Comparison
Qinetic vs Wise
Wise (withwise.com) is a well-established UK platform for onboarding, compliance and paying self-employed workers, used by more than 2,500 companies. If you run a courier firm and you're comparing it with Qinetic, here's an honest breakdown.
Short version: Wise looks after the driver. Qinetic looks after the driver and the van. And the two are paid for in very different ways.
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Not to be confused with Wise, the money transfer company. This page compares Qinetic with the subcontractor platform at withwise.com.
Side by side
| Wise | Qinetic | |
|---|---|---|
| Who pays | Free to the business. Wise earns from optional products sold to your subcontractors, such as Wise Invoicing at £12.50 a week. | The business pays: £5 (Core) or £8 (Pro) per active driver per month. We never charge your drivers or take money from their pay. |
| Pricing and trial | No published price for businesses; demo or callback | Prices published on the website; 14-day free trial, no credit card |
| Driver onboarding | Digital onboarding with signed documents and automated ID checks | Onboarding from application to driver record, with documents, contracts and e-signatures |
| Right to Work | Right to Work checks built into onboarding | Driver evidence submission, office review and recorded decision, included in Core |
| Licence checks | DVLA licence checks | Licence details and expiry tracked against the driver, with reminders |
| Driver payments | FCA-regulated payments through Modulr; pay the whole workforce in one payment | Self-bill invoices from agreed daily or job rates; on Pro, pay drivers directly from Qinetic |
| Vans: MOT, tax and maintenance | Not part of the platform | MOT checked overnight; tax, insurance and service reminders; repair history, including drivers' own vans |
| Walkaround checks and defects | Not part of the platform | DVSA-aligned checks from the app; defects get an owner and a deadline |
| Parking tickets (PCNs) | Not part of the platform | Drivers log tickets from the app; FineWatch tracks deadlines and recharges on Pro |
| Driver hiring | Not part of the platform | Free job advert link and applicant inbox (Qinetic Hire) |
| Scale and credentials | 2,500+ companies, 280,000+ subcontractors onboarded, ISO 27001 | Newer and smaller, built for small and mid-sized courier fleets |
| Best fit | Larger operators who mainly need onboarding, status compliance and bulk payments, and are happy for drivers to buy Wise's products | Courier firms that want drivers and vans in one system, with a clear per-driver price and nothing charged to drivers |
Based on both companies' public websites as of October 2026: Wise's homepage, FAQs, platform and Wise Invoicing pages. "Not part of the platform" means we couldn't find it on Wise's public website. Wise and With Wise are trademarks of their owner; no affiliation or endorsement is implied. Check current features and prices with each provider.
The real difference: who pays
Wise is free for the business because it earns from your subcontractors instead. Its FAQs describe the software as zero cost to the business, with optional invoicing and accountancy products offered to subcontractors. Wise Invoicing is listed at £12.50 a week for the driver.
Qinetic works the other way round. You pay a fixed amount per active driver, and your drivers pay nothing. Their self-bills, payment history and app are free to them, and no fee comes out of their pay. In a market where good drivers move for a few pounds a week, we think that matters.
Choose Wise if...
You run a large subcontracted workforce, your priority is onboarding, employment status and paying everyone in one bulk payment, and you want FCA-regulated payments and ISO 27001 certification from a provider with a long track record. Wise also offers its subcontractors accountancy and perks, which some drivers value.
Choose Qinetic if...
Your problem isn't only the driver, it's the van too. Qinetic keeps MOT and tax, walkaround checks, defects, repairs and parking tickets on the same record as the driver, including subcontractors' own vans, with no tracker to fit.
And if you'd rather pay a clear price yourself than have your drivers pay for the platform, Qinetic is £5 or £8 per driver per month, with nothing charged to drivers. You can try it free for 14 days before speaking to anyone.
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14 days free, no credit card, and nothing charged to your drivers. Ever.
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