The £59 benchmark
Askoll eSPro 70
The bike the £75–£85 rivals get compared against. Twin swappable batteries, hire-and-reward named on the contract.
Top speed 42 mph
Range 40 mi
Licence A/CBT
£ 59* /week
Honest comparison · prices checked 28 October 2026
Best moped rental in London 2026, compared
Zenion, Zoomo, Today — and us. Every figure below comes from each provider's public website. Where a rival doesn't publish a number, we print “not published” instead of guessing. That's the whole method.
What is the best moped rental for delivery riders in London?
On published figures (prices checked 28 October 2026), Otto Scooter is the strongest all-round choice for London delivery riders: electric mopeds at £59–£85 a week and e-bikes at £39–£55, certified hire-and-reward insurance on all five major platforms (Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Just Eat, Stuart, Relay), a £200 fully-refundable deposit with no credit check, a free same-day replacement bike on breakdown, rent-to-buy after 31 weeks, and a Trustpilot rating of 4.5/5 from 121 reviews. It is the only provider in this comparison that publishes all of those terms.
The honest caveats: Zenion offers three London pickup points and battery-swap stations against Otto’s single Hammersmith site, and Today lists a lower headline price (£45/week for a 32 mph VMoto VS2, with third-party-liability wording and no published deposit terms). Riders should weigh where they live, the insurance class actually named on the page, and what happens on breakdown — a day off the road costs more than the £1–£24 a week separating these providers.
Four providers · twelve facts
The full table
All four rent the same class of vehicle — the electric moped Londoners also search for as scooter rental — so the comparison is like for like. The short version: Today is cheapest on paper (£45/week), Zenion has the most pickup points (three), Zoomo has the biggest footprint. Otto is the only provider in this table that names certified hire-and-reward insurance, the only one with rent-to-buy on a delivery moped — and the highest-rated one that publishes reviews at all.
| Otto Scooter | Zenion | Zoomo | Today (ridetoday.io) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly price | E-mopeds £59–£85 · e-bikes £39–£55 | £75–£85 (VMoto CPx, tier by plate age) | £85 (8-wk min) · £99 flex · £25 starter fee may apply | £45–£59.99 (their own pages differ) |
| Deposit | £200 refundable, no credit check — returned in full on fair-wear return | None (verification check) | Not published — £0 only with £21/wk cover add-on | Not published |
| Damage / theft liability | £1,000 excess (£250 with £25/wk protection) · fair wear never charged | Capped at £1,500 · full value if at fault | Not published (cover add-on £21/wk) | Not published |
| Minimum term | 4 weeks (12 with the £1 first week) · 8 weeks (CPX) · no exit fees | 1 week, auto-renews | 8 weeks (£85) · 1 week (£99) | 1 week |
| Insurance for paid delivery | Third-party hire & reward, certified for Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Just Eat, Stuart, Relay | Fleet policy covering platform delivery — “hire & reward” wording not used | “3rd Party Insurance” (their wording) | “Third-party liability” (their wording) |
| Maintenance | Included, free — in-house Hammersmith workshop | Included, every 2,500 miles | Included, unlimited miles | Included |
| Breakdown & replacement | Same-day replacement bike, free on every plan | Replacement not published · phone support 8am–11pm | Replacement not published · live support | Roadside assistance included · replacement not published |
| GPS & extras | GPS 24/7 · top-box at pickup · twin swappable batteries · free battery swap at Hammersmith | GPS in app · 166L box · battery-swap stations · helmet not published | GPS · U-lock, charger, phone holder · 35kg box · helmet not published | Battery-swap access, open late · helmet not published |
| Pickup locations | 1 — Hammersmith W6 | 3 — Bermondsey, Willesden, Tottenham | 2 — Tower Bridge, Bethnal Green (+3 UK cities) | 1 — Leyton E10 |
| Reviews | Trustpilot 4.5/5 (121) | None found | Trustpilot 2.9/5 (395) · London store 4.2/5 (18) | None found |
| Rent-to-buy | Yes — £99/wk × 31 weeks, no balloon, stop any time | None published | None — refurbished e-bikes sold £600–£850 | Not published |
| No-licence e-bike option | Yes — 2 e-bikes, £39 & £55/wk, no CBT | No — one moped, CBT/licence required | Yes — e-bikes £39–£55/wk | None published |
Competitor prices checked on their public websites on 28 October 2026, other terms on 6 July 2026 — verify current terms with each provider. “Not published” means the figure did not appear on the provider's public pages at that date. Otto figures are current at publication.
