Uber launched in Southeast Asia before GrabTaxi introduced its Uber-like GrabCar service, but one-and-a-half years on, GrabCar is catching up with Uber in its Southeast Asian markets and might quickly surpass it, since GrabTaxi’s overall footprint in Southeast Asia is larger.
GrabCar has one serious advantage over Uber that makes it more suited to the region: it accepts cash payments by default. This makes it more accessible to users in Southeast Asia, where overall credit card usage is low.