Is Foodpanda cheaper than Grab in Singapore? Not on delivery. Both apps price the fee dynamically, both land in the same S$1.99-S$4.99 band on a normal order, and the gap on any given basket comes down to which code happens to be live that day. The subscriptions are where there is a real answer, and it splits two ways. GrabUnlimited and pandapro both cost S$5.99 a month, but GrabUnlimited falls to about S$4.99 on the S$59.88 annual plan, so it is the cheaper subscription outright. pandapro is the one that discounts the food rather than the delivery: its current benefit list carries unlimited 20% off at more than 2,000 restaurants, which on a S$40 order is worth more than any delivery waiver either app can hand you. We re-read Grab's promo-code page and the GrabUnlimited page on 17 October 2026: GrabUnlimited pricing is unchanged and the October GrabFood codes run to 31 October. foodpanda's own deals page still blocks every read, but DBS's official foodpanda page confirms the DBS4OFF40, DBS8OFF80 and PL3OFF30 card codes run to 31 December 2026.
Two apps, the same hawker stall, and the number at checkout is rarely the same.
> Quick view: both subscriptions cost S$5.99/month. GrabUnlimited is cheaper annually (S$59.88, about S$4.99/month), but pandapro discounts the food rather than the delivery (20% off at 2,000+ restaurants). Grab's October codes run to 31 October 2026, and DBS's own page lists foodpanda card codes (S$4 off S$40, S$8 off S$80) to 31 December 2026.
SPEED AND REACH: Singapore's fastest food delivery app on average, at 28 minutes in our testing across central Singapore. The strongest fast-food lineup, with exclusive partnerships at McDonald's, KFC, Burger King and most major chains, and roughly 77% of the Singapore market in 2026.GRABUNLIMITED: S$5.99/month, or S$59.88 for 12 months (about S$4.99/month, which Grab prices as a 16% saving), with a free first month for new members. It gives up to S$3 off the delivery fee at any store (min. spend S$15), plus free delivery and up to 30% off at GrabUnlimited preferred stores and, as a limited-time perk, 20% off Food Pickup at all food stores.THE CATCH: note what the perk is: a delivery-fee credit capped at S$3 per order, not a discount on the food itself, so its value stops growing once your basket passes about S$15. Grab's algorithm also rewards loyalty, and the more you order, the more personalised (and often larger) promo codes you will see.BEST FOR: speed, fast-food lovers, small frequent orders, and anyone who orders often enough to benefit from personalised discounts.
GrabUnlimited S$5.99/month, or S$59.88 for 12 months (about S$4.99/month, which Grab prices as a 16% saving) with a free first month for new members: up to S$3 off delivery fees at all GrabFood stores (min. spend S$15, credited to rewards, no code), free delivery and up to 30% off at preferred stores, plus 20% off Food Pickup at all food stores (limited time). Re-read on Grab's GrabUnlimited page on 17 Oct 2026. GrabFood codes on Grab's promo-code page, re-read the same day and all valid until 31 Oct 2026: GFNEW (free delivery on a first order, min. spend S$10), PICKUPNEW25, PICKUP20, PICKUP15, NEWGOHOST, MBOCT (Maybank, S$5 off S$35) and DBSFOODSG (DBS/POSB, S$4 off S$40). The set is rebuilt early each month and the Maybank code is renamed, so check the page or the Offers tab in the app before you order.
BIG BASKETS: the better value play once your basket gets past about S$25, and the only one of the two that discounts the food rather than the delivery.PANDAPRO: S$5.99/month, and its current benefit list on foodpanda's own deals page reads: unlimited free delivery on restaurant orders above S$25, unlimited 20% off at more than 2,000 restaurants (minimum spend and caps vary by brand), free delivery from pandamart, Cold Storage and Giant, and 20% off pick-up restaurants plus an extra 5% at more than 4,000 stores.THE MATH: that 20% is the number to weigh: it is worth S$5 on a S$25 order and S$8 on a S$40 one, against a Grab delivery credit that stops at S$3.DROPPED PERKS: two perks foodpanda promoted at the March 2026 launch, an unlimited S$3 off delivery above S$15 and the On-Time Promise S$5 late voucher, no longer appear on that benefit panel as of 26 August 2026, so do not budget for them.COVERAGE: Foodpanda remains the stronger app for hawker and zi char stalls, pandamart means groceries and dinner in one session, and since June 2026 it has also been Sheng Siong's exclusive delivery partner, per foodpanda's own newsroom. Average delivery time of 34 minutes is slower than Grab.BEST FOR: larger baskets, grocery-plus-meal orders, and hawker food.
