numbers" gives you a link that reopens the calculator with the same inputs. "Print" gives a clean page with the results and the formulas, which a rep can leave with an owner.
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Related: what DoorDash charges restaurants, what Uber Eats charges, what Grubhub charges, and what blended commission means.

Sources for the prices and rates in this section: DoorDash for Merchants pricing; Grubhub for Restaurants pricing; Uber Eats for Merchants pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. A company can change them; its own page is what counts.

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