Ele.me vs Grubhub for Restaurants vs Meituan Waimai vs Uber Eats Manager

Ele.me (饿了么) is a Chinese food delivery marketplace that was rebranded in 2025 as Taobao Shangou (淘宝闪购), Alibaba's instant-retail service. Grubhub for Restaurants is the restaurant-facing side of the Grubhub delivery and pickup marketplace. Meituan is a Chinese local-services company whose Meituan Waimai app is a food delivery marketplace. Uber Eats Manager is the merchant dashboard for Uber Eats, the delivery marketplace. All four are listed under Delivery Marketplace. They differ in audience and platforms.

Key differences

  • audience

    Not every audience is shared. Entries that only one product lists: Ele.me: Restaurants selling delivery in mainland China; Grubhub for Restaurants: Independent restaurants wanting delivery and pickup orders; Meituan Waimai: Restaurants in China wanting delivery orders; Uber Eats Manager: Restaurants wanting delivery and pick-up demand from a marketplace.

  • platforms

    Listed platforms: Ele.me: Web; Grubhub for Restaurants: Web, iOS, Android; Meituan Waimai: iOS, Android; Uber Eats Manager: Web.

Side by side

Ele.me vs Grubhub for Restaurants vs Meituan Waimai vs Uber Eats Manager: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldEle.meGrubhub for RestaurantsMeituan WaimaiUber Eats Manager
What it isEle.me (饿了么) is a Chinese food delivery marketplace that was rebranded in 2025 as Taobao Shangou (淘宝闪购), Alibaba's instant-retail service.Grubhub for Restaurants is the restaurant-facing side of the Grubhub delivery and pickup marketplace.Meituan is a Chinese local-services company whose Meituan Waimai app is a food delivery marketplace.Uber Eats Manager is the merchant dashboard for Uber Eats, the delivery marketplace.
Best forRestaurants selling delivery in mainland China; Restaurant chainsIndependent restaurants wanting delivery and pickup orders; Restaurants that want a commission-free direct ordering site; Restaurants that already run their own ordering channel; National and multi-unit brands with POS or middlewareRestaurants in China wanting delivery orders; Restaurants wanting dine-in traffic; Small restaurants that want outsourced operationsRestaurants wanting delivery and pick-up demand from a marketplace; Restaurants with their own website or app; Virtual restaurants
Pricing modelNot publishedPercentage of salesPercentage of salesPercentage of sales
Starting priceNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Free planNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
ContractNot publishedNone stated; the vendor says there is no long-term commitmentNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, AndroidiOS, AndroidWeb
CountriesChinaNot publishedChinaNot published
LanguagesChineseNot publishedEnglish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional ChineseNot published
Number of integrationsNot published24147
CertificationsNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Founded200820042010Not published
HeadquartersShanghai, ChinaChicago, United StatesNot publishedNot published
OwnerAlibaba (acquired in 2018; joined the Alibaba e-commerce group and rebranded to Taobao Shangou in 2025)Wonder Group, Inc. (completed purchase from Just Eat Takeaway.com on 7 January 2025)Not publishedUber Technologies Inc.
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 202629 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by Ele.me

Ele.me does not name any integrations in the material we reviewed.

Named only by Grubhub for Restaurants

  • KitchenHub
  • Menusifu
  • NCR
  • Oracle Micros
  • Orders.co
  • PAR
  • Qu Beyond
  • Revel
  • Shift4
  • Tillster
  • Vroom Delivery

Named only by Meituan Waimai

  • Dianping

Named only by Uber Eats Manager

  • Adora
  • Andromeda
  • Apitic
  • Delicheck
  • Doshii
  • Givex
  • Linga ROS
  • MCR Systems
  • Mobi
  • MYR
  • Aloha
  • NovaDine
and 22 more
  • Orderlord
  • Ordermark
  • Papu.io
  • Parrot
  • PixelPoint by Tecseris
  • Qu POS
  • Redcat
  • Restimo
  • RPOWER
  • SkyTab (Shift4)
  • Slerp
  • Soft Restaurant
  • SpotOn
  • Stream
  • SWFast
  • Tacit
  • UEAT
  • Winfood
  • Xenial
  • YourFare
  • Zelty
  • Zonal

Which to choose

Ele.me

Choose Ele.me if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Restaurants selling delivery in mainland China; Restaurant chains.

