Title: Eneco eMobility laadpas vs Essent laadpas | EREVergelijken
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Last modified: 2026-09-27
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Charging cards compared

# Eneco eMobility laadpas vs Essent laadpascharging cards compared on cost and coverage

What does your charging cost with Eneco eMobility laadpas and Essent laadpas?

All cards on the same worked example

-   [Eneco eMobility laadpas in the card comparison](https://erevergelijken.eu/en/charging-cards/?sort=cost)
-   [Calculate it with Essent laadpas](https://erevergelijken.eu/en/ev-cost-scan/?pas=essent-laadpas)

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

## Eneco eMobility laadpas and Essent laadpas side by side

What the card itself costs on top of the charger price: card, subscription, start fee and surcharge.

Eneco eMobility laadpas and Essent laadpas: costs, use and card score
| Item | Eneco eMobility laadpas | Essent laadpas |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Costs |
| Card one-off | €2.95 | None Lower |
| Subscription per month, entry plan | None Lower | €4.00 |
| Start fee per session | €0.39 | None Lower |
| Surcharge on the charger price | Own price per charger | None |
| Worked example extra 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 |

-   Marked green: the lower amount, only when it stays lower if an amount with \* were excl. VAT (then 21% is added). No mark: the same, or not certain which is lower.
-   Worked example: what the card costs per month on top of the charger price, at 100 kWh in 8 sessions at public chargers of €0.44 per kWh (the tariff of the municipal TotalEnergies chargers in Amsterdam).

Worked example

## What Eneco eMobility laadpas and Essent laadpas cost extra per month

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 abonnement Not computable

-   Laadpas met abonnement Not computable

Where

Many networks

Payment

Card

For whom

Anyone in the Netherlands

Essent laadpas

Charging card

Without subscription or entry plan

€4.00 a month

Plans

-   Without subscription €4.00

Where

Many networks

Payment

Card

For whom

Anyone in the Netherlands

Amounts: the providers' tariff pages (see Sources).

Card score

## Score per pillar

Nine public checks in three pillars, the same rules for every card. Anything not public earns 0 points.

[How the card score works](https://erevergelijken.eu/en/charging-cards/#card-score)

-   Eneco eMobility laadpas 5.7 /10 Card score · Fair
-   Essent laadpas 7.6 /10 Card score · Good

-   Costs

    weight 40%

    Eneco eMobility laadpas 3.3

    Essent laadpas 5.0

-   Transparency

    weight 35%

    Eneco eMobility laadpas 6.7

    Essent laadpas 10.0

-   Usability

    weight 25%

    Eneco eMobility laadpas 8.3

    Essent laadpas 8.3

See every point per check+

Card score: points per check
| Check | Eneco eMobility laadpas | Essent laadpas |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost in the worked example Costs · Cheapest third: 1 · middle third: 0.5 · not computable: 0 | 0 / 1 | 0.5 / 1 |
| No subscription needed Costs · Entry plan without a monthly fee: 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 |
| Start fee per session Costs · None: 1 · up to €0.35: 0.5 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 |
| Price shown before charging Transparency · Yes: 1 (AFIR Art. 5(5)) | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 |
| Price computable up front Transparency · No, fixed or percentage surcharge: 1 · flat own kWh price: 0.5 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 |
| All amounts public Transparency · With VAT stated: 1 · without: 0.5 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 |
| Works across Europe Usability · Yes: 1 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 |
| For any car Usability · No brand restriction: 1 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 |
| Card and app Usability · Both: 1 · one of them: 0.5 | 0.5 / 1 | 0.5 / 1 |

Extras

## Coverage, transparency and extras

The first sentence of what the provider itself says. Everything is on each card's page, with sources.

-   ### Works across Europe

    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.

-   ### Tariff and price up front

    Eneco eMobility laadpas Price 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 laadpas Price shown up front

    A subscription is required: €4.00 per month incl. VAT (tariff sheet from 30 January 2025).

-   ### ERE deal

    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).

    [View this ERE offer](https://erevergelijken.eu/en/providers/eneco-emobility/)

    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.