pandapro S$5.99/month: unlimited free delivery on restaurant orders above S$25, unlimited 20% off at 2,000+ restaurants, free delivery from pandamart, Cold Storage and Giant, and 20% off pick-up plus an extra 5% at 4,000+ stores. DBS/POSB and PayLah! codes, confirmed on DBS's official foodpanda page on 17 Oct 2026 and valid until 31 Dec 2026: DBS4OFF40 (S$4 off S$40) and DBS8OFF80 (S$8 off S$80) for existing cardholders, PL3OFF30 (S$3 off S$30) via PayLah!, each max 2 per user with limited weekly redemptions. New users: DBS26NC (PayLah!: PL26NC) for S$10 off plus free delivery on a first order of S$15, and DBS26NM for S$10 off a first pandamart order of S$40. App only, not valid with Apple Pay. foodpanda's own deals page still blocks every read, so no other dated foodpanda code is listed. NEWPANDA (50% off a first order) and NEWPU (first pick-up order) are standing new-user codes. Most foodpanda vouchers are 'selected users only', so the code that matters is the one shown in your own account, not the one in any roundup.
| GrabFood | Foodpanda | |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | GrabUnlimited S$5.99/month, or S$59.88 for 12 months (about S$4.99/month, priced as a 16% saving) | pandapro S$5.99/month |
| Free trial | First month free for new members | Not stated on foodpanda's current deals page |
| Delivery perk | Up to S$3 off delivery at any store (min. spend S$15); free delivery and up to 30% off at preferred stores | Unlimited free delivery on restaurant orders above S$25 |
| Food discount | Up to 30% off, preferred stores only | Unlimited 20% off at 2,000+ restaurants (min. spend and caps vary by brand) |
| Groceries | Not covered by the GrabUnlimited free-delivery perk | Free delivery from pandamart, Cold Storage and Giant |
| Pickup discount | 20% off Food Pickup at all food stores (limited time) | 20% off pick-up, plus an extra 5% at 4,000+ restaurants |
| Delivery fee, no subscription | S$1.99-S$4.99 typical, surge at peak, small-order surcharge | S$1.99-S$4.99 typical; the 'delivery as low as S$2.99' offer on selected restaurants ended 30 Aug 2026 and we cannot read the page to see what replaced it |
| Platform / service fee | Charged per order, shown at checkout, no published fee schedule | Charged per order, shown at checkout, no published fee schedule |
| Average delivery time | 28 min (our central Singapore testing) | 34 min (our central Singapore testing) |
| Strongest coverage | Fast food, with exclusive McDonald's, KFC and Burger King; roughly 77% market share | Hawker and zi char stalls, plus pandamart groceries |
| Current codes, and when they die | October set (GFNEW, pick-up codes, NEWGOHOST, MBOCT, DBSFOODSG) valid until 31 Oct 2026; the page is refreshed monthly | DBS4OFF40, DBS8OFF80 and PayLah! PL3OFF30, plus new-user DBS26NC and DBS26NM, all valid until 31 Dec 2026 per DBS; foodpanda's own deals page is unreadable |
This is the question most people arrive with, and the honest answer is that neither app is reliably cheaper on a one-off order. Both price delivery dynamically, so distance, demand and time of day all move the number, and both typically land in the S$1.99-S$4.99 band on a normal order, with surge pricing above that at peak hours and a small-order surcharge on top if your basket is too thin.
What actually decides the cheaper app on any given night is which promo code happens to be live and whether your bank card has a running discount. Grab's page runs on a monthly clock, and its October set expires on 31 October 2026. foodpanda's own deals page has been unreadable to us since early September, but DBS publishes its foodpanda card codes on its own site, and those run to 31 December 2026. The only method that works is to build the same basket in both apps and compare the final total, delivery fee, service fee and surcharges included, before you check out.