Grubhub for Restaurants

Choose Grubhub for Restaurants if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Independent restaurants wanting delivery and pickup orders; Restaurants that want a commission-free direct ordering site; Restaurants that already run their own ordering channel.

Meituan Waimai

Choose Meituan Waimai if you fit its listed audience: Restaurants in China wanting delivery orders; Restaurants wanting dine-in traffic; Small restaurants that want outsourced operations.

Uber Eats Manager

Choose Uber Eats Manager if you are in one of these groups: Restaurants wanting delivery and pick-up demand from a marketplace; Restaurants with their own website or app; Virtual restaurants.

What we could not confirm

Ele.me

  • Commission or fee levels for restaurants
  • Merchant app and POS integrations
  • Merchant app store listings
  • Security certifications
  • Employee count
  • Funding rounds

Grubhub for Restaurants

  • Countries where Grubhub for Restaurants is sold
  • Which POS integrations are available to which restaurant type or region
  • Payment processing fee amount (the pricing page says fees are not included)
  • Interface languages and security certifications
  • Employee count
  • Founding year, founders and headquarters come from Wikipedia, not a vendor page

Meituan Waimai

  • Commission rates and delivery fee schedule
  • Contract terms
  • Headquarters city
  • Employee count
  • Merchant app details
  • Third-party integrations
  • Security certifications
  • Countries beyond mainland China

Uber Eats Manager

  • Prices outside the United Kingdom
  • Countries where Uber Eats Manager is available
  • Contract terms
  • App store listings for the Order Manager app
  • Uber Technologies headquarters and size (not stated on the merchant site)

Go further

Ele.me profileGrubhub for Restaurants profileMeituan Waimai profileUber Eats Manager profile

Other comparisons with these products

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below. Prices and features change, so confirm with each vendor before you buy.

Ele.me, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage after redirect from www.ele.me; rebrandhttps://taobaoshangou.ele.me/
  2. Merchant offershttps://taobaoshangou.ele.me/business-cooperation
  3. History, scale, coveragehttps://taobaoshangou.ele.me/about
  4. News list including chain AI systemhttps://taobaoshangou.ele.me/news
  5. Food safety label programmehttps://taobaoshangou.ele.me/news/110
  6. Rider services announcementhttps://taobaoshangou.ele.me/news/109

Grubhub for Restaurants, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage: offer, success manager, storieshttps://get.grubhub.com
  2. Plans and commission rateshttps://get.grubhub.com/grubhub-pricing-and-fees/
  3. Marketplace, welcome kit, tablethttps://get.grubhub.com/products/marketplace/
  4. Merchant portal featureshttps://get.grubhub.com/products/merchant-portal/
  5. Grubhub Directhttps://get.grubhub.com/products/grubhub-direct/
  6. Grubhub Connecthttps://get.grubhub.com/products/grubhub-connect/
  7. Ads, promotions, loyaltyhttps://get.grubhub.com/products/marketing-tools/
  8. POS and middleware partner logos, APIshttps://get.grubhub.com/products/tech-integrations/
  9. Who Grubhub serveshttps://get.grubhub.com/products/business-types/
  10. Payments, cancellation, supporthttps://get.grubhub.com/faq/
  11. iOS merchant app listinghttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/grubhub-for-restaurants/id1543717760
  12. Google Play merchant app listinghttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grubhub.android.gfr&hl=en_US
  13. Sale of Grubhub to Wonder completedhttps://newsroom.justeattakeaway.com/en-WW/245724-just-eat-takeaway-com-completes-sale-of-grubhub/
  14. Founding year, founders, headquartershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grubhub

Meituan Waimai, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Home pagehttps://www.meituan.com/
  2. Founding and listinghttps://www.meituan.com/en-US/about-us
  3. Merchant onboarding and systemshttps://www.meituan.com/win-together
  4. Fees and Waimai Managerhttps://www.meituan.com/csr/industry/small-businesses
  5. Rankings and merchant supporthttps://www.meituan.com/csr/industry/market
  6. Time-honoured brand programme and customer quoteshttps://www.meituan.com/csr/industry/time-honored
  7. CatPaw AI agenthttps://www.meituan.com/technology
  8. Merchant ecosystem reportshttps://www.meituan.com/newsroom/merchants-ecology