DoorDash vs Uber Eats (2025)

[@YourDriverMike]

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[@FortyTwoAnswerToEverything]

I agree, uber is better at stacking, while DD will typically pay better for shop & pay orders (I've been getting a lot of restaurant > S&P > both to one customer on DD)

[@Keyapennyfox]

What is killing my UberEats acceptance rate is when they keep sending the same offer 3 or 4 times. So, i keep having to hit decline on the same exact order. Anyone else having this happen?

[@limeffdd]

Happened to me earlier today, I was doing the flat-rate and it sent me the same offer to drive 1 hour+ away for low pay and I declined both times and it took me off flat-rate.

[@Keyapennyfox]

@limeffdd it's frustrating.

[@smokeeatertexas6931]

You have to cherry pick orders majority of the time anything less than $5 isn’t worth your time, the dollar per milage has to make sense. Seeing the same order pop up is common.

[@livdriscoll3981]

Happens a lot to me too

[@kellysmoot7870]

They need to get rid of that scheduling and we can go out when we would like to. That’s what I don’t like. That’s the whole reason. I don’t like working a regular work.

[@legendvalley]

@kellysmoot7870 I go when I want I'm retired never book a time

[@johnlazaro5719]

I've worked for uber eats for about 2 1/2 years now. I was getting consistent orders on new years eve, but new years days and 3 days after that, low orders/no orders

[@SavageBrit]

Same!!!! I was wondering what's going on. I was doing a solid 700/week

[@johnlazaro5719]

@SavageBrit it was cool 2 years ago, now I'm just seeing a lot of low paying orders. I'm glad I got off the waitlist on shipt. I make more there than uber eats

[@mysteryakatsuki]

Similarly I left my Uber Eats Driver app on for 24 hours and nothing yet. But now I get a bunch more offers from Doordash.

[@WonkaBiz]

10pm-4am NYE $400

[@johnlazaro5719]

@WonkaBiz nice! Unfortunately where I live at, it's beyond oversaturated with drivers. Only getting $2-$3 orders. If there's a very high order, it's a ghost order

[@peytonlee55]

Really gotta do both if you’re trying to make a profit

[@rappy90]

Any time a system is revamped or updated its rarely to benefit the driver etc. The whole point of the tier based status is to coax drivers into taking the terrible orders with hopes thinking they'll get all high paying ones down the road

[@LUZRINC]

I do Uber Eats and jumped my AR from 33 to 73 in a week. I ended up losing $5+ a hour and noticed after 50%AR I got incentive pay, which was $10-$15 extra with around 14 deliveries a shift. I also noticed that trip radars don't factor in to your AR and only Exclusive orders affect your AR. The thing is, only Uber Eats decides to up your AR when they want. I took 8 Exclusive orders straight and my AR didn't even go up. WTF. I can't find any information on what increases your AR. I thought AR only went up if it's the 1st exclusive you take and every one after while "on a delivery" didn't count but I still didn't get a increase 1st orders. After 2 days of cherry picking and not even great deliveries I am at 47%. I am tired of $2 offers and $4 for 20 and $8 for 30. I am in Michigan and most orders are .50 and mile

[@fallenangel-171]

Made $744 off 5 days / 27 hours on Uber eats last week. Wanted to explore DD but have no reason to at the moment imo. Im in Atlanta and a platinum preferred member for reference.

[@TeslaHustle]

Greenville, SC. One day, New Years night. DoorDash/Uber for 7 hours. $434.72. Probably could’ve made more if I got out earlier. Salute.

[@Nas0388]

Do you get paid every week or after every delivery. Does it go directly into your bank account?

[@zofiajaneczek184]

Thank you for sharing because I’m close enough to ATL to be able to do this too and know the city well enough cause I’ve been in GA for about 30+ years. This is helpful and good to know there’s options besides a 9-5 right now!

[@jaymum23]

If you got Platinum and live in a large market imo Door Dash. But I do use both.

[@junebug-om2bn]

Hi Mike, I have On time or early! I cant wait for the new platform! 🙂 Happy New Year!