Both cost S$5.99/month, so the price is not the deciding factor. What they discount is.
GrabUnlimited discounts the delivery. Up to S$3 off the delivery fee at any store (min. spend S$15), free delivery and up to 30% off at GrabUnlimited preferred stores, and, as a limited-time bonus, 20% off Food Pickup at all food stores. It is also the cheaper plan if you commit: S$59.88 for 12 months, which Grab prices as a 16% saving and works out at about S$4.99/month, with a free first month for new members.
pandapro discounts the food. Its current benefit list on foodpanda's own deals page reads: unlimited free delivery on restaurant orders above S$25, unlimited 20% off at more than 2,000 restaurants (minimum spend and caps vary by brand), free delivery from pandamart, Cold Storage and Giant, and 20% off pick-up restaurants plus an extra 5% at more than 4,000 stores.
That difference is the whole comparison, and it is arithmetic rather than opinion. Grab's delivery perk is capped at S$3 per order, so S$3 is the most it can ever be worth on a single basket. A 20% food discount is worth S$5 on a S$25 order and S$8 on a S$40 order before brand caps. The crossover sits somewhere around S$15 to S$20 of food: below it, GrabUnlimited's delivery credit is the bigger line; above it, pandapro's food discount is, and it keeps growing while Grab's does not.
So: order small and often, or eat mostly at Grab's preferred stores, and GrabUnlimited is the better subscription. Order S$30 and up, or buy groceries in the same session, and pandapro is.
Two pandapro perks worth striking off your list. foodpanda's March 2026 launch coverage described an unlimited S$3 off delivery above S$15 and an On-Time Promise paying a S$5 voucher when an order arrives more than 10 minutes late. Neither appears on foodpanda's current pandapro benefit panel, checked 26 August 2026. Most write-ups still quote both. Treat them as lapsed until foodpanda lists them again.
Grab publishes a promo-code page it updates monthly. We re-read it on 17 October 2026, and every GrabFood code below is valid until 31 October 2026:
GrabUnlimited members also get up to S$3 off delivery fees at all GrabFood stores on a min spend of S$15, with no code to enter: it is credited to rewards and follows your billing cycle.
The set changes every month, so read it the way Grab writes it. The Maybank code is renamed every month rather than retired (MBSEP became MBOCT on 1 October), and a code that disappears can come back under a new name at a different rate, as PICKUPNEW30 did when it returned as PICKUPNEW25. The only HSBC code on Grab's page, HSBCGREEN, applies to rides rather than food.
foodpanda's own deals page still cannot be read, so the dependable foodpanda codes this month are the bank ones, which DBS publishes on its own site. Read on 17 October 2026, all valid until 31 December 2026, app only and not with Apple Pay:
An earlier version of this guide reported the first three as ended on 6 September; DBS now lists them to year-end. The two standing new-user codes, NEWPANDA (first delivery order) and NEWPU (first pick-up order), are not tied to a month.
The catch on the foodpanda side is unchanged in any case: most of its headline vouchers are flagged "applicable for selected users only", so the code you see in-app is not always the code your friend sees. Grab's are more uniformly available but skew towards bank-card tie-ups and new-user offers, and its algorithm layers personalised discounts on top based on your order history.
Winner: Grab, narrowly, on transparency. It publishes its whole code list each month, while foodpanda's verifiable codes this month come through DBS rather than its own page.
GrabFood has more exclusive restaurant partnerships, including McDonald's, KFC and Burger King, and it holds roughly 77% of the Singapore market in 2026 after absorbing most of the restaurants that moved across when Deliveroo closed. Foodpanda has the wider selection of local hawker and zi char stalls, and pandamart puts groceries in the same basket.
Winner: a tie. It depends on what you are craving.
Based on our testing across multiple orders in central Singapore, Grab averaged 28 minutes while Foodpanda averaged 34 minutes.
Winner: GrabFood for speed.
Neither app publishes a fixed price list. Base delivery fees move with distance, demand and time of day, and in practice both typically land in the S$1.99-S$4.99 band on a normal order, with surge pricing pushing them higher at peak hours. Small-order surcharges apply on both. foodpanda's delivery as low as S$2.99 offer on selected restaurants, the one published floor either app had put in writing, ended on 30 August 2026, and because its deals page has been unreadable to us since early September we cannot say whether anything replaced it.
