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How much does DoorDash charge restaurants?

Published July 2026 · Updated July 16, 2026

Quick answer

Per DoorDash's published merchant rate card, restaurants pay a delivery commission of roughly 15% on the Basic plan, 25% on the Plus plan, and 30% on the Premier plan, plus a flat pickup commission of about 6% on customer-collected orders. Once payment processing and optional marketing fees are added, the blended real cost of a delivery order commonly lands between 25% and 35%. On a $30 order at 25%, that is $7.50 paid to DoorDash on a single order.

The rate card

DoorDash restaurant commission, by plan.

DoorDash offers three partnership plans that trade a higher commission for more visibility and delivery reach. The figures below are stated per DoorDash's published merchant rate card and apply nationally across the United States.

Plan Delivery commission Pickup commission What it includes
DoorDash Basic ~15% ~6% Lowest delivery-commission tier per DoorDash's published merchant rate card. Comes with the smallest delivery radius and the lowest default placement in the app, so order volume is typically lower than the higher tiers.
DoorDash Plus ~25% ~6% Mid tier per DoorDash's published merchant rate card. Adds eligibility for the DashPass subscriber base and a wider delivery area, which DoorDash positions as the "most popular" plan for most restaurants.
DoorDash Premier ~30% ~6% Top tier per DoorDash's published merchant rate card. Largest delivery area, highest placement priority, and DoorDash's money-back "Growth Guarantee" on a monthly order threshold.
Pickup (all plans) n/a ~6% Flat pickup commission on orders the customer collects in person, where DoorDash provides no driver. Applies across all three partnership plans per the published rate card.

Figures are the published partnership-plan commission rates and are stated as approximate because DoorDash adjusts plan structure and regional availability over time. This page does not quote exact per-order dollar amounts beyond the arithmetic worked example below. Restaurants should confirm current terms in their own DoorDash Merchant Portal agreement.

Sources DoorDash merchant pricing (merchants.doordash.com, accessed July 2026).
The real number

Why the blended cost lands at 25-35%.

The headline commission percentage is not the full picture. The delivery commission (15-30% depending on plan) is the base, but three things push the effective cost higher for most restaurants. First, credit-card processing economics are folded into the marketplace model. Second, restaurants routinely buy visibility — Sponsored Listings and funded promotions — on top of commission to stay competitive in the app. Third, the mix of delivery versus pickup orders and the plan a restaurant sits on both move the average. Add these together and the blended real cost of running volume through DoorDash commonly lands somewhere between 25% and 35% of gross order value.

That range is why a single independent location doing meaningful marketplace volume can lose $48,000 or more per year to third-party commissions. The exact figure depends on order count, average ticket, plan tier, and how much marketing spend the restaurant layers on. The free grader computes the number for a specific restaurant from its own volume and average ticket in about 60 seconds.

15-30%
Base delivery commission, by plan tier
~6%
Flat pickup commission across all plans
25-35%
Blended real cost after fees and marketing
Worked example

A $30 order, three plans.

Simple arithmetic on the published delivery-commission rates, before any advertising spend or funded promotions.

Basic · ~15%
$4.50
to DoorDash on a single $30 order
Plus · ~25%
$7.50
to DoorDash on a single $30 order
Premier · ~30%
$9.00
to DoorDash on a single $30 order

On the Plus plan, one in four dollars of that $30 ticket leaves the restaurant. Over a month of marketplace volume, that single-order figure compounds into the thousands — and every repeat order from the same customer is charged the commission again, because the restaurant never captured the customer relationship.

Marketing and advertising fees

Commission is the floor, not the ceiling. To rank in the app, restaurants buy Sponsored Listings (billed on attributed sales or cost-per-click) and run funded promotions such as "$0 delivery fee" or a percentage off a first order. These are optional in theory but close to mandatory in practice, because a restaurant that stops paying for visibility falls down the default sort. Every dollar of marketing spend sits on top of the 15-30% base commission, which is a large part of why the blended take reaches 25-35%.

