What iFood does
iFood is a Brazilian delivery platform that connects customers, restaurants and stores, and delivery workers. Customers use the iFood app to order food, groceries, pharmacy items, pet supplies, drinks and gifts, with real-time order tracking. Restaurants and retailers, including small and medium businesses, sell through the platform and get free management tools and sales data, while delivery workers sign up through the Portal do Entregador. Other services include Clube iFood, a subscription with free delivery on eligible orders and member discounts, iFood Benefícios corporate benefits cards, iFood Ads for brands and iFood Pago financial services for restaurants. Delivery fees, commission rates and the Clube iFood price are not listed on the company site.
How iFood compares with its closest alternatives
All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as iFood does. 4 of the 5 offer an API, as iFood does. iFood offers a web app and a mobile app. Of the alternatives, 4 offer a web app and all 5 offer a mobile app. iFood was founded in 2011; the alternatives were founded between 2004 and 2016, 2 of them earlier. iFood is based in Osasco, Brazil; none of its 5 alternatives is in Brazil. They are in India, Kuwait, Indonesia and elsewhere.