Grubhub Direct alternatives · 2026
Grubhub Direct alternatives for restaurants.
Grubhub Direct has a free plan. Menuthere gives your restaurant its own ordering website, QR menu and table ordering with 0% commission, free to start and $17 a month on Lite.
Menuthere vs Grubhub Direct
What changes when you switch.
Grubhub Direct is Grubhub's branded online ordering website for restaurants that are already on the Grubhub Marketplace in the US. Grubhub imports the menu, photos and logo, the restaurant styles the site, and orders carry no commission, hosting or delivery fees; the restaurant pays only Grubhub's order processing fee on each order. An enhanced version with designer help costs extra.
- Price
Free plan
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Free for eligible Grubhub Marketplace restaurants: 'all hosting, commission and delivery fees waived', with only order processing fees per order. An enhanced version with design and branding help and more campaign tools costs extra (price not published). You must be on Grubhub Marketplace, whose plans take a 5% (Basic), 15% (Plus) or 20% (All-access) marketing commission on marketplace orders, with Grubhub Delivery from 10% (pricing may differ in some markets, including New York City).
- Free plan, then $17 a month for unlimited orders
- Commission per order
0%
- 0% on every plan
- Contract
No contract terms are stated for Direct. The FAQ says there are no account cancellation fees for Grubhub. Direct needs direct deposit and pays out daily, separately from Marketplace orders.
- None: pay month to month
- Setup fee
None: 'Zero set up fees' (pricing page).
- None: set it up yourself in minutes
Side by side
Menuthere and Grubhub Direct, feature by feature.
“—” means the company doesn't publish it. Menuthere's plan for each feature is shown next to it.
| Menuthere | Grubhub Direct | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan · from $17/mo | Free plan |
| Commission per order | 0% | 0% |
| Contract | Month to month; 7-day free trial on Lite and Pro | No contract terms are stated for Direct. The FAQ says there are no account cancellation fees for Grubhub. Direct needs direct deposit and pays out daily, separately from Marketplace orders. |
| Own ordering website | Yes | Yes |
| QR table ordering | Yes | Not published |
| Pickup | Yes | Not published |
| Delivery orders | Yes | Yes |
| Your own drivers | Yes · Pro | Not published |
| Scheduled orders | Yes · Lite | Not published |
| Online payments | Yes · Lite | Yes |
| POS | Yes · Add-on, $10/mo | No |
| Loyalty | Yes · Pro | Yes |
| Marketing tools | Yes · Lite | Yes |
| WhatsApp ordering or updates | Yes · Pro | Not published |
| Branded app | Yes · Branded App | Not published |
| Delivery-app integration | No | Not published |
| Multiple locations | Yes · Pro | Not published |
| Menu translation | Yes · Lite | Not published |
| Reservations | Yes · Lite | Not published |
Be fair to it
When Grubhub Direct is the better choice.
- No commission, hosting, setup or delivery fees on Direct orders for Grubhub Marketplace restaurants; only the per-order processing fee (Grubhub Direct and pricing pages).
- Menu, photos and logo are imported from the Grubhub listing, so a site can be live in minutes (Grubhub Direct page).
- Free access to customer data, including contact details, order history and lifetime spend, which can be downloaded for your own marketing (Grubhub Direct page).
- Links to your Google Business Profile from the Merchant Portal; Grubhub says linked sites see 18x more average daily orders (2021-2022 data, Grubhub Direct page).
And Menuthere's limits
What Menuthere doesn't do yet.
- Its own POS is basic (in-store billing, as a $10-a-month add-on), and it doesn't connect to outside EPOS systems such as Square, Toast or Epos Now.
- No integration with delivery apps such as Uber Eats, Just Eat or Deliveroo.
- Online payments need Stripe, which doesn't open accounts in every country.
- No kitchen display screen, no branded app below the Branded App plan ($99 a month), and no done-for-you ad management.
Questions
Grubhub Direct alternatives, answered.
How Grubhub Direct ranks: US
Sources · checked 2026-10-19
- Grubhub (official) — Grubhub Direct | Restaurant Site Builder, read 19 October 2026
- Grubhub (official) — Grubhub pricing and fees, read 19 October 2026
- Grubhub (official) — Grubhub for Restaurants FAQ, read 19 October 2026
- Menuthere (official) — Menuthere pricing, read 30 September 2026
Switch from Grubhub Direct without paying commission.
Menuthere gives your restaurant an ordering website, QR menu and table ordering. Free to start, live in minutes.