Shipday alternative · US, UK, India · 2026
Menuthere vs Shipday
Shipday is delivery-dispatch software: a driver app, auto-dispatch and route optimisation that sit next to your ordering system. For US restaurants its plans start at $99 a month with 300 orders, then $0.20 an order. Menuthere Pro is $39 a month for the ordering website, QR ordering, WhatsApp updates and a rider app with live tracking, with no per-order fee. Shipday dispatches better; Menuthere replaces two bills with one.
Quick verdict
Menuthere
Recommended- Ordering website, QR menu and table ordering with 0% commission on every plan
- Pro $39 a month: rider app for iOS and Android with a live map for customers
- WhatsApp order updates from your own number on Pro
- No per-order, per-driver or per-message fee from Menuthere
- Uber Direct on your own account when your riders are busy (outside India)
Best for: restaurants with a few riders of their own that want ordering, delivery and customer updates in one plan instead of an ordering system plus a dispatch tool.
Shipday
- Auto-dispatch and route optimisation from its entry paid plan
- Photo and signature proof of delivery and live ETA links, even on the free plan
- 100+ integrations, including Toast, Square, ChowNow, Flipdish and UpMenu
- On-demand DoorDash and Uber couriers from the $99 plan
- No ordering website of its own, so you pay for an ordering system as well
- Each plan includes 300 to 1,500 orders, then a fee per order (unlimited only on Business AI for US restaurants)
- US restaurants see plans from $99 a month; the free plan is offered only in some countries
- A 3% fee on top of every on-demand courier delivery
Best for: busy kitchens and multi-driver fleets that already have an ordering system or POS and need automatic dispatch, routes and proof of delivery.
Shipday vs Menuthere, feature by feature
Shipday figures come from its own pricing, feature and FAQ pages, read 20 October 2026. Shipday shows different plans by country; the US restaurant plans are used unless a row says otherwise.
| Feature | Menuthere | Shipday |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly priceKey | Free, $17, $39 (riders, WhatsApp) or $99 | US restaurants: $99, $199 or $399. UK and most countries: from $49. India: free or $29 |
| Orders includedKey | Unlimited from Lite (Free: 50 a month) | 300 on $99, 750 on $199, unlimited on $399 (US); then $0.20 an order |
| Ordering website and QR menuKey | Every plan, including Free | No: order forms only |
| Commission on orders | 0% | No commission; per-order fee after the included orders |
| Driver app for iOS and Android | Pro | Yes, free to drivers |
| Auto-dispatch to the nearest driverKey | No | From the entry paid plan |
| Route optimisation | No | From the entry paid plan |
| Photo and signature proof of delivery | No | Every plan, including Free |
| Live tracking page for customers | Every plan; own riders on a live map on Pro | Every plan; branded page on Branded Elite ($99) |
| SMS order updates | No | From the entry paid plan |
| On-demand couriers | Uber Direct on your own account (outside India) | DoorDash or Uber from $6.49 for 5 miles, plus Shipday's 3% fee (from $99) |
| Integrations with POS and ordering systems | Petpooja (India); basic POS add-on $10 a month | 100+ (38 ordering and POS systems listed) |
| Loyalty, coupons, table booking | Lite and Pro | No |
| Free trial | Free plan; 7-day trial on Lite and Pro (card needed) | 14 days, no card |
| WhatsApp ordering and automatic order updatesKey | Pro: your own official WhatsApp number, an ordering bot and automatic status updates | SMS/WhatsApp notifications on paid plans; no WhatsApp ordering, as Shipday takes no orders itself |
| Own-driver app with live trackingKey | Pro: iOS and Android rider app, a live map for the customer, no per-delivery fee (you assign each order by hand) | Yes: free iOS and Android driver app, auto-dispatch, route optimisation, photo proof of delivery and live ETA links |
= not published on Shipday's website
Pricing side by side
What each costs a month, before taxes. Shipday adds a fee per order once a plan's included orders run out, and it needs an ordering system next to it. Menuthere charges no fee per order, rider or message.
