About Drive-Service

Almaty's Most Trusted
Designated Driver
Service

Drive-Service was built on a single conviction: every person in Almaty deserves a safe, reliable and affordable way to get home after a night out — without touching the wheel. Since our founding, we have grown into the city's leading driver-on-demand platform, operating around the clock across Almaty, Astana and Shymkent.

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15 min
Average driver arrival time across Almaty
24 / 7
Round-the-clock availability, every day of the year
7 +
Years minimum driving experience required of every driver
30%
Maximum discount available through our loyalty programme
A Drive-Service designated driver at the wheel of a client's car at night in Almaty
№1 Designated Driver
Service in Almaty

Born in Almaty,
Built Around Safety

Drive-Service began with a straightforward observation: despite being Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty lacked a truly professional, phone-call-ready designated driver service. Taxis could take you somewhere new — but nobody was offering to drive your own car home while you sat comfortably in the passenger seat.

We launched to fill that gap. Our first dispatchers answered calls from a single office; our first drivers were hand-picked professionals with clean records and a decade of experience behind the wheel. From day one the promise was the same: arrive within 15 minutes, drive sober, deliver safely.

That promise scaled. Word spread through Almaty's restaurants, corporate event organizers and private clients. We added a Comfort tier, then a VIP tier. We expanded to Astana and Shymkent. We introduced vehicle ferry services, personal driver packages, bodyguard-drivers, and a fully-equipped tow-truck fleet. Through every expansion, the founding commitment to zero tolerance for alcohol and rigorous driver screening never wavered.

What Drives Everything We Do

"To make professional, sober driving accessible to every person in Kazakhstan — at a price that never forces a compromise on safety."

We measure success not by ride volume, but by incidents avoided. Every policy we write, every driver we hire, and every pricing decision we make is filtered through one question: does this make our clients safer?

That thinking informs how we structure our tariffs — keeping the Economy tier genuinely accessible while reserving Comfort and VIP tiers for clients who want elevated vehicle standards and additional privacy. It shapes how long a driver must wait before we charge for it (the first 10 minutes are always free). And it defines the culture we hold our team to every single day.

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Safety First — Always

Every driver is fully sober, background-checked and licensed. We have a zero-tolerance policy on alcohol consumption during shifts, enforced through random spot-checks and client feedback.

Rapid Response

Our dispatch network is engineered to get a driver to your location within 15 minutes anywhere within Almaty's central zone — regardless of the time or day.

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Honest Pricing

No surge pricing, no hidden fees. Our published tariff tables are the real tariff tables. Free vehicle dispatch and a free 10-minute wait window are included on every booking.

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Genuine Respect

Clients trust us with their vehicles and their safety. We treat that trust as sacred — maintaining courteous, discreet and professional conduct on every single assignment.

Three Major Cities.
One Unified Standard.

Drive-Service now maintains active dispatch teams in three of Kazakhstan's most populous cities. Each city operation runs independently, with local driver pools and local knowledge, while sharing the same vetting standards, pricing transparency and service guarantee as our founding Almaty hub.

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Almaty

Headquarters

Our founding city and operational heartbeat. Almaty coverage spans the full urban grid — from the central "square" zone out to the far peripheral districts — with 24-hour driver availability and a 15-minute guaranteed response window.

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Astana

Capital operations

Kazakhstan's capital is a natural fit for our personal driver and bodyguard-driver services, serving the city's active corporate and diplomatic community. Full designated driver and vehicle ferry coverage also available.

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Shymkent

Southern hub

Shymkent became our third city as demand for professional driver services grew across Kazakhstan's south. Local drivers with deep knowledge of the city's road network ensure the same rapid-response service our clients expect.

The Standard Every
Drive-Service Driver
Must Meet

A service built on safety is only as strong as the people who deliver it. That is why we are exceptionally selective. We do not hire hobbyist drivers or weekend fill-ins. Every person who carries our name works to a professional standard that we publicly commit to and internally audit.

Before a driver completes a single booking, they pass a multi-stage verification process covering their licence history, criminal background, sobriety record and driving test. Only candidates who clear every checkpoint join the active roster — and they stay on it only while they continue to meet our standards.

