Uber Eats commission for restaurants: what you really pay

Uber Eats charges US restaurants 20% of each delivered order on its Lite plan, 25% on Plus (30% on orders from Uber One members) and 30% on Premium [1]. Pickup orders cost 7% on every plan if your app prices match your in-store prices, and 10% if they don't [1]. Orders placed on your own website through Uber's Webshop pay 2.5% + $0.29 instead [1].

These rates went up on March 11, 2026: Lite rose from 15% to 20%, Plus orders from Uber One members from 25% to 30%, and pickup from 6% to 7% [2]. Many pages still show the old numbers. Below: what each plan gets you, what you keep on a real order, a month worked out, how many more orders a higher plan must bring to pay for itself, and how to pay Uber Eats less.

1. Uber Eats commission rates by plan (2026)

These are the rates on Uber Eats' US pricing page, read November 2, 2026 [1]. Uber calls the commission a "Marketplace Fee". It is charged on the order's food subtotal.

If you self-deliver and send an order to Uber's drivers instead, that order costs 25% [1]. Restaurants that already had a custom rate saw it rise by 3, capped at 30% [2].

2. How the pickup fee works: 7% or 10%

Pickup is the cheapest way to be on Uber Eats, but there are two rates. You pay 7% when Uber has validated that your in-app prices are the same as your in-store prices; otherwise you pay 10% [1].

That matters because the most common way to cover the delivery commission is to raise prices in the app. Do that and your pickup orders move from 7% to 10% as well. On a $25 pickup order that is $2.50 instead of $1.75. Small per order, but it adds up on a busy pickup trade, and it is the trade-off no other guide we read mentions.

3. What you keep on one $25 order

One $25 food subtotal, before your food cost and before tax, sent through each channel. Rates from Uber's pricing page [1]; Uber Direct is its delivery service for orders from your own channels, from $7.99 a delivery [1].

The gap between the top and bottom of the table is the whole story. The same regular, ordering the same meal, is worth $17.50 to you through Premium delivery and $25 when they pick it up from your own site.

4. A month of Uber Eats orders, worked out

Say you take 300 delivered orders a month through Uber Eats at an average $25 subtotal: $7,500 of food sales.

Before March 2026, the same month on Lite cost $1,125. The rate rise alone adds $375 a month, $4,500 a year, to a 300-order Lite restaurant.

5. Is Plus or Premium worth it? The break-even

A higher plan only pays if it brings enough extra orders to cover the higher rate on every order, including the ones you would have had on Lite anyway. To check it, work out what each order leaves you after Uber's fee and your food and packaging cost.

An example with a food and packaging cost of 32% of the menu price ($8 on a $25 order; see how to price a menu item to work out your own):

• Lite: $25 − $5.00 fee − $8 food = $12.00 per order.
• Plus (no Uber One orders): $25 − $6.25 − $8 = $10.75.
• Premium: $25 − $7.50 − $8 = $9.50.

If Lite brings you 100 orders a month, that is $1,200. To leave you the same $1,200, Plus needs 112 orders (12% more) and Premium needs 127 (27% more). If half your Plus orders come from Uber One members, Plus needs 119.

So the test is simple: switch for a full month, count orders, and compare with your last month on the cheaper plan. Uber's 0% first 30 days on Plus and Premium [1] makes the first month look better than it is, so judge on the second month. If orders didn't rise by the break-even share, move back down.

6. The Premium safety net, and its conditions

Premium waives its fees in any month with fewer than 20 orders during your first 6 months, as long as you have fewer than 3 cancellations or missed orders and stay online at least 95% of your store hours [1]. It protects a new store from paying 30% on a slow start; it does nothing for a store with a steady 21 or more orders a month.

7. Should you raise your prices on Uber Eats?

Many restaurants do, and Uber Eats lets you set app prices. The price that keeps your take the same as a $25 counter sale:

Two catches. First, diners already pay a delivery fee and a service fee on top, so a 25–43% higher menu can push them to a cheaper rival a few rows down the app. Second, as above, prices that don't match your store move your pickup orders from 7% to 10% [1]. A middle path many owners use: raise only the items that travel well and sell anyway (mains, bowls, family meals), keep drinks and sides close to the store price, and keep a few items app-only.

8. Lower rates in some cities

Several US cities cap what delivery apps may charge restaurants, and Uber lists Lite rates for them on its pricing page [1]:

If you are in one of these places, check your statement shows the local rate. Caps change by ordinance, so read Uber's page for your city before you sign.

9. Other Uber Eats costs on top of commission

• Ads and offers. Every plan can buy ads and run offers in the app [1]. These are billed on top of the commission, and the "boost" on Plus is a better place to buy them, not free ads.
• Activation and tablet fees. Uber's US pricing page doesn't list them [1]. Uber's help pages say activation fees and tablet fees can show up as "miscellaneous" charges on your payment statement [3], and in Australia Uber charges a $500 activation fee for a new location, taken from payouts in weekly instalments [4]. Ask your Uber rep in writing whether any applies to you before you go live.
• Refunds and missing items. When a diner reports a problem, the refund can come out of your payout. Keep photos of sealed bags at handoff so you can dispute.
• Packaging. Delivery packaging that holds up for 20 minutes costs more than a dine-in plate. Put it in your food cost, not your overhead.