[@nickleonardo5474]

Hi Mike in the last week doing door dash fully I'm up to silver. Iike the variety of shipping and food delivery kind of instacart and food delivery combined. I'm two away from pro shopper

[@trashpanda7859]

I think the DD algo is rigged to keep your avg hourly under 25hr as much as possible. Per mile as close to $1 as it can. Ive tanked my AR to stay around 25hr. Other than dash now, status seems like its become pointless bs. Curious what people are averaging compared to the same time last year.

[@a_goblue2023]

It depends on where you live. I’ve done Uber Eats in the Washington DC area for the past few years as a side hustle. I only ever do weekends or evening/nights. I’m Uber eats pro platinum. You don’t have to accept all orders, I usually reject anything that’s low cost, and I haven’t been penalized. Also at least in my area (since it’s very weathy) I usually make around 20-30$ a hr when incorporating gas costs. DoorDash has a lot more restrictions also and the order pickup process can be more annoying. Uber eats you just pull up to the place and get it and go, and if you provide timely service you get tipped well. I’ve never had any issues with Uber eats . Most ive made I think was about 170$ for a night of orders, (about 6 active hours) however if your ordering from Uber Eats, if you tip like 1$ no one will take your food

[@legendvalley]

I just got an email from declining low offers on UE.

[@nocturnus6]

@@legendvalley Well what did it say?

[@Rierie-Anna14]

Someone tipped me $1 last night I just ended my uber eats and went home all pissed off because i drove 36minutes to deliver this order 😢

[@a_goblue2023]

@ damn yeah that happens unfortunately sometimes. You can report it if they drop the tip without a reason and it might ban them. I don’t usually except the order unless it’s like 10$ minimum

[@legendvalley]

@@Rierie-Anna14 OMG. I hate going home pissed off. Im guessing that was not the original offer?

[@edwoll]

In my market in Texas, Uber Eats customers' tips exceed those of Doordash. I work in the DFW market.

[@91Liljunior]

I’m in dfw and I have heard that when I meet uber drivers when we waiting for the orders. I’m a dasher

[@edwoll]

@@91Liljunior I work out of DFW as well. Grapevine. If you're not multi apping with Uber Eats, i would suggest you start doing so. I am also having a lot of success lately with Grubhub. I would add that to your work also. Ever since they started, including free Grubhub memberships for Amazon Prime members the orders are becoming frequent.

[@edwoll]

@@91Liljunior I work in DFW as well. Grapevine. You need to add multi apping with Uber Eats as well as Grubhub, if you are not already doing so. Grubhub has really upped their game since they started partnership with Amazon. Prime members are now getting free Grubhub memberships.

[@edwoll]

@91Liljunior I work in the same market as you. I work out of Grapevine. I would strongly advise you to add Uber Eats and Grubhub to multi apping. I am having a lot of success with Grubhub as well since they started partnering with Amazon. They are now providing free Grubhub memberships to Amazon Prime members.

[@edwoll]

@91Liljunior i work in the same market you do. Add Uber.Eats and Grubhub to your multi apping if you haven't already done so.$$$

[@mwblank]

Mike, any idea when DoorDash might support Apple CarPlay, with some full functionality (I know they mentioned it but I’ve never seen it able to load as a CarPlay app), and also support for an iPad? Both of these I see are supported on the Uber side. I would just love to use DoorDash in the car on an iPad mini, and then when I’m out of the car and at a restaurant, or I’m dropping it off, be able to use my phone and they work together!!

[@damarisgomez-yo6cx]

Have you done any returns to the restaurant.I have an experience on that Mike

[@Dave_Outside]

In my opinion, having done, DoorDash and Uber eats. The best side hustle is rideshare with Uber. You can make more money with much less hassle. Delivery with DoorDash is a pain in the butt. Having to schedule blocks of time. Worrying about getting out of your scheduled area. These things make it too much trouble. Part of the appeal of this gig work is the easiness and flexibility of it. I don’t want to use one that makes it more difficult to deal with on a daily basis. Doing rideshare with Uber, or Lyft, is just much simpler. Just picked a person up, drop them off and go to the next one. And usually I get the next ride request before Ive even dropped the current one off. No hassle of trying to find a parking space. Dealing with food in the car. Stinking up the car. Having to walk up flights of stairs not an apartment building or ride the elevator in an office building. Looking for the drop off place. Taking pictures of everything. No thanks. Just too much freaking hassle for what they pay.

