For short distance, much lower. A Hitch $5 fare ($4.50 after commission) is usually 5 km or less, and a 5 km Lala bike trip would be $11-12 ($9.24-$10.08).
Yesterday took a $23 ($19.32) car trip from NEX area to Choa Chu Kang initially - requester said he was going to get into the car with the items to move to CCK. Ironically, JustGrab would have cost only $19 ($15.20 after 20% commission) without surge, Hitch $14 ($12.60). So Lala car trips are actually more expensive than JustGrab.
Then going home after meeting a friend for dinner, took a Lala bike trip from Bukit Batok for $16 ($13.44) headed home. Hitch would have cost $13 ($11.70) for that same point to point trip, while JustGrab... $17 ($13.60) no surge.
Though courier deliveries are considered for profit and are therefore income taxable like any PHV/taxi services, unlike Hitch/RydePool that isn't subjected to income tax. But as long as one isn't registered to do PH car/PDVL/whatever, my understanding is that only the courier services get taxed. Hitch doesn't (whereas a PHV doing Hitch will get taxed on Hitch income).
The good part about the Lalas and Gogos is that they can stack if you know how to.
Tomorrow I have a nice $19 (10 km) Lala car trip locked in - already arranged with requester time to arrive at dropoff location.
Now looking for a Hitch to stack on an additional $8-9.
And maybe a Gogo even, if I'm that lucky
Thankfully ** has turned more people into delivery service requesters, and the supply of delivery service providers has gone down as more PHV drivers go back to driving JustGrab/RydeX/GoJek.