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Alternatives to Zomato
19 restaurants tools sit alongside Zomato in this directory. Below is what separates each from Zomato on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Zomato starts at
- Free
Why people look past Zomato
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Zomato has a free tier. 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.
Indian food delivery marketplace with Instamart quick commerce grocery built in
Priced and rated the same as Zomato 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
- Sold on a Free to download; delivery and service fees per order, optional subscription for reduced fees model rather than Free to download; delivery and platform fees per order, optional paid membership.
European takeaway marketplace, merged with Grubhub as Just Eat Takeaway.com
- Sold on a Free to download; delivery and service fees per order, set by restaurant and market model rather than Free to download; delivery and platform fees per order, optional paid membership.
- 1 tier to Zomato's 2.
Low cost restaurant point of sale used across India and the United Arab Emirates
- No free tier, where Zomato has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than Free to download; delivery and platform fees per order, optional paid membership.
- 1 tier to Zomato's 2.
Forecast driven scheduling, inventory and purchasing for multi site hospitality groups
- No free tier, where Zomato has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than Free to download; delivery and platform fees per order, optional paid membership.
- 1 tier to Zomato's 2.
Enterprise cloud restaurant platform for chains across India, the Middle East and South East Asia
- No free tier, where Zomato has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than Free to download; delivery and platform fees per order, optional paid membership.
- 1 tier to Zomato's 2.
Every Zomato 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zomato (this page) | Free | Free to download; delivery and platform fees per order, optional paid membership | 2 | |
| SwiggyIf you want India's other major delivery marketplace with comparable coverage | Free | Free to download; delivery and platform fees per order, optional paid membership | 2 | vs Zomato |
| DeliverooIf you are ordering outside India and want a comparable European marketplace | Free | Free to download; delivery and service fees per order, optional subscription for reduced fees | 2 | vs Zomato |
| Just Eat | Free | Free to download; delivery and service fees per order, set by restaurant and market | 1 | vs Zomato |
| Petpooja | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zomato |
| Nory | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zomato |
| Restroworks | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zomato |
| Flipdish | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zomato |
| Foodics | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zomato |
| PAR Brink POS | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zomato |
| Deliverect | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zomato |
| Epos Now | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zomato |
| Lunchbox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zomato |
| Otter | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Zomato |
| UrbanPiper | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zomato |
| Craftable | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Zomato |
| Oracle MICROS Simphony | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zomato |
| WISK | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zomato |
| Slice | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Zomato |
| Galley Solutions | $300/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Zomato |
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 Zomato badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Zomato is most often brought in for a diner in an indian city ordering food delivery or comparing restaurants before eating out, a frequent orderer weighing whether zomato gold discounts outweigh its subscription cost, someone booking a table at a partner restaurant through the dine-out feature, a restaurant owner using zomato for business to manage online orders and view sales analytics. 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 Zomato is broadly right and the question is cost, the Zomato 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.
Zomato runs on ios, android, web. 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 Zomato alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Zomato?
- 19 other restaurants tools are listed in this directory, led by Swiggy, Deliveroo, Just Eat, Petpooja. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Zomato?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Swiggy, Deliveroo, Just Eat.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Zomato?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Zomato has a free tier. 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 Zomato?
- Zomato is most often brought in for a diner in an indian city ordering food delivery or comparing restaurants before eating out, a frequent orderer weighing whether zomato gold discounts outweigh its subscription cost, someone booking a table at a partner restaurant through the dine-out feature, a restaurant owner using zomato for business to manage online orders and view sales analytics. 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 Zomato?
- 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 Zomato 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 Zomato against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Zomato 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, 19 tools beside Zomato. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.