The best car rental in Zurich depends on you

There is no single best provider. The city offers four models that fail in different ways, and five questions sort them faster than any review score.

Verified on Trustpilot2,025 documented rentals since 2024
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“the process to book the car took less than 5 minutes”Mitch, Review on Google Maps · October 2026“The whole process, from picking up the car to returning it, was incredibly smooth.”Dong 🇺🇸, Review on Trustpilot · September 2026“The car was spotless, very well maintained, and exactly what I needed.”Spyros 🇬🇷, Review on Trustpilot · September 2026“They eliminated all the usual administrative stress so I could focus entirely on my family.”Joachim 🇫🇮, Review on Trustpilot · September 2026“Service is top notch ☀️”Bora 🇨🇭, Review on Trustpilot · September 2026“even ended up dropping of the Car right in front of our door just an hour after my request”Adrianna 🇨🇭, Review on Trustpilot · September 2026“alles hat reibungslos funktioniert und der gesamte Ablauf war unkompliziert”Meron, Verified rental · August 2026“I would definitely rent from them again and highly recommend the company.”Lao 🇨🇭, Review on Trustpilot · August 2026“Great car, all worked well”David, Verified rental · July 2026“A perfect and easy care hire experience”Sahar 🇬🇧, Review on Trustpilot · July 2026“Oh das ist super Service”Daniel, WhatsApp, Verified rental · June 2026“easy handling, flexible, great and fast communication, nice and clean car”Kim 🇨🇭, Review on Trustpilot · April 2026“Top Fahrzeug”Lobi, Verified rental · October 2025“the issue was resolved in less than 5 minutes”Anne 🇨🇭, Review on Trustpilot · March 2026“Super Auto. Gerne wieder.”Frank, Verified rental · October 2025All reviews

Five questions worth asking before you book anything

Ask these of every provider you are considering, including this one. Four of the five are answered on a booking page, and the fifth tells you what happens when the trip does not go to plan.

  1. When do you actually pick it up?

    A counter closes. Ask for the opening hours of the branch, not of the company. A 21:40 landing against an 18:00 desk is a problem no daily rate can fix.

  2. What gets held on your card?

    Deposits in Zurich run from nothing at all to several hundred francs blocked for days. Ask for the number, not for the word standard.

  3. What is the deductible if you damage it?

    Every offer includes damage protection at some deductible. The useful question is what it costs to bring that deductible down, and whether you can do it while booking or only at the desk.

  4. How many kilometres come with the day?

    Some cars are unlimited and some are not, and the difference only shows up on the invoice. It belongs next to the car, before you pay.

  5. Where does the car have to go back?

    Same spot, a different branch, or anywhere inside a zone. This decides your last hour in Zurich more than the daily rate ever will.

Where DRAIV fits, and where it does not

We would rather you booked the right thing somewhere else than the wrong thing here.

A good fit if

  • You arrive or leave outside office hours.
  • You want the total before you pay and, as a rule, nothing reserved on your card.
  • You are happy to return the car to the spot you took it from.
  • You want the exact car you booked rather than a category.

Look elsewhere if

  • You need a one-way rental, to Geneva or across a border in one direction.
  • You want a staffed desk inside the terminal, right now.
  • You need a van, a nine-seater or a truck. Our fleet is cars.
  • You are under 21.

Everything included

All in the price

The price you see is the price. Protection, fees & VAT included.

Damage protection included

Deductible reducible to CHF 200 on request.

Free cancellation

Cancel free of charge up to 24 h before pickup.

Support seven days a week

Real people, from 07:00 to 22:00.

Real voices

Our customers say it better than we do.

Reviews from Trustpilot, messages from our WhatsApp support and feedback left straight after a rental. Word for word, nothing polished.

All reviews on Trustpilot

In general everything went very well, with very clear booking fees and great communication from the team. The car was in great condition, I couldn't tell by the look and the drive experience that it has so many km! What worked not so well (for me) was the unlocking/locking process, done through the browser. Although I was able to unlock the car, the page got stuck and did not give me any actual confirmation that the car was open. Same thing has happened by the locking procedure.

