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What does your charging cost with 50five laaddruppel / laadpas and Tap Electric?
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50five laaddruppel / laadpas and Tap Electric side by side: subscription: €3.03 and none, start fee: not public and none; in the worked example Tap Electric €2.20* a month, 50five laaddruppel / laadpas not computable up front.
Amounts from the providers' own sites, checked on September 27, 2026 · no paid placement
The numbers
What the card itself costs on top of the charger price: card, subscription, start fee and surcharge.
| Item | 50five laaddruppel / laadpas |  Tap Electric |
|---|---|---|
| Costs | ||
| Cardone-off | €7.95 | NoneLower |
| Subscriptionper month, entry plan | €3.03 | NoneLower |
| Start feeper session | Not public | None |
| Surcharge on the charger price | Unknown | 5% |
| Worked exampleextra per month, 100 kWh | Cannot be worked out up front | €2.20* |
| Use | ||
| Price shown before charging | Yes | Yes |
| Works across Europe | Yes | Yes |
| Card or app | Card and app | Card and app |
| ERE and score | ||
| Own ERE deal | Yes | Yes |
| Card score | 3.7/10 · Limited | 9.4/10 · Strong |
Worked example
Per plan: what you pay per month on top of the charger price at 100 kWh in 8 sessions at chargers of €0.44 per kWh.
50five laaddruppel / laadpas
Charging card
Without subscription or entry plan
Cannot be worked out up front: own price per charger, shown in the app
Plans
50five laaddruppelNot computable
Tap Electric
Charging card
Without subscription or entry plan
€2.20*a month
Plans
Pay-as-you-go (alleen app)€4.40
Light€2.20
Roamer€2.50
Family€4.00
Amounts: the providers' tariff pages (see Sources).
Card score
Nine public checks in three pillars, the same rules for every card. Anything not public earns 0 points.
Tap Electric9.4/10Card score · StrongCosts
weight 40%
Transparency
weight 35%
Usability
weight 25%
| Check | 50five laaddruppel / laadpas | Tap Electric |
|---|---|---|
| Cost in the worked exampleCosts · Cheapest third: 1 · middle third: 0.5 · not computable: 0 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 |
| No subscription neededCosts · Entry plan without a monthly fee: 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 |
| Start fee per sessionCosts · None: 1 · up to €0.35: 0.5 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 |
| Price shown before chargingTransparency · Yes: 1 (AFIR Art. 5(5)) | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 |
| Price computable up frontTransparency · No, fixed or percentage surcharge: 1 · flat own kWh price: 0.5 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 |
| All amounts publicTransparency · With VAT stated: 1 · without: 0.5 | 0 / 1 | 0.5 / 1 |
| Works across EuropeUsability · Yes: 1 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 |
| For any carUsability · No brand restriction: 1 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 |
| Card and appUsability · Both: 1 · one of them: 0.5 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 |
Extras
The first sentence of what the provider itself says. Everything is on each card's page, with sources.
Over 210,000 charge points in the Netherlands and 420,000 in Europe (card page); the app mentions a network of over 600,000 charge points in Europe.
Tap ElectricYesCharging in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Ireland and the UK, at chargers shown in the app.
The 50five e-mobility app shows the tariff per public charge point.
Tap ElectricPrice shown up frontThe price is the charge point operator's tariff plus your plan's transaction fee.
50five is an NEa-registered ERE booking service provider and offers ERE registration for private and business customers with a suitable charger.
View this ERE offerTap ElectricYesTap Green Credits: ERE service for chargers in the Tap back office or charging with the Tap app or card.
View this ERE offer50five supplies and installs home chargers with a charger-management subscription (which requires a 50five card) and handles home-charging reimbursement for lease drivers; you set your reimbursement rate in the app.
Tap ElectricFree charge point management for home chargers (OCPP 1.6J).
Business cards via a quote form (1 request = 1 card); 50five works with lease companies and mobility providers.
Tap ElectricYesCompany name and VAT number can be added to invoices; Tap Fleet offers fleet management with one invoice for public and home charging (price per driver or vehicle, amount not on the card page).
Open-ended agreement from activation of the key fob; either party may terminate 'observing the applicable periods' (period not specified).
Tap ElectricMonthly plans; change or cancel any time in the app.
Which one suits whom?
No winner and no advice: these are the differences in the public data. Lower means a lower amount, nothing more.
50five laaddruppel / laadpas
No item where only 50five laaddruppel / laadpas has a lower amount or offers something extra compared with Tap Electric.
All about 50five laaddruppel / laadpasTap Electric
Both
Sources
50five laaddruppel / laadpas
Checked on September 27, 2026
Questions
Answered with the numbers on this page, the same way for both.
50five laaddruppel / laadpas: subscription €3.03, start fee not public, surcharge unknown. Tap Electric: subscription none, start fee none, surcharge 5%.
50five laaddruppel / laadpas: yes. Over 210,000 charge points in the Netherlands and 420,000 in Europe (card page); the app mentions a network of over 600,000 charge points in Europe. Tap Electric: yes. Charging in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Ireland and the UK, at chargers shown in the app.
50five laaddruppel / laadpas: yes. Tap Electric: yes. That counts towards the card score, under transparency.
50five laaddruppel / laadpas 3.7/10 (limited); Tap Electric 9.4/10 (strong). The card score counts nine public checks: costs 40%, transparency 35% and usability 25%, with the same rules for every card.
50five laaddruppel / laadpas: yes. 50five is an NEa-registered ERE booking service provider and offers ERE registration for private and business customers with a suitable charger. Tap Electric: yes. Tap Green Credits: ERE service for chargers in the Tap back office or charging with the Tap app or card. Since 1 January 2026, ERE payment for home charging needs a charger with a built-in MID meter; you can also arrange ERE separately from your energy supplier or charging card.
With a charger that has a built-in MID meter you earn ERE payment for what you charge at home. Compare the providers on net earnings and trust.
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