DoorDash alternatives for restaurants, and the DoorDash equivalent you own
Published July 2026 · Updated October 4, 2026
DoorDash alternatives for restaurants fall into four groups: other marketplaces such as Uber Eats and Grubhub, DoorDash's own commission-free online ordering, a direct ordering site you own such as Zayos, Owner.com or ChowNow, and the ordering built into your register. Most restaurants keep DoorDash and add a direct site.
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What are the alternatives to DoorDash for a restaurant?
| Alternative | What it is | Published pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uber Eats | Another marketplace. Same model, different diners. | A 20%, 25% or 30% marketplace fee by plan, and a 7% pickup fee. Source: Uber Eats merchant pricing, https://merchants.ubereats.com/us/en/pricing/, read 4 Oct 2026. | Reaching diners who use Uber Eats and not DoorDash. It does not lower your cost per order. |
| Grubhub | Another marketplace. | A 5%, 15% or 20% marketing commission by plan. Delivery fees start at 10%. Payment processing is not included. Source: Grubhub Marketplace, https://get.grubhub.com/products/marketplace/, read 4 Oct 2026. | Cities where Grubhub has many diners. |
| DoorDash Online Ordering | DoorDash's own ordering page for your website. | Direct orders are commission-free; you cover payment processing. Source: DoorDash Online Ordering, https://merchants.doordash.com/en-us/products/storefront, read 4 Oct 2026. | A restaurant that wants a direct page fast and is content to keep it inside DoorDash. |
| Zayos (we build it) | Commission-free ordering on your own branded site, with a courier booked per delivery. | $399, $499 or $599 per location per month. No setup fee, no contract. The diner pays a flat $0.99 service fee on pickup and delivery. | Independents who want their own site and customer list. Limits: English-only ordering sites, no branded app, a young company. |
| Owner.com | A website, direct ordering and marketing in one subscription. | $249 a month plus 5% per order, or $499 a month flat. Guests pay a 5% order support fee. Source: Owner.com pricing, https://www.owner.com/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. | Independents who want the website and marketing handled for them. |
| ChowNow | Direct ordering on your site. | $229 to $449 a month by plan and billing, a $119 to $499 setup fee, and 2.95% + $0.29 per transaction. Source: ChowNow pricing, https://get.chownow.com/pricing/, read 4 Oct 2026. | Owners who want a published price list. |
| Your register's ordering (Toast, Square) | The ordering page built into the POS you already run. | Toast publishes its current pricing at https://pos.toasttab.com/pricing. Square publishes its current pricing at https://squareup.com/us/en/pricing. | Restaurants that want one vendor and no second system. |
Competitor prices appear only where that company's own page showed them on 4 Oct 2026. Head to head: Zayos vs DoorDash.
What is the DoorDash equivalent for a restaurant's own orders?
The DoorDash equivalent you own is a direct ordering site with courier dispatch. The diner orders and pays on your website. The system books a courier for that one delivery. The diner gets the same doorstep delivery.
The difference is who owns the order. On your own site there is no marketplace commission on the food, and the diner's name, email and phone go on your list. If you mean a DoorDash equivalent as another app to be listed on, that is Uber Eats or Grubhub.
What delivery dispatch isHow much does DoorDash charge restaurants?
DoorDash lists three marketplace plans with a 15%, 25% or 30% commission on delivery orders, and 6% on pickup orders on every plan (Source: DoorDash for Merchants pricing, https://merchants.doordash.com/en-us/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026). Across the apps that is the 15% to 30% base commission. The blended real cost is 25% to 35% once delivery, marketing and processing fees stack.
At 30%, a $40 delivery order sends $12 to the app before food cost and labor.
What DoorDash charges restaurants, line by lineShould a restaurant leave DoorDash or add an alternative?
Add, do not leave. DoorDash is where new diners find you. The cost problem is the regular who already knows your name and still orders through the app, at full commission, every week.
Keep the listing. Put a card in every bag, a QR code on the counter and an Order button on your Google Business Profile that point to your own site. Each regular who moves stops costing a commission.
Savings calculatorWhat does a direct DoorDash alternative cost?
Zayos is a flat $399, $499 or $599 per location per month, with no setup fee and no contract. Zayos takes no cut of food revenue and no cut of tips. The restaurant keeps 100% of food revenue, and 100% of tips on pickup and dine-in. On delivery the tip goes to the driver.
On the $499 Operator + Tablet plan, DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub orders arrive in one feed with direct orders on the Otter tablet, so keeping the apps does not mean more screens. We get you live in under a week.
Zayos pricingWhat else do owners ask about DoorDash alternatives?
What is the best alternative to DoorDash for restaurants?
Is there a DoorDash equivalent with no commission?
Is Uber Eats cheaper than DoorDash for restaurants?
Can I still get delivery drivers without the DoorDash marketplace?
Will I lose customers if I move orders off DoorDash?
Who is using a direct alternative today?
Where do the fees on this page come from?
- Source: DoorDash for Merchants pricing, https://merchants.doordash.com/en-us/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026.
- Source: DoorDash Online Ordering, https://merchants.doordash.com/en-us/products/storefront, read 4 Oct 2026.
- Source: Uber Eats merchant pricing, https://merchants.ubereats.com/us/en/pricing/, read 4 Oct 2026.
- Source: Grubhub Marketplace, https://get.grubhub.com/products/marketplace/, read 4 Oct 2026.
- Source: Owner.com pricing, https://www.owner.com/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026.
- Source: ChowNow pricing, https://get.chownow.com/pricing/, read 4 Oct 2026.
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Related: Uber Eats alternatives, Grubhub alternatives, commission-free online ordering, Zayos pricing.
What would you keep with DoorDash's rate filled in?
The calculator opens at 25%: DoorDash's listed rate for Plus plan. Source: DoorDash for Merchants pricing, https://merchants.doordash.com/en-us/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. Change any number to your own. The share moved to direct is an estimate you set, not a promise. For DoorDash alone, use the DoorDash fee calculator.
A modeled estimate from the numbers you entered. Not a promise.
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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