Question 1

Which is better, Coffee or Ele.me (饿了么)?

Accepted Answer

If you need a Food & Drink API that's easy to integrate, go with Coffee. Coffee uses no authentication while Ele.me (饿了么) uses no authentication.

Question 2

What is the main difference between Coffee and Ele.me (饿了么)?

Accepted Answer

Coffee: Random pictures of coffee. Ele.me (饿了么): Alibaba's food delivery platform — orders, merchants, menus, delivery tracking, payments. They differ in authentication (no authentication vs no authentication), HTTPS support (yes vs no), and CORS (unknown vs unknown).

Question 3

Which Food & Drink API is easier to integrate?

Accepted Answer

Both have similar integration complexity. Coffee uses no authentication and Ele.me (饿了么) uses no authentication.

Feature	Coffee	Ele.me (饿了么)
Authentication	None	None
HTTPS	Yes	No
CORS	Unknown	Unknown

Coffee vs Ele.me (饿了么)

Coffee

Ele.me (饿了么)

When to use which?