By the Sevetu team
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We run Sevetu, one of the options below. Prices were read on each service's own page on 12 November 2026.
Short answer
For a driver every day, hire your own: post the job on a direct app such as Sevetu, which is free to post and hire, choose from the ID-verified drivers who apply, and put hours, weekly off and allowances in writing. For one planned day, post an "Occasional" job the same way. For a driver within the hour in your own car, an hourly driver app such as DriveU is quickest: pay by the hour.
Monthly driver: someone who works for you
Direct hiring (free)
On Sevetu, you post a driver job with the car, hours, routes and salary. Drivers near you apply. Many carry a Verified badge from an identity check through Aadhaar. You chat in the app without sharing numbers, agree the terms, and record them in a written agreement you both keep. Posting and hiring are free, and nobody takes a cut of the driver's salary4.
Pay to see contacts
Some platforms sell access to driver contacts. HelpersNearMe, for example, lists a fee "starting at ₹99" to connect with workers5. You do the calling and checking.
Agencies
Agencies shortlist and often promise a replacement, usually for a placement fee of about a month's salary. What agencies charge →
Hourly driver apps: a driver at short notice
DriveU says it has served over 800,000 car owners and 9 million drives, and offers background-verified drivers for your own car around the clock1. Its pages list hourly rates from ₹129 an hour in Delhi2, ₹60 for each additional hour on some bookings, night charges for drives ending between 10 pm and 6 am, and GST on top3. Other hourly driver services work similarly.
Good for: a last-minute airport run or a late night out. Not good for: daily school and office runs, where the hours add up and you'd rather have the same person every day.
What a monthly driver costs
On Sevetu's published national ranges: ₹8,000 to ₹15,000 a month part-time for school runs, ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 full-time and ₹20,000 to ₹32,000 live-in6. Driver salary in 2027, with what moves it →
Five checks before the first drive
- Licence class and validity, checked online. Which licence covers which car →
- Identity, with consent: an Aadhaar check or app ID verification. Check an Aadhaar number, free →
- Police verification for anyone driving your children or parents. City by city →
- A paid trial drive on your real routes at the real time.
- Terms in writing: hours, weekly off, outstation allowance, what happens after a late-night drop, notice.
Which one fits?
| Your situation | Use |
|---|---|
| A planned day, such as a wedding | A one-day Occasional job on Sevetu |
| A driver within the hour | An hourly driver app |
| School runs every weekday | A part-time monthly driver |
| Office and errands daily | A full-time monthly driver |
| Elderly parents who need a driver on call | Full-time or live-in, with police verification |
| You have no time to shortlist | An agency, budget the fee |
More on drivers: hire a driver without a broker → · a driver for one day, with prices → · a monthly driver or Ola and Uber → · how to check a driver →
Read next: outstation driver charges, food and stay · acting driver jobs, pay per trip
Questions people ask
For a few drives a month, an hourly driver app such as DriveU. For a driver every day, a direct hiring app such as Sevetu, which is free to post and hire and lets you choose the driver and write the terms down.
DriveU's pages list rates from ₹129 an hour in Delhi, with extra charges for additional hours and late-night drives, plus GST, as read on 12 November 2026. Check the app for the price on your booking.
Yes. Post the job with the car, hours and salary on a direct app, shortlist the drivers who apply, do a paid trial drive and agree the terms in writing.
Check the licence number online and make sure its class covers your car. A DigiLocker copy counts as the original.
For occasional use, yes. For daily driving, the hours add up and a monthly driver usually costs less.
Sources
- Apple App Store, DriveU: Hire Driver for Car, read 12 November 2026: "Trusted by 800,000+ car owners and backed by 9 million+ completed drives"; "Hire Background Verified Car Drivers 24X7". apps.apple.com
- DriveU, Car drivers for hire, Saket, Delhi, read 12 November 2026: "rates starting from just Rs.129/hour". driveu.in
- DriveU, Airport drivers, read 12 November 2026: "Pay ₹60 for every additional hour"; night charge for drives ending between 10 PM and 6 AM; "GST as Applicable!". driveu.in
- Sevetu, Pricing, read 10 November 2026: posting and hiring free; no placement or platform fee; no commission. sevetu.com/pricing/
- Helpers Near Me, Drivers for expats near me, read 12 November 2026: "Fee - starting at ₹99". helpersnearme.com
- Sevetu, Hire a driver, cost section, read 12 November 2026: ₹8,000 to ₹15,000; ₹15,000 to ₹25,000; ₹20,000 to ₹32,000 a month. sevetu.com/hire-a-driver/
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Written by the Sevetu teamSevetu is a hiring marketplace for household work in India, operated by Fiel Private Limited. These guides come from the questions families and workers ask us. Nothing here is sponsored, and where a number has no defensible source we say so instead of inventing one. About Sevetu
