Car sharing

Car Sharing Software for Dubai and the UAE

Launching car sharing in Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Sharjah? CT Mobility is the white-label platform behind the service. Your customers sign up in an app under your brand, pass an ID and driving licence check, find a car on the map, open it with the phone and pay in AED by the minute, hour or day. Your team sees every car, sets zones and tariffs, and has a record of each trip for the day a Salik toll or a traffic fine arrives. We are based in Ajman and install the telematics in every emirate. AED 50 per car per month, tracking included.

Short answer: CT Mobility is white-label car sharing software for operators in Dubai and the UAE: an iOS and Android app under your brand, an operator console, a technician app and keyless access through telematics. It gives you the parts that Dubai’s hourly rental rules expect from an operator’s system, such as registered users, a driving licence check, vehicle tracking and a record of every trip. The permit itself is issued by the RTA to the operator. A typical launch takes about 15 days once the cars and devices are ready, and the subscription is AED 50 per car per month with a minimum of AED 500.

Last updated:

November 13, 2026

Dubai skyline with the Burj Khalifa above a highway interchange at sunset

What a car sharing launch in Dubai needs

What a launch needsWho brings itWith CT Mobility
A permit for hourly vehicle rentalYou, from the RTA Licensing AgencyThe permit is yours to apply for; the rules are summarised in the next section
Cars, registered and insuredYouAny make. We check each model for keyless access before you buy or wrap the fleet
Customers who are registered and hold a valid licenceThe platformSign-up in your app with ID and driving licence verification and a selfie liveness check
Tracking on every carThe platform and a telematics unitLocation, fuel level, mileage, lock and unlock from one console; we install the units in every emirate
Payment in AEDThe platform and your merchant accountCards and wallets through the payment gateway you choose, with deposits and refunds
Tariffs by the minute, hour or dayThe platformYou set and change them in the control panel, without an app release
Places where a trip may endThe platformZones drawn on the map, with a bonus or an extra charge to steer parking
Salik tolls and fines charged to the right customerThe trip record and your termsEvery trip keeps the customer, the times and the route
A field team for fuel, washing and moving carsYouThe technician app, with tasks created from alerts

Three of these lines are not software: the permit, the cars and the people who keep them clean and fuelled. The other six are the platform, and they are what this page is about. If you want the order in which to do things, read how to start car sharing in Dubai.

Dubai’s hourly rental rules, in software terms

In Dubai, renting cars by the hour is a regulated activity. Executive Council Resolution No. 49 of 2016 says that nobody may run it without a permit from the RTA’s Licensing Agency, and that the permit is valid for one year and renewable. The same resolution lists what the operator must do, and several of those duties land on your system: rent only to registered users, rent only to people who hold a driving licence recognised by the RTA, fit every vehicle with a geographic tracking system, keep registers of vehicle movements and locations, and connect your electronic system to the RTA’s rental information system.

In CT Mobility a car opens only for a registered customer who has passed your checks, every car reports through its telematics unit, and each trip is stored with its route, times and mileage. The link to the RTA system is an integration we scope with you on the Open API once RTA has told you what it requires. We are a software company, so read the resolution and confirm the current limits, rates and parking rules with RTA before you plan the fleet.

Your car sharing app in the App Store and Google Play

The app is published under your company name, in your colours. Your customers never see our brand, and you do not share an app or a customer base with another operator.

  1. Sign-up: the customer creates an account, photographs an ID and a driving licence and passes a selfie liveness check. You decide which documents a resident and a visitor must show.
  2. Find a car: the map shows free cars with model, fuel level and price. When nothing is close, Radar keeps searching a chosen radius and sends a push notification when a car becomes free.
  3. Open and drive: the phone unlocks the car. Photos before the trip record the damage that is already there.
  4. End the trip: the customer parks in a zone where trips may end, takes photos and locks the car in the app. The charge is calculated from your tariff and taken from the card.

More on the white-label car sharing software and the customer app.

Inside the platform · demo data

See it in action: the operator console and the apps

Zones on the Dubai map: rent-end zones, drive zones, restricted zone and an airport parking zone
Customer app map with available cars near Burj Khalifa

Zones. Rent-end zones, drive zones, restricted zones and an airport parking zone drawn on the map. Customers see the available cars around them in the app.

Rental record in the operator console: customer, car, time, distance, billing lines in AED and the start and finish points
Rate packages in the app: 3 hours for 199 AED with 150 km included

Who had the car. Each rental record shows the driver, the car, the time, the distance, the billing lines in AED and the start and finish points. In the app, customers can choose packages such as 3 hours with 150 km included.

Free-floating, stations, or cars for one community

The same platform runs a free-floating service across a city, fixed stations at metro stops or malls, round trips and one-way trips. Tariffs can be per minute, hourly or daily, with packages, subscriptions and special rates for companies.

Not every UAE service is public. A developer can offer shared cars to the residents of one community, a hotel to its guests, a company to its staff: access is limited to the people you approve, with their own tariffs. For staff cars see pool car management; for buildings, why developers add shared vehicles.

A rent a car company can put part of its fleet into car sharing and keep the rest on daily and monthly rental, on one platform. See car rental software for the UAE and car sharing vs car rental from the operator’s side.

Payments in AED, deposits and failed cards

The platform connects more than 15 payment gateways, including Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay and local solutions, and works in several currencies. The gateway pays out to your own merchant account. Tell us which bank or gateway you already use: one that is not connected yet is a separate integration, which we scope before you sign.

Around the payment itself there are deposits before a trip, refunds, recurring payments for subscriptions, promo codes and bonus balances, and tools for unpaid invoices when a card is declined after the trip. Details on billing and payments.

