Every comparison site ranks the box price. But you do not buy the box price — you buy the box plus the accessory that stops your fuse blowing, the cards for whoever else charges, the licence that unlocks the protocol, the platform fee that starts when you bill someone. Tick what you need below and watch the real totals move.
Everything the e-flo PRO ships with as standard is the starting line. Each tick adds that capability to every column — at each vendor's own price, through each vendor's own mechanics.
| e-flo PROone model, all-in · € 699 | Zaptec Go 2€ 779 | Easee Charge Up€ 629 | Wallbox Pulsar Max€ 695 | Alfen Eve Single Pro-line€ 1.149 | NexBlue Edge Max€ 849 | |
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| 22 kW · 3-phase · Type 2 socket | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Cable 5/7 mThe € 695 model linked below is the tethered Pulsar Max. Wallbox does list a socket variant, but our price source does not stock it, so we will not quote a number for it. | ✓ | ✓ |
| 4G built in | ✓ included | ✓ eSIM included | ✓ eSIM included | ✗ Wi-Fi/Bluetooth onlyNo cellular at any price — offline the moment the Wi-Fi hiccups | Optional moduleCellular is a configure-at-purchase option | ✓ eSIM included |
| Screen | ✓ colour screenStatus, tariff and session readable at the charger | Small status display | ✗ LED strip only | ✗ LED halo only | Small mono display | ✓ OLED displayReal-time session and consumption data at the charger |
| RFID reader | ✓ + 2 cards in the box | ✓ readerCards sold separately | ✓ readerCards sold separately | ✗ none — app onlyCannot be added later at any price. Every driver needs the app and an account. | ✓ readerCards sold separately | ✓ readerMIFARE Classic; cards not specified as included |
| Works with no account / no backend | ✓ cards work standalone | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ app required | ✓ | Confirm with vendor |
| V2G-ready | ✓ hardware-ready | ✓ hardware-ready | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ bidirectional-ready |
| Plug & ChargeCar authenticates itself — no card, no app (ISO 15118) | ✓ ready | Confirm with vendor | Confirm with vendor | ✗ | Firmware-dependent | ✓ readyISO 15118-2 and 15118-20 |
| Load managementCharge without upgrading the fuse | + € 19One-time software unlock | + € 84Zaptec Sense — P1 hardware, NL/BE meters only | + € 134Easee Equalizer hardware | + € 273Power Boost meter, installed in the fuse box | + € 150External meter + configuration, from | NexBlue ZenSeparate load balancer; no public price |
| Bill someone for the electricityLegally valid resale needs a MID meter | + € 89MID-certified meter, one-time | Confirm with vendorMID status of the internal meter varies by market | Confirm with vendorInternal meter historically not MID-certified | Confirm with vendorPower Boost meter is for balancing, not billing | ✓ MID meter included | ✓ MID meter includedIntegrated, ±1% |
| Several chargers, one dashboard | ✓ MobiFLO included€ 0 first 30 months, then € 3/m | ✓ Zaptec PortalFree for own use | ✓ Easee CloudFree for own use | myWallbox BusinessPaid plan for multi-charger management | Needs a backendAlfen sells hardware; management runs on a third-party platform | ✓ myNexBlue portalNo monthly subscription stated |
| Open OCPP — your choice of platform | ✓ OCPP 1.6J & 2.0.14G standard, no gatekeeper | ✓ OCPP 1.6Configured via Zaptec's portal | Vendor-gatedOCPP is enabled per account by Easee Cloud support | Via myWallbox settings | ✓ native OCPPAlfen's genuine strength | ✓ OCPP 1.6J & 2.0.1 |
| Software to run it commercially, 3 yearsBilling drivers, tariffs, receipts | ≈ + € 18MobiFLO — € 0 first 30 months, then € 3/month | ≈ + € 144Third-party CPMS, from ~€ 4/socket/month | ≈ + € 144Third-party CPMS, from ~€ 4/socket/month | ≈ + € 144myWallbox Business or third-party CPMS | ≈ + € 144Third-party CPMS, from ~€ 4/socket/month | ≈ + € 144Third-party CPMS, from ~€ 4/socket/month |
| Your configuration | € 699 | € 779 | € 629 | € 695 | € 1.149 | € 849 |
Prices 8 Aug 2026; NexBlue Edge Max added 4 Sep 2026. 22 kW, Type 2 socket except where a row says otherwise, ex VAT where shown by the retailer: Zaptec Go 2 · Easee Charge Up · Pulsar Max (tethered) · Alfen Eve Pro-line · Sense · Equalizer · NexBlue Edge Max. "Confirm with vendor" means exactly that — we would rather send you to their spec sheet than invent a number. Found a price that moved? Tell us and we fix it.
A € 629 sticker with a € 134 load balancer and separately sold cards is not a € 629 charger. Every vendor above monetises the second purchase — the one you make after the electrician has left.
Options can be bought later at a markup. Missing hardware cannot: no RFID reader means app-only forever, no cellular means Wi-Fi dropouts are charging dropouts. Buy for the building, not for this month.
Per-socket platform fees read as small print at € 4 a month. Across 10 chargers and 3 years that is € 1.440 — more than a charger. It is the only line on this page that grows with your success.
It is ours, so read it sceptically — but every price is dated, sourced and linked, the comparison uses 22 kW socket versions across the board, and where a competitor is genuinely ahead we say so: Alfen's native OCPP is the most open in the group, Zaptec and Easee ship 4G eSIMs just as we do, and Alfen's years of installed base are a real argument our spec sheet cannot answer. Where we could not verify a spec we wrote "confirm with vendor" instead of a number. If a figure is stale, mail us and we correct it.
Because the base unit does less: no screen, cards sold separately, load balancing needs a € 134 Equalizer, and OCPP is switched on per account by Easee's own cloud. Configure it to what the e-flo PRO already includes and the €70 head start is gone before you get to software.
It is a genuinely good, open, Dutch-built charger — and at € 1.149 before a backend, it costs € 450 more per socket to end up on the same platform freedom the e-flo PRO ships with. If you are running many chargers commercially, that difference times your fleet is your margin.
A decade of installed base. Alfen and Zaptec have been on European walls for years and that track record is worth something — it is the honest reason a risk-averse buyer picks them at a premium. What we can put against it: the spec above, the price, and a platform at € 0 per socket for the first 30 months (€ 3 per month after).
Buying chargers to operate commercially? The free 15-page guide How to start a charging network covers the unit economics, the grid question, this hardware checklist and a 90-day launch plan. Buying for your own staff car park instead? Workplace charging — the employer's guide covers right-sizing, reimbursement, tax and the EPBD-2027 deadline.