Uber vs Lyft | Who PAYS MORE With Upfront Fares??

Both Uber and Lyft have rolled out their upfront fares and details in several markets across the US and should be in most markets very soon. With upfront fares and upfront pay getting away from time and distance pay, the question comes down to who is paying drivers more, Uber or Lyft? Join RSG contributor Joe as he breaks down his rides.

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[Therideshareguy]

What have you been seeing? Is Uber or Lyft paying you more overall? Let us know 👇

[michaelmckenzie]

After seven years driving for both I’ve never seen so much corporate greed! There taking almost 50% ! Contact your local representative immediately this must stop.

[johngifford]

Lyft promos and bonuses are designed to get you to turn off the Uber app. I only make the three ride streaks when I'm over my daily target. Other than that I run both apps and I don't care about the larger bonuses or blue, gold, diamond B.S. in either app. Dolla dolla bills yo! The only status I care about is green.

Uber definitely pays better.

[malewire]

In my market after Nov 1, they both cut pay 40% for me. I live in a large urban area, so my rides are back to back on either platform. All I do is short rides, and lyft pays better for those rides in my market even with the fuel surcharge gone. In the end both are out to screw drivers. Different platforms, same objective.

[annc]

i agree with you. Busy times near a downtown area with shorter rides do pay better. Pick up, drop off, pick up near or sometimes at the drop off. Less money, more rides is better over all. At least that is what I have found.

[URSOPhotography]

How has my earning been? With GRYFT its been Horseshite. Since Nov I can not make more than $8 an hour. UFP should stand for Upfront Penetration...

[HairstylesMigue]

I drive uber today I was doing other app business, and I was upset because rides was $3.63, $4.65 and the long one to the airport $10 this is very sad

[stRoi]

Although I no longer drive, I still use services. According to drivers Uber's payout is more.

[LVGaryD]

I accepted a long ride in Las Vegas the other day that said it would pay $21.00, or so I thought. Apparently I had misread the fare. I assume it was $210.00 and not the $21.00 I thought I had seen. Passenger immediately called and told me the trip was to Long Beach, CA. I told him I had to be at work in three hours, so I would not be taking him. My question is, how can anyone drive 9-10 hours and a total of 560-580 miles for $210? I would even not do it for $500 unless I was really broke. Admittedly, I HATE driving in California. Bunch of lunatics.

[ongke]

pro tips: look before taking a trip. I am on the verge of quitting uber, so I pick only the good trips only. some of the other rides programed to screw driver hard

[egobuilders]

Earned $40 today in a 6 hour period with Lyft in a huge city in what should have been a busy area.

[ginchadope]

I am in georgia. Forsyth. When i have both on, my rates to the airport can go as high as $45 on Uber. For Lyft in a comparable area the highest ive seen is $36. So, i no longer use lyft. Plain and clear simple.

[IndiGeaux]

Upfront fare is good. 75% of the total fare paid is fair. I shouldn’t have to ask the passengers what they’re paying to see if I’m being screwed. Which I am. As a independent contractor, I should have a say in what I choose for my fee.

[bobbymccolloch]

i have found that with Up Front pricing i went from having closer to 90-95% AR on uber to having closer to 60% after the first few weeks of driving on uber with the UFP it finally figured out what i was willing to take as my low end even on longer trips and my AR has gone back up to closer to 85% now every once in a while i get some garbage back to back and i just turn my app off and drive to where i want to be and just restart my stuff. Also at the start of UFP i noticed they started giving me less than 50cents a mile on most rides now that the algo has adjusted a bit more i am mainly seeing 90 cents to 1.50 a mile depending on how far it is. On longer trips im averaging 1.20-1.30 a mile with no bonuses which is slightly ahead of what the rate card was here in the SLC area beforehand. Overall i think that uber has been true to what they were saying with UFP being a good thing overall but i think the folks who were just accepting everything regardless of price were fucking it for the rest of us and the folks who were paying attention to stuff and started dropping our AR alot more have been rewarded with better fairs to keep us driving and accepting more rides.

[samueldotson]

What good is upfront pricing if lyft keep auto changing the ride to a cheaper ride you didn’t agree to.

[cc-tbst]

The only reason I ever consider driving for Lyft is promotions. And they have to be promotions with small ride count because I cannot invest the time it takes to do 50 60 70 rides on Lyft and just lose out all that money on those rides that I'd be making if I was doing Uber. So unless Uber is just completely dead, which has been happening because a lot of out of town drivers have hit my market, I would never switch lift on unless their promotion was killer.

[earnecaldwell]

Hi I've noticed a higher payout with Uber

[stevecurrier]

Depends where you are, in the smaller markets, Uber pays almost twice what Lyft pays because of surges rates. Lyft is usually one sma small area. Uber is allover the place.

[ateezyrozaytv]

They are BOTH competing to see who can pay you less than 7$ per ride. I’m in Vegas. All the drivers who “Took the Tesla” are accepting ALL THE 💩 RIDES” to pay their weekly premium. The more Tesla’s you see, The more ride rates Will go down in you’re market. 💡

[Tun-Tun]

My lyft acceptance rate is at 1% and Uber at 46%. I was 90% on both a few months ago.. f u lyft