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Top Door Dash Alternatives for Restaurant Owners
DoorDash is one of the biggest food delivery platforms that generated $20 billion in gross order value in Q3 2024. But behind the numbers also lies a tough reality for restaurant owners.
- High commission fees (15-30%) that eat into already thin margins
- Limited delivery flexibility, forcing restaurants to use DoorDash’s drivers and pricing
- Users report issues like undelivered orders, incorrect items, and difficulties getting refunds
If you’re tired of these restrictions, it’s time to consider alternatives. Platforms like RestoLabs offer a commission-free online ordering system, giving you full control over your sales, branding, and customer relationships, without the hefty platform fees.
We’ll look at six Doordash alternatives, that help you control your orders and keep more of your profits.
Top 6 Doordash Alternatives: A Quick Overview
Before we take a deep dive into each Doordash alternative, here’s a quick rundown of each platform, their commission rates, features, and ratings.
Now let’s look at all Doordash competitors in detail.
1. Grubhub
Grubhub serves over 31.5 million customers, offering restaurants exposure to a wide audience. It functions as a marketplace, letting customers browse menus and order online. However, like other third-party platforms, Grubhub controls the transaction, takes a cut of every sale, and owns the customer relationship, not the restaurant.
For restaurants, Grubhub provides marketing tools and order management technology. But after that, commission fees can reach up to 30% per order, eating into profits. While some restaurants increase menu prices to offset these fees, price hikes have limits before customers start noticing and looking elsewhere.
Even Grubhub Direct, marketed as a commission-free solution, keeps restaurants dependent on the platform. Instead of giving full control, it offers a branded page within Grubhub’s ecosystem, meaning Grubhub still manages transactions, customer data, and fulfillment.
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* Includes 10% delivery fees
Read our article on Grubhub commission fees.
2. Uber Eats
Uber Eats is one of the largest food delivery platforms, connecting restaurants with thousands of potential customers. It offers exposure, a built-in delivery network, and marketing tools to help restaurants grow. However, partnering with Uber Eats isn’t the same as having your own online ordering system.
Like other third-party marketplaces, Uber Eats acts as the middleman—handling transactions, controlling customer interactions, and charging restaurants a commission per order. While it can save operational costs by providing a delivery network, it also limits a restaurant’s control over pricing, customer data, and service quality.
Restaurants can access tools like Uber Eats Orders, a tablet system for managing orders, and Uber Eats Manager, which provides insights into menus, payments, and sales. However, everything remains within Uber Eats' ecosystem, meaning restaurants never truly own their customer relationships.
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3. RestoLabs
Third-party platforms take a 30%+ cut from every order and control your customer data. Restolabs changes that. It’s a commission-free, all-in-one online ordering solution that gives restaurants full control over branding, pricing, and customer relationships—all with transparent, flat pricing and no hidden fees.
With Restolabs, customers order directly from your website, customizing pickup, delivery, or catering orders up to three months in advance. Orders sync instantly with POS systems (Toast, Revel, PAR Pixel & more) and kitchen displays, eliminating manual entry errors. Real-time menu updates prevent customers from ordering unavailable items.
For delivery, you can integrate with Uber Eats, DoorDash, and Postmates for last-mile service or use your own drivers with built-in order tracking and custom delivery zones.
Better customer engagement? Restolabs offers custom branding, loyalty programs, push notifications, and a coupon/banner builder—with email & SMS marketing on the way to make the suite even stronger.
With setup in under a week, 24/7 support, and advanced analytics, Restolabs is a cost-effective, scalable alternative to third-party marketplaces, helping you drive direct orders, grow your brand, and keep your profits where they belong.
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A 30-day free trial is available
4. PopMenu
Popmenu is a cloud-based platform that makes managing a restaurant easy by helping them create, update, and organize their menus. It offers interactive menus that let customers order online and leave real-time reviews, which can really help boost sales and visibility.
Plus, Popmenu has some great marketing tools, like text messaging, that let restaurants run targeted campaigns to encourage repeat business. It also helps optimize things on the floor with features like waitlisting and support for delivery and curbside pickup, making everything run smoothly and efficiently.
One downside of Popmenu is that it requires time to fully integrate with existing systems, especially for restaurants with more complex operations. And while its features are robust, the platform's pricing may be on the higher side for smaller businesses.
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5. Chownow
ChowNow is an online food-ordering marketplace that lets customers place orders directly with restaurants and food trucks. They can do so through their website or mobile app and can choose to order ahead or place real-time pickup and delivery orders.
Through the platform, restaurants can also personalize the ordering experience with their branding and logo.
Plus, the platform offers “Order Ahead” option, allowing orders to be placed up to 24 hours in advance. Customers can quickly pay online and track their orders, while restaurants receive instant notifications and manage orders in real time. Restaurant owners can also optimize their takeout and delivery operations with its analytics, reporting, and marketing features.
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(Varies based on the online ordering revenue of the restaurant)
6. Menufy
Menufy is an online marketplace that lets restaurants create online ordering services without incurring setup costs or commissions. It provides ready-to-use templates, and mobile-friendly ordering websites tailored to each restaurant's brand so that customers can place orders for pickup or delivery directly from the restaurant's site or through the Menufy platform.
The platform doesn’t charge any setup fee, but it charges $1.75 per order. Customers pay these charges, however, restaurants can cover this fee if they choose to. While choosing Menufy might seem like a comfortable choice, you could miss out on the more innovative, forward-thinking solutions that are leading the industry today.
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Now that we’ve explored five Doordash alternatives, let’s see what makes RestoLabs stand out.
Why RestoLabs is the best Doordash alternative
Third-party delivery apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats bring in orders, but at a cost—high commissions, lost customer relationships, and limited control over your own brand. These platforms act as middlemen, taking a share of every order while keeping customer data and interactions within their ecosystem.
Restolabs puts you back in control. With transparent pricing and built-in delivery management, you keep more revenue while maintaining your brand identity. Unlike DoorDash or ChowNow, Restolabs offers full white-label branding, so customers order directly from your restaurant, not a marketplace. That means stronger brand loyalty, repeat business, and higher profits.
Beyond ordering, Restolabs provides valuable customer insights and marketing tools to help restaurants grow. Oil Center Deli saw double-digit growth after switching to Restolabs, using customer data to refine their menu, create targeted promotions, and optimize delivery zones.
“The data we gather from online orders helps us refine our menu, create targeted promotions, and optimize delivery zones. It’s a game-changer for restaurant growth.” – Owner, Oil Center Deli
With Restolabs, you cut costs, strengthen your brand, and simplify operations—without relying on third-party platforms.
Book a demo to see how Restolabs can help you grow while keeping 100% of your profits.
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