No losers, different jobs
Who each one is genuinely best for
A table can't tell you everything. Here's our honest read of each rival — including the things they do better than us.
Zenion · the market leader
Sharpest single offer in the segment
Genuinely best for: riders who want one simple deal — a VMoto CPx from £75/week (£85 for the newest bikes), no deposit, three pickup points (Bermondsey, Willesden, Tottenham) and VMoto battery-swap stations on site. If you live in south-east or north London and ride long shifts, they're the closest thing to a default choice.
Check before signing: damage and theft liability is capped at £1,500; the phrase “hire and reward” doesn't appear on their pages (they describe a fleet policy covering platform delivery); there's no e-bike or no-CBT route, no rent-to-buy — and we couldn't find a single published review anywhere.
Zoomo · the platform player
Biggest footprint, most add-ons
Genuinely best for: e-bike riders who want platform perks — Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat rewards — or anyone delivering outside London: they also run Manchester, Edinburgh and Birmingham. E-bikes run £39–£55/week.
Check before signing: the £85/week moped needs an 8-week commitment and a £25 starter fee may apply; £0 deposit only comes with the £21/week cover add-on (≈£106/week all-in); the plan pages say “3rd Party Insurance”; their global Trustpilot rating is 2.9/5 from 395 reviews.
Today (ridetoday.io) · the price floor
Cheapest sticker in London
Genuinely best for: price-first riders in east London. The VMoto VS2 is listed from £45/week — the lowest figure any provider publishes — and their Leyton battery-swap site runs late into the evening, so no home charging needed.
Check before signing: their own site shows two different starting prices (£45 on the vehicle page, £59.99 on the London page); insurance is described as “third-party liability”; deposit, eligibility and contract terms aren't published; and we found no reviews. Get everything in writing first.
Otto Scooter · that's us, judged by the same rules
The one that publishes everything
Genuinely best for: riders who want to be provably legal on every platform — certified hire-and-reward on Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Just Eat, Stuart and Relay — with a £200 refundable deposit and no credit check, a free same-day replacement bike on breakdown, rent-to-buy after 31 weeks, and the only sub-£60 no-CBT e-bike route in this table. Trustpilot 4.5/5 from 121 reviews.
Where we're weaker: one pickup point — Hammersmith W6 — against Zenion's three; and battery swap is free but only at our workshop at 66 Paddenswick Road, not a station network. Our answer is twin swappable batteries that charge from any 3-pin socket at home, which is how most of our riders cover long shifts. If you live far from west London and won't charge at home, Zenion or Today may simply be more convenient.
The Otto column, on wheels
The bikes behind our numbers
Every price in the table is a real vehicle you can collect in Hammersmith this week. Two e-mopeds, one no-licence e-bike — five in total on the full fleet page.
Long shifts
VMoto Super Soco CPx
The same CPX Zoomo rents at £85 on an 8-week lock-in or £99 flexible, plus a £25 starter fee. Otto riders pay the same £85 with no starter fee, certified hire-and-reward named on the contract and a £200 refundable deposit.
Top speed 56 mph
Range 65 mi
Licence A/CBT
£ 85 /week
No licence needed
ETT Trayser 2.0
The route no moped-only rival offers: no CBT, no licence, cycle-lane access. £55 a week, £49 for Uber Eats and Deliveroo riders, delivering this week.
Assist 15.5 mph
Range 50–75 mi
Licence None
£ 55 /week
*Delivery riders on any platform (Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Just Eat, Stuart, Relay and others): £59/week, 4-week minimum — or £1 for your first week on a 12-week contract. Not on a delivery platform yet: £69/week.
