Alternatives · Food deliveryDoorDash alternatives for NYC restaurants
Delivery commission is the line item most NYC owners would cut first if they could. This page puts the percentage model you already know next to a flat per-order fee, so you can see what actually changes on the bottom line.
Pricing sourced July 2026 · Pre-launch comparison
In short
The main reason NYC restaurants go looking for a DoorDash alternative is the commission, which runs 15% to 30% per delivery order. The structural alternative is a flat per-order fee, where the platform charges the same small amount on every order rather than a percentage that grows with the ticket.
Should you switch from DoorDash?
A flat $2 an order usually makes sense when:
- Your average order runs above about $7, the point where the 30% Premier commission passes a flat $2.
- You get large or catering orders, where a percentage takes the biggest bite.
- Delivery commission is your single largest platform cost and you want it to stop scaling with sales.
- You want one predictable number per order rather than a cut that grows with the ticket.
- Honest exception: on tiny orders under about $7 the 30% works out below $2, so a spot with a very low average ticket can pay less on a percentage.
Commission on a delivery app is not a fixed cost. It is closer to a tax on doing well: the busier you are and the larger the orders, the more it takes. At 30 percent, a restaurant doing $20,000 a month in delivery hands over $6,000. That is the number any alternative has to beat.
A flat-fee platform charges the same amount per order whatever the size, so the more you sell the more the maths tips your way. That is exactly how Bobby's NYC model is planned: a flat $2 per food order, $1 to the restaurant and $1 to the driver, with the kitchen keeping the full menu price.