Minimum 7 years of clean, continuous driving experience — no exceptions
Full criminal background check and driving record review prior to onboarding
Verified sobriety — random on-duty testing and client feedback monitoring
Practical city-knowledge assessment for Almaty, Astana and Shymkent road networks
Professional conduct training — discretion, courtesy and client vehicle care
Ongoing performance review based on client ratings and dispatch data

We Are Always Hiring Exceptional Drivers

Drive-Service actively recruits professional drivers who take pride in their craft. If you have the experience and the values, we want to hear from you. We offer competitive pay, a flexible schedule and the backing of a recognised brand.

Valid Kazakhstani driving licence — Category B minimum
At least 7 years of driving experience, clean record
Full sobriety commitment during all working hours
Excellent knowledge of Almaty, Astana or Shymkent
Polite, presentable and professionally reliable

To enquire about a driver position, contact us directly by phone or WhatsApp using the numbers listed on our Contact page.

100%
of drivers background-checked before first shift
0
Tolerance for alcohol on shift — ever

Key Milestones in Our Growth

From a single dispatch desk in Almaty to a multi-city operation — here is how Drive-Service evolved.

Founded in Almaty

Drive-Service launches its designated driver service in Almaty with a hand-picked team of professional drivers, establishing the 15-minute response standard from the outset.

Service Expansion

Personal driver and vehicle ferry (auto relocation) services added to the portfolio, meeting demand from corporate clients and individuals relocating vehicles across Kazakhstan.

Astana & Shymkent

Geographic expansion to Kazakhstan's capital and southern hub, replicating the same driver standards and dispatch infrastructure that made the Almaty operation a success.

Full-Service Fleet

Tow-truck and roadside assistance services join the offering alongside Economy, Comfort and VIP driver tiers, vehicle jump-starts, bodyguard-drivers and courier-on-wheels packages.

15 min
Maximum guaranteed arrival time within Almaty's central zone
Multi-stage
Driver screening process — licence, background, sobriety and road test
Free dispatch
Vehicle call-out charge is always zero — on every tariff tier
Up to 30%
Discount available for online bookings and loyalty clients

Safe Arrival Is Not
a Feature — It's the
Entire Point

When a client hands us the keys to their car, they are placing genuine trust in our hands. We treat that moment seriously. Unlike ride-hailing apps that move passengers in unfamiliar vehicles, our designated driver service puts a vetted professional in the seat of the client's own car — preserving their vehicle, their comfort and their safety simultaneously.

Our operational protocols are built around removing every point of risk: rapid dispatch reduces the time a client spends waiting in an unsafe environment; driver sobriety verification eliminates the core danger; and our transparent pricing means clients never face a bill shock that tempts them to seek a cheaper, less safe alternative.

Drivers operate in the client's own vehicle — no transfers, no strangers' cars
First 10 minutes of waiting always free — no penalty for normal delays
Fixed published tariffs — Economy from 4,000 tenge/hour, no hidden surcharges
Reachable 24/7 by phone and WhatsApp — a real dispatcher, every time
Client feedback loop — every ride is rated; poor performance triggers immediate review

A word from our founder

Why We Built
Drive-Service

"The question we asked ourselves was simple: in a city of millions, why should anyone have to choose between enjoying an evening and getting home safely? The answer was that they shouldn't — and we set out to make sure they never have to."

Drive-Service was founded by people who understood Almaty's streets, its social culture and the very real gap that existed in responsible transportation. The vision was never to build the biggest fleet or the most expensive service — it was to build the most trustworthy one. A company where clients knew, before they even picked up the phone, that a sober, professional driver would be outside their door in under a quarter of an hour.

That focus on trust over scale is why we still screen every driver personally, why we publish our tariffs openly, and why we answer every call with a human dispatcher rather than an automated system. It is, quite simply, how we believe a responsible service company should operate.

Ramazan Zhaksylyk Founder & Director — Drive-Service Kazakhstan
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Major Kazakhstani cities served — Almaty, Astana, Shymkent
7 yrs+
Minimum professional driving experience required of every team member
24 / 7
Live dispatcher availability — phones and WhatsApp, every day
6 +
Distinct driver service categories to match every client situation

Ready to Ride
the Safe Way?

Explore our full range of driver services, check the published tariff tables, or reach out directly — our dispatchers are available around the clock.

Call us now: +7 (708) 573-21-10  ·  +7 (701) 315-13-39  ·  WhatsApp available 24/7