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What a delivery commission actually costs your restaurant

Delivery marketplaces take a percentage of every order. Put your own order volume, average ticket and commission rate into the sliders below and see what that comes to in a month — and what the same orders would keep on a site you own.

Delivery orders a week60

Average order value$38

Marketplace commission30%

Move the sliders to your own numbers. Nothing here is fixed, including the commission rate.

On those numbers, a marketplace keeps

$2,962/month

Your monthly order revenue: $9,872
Card processing on your own site: −$364
This website: −$80
You keep, per month: $2,517

The commission rate is yours to set — 30% is a headline marketplace figure, not a claim about any one platform. Card processing is 2.9% + 30¢ an order, which you still pay on your own site and which is subtracted above. Months are 4.33 weeks. This estimates commission only; it does not model delivery driver costs, which stay with the marketplace.

How much do delivery apps charge restaurants?

Published 2026 guides put marketplace commission at 15% to 30% of the order total depending on the plan a restaurant signs up to, with the effective cost reaching 30% to 40% once the additional per-order fees are counted. The rate is not one number — it moves with the plan, the platform and the market, which is why the calculator above makes it something you set rather than something we assume.

The reason those percentages bite is the margin underneath them. Industry reporting puts a typical independent restaurant's net margin at 3% to 5%. Against that, a 25–30% commission is not a slice off the profit on an order — it is frequently larger than the profit on that order.

Those ranges are drawn from published industry guides read on 11 September 2026, not from figures we measured ourselves, and they describe the market generally rather than any single platform's current rate card. Check your own statements for the rate you are actually paying — that is the number the calculator wants.

What your own ordering page does and doesn't replace

It does not replace delivery. The marketplaces employ the drivers and that cost is genuine. What it replaces is the commission on the orders you would have had anyway — regulars, pickup orders, and people who went looking for you by name and landed on an app instead. Most restaurants keep both, and move the orders they already own onto a site they control.

You also keep the customer. On a marketplace, the order history, the email address and the relationship stay with the platform.

Common questions

How much do delivery marketplaces charge restaurants?: Published 2026 guides put marketplace commission between 15% and 30% of the order total depending on the plan chosen, with the effective cost reaching 30–40% once additional per-order fees are counted. Rates vary by platform, plan and market — the calculator above lets you set the rate you are actually paying rather than assuming one.
Why does a few percent matter so much?: Because the margin underneath it is thin. Industry reporting puts a typical independent restaurant's net margin at 3–5%. A commission of 25–30% on an order is not a trim off the profit — on many orders it is larger than the profit.
Does your own ordering site replace delivery apps?: Not for delivery itself — the marketplaces employ the drivers, and that cost is real. It replaces the commission on the orders you would have received anyway: regulars, pickup, and anyone who came looking for you by name. Most restaurants run both and move the orders they own onto their own site.
What does the site itself cost?: Our Custom Online Store package is $80/month — menu, cart, Stripe checkout and an admin panel you edit yourself, with no setup fee. That figure is subtracted in the calculator above, along with the card processing you would still pay.

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How much do delivery apps charge restaurants?

What your own ordering page does and doesn't replace

You also keep the customer. On a marketplace, the order history, the email address and the relationship stay with the platform.

Common questions

How much do delivery marketplaces charge restaurants?

Published 2026 guides put marketplace commission between 15% and 30% of the order total depending on the plan chosen, with the effective cost reaching 30–40% once additional per-order fees are counted. Rates vary by platform, plan and market — the calculator above lets you set the rate you are actually paying rather than assuming one.

Why does a few percent matter so much?

Because the margin underneath it is thin. Industry reporting puts a typical independent restaurant's net margin at 3–5%. A commission of 25–30% on an order is not a trim off the profit — on many orders it is larger than the profit.

Does your own ordering site replace delivery apps?

Not for delivery itself — the marketplaces employ the drivers, and that cost is real. It replaces the commission on the orders you would have received anyway: regulars, pickup, and anyone who came looking for you by name. Most restaurants run both and move the orders they own onto their own site.

What does the site itself cost?

Our Custom Online Store package is $80/month — menu, cart, Stripe checkout and an admin panel you edit yourself, with no setup fee. That figure is subtracted in the calculator above, along with the card processing you would still pay.