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Delivery App Commission Calculator
Rates verified: July 2026
DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub take 15%–30% of every order. Most owners know the bill hurts — few have seen it as an annual number. Move the sliders and see what your restaurant pays in a year.
Your commissions per year
$18,200
The same orders through your own ordering site: $0 in commissions to you. On Ginger, a flat $1/order platform fee is paid by the customer — not out of your revenue.
Estimates use the platforms' published package rates applied to order subtotals. Actual contracts, promotion spend, and Grubhub's separately itemized payment processing (~3.05% + $0.30 per transaction) will move the real number.
Taking That Money Back: Ginger Direct
A marketplace commission buys discovery — it puts you in front of people who have never heard of you. What it costs you unfairly is your regulars: the customers who were always going to order from you, charged 15-30% all the same. Ginger Direct is the direct channel for those orders.
We build the site and the ordering portal and ship one Ginger Box and one iPad. The Box plugs into your router and prints every order to the printers you already own — kitchen and front counter both. The customer pays on your site, so every ticket that prints is already paid for. Your POS is never touched, and its age does not matter.
No monthly fee, no contract, hardware included. The platform fee is $1 per order and the diner pays it, not the restaurant — and for high-volume, small-ticket shops like boba, coffee or quick counters it is 5% per order instead.
Published Commission Rates, 2026
Published rates for the three major platforms as of July 2026. Note: Uber Eats raised rates on March 11, 2026 — its first major change in roughly a decade — and many older articles still cite the pre-increase numbers.
| Platform | Delivery commission (of subtotal) | Pickup | Payment processing |
|---|---|---|---|
| DoorDash | Basic 15% · Plus 25% · Premier 30% | 6% | Included in commission |
| Uber Eats | Lite 20% · Plus 25% (30% on Uber One member orders) · Premier 30% | 7% with validated in-store pricing, else 10% | Included in commission |
| Grubhub | Basic ~15% (self-delivery) · Plus ~20-25% · All-Access ~25-30% | Varies by package | Separate: ~3.05% + $0.30/transaction |
| Your own site (Ginger) | 0% to the restaurant — flat $1/order platform fee paid by the customer | Same | As low as ~2% + 5c via payment partners |
Frequently Asked Questions
How much commission does DoorDash take from restaurants?
DoorDash charges restaurants 15% (Basic), 25% (Plus), or 30% (Premier) of the order subtotal on delivery orders, and 6% on pickup orders across all plans. There are no monthly fees — commissions scale with sales. Rates verified against DoorDash's published pricing in July 2026.
How much does Uber Eats charge restaurants?
Since March 11, 2026, Uber Eats charges 20% (Lite), 25% (Plus — 30% on Uber One member orders), or 30% (Premier) of the order subtotal. Pickup orders are 7% with validated in-store pricing, otherwise 10%. This was Uber Eats' first major rate increase in roughly a decade — many older articles still show the previous 15% Lite rate.
How much does Grubhub charge restaurants?
Grubhub's packages run from roughly 15% (Basic, self-delivery) to about 25-30% (All-Access, with Grubhub drivers and marketing tools). Unlike DoorDash and Uber Eats, Grubhub also charges payment processing separately — approximately 3.05% + $0.30 per transaction on all plans.
Do delivery app commissions include payment processing?
DoorDash and Uber Eats bundle card processing into their commission. Grubhub itemizes it separately at roughly 3.05% + $0.30 per transaction on top of the package commission. Sponsored listings and promotions are extra on all three platforms, which is why real all-in costs are often reported at 30-40% of an order.
How can restaurants avoid delivery app commissions?
Take repeat orders through your own website instead of the marketplace. Direct online ordering has no marketplace commission — on Ginger, online ordering costs the restaurant $0, with a flat $1 platform fee per order paid by the customer. Many restaurants keep a marketplace listing for discovering new customers and move regulars to direct ordering, where the margin stays in the restaurant.
See What $0 Commission Looks Like
Ginger gives every restaurant its own ordering website — orders flow straight to the POS and kitchen. $0/month to the restaurant; the $1/order platform fee is paid by the customer. Staying on the delivery apps too? Those orders flow directly into the same POS — no platform tablets.
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