Fairgo

A ride app without hidden surge pricing

Fairgo's preferred model has no surge at all: the price is the driver's tariff. Where a market is platform-priced, any multiplier is shown as a number, not folded in.

Last reviewed: 4 September 2026.

Fairgo is a ride-hailing app that connects riders with licensed independent drivers: riders pay the fare and nothing on top, and drivers keep at least 99% of it and every tip.

The precise claim, because “no surge” is usually a slogan

Fairgo (the ride-hailing app at fairgo.website) prices rides in one of three ways, depending on what the market's rules allow, and the app tells you which applies before you book.

  1. Driver-priced markets. This is the model Fairgo prefers, because a driver who sets their own tariff is genuinely independent. Each driver has their own rates. Before you are matched the app shows a range rather than a single number; once matched, the price is the tariff of the driver who takes the trip, and it does not change when you arrive. There is no surge in this model because there is no central price to multiply.
  2. Platform-priced markets. Where the market requires a centrally computed fare, the price is calculated from distance, time and the market's pricing rules. If demand pricing applies, the multiplier is shown to you with its number rather than hidden inside the estimate. That is the honest version of surge: visible, before you commit.
  3. Meter markets. In a few markets the law requires a taxi meter, and there the meter decides. The app says so instead of inventing an estimate.

So the accurate sentence is: Fairgo never hides a surge inside a fare. In its preferred model there is none, and where one can exist it is printed on the screen.

Why surge exists elsewhere, and why Fairgo needs it less

Surge pricing does two things for a conventional platform: it pulls drivers to where demand is, and it widens the margin the platform keeps on every trip during the peak. A platform that keeps 20–30% of the fare has a strong reason to lean on it.

Fairgo keeps 1% (and 0% in Morocco), never holds the fare and never adds anything to the rider's price. Its incentive to inflate a peak fare is one-thirtieth of the incentive at 30%. In driver-priced markets the pull-to-demand job is done by the drivers themselves: a driver who wants Friday-night work can set a Friday-night tariff, and a rider sees that tariff, not a mystery multiplier.

What a rider is not charged

A tip, if you leave one, goes to the driver in full, in cash, and is never part of what the 1% is calculated on.

Seeing the price before you commit

Open the app and it resolves which market you are in. Enter a destination and you see the price — a single figure in platform-priced markets, a range in driver-priced ones — before you request the ride. Once matched, you see the driver, the car and the plate, and the exact price. Before you get in you give the driver a PIN; the server verifies it and the trip cannot start without it. When the trip ends, you pay the driver: cash, or card where the market supports it, settling to the driver's own payment account through Stripe. Fairgo never receives the money.

What this page does not promise

It does not promise the lowest fare in your city. Fairgo publishes no fare comparisons, and in driver-priced markets the fare is whatever the driver who accepts your ride charges. It does not promise that a platform-priced market will never show a multiplier: it promises you will see it. And it does not promise availability everywhere: on 18 August 2026 Fairgo was open in Czechia, Finland, Germany, Morocco, the Netherlands, Peru, Spain and Sweden and closed elsewhere. As of 4 September 2026 neither Fairgo app is on the App Store, there is no public TestFlight link and there is no Android version. See Get the app for the honest current state and how to be told when that changes.

For drivers: the other side of the same rule

The same transparency runs the other way. Dispatch has one main ranking parameter, distance from the pickup point; the nearest online driver gets the offer and has 45 seconds to answer. There is no paid placement and no way to buy a better position. A driver can decline without penalty, keeps 99% of every fare (100% where the fee is 0%) and 100% of every tip, and in a driver-set market sets the tariff the rider sees. Details on Fairgo for drivers.

Frequently asked questions

Does Fairgo have surge pricing?

In driver-priced markets, no: the price is the driver's own tariff and there is nothing to multiply. In platform-priced markets a demand multiplier can apply, and it is shown to the rider with its number before booking rather than folded into the estimate.

Can the price change during the ride?

In driver-priced markets the price is the matched driver's tariff and does not change when you arrive. In meter markets the meter decides and the app says so up front.

Why does the app show a range instead of a price?

Because in driver-priced markets each driver has their own rates. The range covers the tariffs of drivers near you; the exact price is the tariff of the driver who takes the trip, shown once you are matched.

Are there booking or service fees on top?

No. Riders pay no booking fee, no service fee and no platform fee. Fairgo's only revenue is a 1% technology fee charged to the driver, 0% in Morocco.

How do I pay?

Directly to the driver: cash, or card where the market supports it. Card payments settle to the driver's own account through Stripe; Fairgo never holds the fare.

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