Breadth or specialism

Dever alternative for UK chauffeur operators

Dever and Kairo make a different trade-off.

Dever has mature breadth across several ground-transport categories. Kairo concentrates on the live record around pre-booked chauffeur work.

Research checked 6 September 2026. Competitor statements are limited to the sources listed on this page and should be confirmed with the vendor.

Start with the operating decision

Dever's DISPATCH has been running chauffeur, private hire, airport, cruise and ferry transfer and courier fleets since 2013. The comparison below sets published pricing, AI-drafted quotes and a fixed-price migration against Dever's wider breadth, so you can weigh what matters most to your operation.

Published commercial modelDever

Not published. The only figure anywhere on Dever's site is a customer testimonial mentioning £90 a month, which is one operator's bill, not a rate card.

Kairo commercial modelKairo

£99 / £199 / £349 a month by fleet size, on the website, before you speak to anyone

What Dever is built for

Dever Software sells DISPATCH, a generalist ground-transport platform that covers chauffeur and limousine work alongside private hire, airport, cruise and ferry transfers and courier work. It has been trading since 2013, leads on breadth and simplicity rather than any single technology story, and promises no contracts and no limits on drivers, vehicles, customers or bookings, at a monthly price it does not publish. It is a genuinely deep, mature system for an operator who wants one tool across several kinds of ground transport work, not chauffeur alone.

Official Dever site

Why operators look at Kairo

No published rate card, no published migration process, and pricing automation that only applies rules to a booking someone has already keyed in.

Feature and commercial record

Kairo details reflect the current product and published Kairo terms. Competitor details reflect the sources below, checked 6 September 2026.

Comparison point	Kairo	Dever
Published pricing	£99 / £199 / £349 a month by fleet size, on the website, before you speak to anyone	Not published. The only figure anywhere on Dever's site is a customer testimonial mentioning £90 a month, which is one operator's bill, not a rate card.
Contract / minimum term	Monthly or annual billing, chosen at signup	Not stated. Dever advertises "No Contracts", but its published terms and conditions set out no minimum term, contract length or notice period.
Getting started	Free 30-day trial, with your bookings, clients, drivers and vehicles imported for you	A trial exists, but it's arranged by phone or contact form, not a self-serve signup, and no duration is published.
Done-for-you migration	Core data imported free. Managed Launch (£495) adds rate cards, integrations and training, with a 14-day guarantee	Not published. Dever's site describes no import or migration process for bringing in existing clients, drivers, vehicles, tariffs or bookings.
AI quoting from an inbound enquiry	Reads the enquiry and drafts the booking, ready for you to price and send	Not claimed. Dever's pricing automation applies rules-based tariffs to a booking someone has already keyed in; nothing on their site claims AI or written-enquiry parsing.
Per-mile + per-minute tariff engine	Yes, per-mile plus per-minute with vehicle-class multipliers, VAT shown either way	Yes, and genuinely deep: cumulative mileage bands, standing charges, minimum fares, point-to-point and multi-leg journeys with via points, plus hourly as-directed work, all variable by customer, vehicle type, zone, date, day of week and time of day.
Driver app	Driver web app works on any phone; native iOS and Android apps are live	Yes, iOS and Android driver and passenger apps. Note the main operator console (Dispatch) is a downloadable desktop app via the Mac App Store or a Windows download, not browser-based.
Partner / subcontractor job flow	Built in: dispatch jobs to your partner fleet, they accept or decline, you track the split	Yes. The Tier 2 Management module receives and allocates work to subcontractors and raises the corresponding invoices or payments.
Xero + Stripe	Native Xero sync and Stripe payment links	Both. Invoices, credit notes and driver pay export to Xero, Sage or QuickBooks, and the DISPATCH software page lists card payments with Pay now links on bookings and invoices. Dever names no processor, so we cannot say it is Stripe.
Getting your data out	Ask us. We'll export your tenant's data for you	Manual. Written request, then a seven-day download window over FTP or SFTP.

Published pricing

Kairo

£99 / £199 / £349 a month by fleet size, on the website, before you speak to anyone

Dever

Not published. The only figure anywhere on Dever's site is a customer testimonial mentioning £90 a month, which is one operator's bill, not a rate card.

Contract / minimum term

Kairo

Monthly or annual billing, chosen at signup

Dever

Not stated. Dever advertises "No Contracts", but its published terms and conditions set out no minimum term, contract length or notice period.

Getting started

Kairo

Free 30-day trial, with your bookings, clients, drivers and vehicles imported for you

Dever

A trial exists, but it's arranged by phone or contact form, not a self-serve signup, and no duration is published.

Done-for-you migration

Kairo

Core data imported free. Managed Launch (£495) adds rate cards, integrations and training, with a 14-day guarantee

Dever

Not published. Dever's site describes no import or migration process for bringing in existing clients, drivers, vehicles, tariffs or bookings.

AI quoting from an inbound enquiry

Kairo

Reads the enquiry and drafts the booking, ready for you to price and send

Dever

Not claimed. Dever's pricing automation applies rules-based tariffs to a booking someone has already keyed in; nothing on their site claims AI or written-enquiry parsing.

Per-mile + per-minute tariff engine

Kairo

Yes, per-mile plus per-minute with vehicle-class multipliers, VAT shown either way

Dever

Yes, and genuinely deep: cumulative mileage bands, standing charges, minimum fares, point-to-point and multi-leg journeys with via points, plus hourly as-directed work, all variable by customer, vehicle type, zone, date, day of week and time of day.

Driver app

Kairo

Driver web app works on any phone; native iOS and Android apps are live

Dever

Yes, iOS and Android driver and passenger apps. Note the main operator console (Dispatch) is a downloadable desktop app via the Mac App Store or a Windows download, not browser-based.

Partner / subcontractor job flow

Kairo

Built in: dispatch jobs to your partner fleet, they accept or decline, you track the split

Dever

Yes. The Tier 2 Management module receives and allocates work to subcontractors and raises the corresponding invoices or payments.

Xero + Stripe

Kairo

Native Xero sync and Stripe payment links

Dever

Both. Invoices, credit notes and driver pay export to Xero, Sage or QuickBooks, and the DISPATCH software page lists card payments with Pay now links on bookings and invoices. Dever names no processor, so we cannot say it is Stripe.

Getting your data out

Kairo

Ask us. We'll export your tenant's data for you

Dever

Manual. Written request, then a seven-day download window over FTP or SFTP.

Switching from Dever?

Start a free 30-day trial and send us an export from Dever. We import your bookings, clients, drivers and vehicles for free. If you want rate cards, integrations and staff training handled too, Managed Launch does that for a one-off fee. Questions first? Call 0161 524 6855.

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Sources

Vendors change features, pricing and terms. Confirm current details with Dever before making a decision.