Zayos vs DoorDash: keep both
Published July 2026 · Updated October 4, 2026
Zayos vs DoorDash is not either-or: keep both. DoorDash is a marketplace that brings new diners and charges 15% to 30% base commission. Zayos is your own ordering site at a flat $399 to $599 per location per month, with no commission on food. Move regulars to direct.
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Source for the prices and rates in this section: DoorDash for Merchants pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. A company can change them; its own page is what counts.
Should I drop DoorDash for Zayos?
No. A marketplace is an app where people browse restaurants they do not know yet. DoorDash is one, and finding you a new diner is a real service with a real price. If first-time diners are a large share of your orders, switching it off would hurt.
Zayos does the other job. When a regular places a twelfth order, that order was never in question, and on your own site it carries no commission. So keep DoorDash for new diners and move repeat orders to direct. The steps are in how to stop paying DoorDash commission.
How much does DoorDash take, and what does Zayos cost?
Marketplace commission is quoted two ways, so ask which one you are hearing. The base commission is 15% to 30% of the order. The blended real cost is 25% to 35% once delivery, marketing and processing fees stack. At a 30% base commission, a $40 order pays $12 in commission. On your own site the same $40 order pays none.
DoorDash publishes its current plans and rates at merchants.doordash.com/en-us/pricing. Read your own rate there and on your payout statement.
Zayos is a flat $399, $499 or $599 per location per month, with no setup fee and no contract. The plan costs the same in a slow month and a busy one. A longer breakdown is on how much DoorDash charges restaurants, and Zayos prices are on pricing.
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How do Zayos and DoorDash compare, row by row?
The job it does
What the restaurant pays
What the diner pays on top of food
Where the diner orders
Who delivers
What happens after the order
The commission ranges are general marketplace ranges, not a DoorDash quote. For the feature-by-feature version, read the full Zayos vs DoorDash comparison.
Source for the prices and rates in this section: DoorDash for Merchants pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. A company can change them; its own page is what counts.
Can DoorDash and Zayos orders run on one tablet?
Yes, on the Operator + Tablet plan at $499 per location per month. DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub orders arrive in one feed with your direct orders, on the Otter tablet. Otter is the order-aggregation tablet software we integrate with. The $399 plan does not include the tablet or delivery-app orders: on that plan, direct orders go into your POS, the point-of-sale system your register runs on. More on the Otter integration.
How much could moving regulars to direct save?
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.
That is one restaurant, measured. Yours depends on your orders, your average order and the share you move. Set each one in the savings calculator and it shows the formula behind every result. In Arabic: بديل دورداش للمطاعم.
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What else do owners ask about running Zayos and DoorDash together?
Should I drop DoorDash if I sign up for Zayos?
If I keep both, am I paying twice?
How much does DoorDash take, 15% or 30%?
Can DoorDash and Zayos orders show on one tablet?
Do I have to change anything on my DoorDash account?
What does the diner pay on Zayos?
How fast would I be taking direct orders?
Related: do restaurants make money on DoorDash, Zayos vs Uber Eats, and what is Zayos.
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Source for the prices and rates in this section: DoorDash for Merchants pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. A company can change them; its own page is what counts.
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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