Snabbit and InstaHelp cross 1 lakh daily jobs as househelp price war deepens

Snabbit and Urban Company’s InstaHelp have each topped 100,000 daily domestic-service jobs, using promotions from Rs 19 to drive adoption. The milestone signals fast demand growth in on-demand househelp, while raising pressure on worker supply and unit economics.

— Filed Mon, 3 Aug, 2026, 11:41 IST · Source ET Small Business · Updated

Snabbit and Urban Company’s InstaHelp each crossed one lakh daily house-help jobs amid aggressive promotions as low as Rs 29 per hour. The rivalry highlights rapid demand growth, worker-availability constraints and intensifying unit-economics pressure in India’s on-demand domestic-services market.

Why this matters

The milestone follows Snabbit’s $112M raise and 1 million daily-job target, as well as its report of 115,000 daily jobs and burn below ₹250 per job.

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