Job apps that ask for money, and the free ones, for maid, cook and driver jobs (2027)

We run Sevetu, one of the apps below. Each app was checked on its own page on the date in Sources.

Short answer

You shouldn't have to pay to find household or driver work. Sevetu, JobHai, CazVid and EzyHelpers all say applying is free for workers¹²³⁴. Quikr Jobs sells an optional ₹99 a month plan⁵, and HurryUp Cabs asks drivers to register for ₹5⁶. A real employer pays you; you don't pay them.

Free to apply

• Sevetu. Joining, making a profile and applying are free; no commission, you keep 100% of the agreed pay; Sevetu says it never asks for a registration fee, a deposit or original documents, and that anyone asking in its name isn't from Sevetu¹.
• JobHai. Its listings state there is no fee for applying or during employment for the listed job².
• CazVid. Creating a profile, recording a video resume, browsing and applying are free for job seekers³.
• EzyHelpers. Says ₹0 registration or placement fees and that it never takes anything from your salary⁴.

Optional paid plans

Quikr Jobs has a free plan with 30 applications a month and sells a VIP plan at ₹99 a month with unlimited applications and recruiter phone numbers⁵. That's a choice, not a fee to get a job. Most people don't need it.

Registration fees

HurryUp Cabs says on its driver page: "Register with us for just ₹5!"⁶. A small fee on a known company's own site isn't the same as a scam. But it's worth knowing that fake job offers almost always start with a small, easy payment, then ask for more.

Our take: if a job app asks you for money before you get a job, it isn't a job app. It has misunderstood which side of the salary it's on.

How a fee turns into a scam

The usual pattern: a WhatsApp message offers a job, then asks for a "registration fee", then a "uniform charge", then a "training deposit". Each step is small. None of them ends in a job. The full guide to fake job offers →

Three rules

1. Never pay to apply. Not ₹5, not ₹500.
2. Never pay a deposit before you start, for a uniform, training or a "guarantee".
3. Never hand over originals. Show your Aadhaar if asked, give a masked copy, keep the original.

If you've already paid

• Lost money: call the cybercrime helpline 1930 or report at cybercrime.gov.in.
• No money lost yet: report the number on Chakshu.
• Tell the real app, if someone used its name.

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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

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