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How can I start a food delivery business like swiggy?

In today’s hectic world, On-Demand food delivery apps are among the most trending and most desired. As ordering food using an easy-to-use Food delivery app is what millennials feel comfortable with, these apps are gradually replacing the conventional dining experience.


Some of the trending apps in this category are Swiggy, Zomato, Foodpanda, and Uber Eats. Since it contains a lot of complex developments with multiple mobile platforms, making an app like Swiggy demands a good depth of research and analysis.

So it is important to consider its existing features, business model, and a few additional features that make your food delivery app unique.


Proposed Business Models:

1) Aggregator Model

2) Food Delivery with Logistics Support

The model offers maximum profit if you ensure everything is smooth and fast from a vehicle, delivery personnel, and navigation. Restaurants now prefer to work with this profitable business model.


Swiggy Business Model

Swiggy has two major revenue streams.

  • Swiggy earns its major part of the revenue from restaurant commission for serving as their delivery partner and featuring them on their app for gaining customers.

  • Swiggy also earns from customers by charging them delivery fees on orders below a certain threshold.

  • Last but not least, through Swiggy Access; a paid service that helps restaurants that serve only through the Swiggy platform.

Features Required to Create Food Delivery App like Swiggy:

Some important features required to determine future performance and success of the app.

Consumer’s App:

  • Registration

  • Searching Restaurants

  • Placing the order

  • Payment

  • Track your order

  • Rating & reviewing

Restaurant Owner’s App:

  • Data accessibility

  • Registration

  • Managing orders

  • Receiving payments

  • Enhanced features

Delivery Executive Version App:

  • Registration

  • Managing orders

  • Delivery Status changes

  • Enhanced features

The Fundamental Tech Stack of Swiggy App:

The tech stack used at the Swiggy app seems heterogeneous in its range of capabilities, which is the fact that it helps them tackle the technical challenges in the app.

  • Backend: Java, Scala, Python, Rust, NodeJS

  • Frontend: ReactJS

  • App: Kotlin (Android), Swift(iOS)

  • Database: MySQL, Postgres, ScyllaDB

  • Caches: Redis, Aerospike

  • Data platform: S3, Presto, Druid, Snowflake, Flume, Hive, Spark, Storm

  • Search: Solr, Elasticsearch

  • CI/CD: Custom built with Jenkins

Create a Swiggy Clone App:

Swiggy has already become a predominant food delivery app and continues to prevail in the foodservice domain due to its speed, efficiency, and clean performance.


If you are willing to clone Swiggy and similar food-oriented apps in the market, you must consider building unique features and offering excellent in-app user experience.

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