What are DoorDash fees really costing you?
Enter your monthly delivery revenue. We'll show you what marketplace commissions take per year, and the exact volume where a flat-fee platform starts winning.
Marketplaces like DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub take roughly 15–30% of every delivery order. A flat-fee platform charges a fixed monthly cost with 0% restaurant commission on direct orders. The flat fee wins once your direct volume is high enough that a percentage would cost more. Below that, marketplaces can be cheaper — this calculator shows you your own break-even.
What actually happens when you stop paying commissions
Figures published by Owner.com. Results vary by restaurant, volume and market — yours will be your own.
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Commissions are the number you can see. The quieter costs are the customer whose phone number the marketplace kept, the Google listing that sends orders to an app, and the regular who never came back because nothing reminded them. Those compound in the same direction.
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How this calculator works
We take your monthly delivery revenue and apply the commission rate you select — that's what marketplaces keep. Then we compare it to a flat monthly platform fee. The break-even is the revenue level where the flat fee and the commission cost exactly the same. Below it, commissions are cheaper. Above it, every extra dollar of direct revenue is margin you keep.
Two things this deliberately does not do. It doesn't assume you can move 100% of marketplace orders to direct — realistically you'll move a portion, and marketplaces still bring discovery. And it doesn't count the value of owning the customer's email and phone number, which is usually the bigger long-term win.
If your delivery volume is low, a flat monthly fee will cost you more than commissions. We'd rather you see that in the numbers than find out after signing up. Run your real revenue through the calculator above before you switch anything.
Frequently asked
How much does DoorDash actually take per order?
DoorDash charges restaurants roughly 15–30% commission per delivery order depending on the plan you're on, plus payment processing. Uber Eats and Grubhub sit in a similar range. That comes off the top of every order, before food cost.
Is a flat-fee ordering platform cheaper than DoorDash?
It depends entirely on your direct order volume. A flat monthly fee only beats commissions once your direct delivery and pickup revenue is high enough that the fee costs less than the percentage. Below that volume, commissions can be cheaper. This calculator shows you your own break-even point.
Should I stop using DoorDash completely?
Usually no. Most restaurants keep marketplaces as a discovery channel and use them to acquire customers, then push those customers to order directly next time. The marketplaces bring reach; direct orders bring margin and the customer relationship.
What is Owner.com and why is it in this calculator?
Owner.com is a flat-fee platform that gives restaurants their own ordering website and app with 0% restaurant commission on its Flat plan. We use it with clients and it's an affiliate partner, which we disclose. The calculator works whether or not you use them — the math is the math.
Affiliate disclosure: Owner.com is an affiliate partner. If you sign up through our link we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It does not change the math above, and we say plainly when switching is the wrong move.