Grubhub alternatives for restaurants: 7 options compared
Published July 2026 · Updated October 4, 2026
Grubhub alternatives for restaurants fall into four groups: other marketplaces such as DoorDash and Uber Eats, Grubhub Direct for your own orders, a direct ordering site you own such as Zayos, Owner.com or ChowNow, and the ordering built into your register. Most restaurants keep Grubhub and add a direct site.
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What are the alternatives to Grubhub for a restaurant?
| Alternative | What it is | Published pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| DoorDash | Another marketplace. Same model, different diners. | A 15%, 25% or 30% commission on delivery orders by plan, and 6% on pickup. Source: DoorDash for Merchants pricing, https://merchants.doordash.com/en-us/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. | Reaching diners who use DoorDash and not Grubhub. It does not lower your cost per order. |
| Uber Eats | Another marketplace. | 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. |
| Grubhub Direct | Grubhub's own ordering page for your website. | Grubhub publishes its current terms for Grubhub Direct at https://get.grubhub.com/. | A restaurant that wants a direct page fast and is content to keep it inside Grubhub. |
| 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 Grubhub.
How much does Grubhub charge restaurants?
Grubhub lists three marketplace plans with a 5%, 15% or 20% marketing commission. Delivery fees start at 10% when Grubhub drivers deliver, and payment processing fees are not included in those percentages (Source: Grubhub Marketplace, https://get.grubhub.com/products/marketplace/, read 4 Oct 2026). The three stack on one order.
Across the apps, the base commission runs 15% to 30%. The blended real cost is 25% to 35% once delivery, marketing and processing fees stack.
What Grubhub charges restaurants, line by lineWhat is the Grubhub equivalent for a restaurant's own orders?
It 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.
On your own site there is no marketplace commission on the food, and the diner's name, email and phone go on your list.
What delivery dispatch isShould a restaurant leave Grubhub or add an alternative?
Add, do not leave. Grubhub is where some new diners find you. The cost problem is the regular who already knows your name and still orders through the app.
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.
Savings calculatorWhat does a direct Grubhub 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, Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber Eats orders arrive in one feed with direct orders on the Otter tablet. We get you live in under a week.
Zayos pricingSource for the prices and rates in this section: Grubhub for Restaurants pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. A company can change them; its own page is what counts.
What else do owners ask about Grubhub alternatives?
What is the best alternative to Grubhub for restaurants?
Is Grubhub cheaper than DoorDash or Uber Eats?
What is Grubhub Direct?
Can I still get delivery drivers without the Grubhub marketplace?
Will I lose customers if I move orders off Grubhub?
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: 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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Source for the prices and rates in this section: Grubhub for Restaurants pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. A company can change them; its own page is what counts.
What would you keep with Grubhub's rate filled in?
The calculator opens at 25% or more: Grubhub's listed rate for Plus plan 15% plus delivery from 10%. Source: Grubhub for Restaurants pricing, https://get.grubhub.com/grubhub-pricing-and-fees/, read 4 Oct 2026. Change any number to your own. The share moved to direct is an estimate you set, not a promise. For Grubhub alone, use the Grubhub 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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