Don't rent. Outrent.
Car sharing beats the rental desk more often than you'd think — no deposit, fuel included, one-way for nothing. Tell us the trip and we'll do the maths.
No desk. No deposit.
Unlock the car with your phone and pay with an ordinary debit card. Nothing gets frozen on a credit card for weeks.
Leave it in another country
Pick up in Vilnius, walk away in Riga. Some car sharing ends a trip across the border for nothing — rental charges for the same move.
Kilometres are the catch
Car sharing bills distance on top of time, and a plain day can include none at all. The right prepaid plan fixes that — we find it for your distance.
Checked every night
Prices come straight from operators' own pages, converted at the European Central Bank's rate. Where a company hides its prices in an app, we say so rather than guess.
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Where it works
Car sharing is a city thing, and every country does it differently. Here is what we know, how sure we are, and what catches visitors out.
How it works
Describe the trip
City, dates, car, distance and borders. No account, no email — nothing to give us.
We price both sides fairly
Rental gets its fuel, its zero-excess cover and its one-way fee added, because that's what it really costs. Car sharing gets the cheapest prepaid plan that covers your kilometres.
You get the plan
Which operator, which plan to buy before you unlock, what your licence needs, and the fines that catch tourists. All of it, free.
Where the numbers come from
Nothing here is paid for and nothing is invented. When we can't see a price, the page says so.
Fair questions
Is this really free?
Yes. No sign-up, no paywall, no locked section. It's a hobby project by someone who got tired of rental desks freezing deposits on a credit card. If that ever changes, the comparison itself will stay free.
Why is the rental price a range, not a number?
Because rental prices move with your dates, the season and how far ahead you book, and no rental company lets a small free site query live prices. So we show the honest band: the low end is the cheapest listing we found, the high end is the typical price for your travel month. A verdict only says "car sharing wins" when it wins across the whole band.
Why do some operators say "rates in app"?
Some companies — Bolt Drive is the best-known — publish no prices on the web at all. Rather than invent one, we show what we do know about them (how they bill, what's included, where you can drive) and tell you which of their products suits your trip.
Can I pick up in one country and leave the car in another?
Sometimes, and it's the single biggest saving there is. CityBee lets you drive between Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and end the trip in any of its zones; ending in Latvia or Estonia costs nothing, ending in Lithuania €69. Rental charges €130–400 for the same move. Most other car sharing must end in the country it started in — the comparison checks this for you.
My licence isn't from the EU. Can I use car sharing?
Often yes, but not with an International Driving Permit. Most operators accept national licences from a published list of around 50 countries and refuse IDPs outright; a few are EU/EEA only, and some Nordic ones require a local digital ID. Switch "Other country" in the comparison and we'll flag what applies.
Why does it say a car club "only accepts members who live" there?
Many car clubs in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and parts of Central Europe sign you up with a local bank ID (BankID, MitID), a national ID number (PESEL) or a card registered to a local address. A visitor can't get through that, however good their licence. We still list these clubs with the reason, so you don't spend an evening downloading apps that will turn you away.
What's the catch with car sharing?
Distance. Kilometres are billed on top of the daily rate — €0.30–0.37 each — and some day rates include none. On a long drive that can turn the result upside down unless you buy the right prepaid plan. You also can't reserve a specific car weeks ahead the way you can with rental.