Secure high-value rentals with automated deposits that reduce risk and streamline operations.
Akara digitizes security deposits for equipment and gear rental across the UAE. Send a branded deposit request, hold the amount on the customer’s card without charging it, and release it the moment the equipment comes back in good condition.
Protect high-value inventory without tying up your customer’s cash, document any damage with evidence, and cut the administrative overhead of cash and cheque handling.
It suits everything from tools and construction plant to AV, events, and photography kit — anywhere a valuable item leaves your premises and needs to come back intact. Holds can span from a few hours to several months and renew on their own, so protection lasts the whole rental, and releasing a clean return is a single tap rather than a bank transfer or a cash refund at the counter.
High-value tools leave the yard against a photocopy of an ID — and sometimes never return.
Manual cheque and cash refunds take days, tying up crews and frustrating repeat customers.
When damage is found at return, paper forms rarely hold up — so claims quietly get written off.
Set deposit levels per equipment type, project, or customer tier.
Send a secure payment link from your booking workflow.
Collect or release deposits with one click and full transparency.
Set the deposit to your realistic exposure — the cost of repairing or replacing likely damage — rather than a round number. With Akara you can configure deposit amounts by equipment type or rental value.
No. Akara places an authorization hold on the customer’s card. The amount is reserved, not charged, so your customer keeps their cash while your gear stays protected.
Yes. Holds can span from a few hours up to several months, renewing automatically before a card authorization would otherwise expire, so protection lasts the whole rental period.
When you make a claim, attach evidence — photos and notes — to the capture. The customer sees exactly what was claimed and why, and everything is recorded in a full audit trail.
Yes. Once the equipment is back in good condition, releasing the hold is instant, so the customer’s funds are freed in seconds with no refund transaction to process.
Yes. Deposit requests are branded and sent by link, email, or WhatsApp, and the customer completes the hold on their own phone — no app to install. A clear, professional request that carries your name builds trust at the point of hire and makes the deposit feel like a standard step rather than a hurdle.
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