Seamless is a food delivery service owned by Grubhub, focused on urban markets especially New York City.
Each app below addresses a specific gap in Seamless's offering. We picked them based on real user review patterns and feature differentiation.
DoorDash holds the largest US market share in food delivery with over a million restaurant and convenience store partners. DashPass subscribers get free delivery and reduced fees. It also offers DoorDash Drive for white-label delivery.
Explore DoorDash data →Uber Eats leverages Uber's driver network to offer fast delivery from restaurants, grocery stores, and convenience retailers. Uber One members get discounts across both rides and food delivery. Real-time tracking is best-in-class.
Explore Uber Eats data →Grubhub is the parent company of Seamless and shares the same restaurant inventory. It offers Grubhub+ for unlimited free delivery and has strong partnerships with campus dining programs and corporate accounts.
Explore Grubhub data →Caviar, now owned by DoorDash, focuses on higher-end restaurant partners unavailable on other platforms. The restaurant curation is tighter and quality-focused, appealing to users willing to pay more for better dining.
Explore Caviar data →Gopuff operates its own micro-fulfillment warehouses to deliver convenience store items in about 30 minutes without relying on third-party stores. It covers snacks, alcohol, OTC medicine, baby products, and cleaning supplies.
Explore Gopuff data →Postmates was acquired by Uber and fully merged into Uber Eats in 2021. The Postmates brand still exists as a front-end in some markets but routes through the Uber Eats platform and restaurant network.
Explore Postmates data →Seamless merged with Grubhub in 2013 and now shares the same restaurant network and backend.
Seamless and Grubhub are the same service under the hood. Both are owned by Grubhub Inc. and share restaurant listings, drivers, and backend systems. The Seamless brand is primarily used in the New York City market.
Seamless uses Grubhub+, which costs $9.99/month and includes unlimited free delivery on eligible orders. Amazon Prime members can get Grubhub+ included with their subscription.
Seamless is strongest in New York City, where it originated. It also operates in other major US metros, but outside NYC the Grubhub branding is more common even on the same network.
App Vulture monitors food delivery apps by update frequency, user ratings, and review sentiment. See our comparisons above for the latest data on Seamless and its top competitors.
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