ONDC Food Delivery Apps take on Zomato & Swiggy!

ONDC (Open Network for Digital Commerce) is back in news as it crosses 10,000 food delivery orders in a day! Also, because the ONDC online food delivery service is now available in major Indian cities.

You can order food from ONDC restaurants via Paytm, Pincode (only in Bangalore), and MagicPin apps only, as of now. MagicPin is the official ONDC Food Delivery App as Paytm just hosts this service (you will see ‘powered by MagicPin’ at the bottom). Thus, both apps have a similar service. Besides, Pincode has been launched by PhonePe app.

ONDC Food Delivery Apps are currently providing heavy discounts + Free Delivery (upto 4 kms) + Flat ₹50 off (can use Coupon "ONDC50") as part of their promotional campaigns. However, they levy Taxes and a Packaging Fee at checkout. I found Packaging Fees on some Mumbai restaurants to be around ₹30 (nearly a delivery fee), and that too for 1/2 items (burgers, sandwiches, etc)! However, the final price is way lesser when compared to Zomato and Swiggy, which is why it is recommended.

The ONDC Food Delivery Apps connect you directly to the restaurants. A single app hosts multiple ONDC restaurants where prices are decided by the restaurants themselves following ONDC’s T&Cs. The government has got ONDC to break the monopoly of Zomato and Swiggy. This will help people get food delivery at reasonable prices along with access to more restaurants / food stalls.

I have picked up some promotional food items (Mumbai restaurants) from Paytm/MagicPin ONDC food delivery section and compared their prices with those on Zomato/Swiggy.

Thus, you can see that ONDC is truly delivering at a very lesser price comparatively. However, the restaurant list here is just 25% of Zomato/Swiggy which is where it needs improvement. Also, how efficient is its delivery service, is a question! Not to forget, Zomato Coupons and Swiggy Coupons are the reasons why people enjoy them.

Your favourite restaurants are now live on ONDC buyer apps. Get free delivery, discounts and more! Use code ONDC50 and get ₹50 off and additional free delivery.
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As told earlier, currently there are 3 ONDC food delivery apps in Paytm, Pincode, and MagicPin from where you can order just like you do in Zomato and Swiggy. For Paytm users, search “ONDC”, and select ‘Food’ under ‘ONDC Store’. MagicPin App users will get the ONDC food delivery section on the homepage itself via a banner. It also has its own food delivery section (popular for discounts) so don’t get confused! Finally, Bangalore users can download the Pincode app or find it in their PhonePe app itself.

Below is the ₹117 Bill of Food I ordered from Paytm ONDC. The same would have costed me ₹223 on Zomato and ₹198 on Swiggy after applying discount coupons.

You can also participate in our Open Network For Digital Commerce (ONDC) VS Swiggy/Zomato discussion for more info.