What is the cheapest car rental in Brisbane?

Among independents with published rates: Flex Drive from $29/day or $180/week (unlimited km, $400 bond), and Cazoom Rentals from $169/week with insurance, maintenance, roadside and unlimited kilometres included. Most of the rest quote per booking rather than publishing a rate.

What is the best weekly rental for Uber and delivery drivers?

Three operators specialise in rideshare: Sunshine Car Rentals (from $45/day, with its own workshop on site), Guru Car Rentals (hybrids from $199/week) and Beepz Auto Solutions ($180–350/week all-inclusive, with insurance, maintenance and roadside included).

Are independent operators better than the big chains?

Renters seem to think so: Brisbane’s top independents hold 4.8–4.9 stars on Google, while the international chains’ local branches typically sit between 4.4 and 4.7. Independents also tend to offer more flexible terms — weekly all-inclusive plans, rent-to-own, no credit checks — that the chains simply don’t.

How was this ranking calculated?

We pulled every rated car rental operator in Greater Brisbane from Google Maps (August 2026), scored each with a transparent points system — every tenth of a star above 4.0 is worth 10 points, and every tenfold increase in ratings is worth 15, so a higher score always outweighs volume but a business with thousands of ratings is not invisible beside one with forty. A 5.0 with 3 ratings can’t outrank a 4.8 with 300, required roughly 15+ ratings, and excluded international brands, multi-state networks (3+ branches) and non-rental businesses. The count beside each rating is Google’s ratings total, which includes people who left stars without writing anything. Prices are the lowest advertised on each operator’s own website.

The 10 Best Independent Car Rental Companies in Brisbane

The short answer

Ranked by a transparent points system over Google ratings (August 2026), Brisbane’s best independent car rental operators are Viz Car Rentals (5.0★ across 222 ratings), Betta Auto Hire (4.9★ across 561 ratings, the most-reviewed independent in the city) and Berber Select Car Rental (5.0★ across 64 ratings). All-inclusive weekly rentals start at $169/week (Cazoom) and $180/week (Flex Drive, Beepz), budget daily hire from $29/day (Flex Drive), and every operator on the list is Australian-owned with one or two locations — no international chains.

Brisbane’s rental scene isn’t just the airport chains. Behind the big brands there’s a layer of independent operators — often family-run, often specialised — quietly outscoring the multinationals on Google. We ranked every rated car rental operator in Greater Brisbane and kept only the true independents: Australian-owned, one or two locations, no international franchises.

How we ranked them

Every operator was pulled from Google Maps in August 2026 and scored with a transparent points system: every tenth of a star above 4.0 is worth 10 points, and every tenfold increase in ratings is worth 15 — so a higher score always outweighs volume, but a business with thousands of ratings is not invisible next to one with forty. The points are printed beside each entry so the order can be checked. A 5.0 with 3 ratings can’t beat a 4.8 with 300 — with a floor of 15 ratings and, new this round, 4.3★. We excluded international brands (SIXT, Europcar, RaD), multi-state networks with 3+ branches, and non-rental businesses that leak into Maps data. Prices are the lowest advertised on each operator’s own website; where none is published, we say so.

The top 10

1. Viz Car Rentals — 5.0★ (222) · 135 pts

Best rated in the city. Cars and vans from Underwood on the south side, and the only operator in Brisbane holding a perfect 5.0 across more than two hundred ratings. Unlimited kilometres on short-term hire, a $500 bond refunded within 24 to 48 hours of drop-off, and one of the widest age ranges here — 21 to 85, on a full unrestricted licence, with an international permit if yours is not in English. Bookings by phone or email rather than a self-serve engine, and it does not publish a weekly rate.

2. Betta Auto Hire — 4.9★ (561) · 131 pts

Best on the bayside. Family-run from Cleveland for more than twenty years, with a Brisbane Airport desk and a free shuttle. Utes, cars and trucks on one counter, up to four drivers at no charge, 200km a day on cars, and one of the few here that spells out its bond by cover level. Drivers must be 25 to 80, so it is not the one for a younger renter.

3. Berber Select Car Rental — 5.0★ (64) · 127 pts

Highest-rated boutique. A perfect 5.0 across 64 ratings for affordable long-term hire. No published rates — quote-based.

4= Flex Drive — 5.0★ (48) · 125 pts

Best for students & delivery drivers. Unlimited kilometres, insurance and 24/7 assistance included, a low $400 bond, and buy-now-pay-later options. From $29/day or $180/week.

