If you want to build an app like Glovo, start with the business behind the screens. A multi-restaurant delivery marketplace needs customer ordering, restaurant acceptance, courier assignment, payments and a team that handles exceptions. The right software choice depends on how closely those workflows fit your planned operation.
What does “Glovo clone app” mean?
The term usually describes software intended to reproduce the general delivery marketplace model: customers choose a restaurant, place an order and follow its delivery. It does not establish what is included in a particular product. One proposal may cover a customer app only; another may include restaurant tools, a courier app and dispatch.
Ask for a complete workflow demonstration before comparing proposals. Follow an order from a menu with modifiers through payment, restaurant acceptance, preparation, collection and delivery. Then test an unavailable item, a cancellation and an address problem. Those cases reveal which tools the operator actually has.
White-label software versus custom development
A white-label platform adapts existing software to your brand and configuration. It can suit an operator whose core workflows already match the product. Custom development is appropriate when a requirement needs a new or substantially different workflow. It also requires a plan for ongoing development, testing, app releases and support.
- With white-label software: confirm included apps, configuration options, hosting, updates, support and the process for requesting changes.
- With custom development: agree specifications, acceptance criteria, source-code rights, maintenance responsibilities and who handles app-store releases.
- For either approach: document who controls the domain, publishing accounts, payment account and access to operational data.
Neither label guarantees launch readiness. Compare the scope that is demonstrated and written into your agreement. The white-label food delivery app guide explains the branding and publishing preparation.
Four connected workflows to evaluate
Customers need restaurant discovery, usable menus, checkout and order status. Restaurants need to accept orders, manage preparation and keep availability current. Couriers need the collection and delivery information for each assignment. Operators need a shared view of orders and the ability to intervene.
Check those handoffs on real working screens. Can dispatch identify an order waiting for a courier? Does the restaurant see its next action? Can support locate the order when the customer calls? Screenshots are useful for reviewing design, but a live order walkthrough is more useful for evaluating operations.
A practical marketplace demo evaluation checklist
Use one test order across all screens. Agree the expected result before each step and record whether it was demonstrated, needs configuration, requires separate development or was not shown. A promise of future functionality should remain a separate item in your decision.
- Menu to cart: choose a product with a required option and a paid extra. Change its quantity. Verify the selected options and total in the cart.
- Restaurant acceptance: identify the same order on the restaurant screen and compare the items, quantities and modifiers. Ask who handles an unavailable item.
- Preparation and collection: follow the order to the kitchen and dispatch view. Ask how the operator sees a delay and who changes the assignment if the planned courier is unavailable.
- Delivery and support: check the status visible to the customer and the information support uses to locate the order. Rehearse the agreed cancellation process.
- Commercial scope: record which apps, configuration, publishing work and ongoing support are included in the proposal. Compare those items against the workflows you actually saw.
For each unresolved requirement, record an owner and the next validation step. Use the web ordering examples to prepare the customer-side checks and the restaurant onboarding checklist for the partner-side pilot.
How DelivCore fits a Glovo-style business
DelivCore connects branded ordering apps and a website with restaurant POS, courier tools, dispatch and admin. The Enterprise plan supports a multi-restaurant marketplace and an operator-defined restaurant commission engine. Starter and Growth have different scopes; native apps alone do not make a multi-restaurant network.
Review the delivery marketplace platform and included apps, then compare the current white-label plans. DelivCore is independent software. References to Glovo or Wolt describe the business model and do not imply affiliation or access to their restaurant or courier networks.
Prepare a demo around your launch
Bring your launch country, service area, restaurant model and delivery responsibilities. List required payment methods, languages and integrations. Separate essential launch requirements from changes that can wait until you have pilot feedback.
Your business still needs restaurant partners, couriers, customer acquisition and support. Use the marketplace launch checklist and the marketplace cost guide to plan that work alongside the software.