You do not own the customer

The commission buys a completed transaction, not a customer relationship. On a marketplace order, the diner's name, email, phone, and order history stay inside DoorDash. The restaurant cannot directly text or email that customer to bring them back, so the next order runs through the marketplace and gets charged the commission all over again. This is the structural reason marketplace economics never improve with loyalty — there is no low-cost repeat channel unless the restaurant builds its own.

What restaurants keep instead

Commission-free direct ordering keeps the 25-35%.

The alternative to paying 15-30% per order is a direct-ordering channel the restaurant owns. On a branded direct-ordering site, the diner checks out on the restaurant's own domain, the restaurant keeps 100% of the food revenue, and the customer record — name, email, phone, order history — belongs to the restaurant. Zay-OS is a commission-free direct-ordering platform priced as a flat fee ($499, $599, or $699 per location per month), with a small flat service fee paid by the diner rather than the restaurant — $0.99 pickup, $2.99 delivery (10% on catering). There is no percentage cut on food revenue.

The point is not to abandon DoorDash. Marketplaces are genuinely good at first-time-diner discovery. The proven playbook is hybrid: keep DoorDash for discovery, add a direct channel for repeat customers, and steer diners over time. Zay-OS ingests DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub orders into the same kitchen tablet via Otter, so a restaurant can run both without stacking tablets or double-keying tickets. Only Naya Grill (Pompano Beach and West Palm Beach) is live on the platform today; every other restaurant is now onboarding.

Straight answers

DoorDash restaurant fees, answered.

How much does DoorDash charge restaurants per order?
Per DoorDash's published merchant rate card, delivery commission is roughly 15% on the Basic plan, 25% on the Plus plan, and 30% on the Premier plan, plus a flat pickup commission of about 6% on customer-collected orders. Most independent restaurants find the blended real cost lands in the 25-35% range once payment processing, promotions, and optional marketing fees are added on top of the base commission.
What is the difference between DoorDash Basic, Plus, and Premier?
They are three partnership plans that trade a higher commission for more visibility and reach. Basic is the lowest commission (~15%) with the smallest delivery area and lowest placement. Plus (~25%) adds the DashPass subscriber audience and a wider delivery radius. Premier (~30%) offers the largest delivery area, top placement, and a "Growth Guarantee." All three carry the same ~6% pickup commission per the published rate card.
Does DoorDash charge fees beyond the commission percentage?
Yes. Beyond the base delivery or pickup commission, restaurants commonly pay for optional marketing — Sponsored Listings (billed on attributed sales / cost-per-click) and promotions like "$0 delivery fee" or a percentage off a first order, which the restaurant funds partly or fully. There are also credit-card processing costs baked into the economics. These extras are why the effective take often exceeds the headline commission percentage.
How much is DoorDash commission on a $30 order?
On DoorDash's Plus plan at ~25% delivery commission, a $30 order gives up about $7.50 to DoorDash on that single order, before any advertising spend or funded promotions. On the Premier plan at ~30%, the same $30 order gives up about $9.00. On the Basic plan at ~15%, it is about $4.50. These figures are simple arithmetic on the published commission rates.
Does the restaurant own the customer on a DoorDash order?
No. On a marketplace order, DoorDash holds the customer relationship — the diner's name, email, phone, and order history stay inside DoorDash, not the restaurant's own system. The restaurant cannot directly remarket to that diner, so every repeat order from the same customer incurs the commission again rather than becoming a low-cost direct reorder.
Is there a way to avoid DoorDash commission?
Restaurants can add a commission-free direct-ordering channel on their own branded site, where they keep 100% of the food revenue instead of paying 15-30% per order. Many operators run a hybrid model: keep DoorDash for first-time-diner discovery while steering repeat customers to direct ordering. Zay-OS is a direct-ordering platform that also ingests DoorDash orders into the same kitchen tablet via Otter, so running both is not extra work.

See what DoorDash cost you last month.

Run the free grader on your real order volume and average ticket to get the exact commission figure for your restaurant in about 60 seconds — then decide how much of it is worth keeping.