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title: "Paid parking by QR code, no ticket machine | QR Blue"
description: "Charge for parking without ticket machines: drivers scan a QR code, choose a duration and pay online; officers check by plate. Early 2027."
url: https://qrblue.fr/en/paid-parking
language: en
---

Paid parking

# Paid parking without ticket machines: pay by plate*

Ticket machines are expensive to install and maintain, and paper tickets force drivers back to their vehicle. With QR Blue*, drivers scan the QR code on the sign, choose a duration or a pass and pay online; no ticket needs to be displayed, and officers check by number plate.
[Request a demo](https://qrblue.fr/en/contact)

## What municipalities face

### Ticket machines that are costly to maintain

Purchase, maintenance, cash collection, vandalism: each machine weighs on the council's budget.

### A paper ticket to take back to the vehicle

Drivers must find the machine, pay, then walk back to put the ticket behind the windscreen.

### Extensions impossible from a distance

To stay longer, drivers have to go back to the machine, often too late.

### Residents paying by mistake

Without a link between permits and payment, an exempt resident may pay by mistake or run into trouble at a check.

## What QR Blue brings

- A tariff grid per zone: hourly steps, day, week or month passes, entry pass
- An optional free first period, declared like the others, once a day
- Online payment via PayFiP (French public treasury) or another provider, PDF invoice by e-mail
- Extensions from the same page, paying only the difference
- Residents and other permit holders exempted by their badge, without paying
- Checks by number plate, in the same app as the badges

* Paid use available early 2027; free use (short stays, short-term parking) is available now.

## Features used

- [Time-limited parking module](https://qrblue.fr/en/features/time-limited-parking)
- [Enforcement app](https://qrblue.fr/en/features/enforcement-app)
- [QR badges and permits](https://qrblue.fr/en/features/qr-badges)
- [Dashboard and statistics](https://qrblue.fr/en/features/statistics)

## Frequently asked questions

### When will paid parking be available?

Early 2027. Free use of the same module (short stays, short-term parking, drop-off zones) is available now.

### Do the ticket machines have to stay?

No, if your by-law provides for online payment: a QR code on each sign in the zone is enough. Both can also coexist during a transition period.

### Do drivers pay extra fees?

QR Blue adds no fee for drivers: they pay the tariff set by the authority, collected by its payment provider.

### How are checks carried out?

Officers enter or read the plate with the enforcement app: they see whether a paid parking session is ongoing, until what time, or whether the vehicle holds a badge valid on the zone.

### Can a free first period be offered?

Yes, for example the first 30 minutes. Drivers declare it by scanning the QR code, without paying, once a day: checks see it like any other parking session.

## Other uses managed by QR Blue

- [Blue zoneExemptions for residents and businesses, checks on a smartphone.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/blue-zone-parking)
- [Resident permitResidents' permits, applied for and renewed online.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/resident-parking-permits)
- [Businesses and tradespeopleTradespeople, shopkeepers, companies: permits with their own rules.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/business-parking-permits)
- [Health workersNurses, doctors, home care: one badge across several zones.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/healthcare-parking-permits)
- [Municipal staff and servicesService vehicles, staff, teachers: in the same database.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/municipal-staff-parking)
- [Temporary zonesEvents, markets, works: permits with a common end date.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/temporary-parking-zones)
- [Short-stay parkingVery short-stay spaces outside shops and services, declared by QR.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/short-stay-parking)
- [Drop-off zonesOutside schools and stations, stops of a few minutes that stay that way.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/drop-off-zones)
- [Short-term parkingOne or two hours allowed, in one go or split over the day.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/short-term-parking)
- [Optional moduleTime-limited parking moduleShort stops, limited duration and paid zones (2027), declared by scanning a QR.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/features/time-limited-parking)
- [Optional moduleOnline payment moduleFor the badges and zones you choose to charge for.Learn more](https://qrblue.fr/en/features/online-payment)

## Take back control of your parking zones

A 30-minute demo, on your own case, with no commitment.

[Request a demo](https://qrblue.fr/en/contact)[+33 6 34 22 91 39](tel:+33634229139)