Winner: a tie. There is no reliable base-fee winner. Compare the final total in both apps before you commit.
The delivery fee is the number both apps show you upfront, but it is not the whole bill. On a Singapore order you can expect up to four separate charges on both platforms:
Neither Grab nor Foodpanda publishes a standing fee schedule, and both revise these charges periodically, which is why any specific figure ages badly. The only number that is reliably correct is the one in the checkout breakdown on your own order, immediately before you pay. Expand it on both apps and compare the totals, not the headline delivery fees.
With both subscriptions at S$5.99/month, the choice comes down to the size of your basket rather than the price of the plan. Go with GrabFood if you want speed, the widest fast-food lineup, small frequent orders, and the cheapest subscription on the 12-month plan at about S$4.99/month. Go with Foodpanda pandapro if your orders run S$30 and up, if you buy groceries as well as meals, or if you lean on hawker and zi char stalls, because a 20% discount on the food beats a S$3 delivery credit long before the bill gets large. Power users should keep both apps installed and compare the final total, promo codes included, before every order.
Not reliably, and not in either direction, if you mean the delivery fee. Both apps price delivery dynamically, so the fee moves with distance, demand and time of day, and both typically land in the S$1.99-S$4.99 band on a normal order, with surge pricing above that at peak hours and a small-order surcharge if your basket is too thin. Neither publishes a fixed price list, so there is no standing winner on fees. What decides the cheaper app on any given order is which promo code is live that day and whether your bank card has a running discount, and as at 17 October 2026 Grab's October set runs to 31 October, while DBS's own page lists foodpanda card codes to 31 December. On subscriptions there is a clearer answer, and it depends on your basket size. Both plans are S$5.99/month, and GrabUnlimited falls to about S$4.99/month on the S$59.88 annual plan, so it is the cheaper subscription. But GrabUnlimited discounts the delivery fee and caps that at S$3 per order, while pandapro's current benefit list includes unlimited 20% off at more than 2,000 restaurants, which is worth S$5 on a S$25 order and S$8 on a S$40 one before brand caps. Small frequent orders favour Grab; baskets of S$30 and up favour Foodpanda. The only method that actually works on a single order: build the same basket in both apps and compare the final total, delivery fee and surcharges included, before you check out.
They cost the same at S$5.99/month, so it comes down to what each one discounts. GrabUnlimited discounts the delivery: up to S$3 off the delivery fee at any store (min. spend S$15), plus free delivery and up to 30% off at preferred stores and 20% off Food Pickup as a limited-time bonus. It is also the cheaper plan if you commit, at S$59.88 for 12 months, which Grab prices as a 16% saving and works out at about S$4.99/month, with a free first month for new members. pandapro discounts the food: its current benefit list is unlimited free delivery on restaurant orders above S$25, unlimited 20% off at more than 2,000 restaurants, free delivery from pandamart, Cold Storage and Giant, and 20% off pick-up plus an extra 5% at more than 4,000 stores. The arithmetic decides it. Grab's delivery credit is capped at S$3 per order, so S$3 is the ceiling. A 20% food discount is worth S$5 on a S$25 basket and S$8 on a S$40 one before brand caps, and it keeps growing while Grab's does not. The crossover sits around S$15 to S$20 of food. One warning: foodpanda's March 2026 launch also promoted an unlimited S$3 off delivery above S$15 and an On-Time Promise paying S$5 when an order runs more than 10 minutes late, and neither is on its current benefit panel, checked 26 August 2026.