    [View this ERE offer](https://erevergelijken.eu/en/providers/essent/)

-   ### Home charging

    Eneco eMobility laadpas

    Eneco 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 laadpas

    Essent sells home chargers.

-   ### Business

    Eneco eMobility laadpas Yes

    Business 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 laadpas

    Essent 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.

-   ### Good to know

    Eneco eMobility laadpas

    Cancellable monthly with one month's notice; the subscription ends on the last day of the month.

    Essent laadpas

    Open-ended; cancellable with one month's notice to the end of any calendar month.

Which one suits whom?

## The differences at a glance

No winner and no advice: these are the differences in the public data. Lower means a lower amount, nothing more.

Eneco eMobility laadpas

-   No subscription needed
-   Own price per charger, shown in the app
-   Own ERE deal: pre-registration

[All about Eneco eMobility laadpas](https://erevergelijken.eu/en/charging-cards/eneco-emobility-laadpas/)

Essent laadpas

-   Card at no cost (against €2.95)
-   No start fee
-   No surcharge: you pay the charge point's price
-   Own ERE deal: waitlist

[All about Essent laadpas](https://erevergelijken.eu/en/charging-cards/essent-laadpas/)

Both

-   Works across many networks
-   Shows the price before charging
-   Works across Europe
-   Card only
-   For any car

Sources

## Where the numbers come from

Eneco eMobility laadpas

-   [Eneco eMobility laadpas](https://www.eneco-emobility.com/thuis/laadpas)
-   [Eneco eMobility laadtarieven](https://www.eneco-emobility.com/thuis/laadtarieven)
-   [Eneco eMobility: alles over de laadpas](https://www.eneco-emobility.com/thuis/klantenservice/laadpas-van-eneco-emobility)
-   [Eneco eMobility app](https://www.eneco-emobility.com/thuis/kennis-en-tips/wat-is-de-eneco-emobility-app)
-   [Eneco eMobility: verdien geld met thuisladen (ERE)](https://www.eneco-emobility.com/thuis/kennis-en-tips/verdien-geld-met-thuisladen)
-   [Eneco eMobility zakelijk](https://www.eneco-emobility.com/zakelijk)
-   [Algemene verkoopvoorwaarden consumenten Eneco eMobility (v1.9, dec. 2023)](https://a.storyblok.com/f/117392/x/05f4620bad/algemene-voorwaarden-eneco-emobility-nederland.pdf)

Checked on September 27, 2026

Essent laadpas

-   [Essent laadpas en laaddruppel](https://www.essent.nl/elektrisch-laden/laadpas)
-   [Tarievenblad Essent Elektrisch Laden (vanaf 30-01-2025)](https://www.essent.nl/-/media/essent/documenten/algemene-voorwaarden/tarievenblad-essent-elektrisch-laden.pdf)
-   [Productvoorwaarden Laadpas & Laaddiensten](https://www.essent.nl/-/media/essent/documenten/algemene-voorwaarden/productvoorwaarden-laadpas-en-laaddiensten.pdf)
-   [Essent automatisch verrekenen](https://www.essent.nl/elektrisch-laden/laadpaal/automatisch-declareren)
-   [Essent ERE's](https://www.essent.nl/elektrisch-laden/laadpaal/ere)

Checked on September 27, 2026

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Questions

## Frequently asked questions

Answered with the numbers on this page, the same way for both.

What does charging with Eneco eMobility laadpas and Essent laadpas cost?

Eneco eMobility laadpas: subscription none, start fee €0.39, surcharge own price per charger. Essent laadpas: subscription €4.00, start fee none, surcharge none.

Do Eneco eMobility laadpas and Essent laadpas work across Europe?

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.

Do Eneco eMobility laadpas and Essent laadpas show the price before charging?

Eneco eMobility laadpas: yes. Essent laadpas: yes. That counts towards the card score, under transparency.

What is the card score of Eneco eMobility laadpas and Essent laadpas?

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.

Do Eneco eMobility laadpas and Essent laadpas have an ERE deal?

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.

## Do you also charge at home?

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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