Charging cards compared
What does your charging cost with Eneco eMobility laadpas and Essent laadpas?
All cards on the same worked example
Eneco eMobility laadpas and Essent laadpas side by side: subscription: none and €4.00, start fee: €0.39 and none; in the worked example Essent laadpas €4.00 a month, Eneco eMobility 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 |  Eneco eMobility laadpas |  Essent laadpas |
|---|---|---|
| Costs | ||
| Cardone-off | €2.95 | NoneLower |
| Subscriptionper month, entry plan | NoneLower | €4.00 |
| Start feeper session | €0.39 | NoneLower |
| Surcharge on the charger price | Own price per charger | None |
| Worked exampleextra per month, 100 kWh | Cannot be worked out up front | €4.00 |
| Use | ||
| Price shown before charging | Yes | Yes |
| Works across Europe | Yes | Yes |
| Card or app | Card | Card |
| ERE and score | ||
| Own ERE deal | Pre-registration | Waitlist |
| Card score | 5.7/10 · Fair | 7.6/10 · Good |
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.
Eneco eMobility laadpas
Charging card
Without subscription or entry plan
Cannot be worked out up front: own price per charger, shown in the app
Plans
Laadpas zonder abonnementNot computable
Laadpas met abonnementNot computable
Essent laadpas
Charging card
Without subscription or entry plan
€4.00a month
Plans
Without subscription€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.
Eneco eMobility laadpas5.7/10Card score · FairEssent laadpas7.6/10Card score · GoodCosts
weight 40%
Transparency
weight 35%
Usability
weight 25%
| Check | Eneco eMobility laadpas | Essent laadpas |
|---|---|---|
| Cost in the worked exampleCosts · Cheapest third: 1 · middle third: 0.5 · not computable: 0 | 0 / 1 | 0.5 / 1 |
| No subscription neededCosts · Entry plan without a monthly fee: 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 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 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 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 | 0.5 / 1 | 0.5 / 1 |
Extras
The first sentence of what the provider itself says. Everything is on each card's page, with sources.
Eneco eMobility laadpasYesMore than one million charge points in Europe; fixed tariffs differ per country (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, other countries).
Essent laadpasYesMore than 950,000 charge points in 22 European countries; full coverage in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, good coverage in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France.
Eneco eMobility laadpasPrice shown up front€2.95 is a one-off shipping fee for a separate card (key fob: €4.95 purchase incl. VAT); buying a home charger includes a free card.
Essent laadpasPrice shown up frontA subscription is required: €4.00 per month incl. VAT (tariff sheet from 30 January 2025).
Eneco eMobility laadpasPre-registrationEneco eMobility is preparing an ERE service for home chargers; pre-registration is open, but payout and terms have not been published yet (indication on the page: up to approx. €0.10 per kWh).
View this ERE offerEssent laadpasWaitlistEssent is preparing an ERE service with a partner for customers with an Essent home charger; for now you can only leave your details.
View this ERE offerEneco eMobility laadpasEneco eMobility sells home chargers (with a free card) and the app lets you set an electricity reimbursement rate for home charging, e.g. for a lease car.
Essent laadpasEssent sells home chargers.
Eneco eMobility laadpasYesBusiness charging solutions for companies, real estate, leasing and employees' homes via eneco-emobility.com/zakelijk; business card tariffs are not on the consumer pages.
Essent laadpasEssent says charging costs can be settled for business use 'from this autumn'; the tariff sheet lists 'Business settlement / automatic expense claims' at €5.50 per month incl. VAT.
Eneco eMobility laadpasCancellable monthly with one month's notice; the subscription ends on the last day of the month.
Essent laadpasOpen-ended; cancellable with one month's notice to the end of any calendar month.
Which one suits whom?
No winner and no advice: these are the differences in the public data. Lower means a lower amount, nothing more.
Eneco eMobility laadpas
Essent laadpas
Both
Sources
Eneco eMobility laadpas
Checked on September 27, 2026
Essent laadpas
Checked on September 27, 2026
Questions
Answered with the numbers on this page, the same way for both.
Eneco eMobility laadpas: subscription none, start fee €0.39, surcharge own price per charger. Essent laadpas: subscription €4.00, start fee none, surcharge none.
Eneco eMobility laadpas: yes. More than one million charge points in Europe; fixed tariffs differ per country (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, other countries). Essent laadpas: yes. More than 950,000 charge points in 22 European countries; full coverage in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, good coverage in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France.
Eneco eMobility laadpas: yes. Essent laadpas: yes. That counts towards the card score, under transparency.
Eneco eMobility laadpas 5.7/10 (fair); Essent laadpas 7.6/10 (good). The card score counts nine public checks: costs 40%, transparency 35% and usability 25%, with the same rules for every card.
Eneco eMobility laadpas: pre-registration. Eneco eMobility is preparing an ERE service for home chargers; pre-registration is open, but payout and terms have not been published yet (indication on the page: up to approx. €0.10 per kWh). Essent laadpas: waitlist. Essent is preparing an ERE service with a partner for customers with an Essent home charger; for now you can only leave your details. 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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