Four ways to get a rideshare app, honestly compared
Each of these is the right answer for somebody. This page is an argument for which is the right answer for you — including the cases where it isn't us.
| Feature | Aggregators | Marketplace scripts | Clone SaaS vendors | Omei |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full ride-hailing feature set | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Your own brand and customer data | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ongoing support and updates | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Affordable for small operators | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| You own every account and credential | No | Partial | No | Yes |
| You keep 100% of your commission | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
What each option actually costs you
Not the feature list — the thing you give up. Including ours.
Driving for an aggregator
Uber, inDrive, Bolt and the rest
What works
Instant demand. Someone else has already spent the marketing money and the riders are already there.
What it costs you
You never own the customer, the brand or the data. The commission is theirs to change, and you find out by notification. You are a supplier in someone else's business, and the day they enter your city directly, you are competing with your own distribution channel.
Buying a marketplace script
One-off code purchases from script marketplaces
What works
Cheap up front, and you do get source code. For a technical founder with a team, that can genuinely be the right call.
What it costs you
The purchase is where the relationship ends. No updates when iOS or Android breaks something, no fixes when a payment gateway changes its API, and no one to call at 2am. Most operators discover the real cost twelve months in, when the code no longer compiles against current SDKs.
Renting a clone SaaS platform
Hosted Uber-clone vendors
What works
Supported and hosted, so the maintenance problem is handled. Feature lists are usually long.
What it costs you
The lock-in is the product. Accounts registered in the vendor's name, data you cannot fully export, pricing that climbs once you depend on it, and revenue share on top of the subscription in many cases. Leaving means starting over.
Omei
White-label software, flat fee
What works
Supported and hosted like a SaaS, but every account, credential and record is registered to you. Flat monthly fee, no revenue share, updates included on every plan, and a documented export if you ever want out.
What it costs you
We are not the cheapest line on a spreadsheet, and we are not open source. If you have an engineering team and want to own the codebase outright, buying a script and maintaining it yourself is a legitimate alternative — we would rather you knew that now.
Six commitments we put in writing
Your brand, not ours
Your name, your logo, your colours, your app listings. Nothing in the customer or driver app tells your customers that Omei exists.
You own every account
Apple Developer, Google Play, payment gateway, maps and SMS accounts are all created in your name and stay in your name. If you ever leave, they leave with you.
No revenue share
A flat monthly fee. Whether you run two hundred trips a month or two hundred thousand, we take none of your commission.
Updates are included
Not a script you buy once and watch rot. Maintenance and platform updates are part of every plan, including Launch.
Multi-vertical from day one
Rides, rentals and delivery on one platform and one driver pool — no second vendor, no second app to maintain.
Built by operators' engineers
Our team has built and shipped mobility platforms across ten countries. You get the patterns that worked and the ones that did not, without paying for the lesson.
Make the call
Bring us your hardest objection
Thirty minutes with someone who will tell you when Omei is the wrong fit — that conversation is cheaper for both of us than month three.