LucaBMW 320d xDrive · October 2026Verified
DRAIV rental

Buchung und Abholung des Mietwagens hat bestens geklappt

RenatoNovember 2026
Review on Google Maps

Vielen Dank für den tollen Service! Ich war mit der Autovermietung sehr zufrieden. Das Auto war in einem sehr guten Zustand, alles hat reibungslos funktioniert und der gesamte Ablauf war unkompliziert. Gerne wieder! 👍

MeronAugust 2026Verified
Verified rental

Oh das ist super Service

DanielJune 2026
WhatsApp support
Verified rental

Tesla Model 3 Long Range

Alles bestens gelaufen wie immer Danke

SaschaOctober 2026

They even allowed me to arrive one hour later without charging me extra.

Kostas ChasialisOctober 2026
Review on Google Maps

Perfect!!!!

GIOVANNI NORDIOOctober 2026
Review on Google Maps

Solide, zulässig und komfortabel sind Wörter, die mir im Sinne kommen für das Fahrerlebnis. support ist auch immer am Start.

TiemeBMW 320d xDrive · June 2026Verified
DRAIV rental

Konnte dank Draiv meinen WAb Kurs absolvieren.

NadineOctober 2026
Review on Google Maps

Everything went perfectly, from the moment of booking until the end of the rental period.

Serhii ShumyhoraOctober 2026
Review on Google Maps
Verified rental

BMW X1 xDrive25i

Very easy to rent and convenient

PinOctober 2026

Super, danke! Ja, endlich die Ferien 😎

LionelJuly 2026
WhatsApp support

Pickup and drop off were completely contactless which made everything so easy but they were always there if I needed anything.

Owais AijazNovember 2026
Review on Google Maps

Just wanted to say that we are arriving in Zh, all good everything super smooth

NiccolòFebruary 2026
WhatsApp support

In general everything went very well, with very clear booking fees and great communication from the team. The car was in great condition, I couldn't tell by the look and the drive experience that it has so many km! What worked not so well (for me) was the unlocking/locking process, done through the browser. Although I was able to unlock the car, the page got stuck and did not give me any actual confirmation that the car was open. Same thing has happened by the locking procedure.

LucaBMW 320d xDrive · October 2026Verified
DRAIV rental

the process to book the car took less than 5 minutes

Mitch LingOctober 2026
Review on Google Maps

Great car, all worked well

DavidBMW X1 xDrive25i · July 2026Verified
DRAIV rental

Von der Buchung bis zur Rückgabe des Autos hat alles super funktioniert.

Erika UlrichOctober 2026
Review on Google Maps

Voiture parfaite je recommande à 200%

Marco SOctober 2026
Review on Google Maps

Die Buchung war einfach und schnell, das Auto war in einem sehr guten Zustand und alles hat wie vereinbart geklappt.

Adem MehmetiSeptember 2026
Review on Google Maps
Verified rental

BMW 218d

Schnell verfügbar, telefonisch erreichbar und Flexibel!

NellySeptember 2026

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Choosing a rental in Zurich

It depends on how long you need the car. For a short errand carsharing usually wins, because you pay by the hour. From roughly half a day upward a rental is normally cheaper, because it stops billing you by the kilometre. DRAIV starts at CHF 39 a day from Monday to Thursday.

You need a card to pay with. As a rule, we don't hold a deposit. Our GTC apply, including checks before your first pickup.

Barely. Rental reviews mostly measure the counter, and when there is no counter the score is grading something you will never see. Read for the failure cases instead: late arrivals, damage disputes, and what happened when somebody needed to change a booking.

Carsharing sells access to a network, with a membership and an hourly plus per-kilometre tariff. A rental sells one car for a stretch of time. The network is what you pay for in the first model and what you give up in the second.

Insist on it anywhere you book. On DRAIV the total, including protection, service fee and VAT, is shown before payment, and the car in the picture is the car you get.

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