[@BGD.2980]

Volume wise, I get more offers on DD than UE. I would say 70/65 percent DD to 30/35 percent Uber.. But I will say, I have better chance of getting a banger order on Uber than DD. With GH tossing one in here and there. My market is in KC..

[@nocturnus6]

UE is just getting going here, the few offers I get typically pay better than DD. UE customers seem to be way more generous, and most of the time they want me to hand them the order. UE will send me 100 walmart orders per day, and I ignore all those. What's with that anyway, they will send the same offers over and over.

[@frankribbleRidingWaGrinder]

We still have on time or early in Michigan.

[@tomgursslin8583]

I’ve noticed delivering with Uber eats that when it comes to the promotions for when they’re busy, they will adjust their fair price and make that lower so you think you’re getting extra pay, but you’re not

[@FastLaneLyfe]

December 2nd - December 9th on Uber eats I made $528 for 49 trips for 24 hours December 30th - January 5th on DD I made $543 for 65 trips for 17 hours. So in essence they are basically the same in pay. I drove more miles on the Uber app than I did on the DD app.

[@FastLaneLyfe]

I didn’t work full time it’s basically part time

[@stevewoodyt]

@@FastLaneLyfe there is no full time. It’s part time all the time.

[@legendvalley]

I really do not know what to think. I have noticed here someday's one App will be busy the other slow and so on. If Mike likes DD I may go back and try it. To me, it seems like there being too hard on people for not taking low orders here.I know that when I am out of our small town I get the low orders less. I'm glad for the snow storm so I can sit still and think about it. be safe out there on the snow storm people. For the most part here the sidewalks and porches are too icy for me right now.

[@gamesarelife0431]

I think the best strategy is to use all the apps

[@D-Wayne_Beat]

Can you tell me why my doordash orders are paying me less?

[@redmn3413]

UE: those d*mn cancellations - I'm in the Dallas Fort Worth and I've noticed when it's hitting close to after normal business hours, and you accept an offer, and the restaurant is closed, it counts against you if you cancel (I'm sure this is across the board with everyone), but it's so stupid how this is marked against the driver if the restaurant is closed - so sometimes even if I accept the offer, I'll call to verify if they're open and check Google - if they're closed, I cancel the order and mark it 'Restaurant Closed' but sometimes you'll get several back-to-back orders like this and the crap still gets counted against you. It's crazy.

[@nocturnus6]

Uber Eats is thoughtless in certain areas. I'm new to UE, haven't encountered closed stores yet, but that is lame that they count it against the driver. I don't like that they don't show you the address you are delivering to, just the cross section streets. DD gives us the address, what's EU's problem with that? With DD I can look at the address at any given point in the delivery. I need to know where I'm going, there are some problem areas around here. DD is my main app, I'm glad I don't have to deal with UE that much, too many problems with the way they do things

[@hondusspa]

No way. Contact support when that happens and make THEM cancel it. It takes more time but low cancellation rate.

[@frankribbleRidingWaGrinder]

You will make the most $ if you do both.

[@freedomfest2741]

I am platinum on DD, and most high paying offers are usually 8 the 10 dollars, I just started uber eats and so far every order has paid more than DD, I'm guessing because the market I work is a millionaire town, and millionaire's tend to use Uber eats more than DD.

[@mchidley1]

Just quit them both. Insurance has ceased covering Rideshare or food delivery in my state. Don’t assume your insurance or DD or UE would cover anything in a crash or incident. You could be saddled with catastrophic costs they’d gladly foist on you .

[@Noseyy]

Huh??? How would they even know you were delivering lmao just say you were coming home from the grocery store lmao

[@mchidley1]

@ 1) an app that can track your exact location and activities 2) ins. company that would dispatch an investigator plus police reports that would reveal exactly the nature of your trip at the time of the accident

[@W81Researcher]

Nature of what trip? ​@@mchidley1

[@adambuesser6264]

Can Doordash or Uber Eats work for Go Share or as an independent Contractor for bulk deliveries?