Payouts arrive weekly, with a statement for each week you were paid [3].

10. Uber Eats vs DoorDash commission

The two apps have the same three-tier shape, but Uber Eats now costs more at the bottom tier.

Which app brings more orders where you are, whether to be on both, and a 6-step test are in DoorDash vs Uber Eats for restaurants.

DoorDash figures are from its own pricing pages; the detail, with a $25 order worked out on every DoorDash plan, is in DoorDash commission fee for restaurants. Many places run both apps, each on its lowest plan, and let diners who already use one app find them there.

11. How to pay Uber Eats less without leaving it

1. Start on Lite. Move up only after a month on Lite shows you where you stand, and judge the move on the break-even in section 5.
2. Push pickup. At 7%, a pickup order costs you a third of a Lite delivery. Put "order for pickup" on your Uber menu photos and in-store signs.
3. Match prices if pickup is a big share. The 3-point gap between 7% and 10% can be worth more than a small delivery markup. Run both numbers on last month's orders.
4. Self-deliver if you already have a driver. At 15% instead of 20–30%, it pays when your driver is idle between catering runs anyway.
5. Turn off offers that don't bring new diners. A discount your regulars use every week is a second commission.
6. Check your city's rate against the table in section 8.
7. Bring regulars to your own ordering page. Put a card in every Uber bag with a QR to your own menu, where they can order pickup with no fee to an app. A regular who orders twice a month on Premium costs you about $180 a year in commission on $25 orders.
8. Count which orders are new. The commission is fair for a first order from someone who would never have found you. It is a tax on the regular who would have called you anyway.

The fees that remain once an order comes to you direct, and the ways to take those orders with their prices, are in commission-free online ordering for restaurants. If you don't have your own ordering page yet, you can build a free menu site with pickup ordering from a photo of your menu; diners pay you at the counter, so no one takes a cut.

Common mistakes

• Using 2025 numbers. Lite is 20% now, not 15%, and pickup is 7% or 10%, not 6% [1] [2].
• Judging Plus or Premium on the free first month. The 0% intro hides the rate you will pay from month two.
• Raising every app price and losing the 7% pickup rate without noticing.
• Running offers on every item. You pay the commission on top of the discount you just gave.
• Putting the fee in the wrong place. Commission is a cost of each order. If your food cost is 32% and Uber takes 30%, more than 60% of that sale is gone before rent, wages and the card fee.
• Never asking regulars to order direct. They don't know you have your own page unless you tell them.

Questions

What percentage does Uber Eats take from restaurants?

20% of each delivered order on Lite, 25% on Plus (30% on Uber One orders) and 30% on Premium; pickup is 7% with matching prices, else 10% [1]. Some cities cap delivery at 15% on Lite [1].

Did Uber Eats raise its commission in 2026?

Yes. From March 11, 2026, Lite went from 15% to 20%, Plus orders from Uber One members from 25% to 30%, and pickup from 6% to 7%; Plus and Premium stayed at 25% and 30% [2].

Does Uber Eats charge commission on pickup orders?

Yes: 7% if Uber has validated that your app prices match your store prices, 10% if not, on every plan [1].

Can I change my Uber Eats plan?

Uber's pricing page offers each plan to every US store [1]; ask Uber support or your rep to move you. Test a higher plan for a full month after the 0% intro and compare orders with the break-even in section 5.

Is Uber Eats or DoorDash cheaper for restaurants?

At the lowest tier DoorDash is cheaper: 15% against 20% for delivery, 6% against 7% for pickup. At the middle and top tiers the delivery rates match (25% and 30%), but Uber charges 30% on Plus orders from Uber One members [1]. Grubhub splits its fee into a marketing commission and a delivery fee; see Grubhub's commission fee for restaurants.

How do I avoid Uber Eats fees completely?

Only on orders that don't go through the app: pickup or delivery ordered on your own website or by phone. Webshop, Uber's own ordering page for your site, still charges 2.5% + $0.29 an order [1]. A page where diners pay you at the counter charges nothing per order.

Want your regulars ordering from you, not the app? Build your menu site free from a photo of your menu, with pickup orders that ring your phone and no commission. For what a site and ordering cost in full, read what a restaurant website costs, and find more answers in all our guides.

Sources

1. Uber Eats pricing for merchants (US), Uber, read Nov 2, 2026.
2. Uber Eats increases marketplace fees, Restaurant Dive, March 10, 2026.
3. View past payments and breakdowns, Uber Help, read Nov 2, 2026 (as listed in search).
4. Uber Eats pricing for merchants (Australia), Uber, read Nov 2, 2026 (as listed in search).