What are the main alternatives to Grubhub?

20 other food & restaurant tools are listed in this directory, led by DoorDash, Uber Eats, HotSchedules, Compeat. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.

What is the best free alternative to Grubhub?

None of the food & restaurant tools listed alongside Grubhub publish a free tier on the record we hold.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Grubhub?

Yes. 3 of the alternatives below start under Grubhub's $15/order: HotSchedules at $2/employee/month, CrunchTime at Free, Deputy at $3.5/user/month.

Is there a reason to switch away from Grubhub?

Nothing in the data flags one. Grubhub publishes its pricing, and starts at $15/order against a category median of $79/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.

What would I give up by switching from Grubhub?

Grubhub is most often brought in for point of sale, order management, inventory control, staff scheduling. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.

Is there an open-source alternative to Grubhub?

None of the food & restaurant tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.

How were these Grubhub alternatives chosen?

They are the tools filed in the same category, Food & Restaurant, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.

Where can I compare Grubhub against one of these directly?

Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Grubhub covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.

Does this list cover every food & restaurant tool?

No. It covers what this directory holds in the Food & Restaurant category, 20 tools beside Grubhub. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.

Food & Restaurant · alternatives

Alternatives to Grubhub

20 food & restaurant tools sit alongside Grubhub in this directory. Below is what separates each from Grubhub on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.

Alternatives listed: 20
With a free tier: 0
Cheaper to start: 3
Grubhub starts at: $15/order

Why people look past Grubhub

Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Grubhub publishes its pricing, and starts at $15/order against a category median of $79/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.

What each alternative does differently

Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.

DoorDash

$15/order

Food delivery marketplace for restaurants

Priced and rated the same as Grubhub on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.

Grubhub vs DoorDash DoorDash review

Uber Eats

$15/order

Global food delivery marketplace

Priced and rated the same as Grubhub on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.

Grubhub vs Uber Eats Uber Eats review

HotSchedules

$2/employee/month

Restaurant employee scheduling software

Starts $13 a employee/month cheaper, at $2/employee/month.
Sold on a subscription model rather than transaction.
2 tiers to Grubhub's 3.

Grubhub vs HotSchedules HotSchedules review

Compeat

$350/month

Restaurant back office and accounting

Starts $335 a month dearer, at $350/month.
Sold on a subscription model rather than transaction.
2 tiers to Grubhub's 3.

Grubhub vs Compeat Compeat review

Backbar

On request

Bar inventory management with drink costing and purchasing tools

Sold on a subscription model rather than transaction.

Grubhub vs Backbar Backbar review

CrunchTime

Free

Restaurant operations platform

Starts $15 a month cheaper, at Free.
Sold on a subscription model rather than transaction.
1 tier to Grubhub's 3.

Grubhub vs CrunchTime CrunchTime review

Every Grubhub alternative at a glance

A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.

Food & Restaurant alternatives to Grubhub
Tool	Entry price	Model	Tiers	Head to head
Grubhub (this page)	$15/order	Transaction	3
DoorDashMarket leader food delivery platform with 67% US market share, wider restaurant selection, and similar commission-based model for restaurants.	$15/order	Transaction	3	vs Grubhub
Uber EatsSecond-largest food delivery platform with fastest average delivery times (33 minutes) and strong presence in major metropolitan areas.	$15/order	Transaction	3	vs Grubhub
HotSchedules	$2/employee/month	Subscription	2	vs Grubhub
Compeat	$350/month	Subscription	2	vs Grubhub
Backbar	On request	Subscription	-	vs Grubhub
CrunchTime	Free	Subscription	1	vs Grubhub
ChowNow	$249/month	-	3	vs Grubhub
Jolt	$69/month	Subscription	3	vs Grubhub
Aloha POS	$150/month	Subscription	3	vs Grubhub
CookDocs	$49/month	Subscription	2	vs Grubhub
BentoBox	$99/month	Subscription	3	vs Grubhub
Galley Solutions	$300/month	Subscription	2	vs Grubhub
Deputy	$3.5/user/month	Subscription	3	vs Grubhub
Caviar	$20/order	Transaction	1	vs Grubhub
Heartland Restaurant	$89/month	Subscription	2	vs Grubhub
Avero	$200/month	Subscription	2	vs Grubhub
Lavu	$99/month	-	-	vs Grubhub
Clover	$29/month	Subscription	2	vs Grubhub
Apicbase	$200/month	Subscription	2	vs Grubhub
CAKE POS	$69/month	Subscription	2	vs Grubhub

Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Grubhub badges page.

Cheaper ways to solve the same problem

Cheaper than Grubhub (3)

Entry price under Grubhub's $15/order. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.

HotSchedules , $2/employee/month
CrunchTime , Free
Deputy , $3.5/user/month

What you would be giving up

Grubhub is most often brought in for point of sale, order management, inventory control, staff scheduling. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.

Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.

If Grubhub is broadly right and the question is cost, the Grubhub pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Food & Restaurant category lists everything the directory holds, and best food & restaurant tools ranks them.

Grubhub runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.

Questions about Grubhub alternatives

What are the main alternatives to Grubhub?: 20 other food & restaurant tools are listed in this directory, led by DoorDash, Uber Eats, HotSchedules, Compeat. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
What is the best free alternative to Grubhub?: None of the food & restaurant tools listed alongside Grubhub publish a free tier on the record we hold.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Grubhub?: Yes. 3 of the alternatives below start under Grubhub's $15/order: HotSchedules at $2/employee/month, CrunchTime at Free, Deputy at $3.5/user/month.
Is there a reason to switch away from Grubhub?: Nothing in the data flags one. Grubhub publishes its pricing, and starts at $15/order against a category median of $79/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
What would I give up by switching from Grubhub?: Grubhub is most often brought in for point of sale, order management, inventory control, staff scheduling. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
Is there an open-source alternative to Grubhub?: None of the food & restaurant tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
How were these Grubhub alternatives chosen?: They are the tools filed in the same category, Food & Restaurant, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
Where can I compare Grubhub against one of these directly?: Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Grubhub covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
Does this list cover every food & restaurant tool?: No. It covers what this directory holds in the Food & Restaurant category, 20 tools beside Grubhub. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.