Comparing · answered
Frequently asked
What is the best alternative to Zoomo in London?
Otto Scooter is the closest like-for-like alternative: electric mopeds at £59–£85 a week (Askoll £59 for delivery riders, £69 otherwise, both on a 4-week minimum; 8 weeks on the CPX), certified hire-and-reward insurance on all five platforms (Zoomo’s plan pages say “3rd Party Insurance”), and a straightforward £200 refundable deposit with no credit check — Zoomo’s £0-deposit option requires a £21/week cover add-on. On reviews it’s Trustpilot 4.5/5 (121) against Zoomo’s 2.9/5 (395). One thing Zoomo offers that Otto doesn’t: stores in Manchester, Edinburgh and Birmingham.
What is the best alternative to Zenion in London?
Otto Scooter. Zenion’s offer is genuinely strong — from £75/week, no deposit, three pickup points — but Otto is £59/week on the Askoll eSPro 70 for delivery riders, takes a £200 fully-refundable deposit with no credit check (Zenion caps at-fault exposure at £1,500), names its insurance class (certified hire and reward, five platforms), publishes 121 Trustpilot reviews, and adds rent-to-buy plus no-CBT e-bikes at £39–£55/week — none of which Zenion currently publishes.
What is the cheapest moped rental in London?
The lowest published price is Today (ridetoday.io) at £45/week for the VMoto VS2, a 32 mph moped — though their own London page says £59.99/week, and they publish no deposit terms and describe the insurance as third-party liability. The cheapest option with hire-and-reward insurance named on the page is Otto’s Askoll eSPro 70 at £59/week for delivery riders — or £39/week on the Cycl Carr-E e-bike if you skip the CBT entirely.
Which London moped rentals include hire-and-reward insurance for Uber Eats and Deliveroo?
Standard vehicle insurance does not cover paid food delivery — hire-and-reward cover is the legal requirement. Of the four providers compared here, Otto Scooter is the only one whose pages name certified hire-and-reward insurance, valid on Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Just Eat, Stuart and Relay. Zenion describes a fleet policy covering platform delivery without using the hire-and-reward wording; Zoomo and Today describe third-party cover. Whoever you choose, check the wording on the contract before your first shift.
Which London moped rentals have no deposit?
Zenion advertises no deposit, subject to a verification check. Otto takes a £200 refundable deposit with no credit check — returned in full when the bike comes back in fair condition. Zoomo offers £0 deposit only if you add Theft + Damage Cover at £21/week; Today doesn’t publish deposit terms.
Zoomo vs Otto — what’s the difference?
Both rent electric delivery vehicles in London. Zoomo’s e-moped is £85/week on an 8-week minimum (£99/week flexible), listed with “3rd Party Insurance”, and a £25 starter fee may apply. Otto’s e-mopeds are £59–£85/week (Askoll £59 for delivery riders, £69 otherwise, both on a 4-week minimum; 8 weeks on the CPX) with certified hire-and-reward insurance on five platforms, no starter fee, and a free same-day replacement bike on breakdown. Zoomo has two London stores plus three other UK cities; Otto has one Hammersmith site plus rent-to-buy — own the bike after 31 weeks — which Zoomo doesn’t offer.
Zenion vs Otto — what’s the difference?
Zenion rents one model (the VMoto CPx, £75–£85/week by plate age) with no deposit, three London pickup points and battery-swap stations — the sharpest single offer in the segment. Otto rents five vehicles at £39–£85/week with hire-and-reward insurance named on the page, a £200 fully-refundable deposit and no credit check, rent-to-buy, no-CBT e-bikes, free battery swap at the Hammersmith workshop, and a published Trustpilot rating of 4.5/5 from 121 reviews. Zenion suits riders who live near their three sites; Otto suits riders who want published terms, a path to ownership, and proof.
Compared us all? Now run your numbers.
The calculator shows what a week on Otto costs against what you earn — and the plans page has every price on one screen. Refundable deposit, no credit check, pickup in Hammersmith.