Keyless cars and tracking in every emirate

Each car gets a telematics unit, for example from Teltonika. Through it the platform reads location, fuel or battery level and mileage, raises alerts and sends lock and unlock commands. Bluetooth access keeps the digital key working where mobile coverage is weak, such as a basement car park.

We install the trackers in every emirate: Dubai, Abu Dhabi (including Al Ain), Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain. Our team helps choose the device for each car model and tests the whole flow, from booking to end of trip, before the first customer does.

Salik, Darb and fines on a shared car

Tolls and traffic fines are registered to the owner of the car, which is you. Each one carries a plate number and a time. Every trip in CT Mobility keeps the customer, the start and end time and the route, so you look up who had the car at that minute and charge the toll or the fine under your terms. Our guide to Salik and Darb has the current gates and prices, and traffic fines and Salik management shows the process.

After the trip: fuel, washing and cars in the wrong place

Low fuel, a car left outside its zone, a door left open, a unit that stopped reporting: each alert can become a task for a technician, who sees it in the technician app with the distance to the car. Cars that need attention are hidden from customers until the task is closed.

Two situations every operator meets in the first month: a customer who cannot end the trip and cars parked outside the operating zone.

Ask the platform in plain words

Which cars had no trips in the last three days? Which customers have failed payments this week? Your team can ask in the control panel with the AI Data Assistant, or in ChatGPT and Claude with Ask your fleet, the MCP server built into the platform. It works under each employee’s own login, reads only by default and is available to connect on request. More on the AI car sharing platform.

Used by a rental company in Dubai: Anydrive

AnyDrive logo - flexible car rental and mobility service

CT Mobility’s Digital Car Rental has transformed Anydrive’s service, making our app-based rentals seamless and reliable — perfect for Dubai’s fast-paced market.

Groshov S., Anydrive, Dubai

Anydrive is an app-based car rental service in Dubai that runs on CT Mobility: customers register and are verified in the app, open the car with their smartphone, and the back office handles billing, tracking and road fines. Read the Anydrive case study.

How a launch works

  1. Model and area: free-floating or stations, which districts, who may sign up and how they pay.
  2. Cars and devices: you send the list of models, we confirm keyless access for each and install the units.
  3. Zones and tariffs: operating area, places where trips may end, prices and packages are set in the control panel.
  4. Payments and verification: your payment gateway and the document checks are connected and tested.
  5. Your app: we publish the app under your brand in the App Store and Google Play.
  6. Field team: technicians install the technician app and run test trips on every car.

A typical launch takes about 15 days after the cars and devices are available. The permit and the merchant account run on their own timelines, so start both early.

Pricing

Included in AED 50 per vehicle / monthBilled separately
White-label iOS and Android app under your brandTelematics hardware and installation
Fleet management platform and dashboardsM2M SIM cards and mobile data
Real-time GPS tracking and monitoringSMS notification fees
Unlimited users, cloud hosting, software updates
Technical support and onboarding

No setup fee and no per-user charges. Minimum subscription AED 500 per month.

Example: a service with 40 cars pays AED 2,000 per month in subscription. The telematics unit for each car model and its installation are quoted separately.

Pilot for UAE companies: we connect up to 2 of your vehicles with no subscription fee for 3 months, so you can judge the results on your own operations before any commitment. Only the hardware, installation and mobile data are paid. Go live in about 15 days.

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Frequently asked questions

Which software can we use to launch car sharing in Dubai?

CT Mobility is white-label car sharing software from a company based in Ajman, UAE. It includes a customer app under your brand, an operator console, a technician app, keyless access through telematics, payments and zones. In Dubai, the app-based car rental service Anydrive runs on CT Mobility.

Do we need a permit to run car sharing in Dubai?

Yes. Under Executive Council Resolution No. 49 of 2016, hourly vehicle rental in Dubai requires a permit from the RTA’s Licensing Agency, valid for one year and renewable. The operator applies for it; software does not replace it.

How fast can we launch?

On the platform side, a typical launch takes about 15 days after the cars and telematics units are available. The RTA permit and your merchant account have their own timelines.

Which payment gateways can we use in the UAE?

More than 15 gateways are connected, including Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay and local solutions. If your bank or gateway is not connected yet, we scope it as an integration before you sign.

How are customers and driving licences verified?

At sign-up the customer photographs an ID and a driving licence and passes a selfie liveness check; identity verification platforms such as Sumsub can be connected, with two-factor authentication by SMS or WhatsApp. You decide which documents residents and visitors must show.

Who pays Salik tolls and traffic fines?

They are registered to you as the owner of the car. The trip record shows which customer had the car at that time, so you charge the toll or fine under your rental terms.

Does it work in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the other emirates?

Yes. One platform covers every emirate, with zones drawn for each city, and we install the telematics in every emirate. Resolution No. 49 of 2016 is a Dubai rule; ask the transport authority of each emirate about its own.

Can a rent a car company add car sharing to the fleet it already has?

Yes. Daily and monthly rental and per-minute car sharing run on the same platform and the same cars, with separate tariffs.

Can the service be limited to residents of a community or to employees?

Yes. Access can be limited to the people you approve, such as residents, hotel guests or the staff of a company, with their own tariffs and rules.

Do you run a car sharing service yourselves?

No. CT Mobility provides the software to operators and companies and does not compete with them for customers.

What does car sharing software cost in the UAE?

AED 50 per car per month, which includes tracking, with a minimum of AED 500 a month. The telematics unit and its installation are quoted per car model. You can run up to 2 cars for 3 months with no subscription fee and pay only for the device, installation and mobile data.

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