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Alternatives to Uber Eats
22 restaurants tools sit alongside Uber Eats in this directory. Below is what separates each from Uber Eats on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 4
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Uber Eats starts at
- $15/order
Why people look past Uber Eats
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Uber Eats entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Uber Eats carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 4 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
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.
Food delivery marketplace for restaurants
Priced and rated the same as Uber Eats on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Restaurant food delivery marketplace
Priced and rated the same as Uber Eats on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
UK-headquartered food delivery marketplace connecting restaurants, riders and diners
- Can be used without paying; Uber Eats cannot.
- Sold on a Free to download; delivery and service fees per order, optional subscription for reduced fees model rather than transaction.
- 2 tiers to Uber Eats's 3.
Indian food delivery marketplace with Instamart quick commerce grocery built in
- Can be used without paying; Uber Eats cannot.
- Sold on a Free to download; delivery and platform fees per order, optional paid membership model rather than transaction.
- 2 tiers to Uber Eats's 3.
European takeaway marketplace, merged with Grubhub as Just Eat Takeaway.com
- Can be used without paying; Uber Eats cannot.
- Sold on a Free to download; delivery and service fees per order, set by restaurant and market model rather than transaction.
- 1 tier to Uber Eats's 3.
Indian food delivery and restaurant discovery app, now operating under parent brand Eternal
- Can be used without paying; Uber Eats cannot.
- Sold on a Free to download; delivery and platform fees per order, optional paid membership model rather than transaction.
- 2 tiers to Uber Eats's 3.
Every Uber Eats alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uber Eats (this page) | $15/order | Transaction | 3 | |
| DoorDashLargest food delivery competitor with extensive restaurant partnerships and consumer reach in North America | $15/order | Transaction | 3 | vs Uber Eats |
| GrubhubFood delivery marketplace with strong diner base and restaurant delivery integrations | $15/order | Transaction | 3 | vs Uber Eats |
| Deliveroo | Free | Free to download; delivery and service fees per order, optional subscription for reduced fees | 2 | vs Uber Eats |
| Swiggy | Free | Free to download; delivery and platform fees per order, optional paid membership | 2 | vs Uber Eats |
| Just Eat | Free | Free to download; delivery and service fees per order, set by restaurant and market | 1 | vs Uber Eats |
| Zomato | Free | Free to download; delivery and platform fees per order, optional paid membership | 2 | vs Uber Eats |
| Petpooja | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uber Eats |
| Nory | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uber Eats |
| Restroworks | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uber Eats |
| Flipdish | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uber Eats |
| Foodics | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uber Eats |
| PAR Brink POS | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uber Eats |
| Deliverect | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uber Eats |
| Epos Now | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uber Eats |
| Lunchbox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uber Eats |
| Otter | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Uber Eats |
| UrbanPiper | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uber Eats |
| Craftable | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Uber Eats |
| Oracle MICROS Simphony | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uber Eats |
| WISK | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uber Eats |
| Slice | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Uber Eats |
| Galley Solutions | $300/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Uber Eats |
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 Uber Eats badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Uber Eats 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 Uber Eats is broadly right and the question is cost, the Uber Eats pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Restaurants category lists everything the directory holds, and best restaurants tools ranks them.
Uber Eats 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 Uber Eats alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Uber Eats?
- 22 other restaurants tools are listed in this directory, led by DoorDash, Grubhub, Deliveroo, Swiggy. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Uber Eats?
- 4 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Deliveroo, Swiggy, Just Eat, Zomato.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Uber Eats?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Uber Eats?
- Uber Eats 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 Uber Eats?
- None of the restaurants 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 Uber Eats alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Restaurants, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Uber Eats against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Uber Eats 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 restaurants tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Restaurants category, 22 tools beside Uber Eats. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.