Bike hire in Paris
Every scheme unlocks through its own app. Your transit card will not unlock any of them. Tickets, passes and contactless are on the Paris page.
Docked means the vehicle lives in a station and must go back to one. Dockless vehicles park on-street inside app-approved zones.
Vélib' MétropoleDocked
- Vehicles
- Pedal bikeE-bike
- How you pay
- In the app, on your registered card.
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- Docked — pick one up at a station and return it to one. Unlock by membership card, unlock code or app.
- Cost
- Two product families, structure only (no amounts recorded per policy). Abonnements: three tiers - V-Libre, V-Plus, and V-Max. Rates change often; the app shows the current price before you unlock.
- Worth knowing
- Paris plus more than 70 communes of the Métropole du Grand Paris; ~20,500 bikes across ~1,500 stations, with roughly 40% of the fleet electric-assist per Smovengo's parent-company page.
DottDockless
- Vehicles
- E-bike
- How you pay
- In the app, on your registered card.
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- Dockless — find one on the street through the app. Unlock by app.
- Cost
- Pay-per-use: an unlock fee plus a use fee calculated by ride duration, rounded to the applicable time unit (second/minute/hour depending on city). Rates change often; the app shows the current price before you unlock.
- Worth knowing
- 18+ · Currently licensed under Paris's public-domain-occupation contract awarded by a Paris Council vote in July 2025, effective for a 4-year term from 1 October 2025; Dott is authorised to run between 3,000 and 6,000 e-bikes under this contract, paying a fee indexed to activity.
- Vehicles
- E-bike
- How you pay
- In the app, on your registered card.
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- How you get one
- Dockless — find one on the street through the app. Unlock by app.
- Cost
- Pay-per-use: a fixed cost to unlock each vehicle plus a per-minute rate while the vehicle is unlocked; ride time is rounded up to the nearest full minute. Rates may vary across different locations and times of day. Rates change often; the app shows the current price before you unlock.
- Worth knowing
- Currently licensed under Paris's CODP e-bike contract (4-year term from 1 October 2025, a fleet of 3, 000-6, 000 e-bikes per operator, fee indexed to activity).
- Vehicles
- E-bike
- How you pay
- In the app, on your registered card.
- How you get one
- Dockless — find one on the street through the app. Unlock by app.
- Cost
- Three product families, structure only (no amounts recorded per policy). (1) Pay as you go: standard per-city rates consisting of a per-unlock fee plus a per-minute charge while riding ('Standard rates', valid in Paris). Rates change often; the app shows the current price before you unlock.
- Worth knowing
- 18+ · Currently licensed under Paris's CODP e-bike contract (4-year term from 1 October 2025, a fleet of 3, 000-6, 000 e-bikes, fee indexed to activity).
What is not recorded
- Check the minimum age in the app before you unlock.