Grab's own promo-code page updates monthly, and when we re-read it on 17 October 2026 it carried an October 2026 GrabFood set, every code valid until 31 October 2026: GFNEW (free delivery on a first order, min spend S$10, capped S$8, new users, 1 per person), PICKUPNEW25 (25% off selected pick-up orders for new pick-up users, no minimum spend, capped S$8), PICKUP20 (20% off selected pick-up orders, no minimum spend, capped S$8), PICKUP15 (15% off selected pick-up orders, no minimum spend, capped S$8), NEWGOHOST (extra 10% off group orders with at least 3 members, min S$30, capped S$8, delivery only, new hosts), and the card codes MBOCT (S$5 off, min S$35, Maybank) and DBSFOODSG (S$4 off, min S$40, DBS/POSB). GrabUnlimited members separately get up to S$3 off delivery fees at all GrabFood stores on a min spend of S$15, with no code needed. The Maybank code is renamed every month (MBSEP became MBOCT), and HSBC's remaining Grab code is ride-only. For foodpanda, its own deals page has answered every request since early September with a block page, but DBS's official foodpanda page lists card codes valid until 31 December 2026: DBS4OFF40 (S$4 off S$40) and DBS8OFF80 (S$8 off S$80) for existing DBS/POSB cardholders and PL3OFF30 (S$3 off S$30) for PayLah!, each max 2 per user; new users get S$10 off plus free delivery on a first order of S$15 with DBS26NC (PayLah!: PL26NC) and S$10 off a first pandamart order of S$40 with DBS26NM. The standing new-user codes NEWPANDA and NEWPU are not tied to a month. Most foodpanda vouchers are flagged 'selected users only' regardless, so the only code that reliably applies to you is the one showing in your own account.
Both apps add a small platform or service fee to every order, on top of the delivery fee, and it appears as its own line in the checkout breakdown. Neither Grab nor Foodpanda publishes a standing fee schedule for Singapore, and both revise these charges periodically, so any specific figure you find quoted online ages quickly. Read the amount off your own order summary before you pay rather than trusting a number from an older article. Two other charges are worth knowing about. The small-order fee is not a flat penalty but the difference between your basket and the store's minimum order value, so a S$4 basket against a S$10 minimum adds roughly S$6, and adding one more item is usually cheaper than paying it. Surge pricing lands on the delivery fee at peak meal times. Because the fee stack differs order by order, comparing the headline delivery fee between the two apps tells you very little, so expand the full breakdown in both and compare the final totals.
They are different kinds of company that happen to overlap on food delivery. Grab is a super-app: food delivery sits alongside ride-hailing, GrabMart groceries, GrabExpress parcels and GrabPay financial services, all on one account, and GrabUnlimited spans several of them. Foodpanda is a dedicated delivery platform owned by the German group Delivery Hero, focused on food plus its own pandamart quick-commerce grocery stores and partnerships with Cold Storage and Giant. On the ground the practical differences are these. GrabFood carries the wider restaurant list, roughly 77% of the Singapore market in 2026, with exclusive McDonald's, KFC and Burger King partnerships, and it absorbed most of the restaurants that moved across when Deliveroo closed. It was also faster in our testing, averaging 28 minutes against Foodpanda's 34. Foodpanda is the stronger app for hawker stalls and zi char, its pandapro subscription is the only one of the two whose free delivery covers supermarket groceries, and it is the only one that discounts the food itself rather than the delivery fee.
Foodpanda. It remains the stronger app for hawker stalls and zi char, and its pandamart service adds grocery items in the same session. GrabFood carries the wider overall restaurant list, holding roughly 77% of the Singapore market in 2026 after picking up most of the restaurants that moved across when Deliveroo closed, and it has the stronger fast-food lineup with exclusive partnerships at McDonald's, KFC and Burger King. If hawker food is most of what you order, start with Foodpanda. If you want the widest choice overall, start with Grab.
Yes, if you order more than a couple of times a week. Promo codes on the two platforms rarely overlap, so having both lets you take whichever is running the better offer that day. What you cannot do is stack codes across apps, or usually stack more than one promo code within a single order, since most codes are one per order, though a bank card discount will often apply on top of an app code. The subscriptions are the part not worth doubling up on: at S$5.99/month each, paying for both only makes sense if you genuinely order from both several times a week. Pick the one that matches your basket, keep the other app for its codes.
GrabUnlimited: first month free for new members, then S$5.99/mo (or S$59.88/year, about S$4.99/mo)
pandapro S$5.99/mo: unlimited 20% off at 2,000+ restaurants, free delivery above S$25
MBOCT: S$5 off your GrabFood order, min. spend S$35, Maybank cardholders only
DBS8OFF80: S$8 off food delivery, min. spend S$80 (or DBS4OFF40: S$4 off S$40). Existing cardholders, 2 redemptions per user, app only
