Uber offers many kinds of options for ride products. The options are UberX, UberXL, Uber Comfort, and Uber Black. UberXL offers more space to the customers that can accommodate 6 persons and the size of the vehicle is as large as an SUV. UberX offers a standard service to the customers and is one of the most popular services of the company. Uber black drivers drive more luxurious vehicles than UberX and UberXL and for that, they need high ratings. With so many options available customers can choose according to their preference. Few competitors of Uber are, Lyft, Via, Curb, and others as explained ahead.
Uber Competitors
Uber is one of the big corporations all over the world. It offers its services through apps and websites. Uber Technologies Inc. collects customer requests and finds the drivers nearby by source and destination. Uber faces competition directly and indirectly because of the global transformation of the service industry.
Lyft: Lyft is founded in June 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California. The founders of Lyft are John Zimmer and Logan Green, the CEO of the company is also Logan Green. Uber is considered cheaper compare to Lyft as the average fare in Uber is $20 while $27 in Lyft. Lyft is one of the most popular Uber competitors although the reach in comparison to the two is less than Lyft. Curb: The previous name of the Curb was “Taxi Magic”. Later its name was changed to Curb. Curb become a part of VeriFone in 2015. Most of the green and yellow taxis are operated by VeriFone in New York. The CEO of the Curb is Amos Tamam. It operates in 65 cities in the U. S. some of them are Miami, Las Vegas, Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Gett: Gett Taxi is a private transportation industry founded on 1 November 2010 by Dave Waiser. It is a B2B Ground Transportation Management platform and marketplace headquarters in London. The area served by Gett is Israel, Russia, Europe, the United States, and the United Kingdom. In 2016, Volkswagen announced to invest $300 million in the company. Easy: It was founded by Tallis Gomes, Daniel Cohen, Vinicius Gracia, and Marcio William in Rio de Janeiro on June 24, 2011. Easy has its headquarters in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and areas served by it are 30 countries. The easy taxi mobile app allows you to book a taxi and track the real-time. The easy has 20 million users. One of the advantages of taxi apps is customers can choose their driver based on experience and other factors according to their preferences. Via: It is a private transportation company founded in 2012 and has headquarters in New York City. The founders were Daniel Ramot and Oren Shoval. It has partnerships with 400 local governments across 20 countries globally. In 2020 via acquired the company Fleetonomy and in 2021 it purchased the transportation planning platform Remix for $100M. Via operates in New York, Chicago, Berlin, London, and Amsterdam. Wingz: It is a vehicle hiring company that provides rides at a fixed price in 30 cities across the U. S. A. & app is used to facilitate its smooth functioning. Wingz offers the request to drivers for rides and the customer can create a list of favorite drivers for bookings in the future. It was founded in 2011 and its headquarters is situated in San Francisco.
Conclusion
To recapitulate, Uber acquires an edge over the other competitors like Easy, Via, Gett, Curb, and Wingz. Every service provider has a different market share in the country. In the world of competition Uber’s market share declined from 74 percent to 69 percent in December 2017.
Frequently asked Q/A
What is cheaper Lyft or Uber?
Uber is cheaper as it costs on an average $20 for a trip while Lyft costs $27 on average.
Most used taxi app
Because of its popularity and market share, Uber ranks number 1 among other taxi apps.
