Uber One vs. DoorDash DashPass: Which Delivery Subscription Delivers?
Food delivery memberships are the rare membership that can make you feel good and bad about yourself at the same time. You're pretty sure you’re saving money by having the membership, but you also know you're overspending on restaurant food because you are too sloth-like to leave your house. No judgment here, we do it all the time.
The two biggest players in this space — Uber One and DoorDash DashPass — both swear they’ll save you piles of money on delivery fees and toss in other perks. But are they worth it? And is one better than the other? We dug into the fine print (so you don’t have to) and here’s the whole dish.
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how they work:
Both programs cost $9.99/month or $96/year. At face value, they’re neck-and-neck on price, but the way they dole out perks differs.
DoorDash DashPass
Price: $9.99/mo or $96/year (saving you 20% if you pay annually)
Core Perks:
$0 delivery fees on eligible orders
Reduced service fees on eligible orders over $12 (restaurants, groceries, convenience stores), typically a 10% service fee discount
5% credit back on pickup orders
Exclusive member promos and offers
Annual HBO Max streaming (with ads) if you go annual
Some Lyft tie-ins: up to 4 each per month of 10% off scheduled airport ride, 5% off on-demand Lyft rides, and 2 free priority pickup upgrades a month
Family share the benefits for those who live in your household
Doordash App allows you to filter among restaurants that participate in Dashpass.
Uber One
Uber One’s program is for both rides and delivery. 🚗 + 🥡
Price: $9.99/mo or $96/year, however, for verified Students it’s $4.99/month or $48 annually
Core Perks:
$0 delivery fee on eligible food, groceries and more.
Up to 10% off delivery and pickup orders
6% Uber Cash back on eligible Uber rides
Priority access to top-rated drivers
Works across Uber Eats, rides, and groceries
Uber One Student discount
⚠️ Important Fine Print Item: For both programs, discounts are not available at every restaurant on their websites. Only on those that are associated with Dashpass or Uber One apply. Both brands allow you to filter for just eligible restaurants, and the good news is the # of restaurants participating is high. But anyone signing up should first look if their favorite and most frequent restaurants are eligible.
when it’s worth it….and when it’s not
Let’s be honest: these only make sense if you order often. Like you order so often your neighbors might be complaining about the frequency of strangers in the neighborhood.
DashPass Pays Off If:
You order delivery or pickup 3+ times/month
You occasionally pick up orders (5% credit back is a nice touch)
You love stacking perks —HBO Max streaming + Lyft discounts
You’re fine with only DoorDash’s eligible DashPass restaurant list
✏️Let’s do the DashPass math on 3x a month orders averaging $30/each:
Save ~$1.99/order in delivery fees
Save $3.00/order in delivery fees (10% service fee reduced to 5%)
➡️ Total savings: $14.97
It adds up quickly, and for the level of discounts you are getting, the $9.99 pays for itself. DoorDash also shows you the savings on each receipt and keeps a running tally of cumulative DashPass savings.
Dashpass Savings
Their app shows all the deals that are running with your membership.
Uber One Pays Off If:
You use both Uber Eats and Uber rides
You order delivery/pickup 3+ times/month from Uber Eats
You want savings to apply to grocery deliveries too
You ride Uber enough that the 6% Uber Cash adds up
Here is the UberOne math for a 3x/month Uber rider ($20/ride) and 2x a month Uber Eats delivery ($30/order):
Save $1.20 in Uber Cash Credits per ride
Save anywhere from $5-$10/delivery on fees
➡️ Total Savings: $13- $23.60
The savings add up here quickly too. Uber Eats is not known to have as many independent restaurants as Doordash, but they have all the national chains
Uber App
It’s one app for both rides and eats (smart move) and $0 delivery restaurants are easily shown.
❌ Skip both if you:
Order delivery less than twice a month (fees won’t outweigh the cost)
Rely mostly on other apps (Grubhub, local delivery, or old-fashioned “call the restaurant”)
Think you’ll “start ordering more” just to justify the membership
Don’t pay attention to online promotional details to maximize the discounts and offers given by both programs.
Summary & verdict👩🏻⚖️:
This might be like trying to name your favorite child. You love them both, but it comes down to preference 😝
DashPass wins for the perk stackers who’ll likely order from local establishments, prefer Lyft, and want an HBO Max freebie
Uber One wins for the multi-taskers who want one membership for rides, delivery, and groceries and lean toward national chains brand restaurants.
Both offer real savings that can add up quickly and provide multiple ways to save.
Food delivery is costly, no matter how you look at it, and these subscriptions take a bit of the financial sting away. We think $9.99/month is extremely reasonable for the amount of savings provided in both programs, and like the transparency in both to see your exact savings on every order.
For those reasons, we are giving Uber One and DashPass our “Very Rewarding” ratings.
Leave us a comment! Do you agree or disagree? Any further tips about Uber One or Dashpass?
