What to deliver on: bike, e-bike, scooter or car
Your vehicle decides how many orders you get through and how much of that money survives the costs. There is no single right answer: in a tight centre a bike often beats a car, on the outskirts it goes the other way. Start simple — check what each app actually accepts, because the lists differ.
Which app accepts which vehicle
- Glovo — bike, scooter or car; a rental from the settlement partner also works. On delivery on foot, no information at all.
- Wolt — the widest list: car, scooter, bike, e-bike, e-scooter and electric kick scooter. Delivery on foot is not on it. Vehicle changes go through support, with a photo.
- Uber Eats — bike, scooter and car, plus e-bike and electric kick scooter. Working on foot is not supported.
- Bolt Food — officially bike, kick scooter and car, with partners adding scooter and motorcycle. The vehicle must be registered in Poland. The app has a walking option, but the platform does not advertise it.
- Pyszne — bike, e-bike, scooter, car or a rental; a licence only for the scooter and the car.
Bike and e-bike
A bike has the lowest barrier to entry: no licence, no registration, and Uber Eats signup takes nothing more than a photo of it. It wins wherever the last hundred metres decide the delivery time, not top speed.
Distance and weather limit you. Wolt pays for ten kilometres at most, and for a cyclist on Uber Eats one fleet quotes a 7.5 km ceiling. Uphill and in winter the electric version makes the difference — on the old town climbs in Lublin, or against the wind off the Brda in Bydgoszcz.
Scooter and car: the paperwork
- Driving licence — for a scooter and a car only, never for a bike.
- Uber Eats wants a licence, a registration document and OC insurance for a car or scooter; for a bike, just a photo.
- Bolt Food states it outright: the vehicle must be registered in Poland.
- Wolt — your own OC policy on a motor vehicle is mandatory, and the platform's courier insurance covers you only while you are logged in.
- The settlement partner also sells policies for your own vehicle: OC, AC, NNW and Assistance.
The car: when it pays off, when it gets in the way
A car wins outside the centre, on longer routes and on heavy orders — Glovo's shop purchases carry vehicle-dependent weight limits, in bands from zero to over fifty kilograms, and the bike drops out first.
In the centre that same car starts costing you. The Warsaw zone runs weekdays 8 to 20: 4.50 zł the first hour, 5.40 the second, 6.40 the third. In Kraków a non-resident in zone A pays 9, 10 and 11 zł, in Gdańsk the centre costs 7.50 zł an hour, and in Sopot from 1 May 2026 you pay at weekends too, daily 9:00 to 22:00.
Then there is Kraków's clean transport zone, covering around 60% of the city area from 1 January 2026: a car that fails the standards gets in for 100 zł a month in 2026, 250 zł in 2027 and 500 zł in 2028.
Big city versus a smaller one
In Warsaw the split is obvious: bike or e-bike in the centre, scooter and car further out. In Kraków the Old Town restricted traffic zone plays for the bike — getting out of the Rynek can take longer than the delivery. Łódź is flat as a table and good for a bike, but its city bike scheme is gone, as is Poznań's.
Smaller markets work differently. In Szczecin wide avenues suit a scooter, but one order across the river takes you out of the game for twenty minutes. In Bydgoszcz a scooter is the better call for Fordon, and the city bike scheme is seasonal, roughly 1 March to 31 October.
Thermal bag: who gives, who sells, who has none
- Glovo — the bag is mandatory: buy it yourself or get it from the settlement partner. The platform itself never promises a free one.
- Wolt — sells and issues no equipment at all, and the bag is still mandatory: take one from a partner or use your own from another app.
- Uber Eats — accepts any thermal bag, even a competitor's and with no logo; at the settlement partner it costs 120 zł, fully refunded once you start working.
- Bolt Food — a bag is mandatory, a branded one is not: your own is fine. The Bolt bag is paid for, with a deposit refunded within three working days of closing your account.
- Pyszne — at the settlement partner the bag is free as part of the starter bonus.
FAQ
Do you need a driving licence to work as a courier?
Not for a bike, an e-bike or a kick scooter — the licence applies to scooters and cars only. Signing up with Uber Eats for a car or scooter also means a vehicle registration document and OC insurance, and Bolt Food requires the vehicle to be registered in Poland. For a bike on Uber Eats, a photo of it is enough.
Can I deliver on foot?
Officially, do not count on it. Uber Eats does not support delivery on foot, and it is absent from Wolt's official vehicle list too. Bolt Food does have a walking option in the app, but the platform does not advertise it. For Glovo we found no information about delivery on foot at all — neither a yes nor a no.
Is an electric kick scooter enough?
On Wolt, yes — it sits on the official list next to the e-scooter. Uber Eats accepts it too, and Bolt Food names the kick scooter directly in its official line-up. The Glovo and Pyszne lists mention only bike, e-bike, scooter and car, so there it is worth asking the partner before you start.
Will I earn more in a car than on a bike?
One fleet quotes 5,000–6,000 zł a month on a bike for Wolt at 40–50 hours a week, and 6,000–8,000 zł on a scooter or in a car. That is its own range, not a guarantee, and fuel, parking and servicing are not deducted from it. The rate for each specific order is visible in the app before you accept it.
I have no vehicle at all — what then?
All of these apps allow a rented vehicle. At the settlement partner an e-bike costs from 210 zł a week in Poznań, Wrocław, Łódź, Bydgoszcz, Trójmiasto and Warsaw, and an electric Dacia Spring from 150 zł a week in Warsaw. A car rental includes OC and AC insurance, servicing, tyres, inspections and a replacement car; the price varies by city.
Will I get the thermal bag for free?
It depends on the app. Wolt sells and issues no equipment at all. On Bolt Food the bag is paid for, with a deposit. On Uber Eats it costs 120 zł at the settlement partner, but the whole sum comes back once you start working, and any bag without a logo is accepted. With Glovo you either buy it or get it from the partner.
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