[@MrSpeedsta]

I stopped driving for Uber Eats when they had the audacity to give me an exclusive trip for the grand total of $2.00 for a 15MILE DRIVE 😂.

[@a_goblue2023]

You don’t gotta except it 😂 I only except high paying order. I am Uber eats diamond tho so

[@johnwilliams8184]

The Uber business model has failed in the beginning. It brought us food delivery by focusing on the customer and they stood there and absorbed profit DoorDash evolved because of how terrible Uber‘s business model is remember when it was almost 4 dollars minimum for an order I’ve seen two stacked orders for a total pay of $3.75 around here with like 12 miles on it. Uber is focused on themselves they disrupted they did not really innovate. They disrupted the industry and showed what could be done and didn’t even make a profit.

[@mariaarze5161]

I had never gotten a good order with Uber Eats. Uber is worse than DD

[@a_goblue2023]

@@mariaarze5161you must live in a poor area. I’ve been doing uber eats in the Washington DC metro area and easily get 25-30$ a hr including gas. I usually will drive about 50-100 miles in a shift which with a fuel efficient car is only like 10$ in gas

[@mlmMorabito]

My market is slow dd has more quality/quantity but I still can wait an hour for an offer, yesterday I was online for 5.5 hrs and 1 uber offer and it was trash 🗑

[@TeslaHustle]

Same. RIP to the first month of the year for gig workers. It’s always the hardest. Tax season is around the corner though.

[@DanielleKenney-t3f]

Mine is 92% on time or early

[@bigjay1538]

Just drove 10.6 miles for $1.87 after tip baited on uber eats again. No negative review. I think I'm done with uber. Or im going to stop delivering in the inner city. I just did my 3rd job for Dash. And I like the whole"if I accept the job for said price, I get said price" thing.

[@Mickieshelton]

Im able to schedule the day before from like a 7am to like 3am the next day mostly...but i usually schedule like 10am to 10pm.

[@MidniteCruiser]

they're all a waste of time and put so many miles on your car and you have to get extra insurance don't fool yourself into thinking these apps are a good means to full time employment. get a life get a real job. most people that order from these apps don't tip well or do not tip at all . the only one benifitting from these apps are the companies that made them. maybe if you live in the city and can ride a bike or mopad to work the app it wouldn't be so bad but still these apps are not designed with your best interest in mind.

[@johnwilliams8184]

DoorDash all the orders are ready Uber Eats they don’t care because Uber charges 30% DoorDash will make a deal for eight or 10% so the restaurant makes money and they want to give good service to DoorDash. That’s where you’re at Uber focus is more than the customer hiring a taxi for their burrito and it’s usually coldthat DoorDash food those customers get it. It’s hot. Everybody involved does better when they work with DoorDash Uber stands there and takes from everybody, especially people that don’t understand. The cash flow is not a margin or better yet a profit.

[@legendvalley]

I had a restaurant here that closed I think he told me DD took 30%.

[@Dave_Outside]

I stopped at the tip part. Because that doesn’t make sense. Why would the tips be lower with a flat hourly rate? The people ordering the food don’t know how you’re being paid. They’re going to tip how they would normally tip. Doesn’t make any difference to them. I think DoorDash is just saying that to lower your expectations of higher earnings. Trying to trick you basically.

[@jenniferleland3552]

Because all the rejected orders have to go somewhere.

[@mikejeff8402]

Anybody know how to get back on the platform after being deactivate it from uber eats

[@abdulhakimalriashani5965]

On time or early

[@91Liljunior]

Uber email saying I can’t deliver due to my car. I called the customer service and he said it’s not because of the car. I’m like bro it literally says that. Got nowhere, I have a 06 Nissan Altima. I just stayed with doordash

[@W81Researcher]

Because you need to contact customer support and tell them you're just doing deliveries and not rideshare. Rideshare requires later car models

[@_WATTS_Gamer]

Uber eats !! The tip screen is the bread winner…. People just click without even looking at what they are paying honestly. Since it’s pre loaded for them you tend to get much higher tips than DD… DD is a more manual type selection. I’m sticking with Uber…

[@renegadelegacy8457]

has anyone noticed the BS doordash is doing with acceptance rate. I took 16 orders in a row and my rate has not gone up at all.