4= EzyDrive Car Rental — 5.0★ (45) · 125 pts

Best flat weekly rate. Moorooka-based and Brisbane-born, quoting flat weekly rates with no booking fees or surge pricing — budget, commercial and premium fleets. Half price on the first two weeks if you commit to two months, which makes it one of the cheapest ways to hold a car long-term here.

6. Beepz Auto Solutions — 4.9★ (173) · 124 pts

Best weekly rentals & rideshare. All-inclusive weekly rentals from $180 to $350/week — insurance, maintenance and roadside included — plus car sales and an in-house workshop in Geebung. (Disclosure: Beepz runs its rental operations on the Carz platform.)

7. Sunshine Car Rentals — 4.9★ (161) · 123 pts

Best for Uber & food-delivery drivers. Rideshare-ready cars from $45/day, insurance replacement loan cars, and a mechanical workshop on site in Acacia Ridge — one stop for drivers who live on the road.

8. Guru Car Rentals — 5.0★ (21) · 120 pts

Best rideshare hybrids. Fuel-efficient hybrids set up for Uber, DiDi and Ola from $199/week (Hyundai i20), subject to approval, in Salisbury.

9. FCS Rental — 5.0★ (16) · 118 pts

Best for new arrivals. A three-week minimum from Eagle Farm, and it will hire on an overseas licence with nothing else attached — no international permit, no translation. Cars and vans (Corolla, HiAce, Master, Sprinter), all automatic, set up for Uber and DiDi drivers as well as students and trades. It does not publish weekly rates.

10. Cazoom Rentals — 4.7★ (267) · 106 pts

Cheapest published weekly rate. One of only two operators in Brisbane that publish a weekly price at all, and the lower of the two: $169/week for a hatchback, $189 for a sedan, $209 for an SUV, each with comprehensive insurance, maintenance, roadside and unlimited kilometres included and no lock-in contract. From Albion, and it also serves the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. Formerly CAROOM — same business, new name.

What the list says about Brisbane’s rental market

Two patterns stand out. First, the strongest independents are specialists — rideshare fleets, rent-to-own, island 4WDs, accessible vehicles — not generalists competing with the chains on airport volume. Second, the weekly all-inclusive model (one payment covering car, insurance and maintenance) is quietly becoming Brisbane’s default for long-term hire: Cazoom, Flex Drive, Beepz and Guru all run on it, from $169/week at the budget end to $350/week for a rideshare-ready car with everything included.

Compiled by the team at Carz, which also builds the software some of these operators run on. We say it here rather than bury it: you should know who wrote a ranking before you decide what to do with it. Nothing on this page is paid for, and no operator can buy a position on it.

Frequently asked questions

What is the cheapest car rental in Brisbane?: Among independents with published rates: Flex Drive from $29/day or $180/week (unlimited km, $400 bond), and Cazoom Rentals from $169/week with insurance, maintenance, roadside and unlimited kilometres included. Most of the rest quote per booking rather than publishing a rate.
What is the best weekly rental for Uber and delivery drivers?: Three operators specialise in rideshare: Sunshine Car Rentals (from $45/day, with its own workshop on site), Guru Car Rentals (hybrids from $199/week) and Beepz Auto Solutions ($180–350/week all-inclusive, with insurance, maintenance and roadside included).
Are independent operators better than the big chains?: Renters seem to think so: Brisbane’s top independents hold 4.8–4.9 stars on Google, while the international chains’ local branches typically sit between 4.4 and 4.7. Independents also tend to offer more flexible terms — weekly all-inclusive plans, rent-to-own, no credit checks — that the chains simply don’t.
How was this ranking calculated?: We pulled every rated car rental operator in Greater Brisbane from Google Maps (August 2026), scored each with a transparent points system — every tenth of a star above 4.0 is worth 10 points, and every tenfold increase in ratings is worth 15, so a higher score always outweighs volume but a business with thousands of ratings is not invisible beside one with forty. A 5.0 with 3 ratings can’t outrank a 4.8 with 300, required roughly 15+ ratings, and excluded international brands, multi-state networks (3+ branches) and non-rental businesses. The count beside each rating is Google’s ratings total, which includes people who left stars without writing anything. Prices are the lowest advertised on each operator’s own website.

Cristobal Galilea

Co-founder, Carz

Cristobal builds Carz alongside the operators who use it — fleet software for independent car-rental businesses leasing weekly to gig drivers in Australia.