Menuthere
- Free (50 orders a month)$0
- Lite (unlimited orders, own domain)$17/mo
- Pro (riders app, WhatsApp, loyalty)$39/mo
- Branded App (your own app)$99/mo
Shipday
- Branded Elite (300 orders, US)$99/mo
- Business AI Lite (750 orders, US)$199/mo
- Business AI (unlimited, US)$399/mo
- Each order over the plan (US)$0.20
- Ordering websiteNot included
Monthly list prices from each company's website, read 20 October 2026. Shipday's pricing page changes by country: in the UK and most countries plans start with Professional at $49 (300 orders, then $0.10 an order); in India and other emerging markets there is a free Basic plan (up to 300 orders, 10 drivers) and Professional Lite at $29. Worked example, a US restaurant with 600 deliveries a month and 3 riders: Shipday Branded Elite $99 + 300 extra orders × $0.20 = $159 a month, plus its ordering system. Menuthere Pro $39 + about 1,800 WhatsApp order updates × about $0.0034 = about $45 a month, paid to Meta directly with no markup. In the US, Meta does not deliver WhatsApp marketing messages to +1 numbers, so WhatsApp carries order updates, not promotions; use email for offers.
Where each one wins
Shipday is the deeper dispatch tool. Menuthere is the ordering system with its own riders built in. Which one is better depends on whether you already have an ordering system you like.
Where Shipday wins
- Auto-dispatch and route optimisation. Menuthere's own riders are assigned by hand from the Orders screen, one order at a time.
- Photo and signature proof of delivery on every plan, including Free. Menuthere has no proof of delivery for your own riders.
- 100+ integrations, so it works with the POS or ordering system you already run: Shipday lists Toast, Square, ChowNow, Flipdish, Slerp, UpMenu, Menufy and Otter among 38 ordering and POS systems.
- SMS updates and a branded tracking page. Menuthere sends updates on WhatsApp and email, not SMS.
- On-demand DoorDash and Uber couriers inside the same dashboard, from the $99 plan.
Where Menuthere wins
- One plan instead of two: the ordering website, QR menu, table ordering and the rider app are all in Pro at $39 a month. Shipday takes no orders, so you pay for an ordering system as well.
- No per-order fee. Shipday's US plans include 300 or 750 orders, then charge $0.20 an order; Menuthere charges nothing per order, rider or message.
- WhatsApp from your own number: customers message you to order and get automatic status updates, with a Track Order button when the order leaves.
- 0% commission and a Free plan for ordering, with loyalty, coupons and table booking on paid plans.
- Uber Direct on your own account as the overflow when your riders are busy (outside India), with the fee Uber shows at checkout.
Moving from an ordering system + Shipday to Menuthere
Build your ordering page
Upload a photo or PDF of your menu and Menuthere's AI import builds it, with sizes and add-ons to check. Draw your delivery zones and fees on a map.
Add your riders
On Pro, add each rider with a phone number. They install the Menuthere Delivery app on iPhone or Android, go online, and you assign each order from the Orders screen.
Switch on WhatsApp updates, then cancel
Connect your WhatsApp number and turn on the order updates. Run both for a week, then cancel Shipday and your old ordering system once nothing points to them.
The bottom line
Pick Shipday if you already have an ordering system or POS you want to keep, and you run enough deliveries that auto-dispatch, route optimisation and proof of delivery save real time. Toast, Flipdish and Slerp all send restaurants with their own drivers to Shipday on their own help pages.
Pick Menuthere if you are choosing both: one $39 Pro plan gives you the ordering website, QR ordering, WhatsApp updates and a rider app with a live map for your customers, with no per-order fee. You assign riders by hand, which suits a restaurant with a few riders.
Menuthere doesn't have auto-dispatch, route optimisation, batching, proof of delivery or SMS. If those matter more than one bill, Shipday or another tool on our Shipday alternatives list will fit better.
Keep readingShipday alternativesRider appDelivery managementMenuthere pricing
Common questions
Also compare:All comparisons
Sources (11) · Checked 20 October 2026
- Shipday (official): Shipday pricing, read 20 October 2026
- Shipday (official): Shipday homepage (integrations and countries), read 20 October 2026
- Shipday (official): Shipday integrations, read 20 October 2026
- Shipday (official): Shipday driver app, read 20 October 2026
- Shipday (official): Shipday third-party delivery FAQ, read 20 October 2026
- Shipday (official): Shipday FAQ, read 20 October 2026
- Flipdish Help Center (official): Using Shipday driver management with Flipdish POS, read 20 October 2026
- Slerp (official): Slerp delivery, 2 October 2026
- Toast Support Center (official): Getting Started: Shipday Integration for Restaurant-Managed Deliveries, 28 August 2026
- Menuthere (official): Menuthere pricing, read 20 October 2026
- Meta for Developers (official): Marketing message limits: WhatsApp does not deliver marketing templates to US phone numbers, read 20 October 2026
Ordering and your own riders, one plan
Join 1,306 restaurants taking orders on their own website, QR codes and WhatsApp, with 0% commission on every plan.