[@BGD.2980]

But if you decline an order, your AR will drop immediately! Yep.. Math doesn't add up..

[@allenwhiteside7838]

THe fact that drivers can get screwed out of the upfront tips is enough to not do Uber eats alone

[@RRMM77]

The gig economy offers 'freedom,' but it is the freedom to be exploited without benefits, without security. It is capitalism at its most cynical-profiting from the illusion of flexibility while workers remain trapped in a system of endless labor and surveillance

[@ViewerV-bb5df]

Absolutely

[@keef_Lord]

I'm not going to lie Uber eats won't let me drive idk why not something bout no store locations but I know for a fact we have Uber eats where I live I've ordered from it myself. Also dd has done me well to but spark.. boi spark is it I've made about 300 bucks in 6-7 hours a day it's been great😅

[@datmixednut1254]

Always Uber eats door dash is just too cheap Uber eats has less orders but higher paying for sure

[@renegadelegacy8457]

Use both at the same time. Try not to get banned.

[@ianmiller8222]

I've cut way back on UE and going more for DD. UE is ridiculous in my market. A typical UE offer is get is something along the lines of "$4 for a 22 mi delivery ". Ridiculous.

[@twopoorforu2415]

Im in alaska.. to me doordash is the best .. i dont hear much of uber eats

[@StofleTheBadger]

So DoorDash wins the Golden Globe for best Gig App right 🤣

[@laziecatus7233]

Duopoly is not healthy tbh we need a third one

[@DMDVM-w2g]

Inflation in 2025 has eroded all bonuses and pay rates. Uber and similar platforms refuse to increase pay for their drivers, keeping it at 2012-2014 levels..(

[@richcherwalk6349]

The inflation was caused by corporate greed something like 60-70%, giant corporations just decided to raise prices and used Covid as an excuse. Rideshare pays squat because they’re making higher profits than before.

[@DerekDominoes]

In my market, UberEats is NOT getting better. It's getting worse. Even worse, cherry picking as a strategy is becoming almost impossible now because if your AR drops below the local average, you get nothing but occasional Trip Radar offers.

[@redmn3413]

Okay, I thought it was just me, but I live in the Dallas Fort Worth area, only use UE. Currently, my Acceptance Rate is at 0%, 100% Customer Rate, and 6% Cancellation Rate - only rates between $2-$5 lately.

[@AARon-m6b]

This is depressing

[@mikejeff8402]

Uber eats will deactivate your account if your canceling rate goes above 20%

[@a_goblue2023]

Don’t cancel just don’t accept the order, I’ve been doing uber eats as a side hustle for a few years and I usually always decline the low orders and have never been penalized

[@mikejeff8402]

​@a_goblue2023 i normally didn't cancel either, but. It just was around holiday time. A lot of restaurants were closed our close early

[@redmn3413]

@@a_goblue2023 - the problem with cancellations in my area (Dallas Fort Worth) is I've noticed when it's hitting close to after normal business hours, and you accept an offer, and the restaurant is closed, it counts against you if you cancel (I'm sure this is across the board with everyone), but it's so stupid how this is marked against the driver if the restaurant is closed - so sometimes even if I accept the offer, I'll call to verify if they're open and check Google - if they're closed, I cancel the order and mark it 'Restaurant Closed' but sometimes you'll get several back-to-back orders like this and the sh*t still gets counted against you. It's crazy.

[@a_goblue2023]

@ you just mark it as closed and it doesn’t mark it against you I think. I think it only marks it against you if you cancel for a non important reason

[@CharlieRussell-r7h]

Uber Eats sucks in my area!

[@0rbitingUranus]

As we get into 2025 and start seeing the economy finally turn around again, we'll start seeing a lot more order volume, as well as increased tips.