The Sustainable Solution to Urban Parking

Parksby connects drivers looking for parking with people and places that have parking to share — private spaces, car parks and garages. Book a space in seconds, or earn from one you don't use. Before you go, it also shows how full car parks are, live where available, and EV chargers nearby.

Car parks marked “Bookable” take bookings in the app: choose your time, pay, and you get a confirmation with directions. Some bookings are prepaid; others are reserved first and paid when you leave (check-in on arrival, check-out at exit). Weekly and monthly passes are available where the operator offers them.

Yes. List your space in the Spaces dashboard, set your price and when it's free, and drivers nearby can find and book it. You're paid 2 business days after each booking, to M-PESA or your bank.

Most private parking sits empty for large parts of the day. Sharing yours puts that idle space to work — fewer cars circling your street for a spot, less congestion and fewer emissions — and it earns you money.

In cities across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia, and it grows every week. See the map on where Parksby works, or search your destination in the app. If nothing is mapped there yet, tap “Tell me when parking is mapped here” and we will let you know.

A car park is live when its own systems tell us how full it is, or when a driver has reported it in the last 45 minutes. The app always says how old a reading is. Where nobody has told us anything recently it says “Live status unknown” — we never guess.

Yes. Tap “Chargers” on the map to show them beside the car parks: power, connectors and, where the operator publishes it, how many are free right now (“2 of 4 free”).

Open the car park and tap “Update this place”. Say how full it is (shown to other drivers for 45 minutes), report a problem such as a broken barrier or a closure, add a photo (we check photos before they appear), or correct the price or hours. Updates earn you points.

Yes. Add any car park you know from the app; it doesn't have to take payment through Parksby. If you manage many, see how to connect.

Yes, with Premium. Search where you're going and tap “Alert me before parking here fills”. Where we know how that area usually fills up, we tell you when to set off to find a space.

Finding parking is free. Premium adds the exact number of free spaces where a car park or city publishes it, alerts when a car park has space or is filling up, and when each car park is usually busy. See Pricing. Where only driver reports exist, Premium shows the same as Free.

Buy a Day or Week pass, or the Month plan, on our website (card or M-PESA) or in the Android app through Google Play. Passes simply end; the Month plan renews until you cancel it — from the Pricing page on the website, or from your Google Play subscriptions — and you keep Premium until the end of the period you paid for.

Payments are made securely in the app with M-PESA, mobile money or card. For reservation-based bookings you pay a non-refundable down payment (per our terms), and the rest when you check out.

You can cancel from your booking in the app. The rules depend on the kind of booking; for reservations the down payment is non-refundable. The app shows the policy that applies to yours.

List it free in the Spaces dashboard. Taking bookings is optional: many car parks are on Parksby only so drivers can find them and see how full they are.

Yes. Connect a barrier, camera, sensor or guidance system you already run, or send occupancy from your own system — see for operators and installers. Drivers then see your car park live.

For bookings made through Parksby, payouts are processed 2 business days after payment is confirmed, to M-PESA or your bank. You can see earnings and transactions in your wallet in Spaces.

Owners and operators list their own spaces and car parks, drivers add and update places they know, and we include open data where cities publish it. Each car park names its source in the app.

Use the Contact Us page, or email contact@parksby.io.

Yes, from the app or at parksby.io/delete-account. Your account is deleted after 30 days, in which you can change your mind. If you have an active booking or a pending payout, please let it complete first.