Order price comparison

Cost Comparison: OrderFare vs. DoorDash & Uber Eats

Set the order price on the left, see the real cost on the right: the same food, priced the way each service prices it.

1 Order price

What the food costs at the counter Pizza, subs, wings: whatever you'd order.

2 What you pay for it
$31.49
total before tip
$30.00food
OrderFare
Hidden markup$0
Service fee, flat$1.49
Counter prices. One flat fee.
$37.50-42.00
total before tip
$30.00food
DoorDash
Hidden markup 15-25%+$4.50-7.50
Service fee 10-15%+$3.00-4.50
$6.01-10.51 more than OrderFare
$39.00-42.00
total before tip
$30.00food
Uber Eats
Hidden markup 15-25%+$4.50-7.50
Service fee about 15%+$4.50
$7.51-10.51 more than OrderFare
Food at the counter price Hidden menu markup Service fee Up to, at the top of the range
Delivery fees and tips are left out on all three: they depend on distance and go to the restaurant or the driver. The markup and fee ranges come from published rates, listed under Sources at the bottom of this page. Restaurants raise app menu prices to cover the 15-30% commission the apps charge them.
What you pay

The line item you see.

Delivery-app service fees scale with your order. Ours doesn't.

Fee$15 order$30 order$60 order
DoorDash service fee (10-15%) $1.50-2.25 $3.00-4.50 $6.00-9.00
Uber Eats service fee (~15%) $2.25 $4.50 $9.00
OrderFare $1.49 $1.49 $1.49

Our fee is flat. Theirs grows with your order.

Apps service fee$1.50-2.25
OrderFare$1.49
$1.49 no matter the order.

What the restaurant pays

The part you don't see.

Restaurants typically raise their app menu prices 15-25% to cover the apps' 15-30% commission (independents often less, chains up to 30%). On OrderFare, the restaurant pays no commission, so the menu you see is the counter menu.

Menu impact$15 order$30 order$60 order
Hidden menu uplift on the apps (15-25%) $2.25-3.75 $4.50-7.50 $9.00-15.00
OrderFare $0 $0 $0
Delivery app
Menu$30.00
Hidden uplift+$4.50-7.50
Service fee+$3.00-4.50
You pay$37.50-42.00
OrderFare
Menu$30.00
Fee$1.49
You pay$31.49
You pay $6.01-10.51 more on the apps

Put together

On a $30 order.

$7.50-12.00
In fees and uplift, before tip
DoorDash-style service fee plus hidden menu uplift, combined
Gap: $6.01-10.51

Delivery fees are the restaurant's own and are not included on either side. Tips go 100% to the restaurant or driver.


What the restaurant keeps

The other side of the same order.

On that same order, the restaurant keeps the commission it would have otherwise paid to a delivery app. OrderFare charges the restaurant a flat $99/month plan instead - see the pricing details on how it works.

On the apps
On OrderFare
The shop keeps $30.00 on OrderFare, $21.00-25.50 on the apps.

Sources

  1. DoorDash: Updating Our Fee Structure (accessed 2026-09-26)
  2. Restaurant Business Online: "DoorDash unveils tiered pricing plan for restaurants" (accessed 2026-09-26)
  3. Takeout.ai: DoorDash vs Uber Eats fee comparison, 2026 (accessed 2026-09-26)
  4. Yahoo Lifestyle: study on menu markups by chains on delivery platforms (accessed 2026-09-26)
  5. DoorDash Merchant Learning Center: menu pricing insights (accessed 2026-09-26)

Real menu prices. One flat fee.

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