Pay-by-phone
Meterless, app-free payments. A driver parks, enters a code and their plate, and is billed only for the time they actually use.
Pay-by-phone, step by step.
Park & scan
Signage carries a short zone code or QR. The driver opens a web page — no app install, no account.
Plate & confirm
They enter their plate and intended stay; ParkCanvas prices it live against that zone's rules.
Charge on exit
Billing is for actual time used, with in-session top-ups up to the zone's maximum stay.
Reconcile automatically
Every session lands in your console and payout, tagged by zone, plate and rule.
What's included.
No app, no account
Runs in any mobile browser, with Apple Pay and Google Pay.
Pay for time used
Charge on end, not on entry — fairer for drivers, higher conversion for you.
In-session extensions
Drivers add time remotely up to the zone max, without returning to the car.
One active session per plate
Race-safe so a plate can't double-start; many plates park at once.
Grace & council rules
Per-zone grace periods, no-return cooldowns and shared daily grace quotas.
No rip-and-replace.
Pay-by-phone needs zero hardware to launch. Where you already run ANPR cameras or barriers, ParkCanvas matches phone sessions to plate reads and lifts the gate automatically.
See all integrationsEnvironments that rely on this.
Put pay-by-phone to work.
A 20-minute demo on your own sites — we'll map your first live revenue stream with you.