DoorDash commission calculator: how much does DoorDash cost a restaurant?

The DoorDash commission calculator shows what DoorDash keeps from your restaurant each month and each year. Enter your DoorDash sales and your plan. It uses DoorDash's listed rates, 15%, 25% or 30% on delivery and 6% on pickup, read on 4 October 2026, and shows every formula.

Rates: DoorDash for Merchants pricing, https://merchants.doordash.com/en-us/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026.

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The food subtotal DoorDash sold for you in a month. $15,000 is an example; type your own.

DoorDash says the commission covers credit card processing.

The rest is counted as: delivery by a dasher.

What DoorDash keeps
$0
a month, $0 a year
That is 0% of those sales.
On a $30 order
$0.00
goes to DoorDash
The same sales on your own site
$0
a month in card processing, at about 3%. No commission.
Break-even

$0

How we got this

Effective rate = each kind of order's share times its rate, added up.

DoorDash keeps = monthly sales times the effective rate.

Break-even = Zayos plan divided by (effective rate minus 3% card processing).

Rates: DoorDash for Merchants pricing, https://merchants.doordash.com/en-us/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. DoorDash can change them, and your own agreement is what you pay. Ads and promotions you fund are not included. Zayos is $399, $499 or $599 per location a month; the diner pays a flat $0.99 service fee on pickup and delivery, never the restaurant.

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Which DoorDash rates does the calculator use?

The rates DoorDash lists on its own pricing page. The calculator and the DoorDash fee table read the same file, so they cannot disagree.

DoorDash rates used by this calculator, read 4 Oct 2026
Plan Delivery by a DasherPickup
Basic 15%6%
Plus 25%6%
Premier 30%6%

Source: DoorDash for Merchants pricing, https://merchants.doordash.com/en-us/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. DoorDash says the commission covers credit card processing.

Related: what DoorDash charges restaurants, read my delivery statement, menu markup calculator, savings calculator and all free tools.

What do owners ask about DoorDash fees?

How do I calculate what DoorDash takes from my restaurant?
Multiply your monthly sales through DoorDash by the rate on your plan. On an order DoorDash delivers, the listed rates are 15% on Basic, 25% on Plus, 30% on Premier, per DoorDash's pricing page read on 4 October 2026. The calculator does this for a mix of delivery and other orders and shows the formula.

How much does DoorDash take on a $30 order?
On a $30 order that DoorDash delivers, DoorDash keeps $4.50 on Basic, $7.50 on Plus, $9.00 on Premier. That is arithmetic on DoorDash's published rates, read on 4 October 2026. DoorDash says the commission covers credit card processing.

Is card processing on top of the DoorDash commission?
No. DoorDash says the commission covers credit card processing. DoorDash also says there is no monthly fee, no subscription and no contract. The optional DoorDash Tablet is $6 a week after the trial, and Promotions and Sponsored Listings cost extra; none of those are in this calculator.

How much is DoorDash commission on pickup orders?
DoorDash lists 6% on pickup orders on every plan. Enter the share of your DoorDash sales that is pickup and the calculator blends the two rates into one effective rate.

What would the same order cost on my own site?
On your own ordering site there is no commission. A direct order still pays card processing, about 3%. Zayos charges a flat $399, $499 or $599 per location a month, and the diner pays a flat $0.99 service fee on pickup and delivery, never the restaurant.

Is anything I type here saved?
No. The calculator runs in your browser. Nothing is stored and nothing is sent to Zayos. The page address holds only the numbers, so you can copy the link, send it on WhatsApp or by text, or print the result.

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