Basestation alternative, 2026
The Basestation alternative at $0/month
Dumpster Controls is a Basestation alternative for roll-off and junk removal companies that costs $0 per month with no order limit and no feature paywall: drag-and-drop dispatch, online booking, a native iOS and Android driver app with Truck Tablet Mode, Stripe invoicing, QuickBooks Online sync, a public API, the Dumpster Net Hub marketplace, a 2,916-landfill database and Tresha, an AI assistant you can run by voice. Basestation is sold by demo and does not publish pricing on its website (checked 2026-09-24).
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Last updated September 28, 2026 Published by Dumpster Controls, built by a software group led by a founder with 20+ years in enterprise IT who also ran a roll-off business for four years
What Basestation costs
Basestation does not publish pricing on its website (checked 2026-09-24: the /pricing URL returns 404 and every call to action is "Book a Demo"). Software Advice and Capterra, both third-party listings, show "Connect with an advisor for pricing", no free trial and no free version. Basestation Inc. is based in Toronto and describes its product as "purpose-built for multi-service operations": commercial front load, roll-off, residential curbside, portable toilets, septic and dump trucks.
Dumpster Controls takes the opposite approach: the software is free, with unlimited orders and unlimited users, and the only cost is card processing when a customer pays by card, 2.99% + $3.99 per transaction on the free plan, or 2.99% + $0.30 on the optional $169/month Unlimited plan. Pay by cash, check or any other method and there is no fee at all.
Basestation
Dumpster Controls
Monthly price
Not published on their site (checked 2026-09-24; /pricing returns 404), demo required
$0, forever
Free trial
Not available, per Capterra and Software Advice listings
Not needed, the product is free
Self-serve signup
No, "Book a Demo" on every page
Yes, under a minute
Built for
Multi-service: front load, roll-off, residential, portable toilets, septic, dump trucks
Dumpsters and junk removal specifically
Driver app
Published; web login at driver.thebasestation.com, no store link on their site as of 2026-09-24
Native iOS and Android app with Truck Tablet Mode
Routing and dispatch
Published: smart routing, dispatch, map with driver locations
Included free, with AI route suggestion
QuickBooks
Published as "Sync data to accounting systems"; direction not published
QuickBooks Online sync, free
Scale tickets to invoice
"scale ticket data uploads automatically to invoices"
Driver photographs the landfill receipt; the app reads weight and cost onto the order
AI assistant
Not found on their site as of 2026-09-24
Tresha: full platform by chat and voice
Public API
Not found on their site as of 2026-09-24
Public REST API and signed webhooks
Website builder
Not found on their site as of 2026-09-24
Free, $0/month
Languages
Not found on their site as of 2026-09-24
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Competitor facts from the pages listed under Sources at the bottom of this page, checked 2026-09-24.
Why haulers switch from Basestation
A price you can read before the demo
Basestation's site has no price and no self-serve signup; the path in is a booked demo. Dumpster Controls prints its price on every page: the software is free, and the only cost is card processing only when a customer pays by card: 2.99% + $3.99 per transaction on the free plan, or 2.99% + $0.30 on the optional $169/month Unlimited plan.
A driver app in the app stores
Basestation publishes a driver app, but its site carries no App Store or Google Play link and the driver login is a web page at driver.thebasestation.com (checked 2026-09-24). Dumpster Controls ships a native iOS and Android app with Truck Tablet Mode, where any driver signs into a truck-mounted tablet with a PIN, free for unlimited drivers.
AI, API and website builder, at no charge
An AI assistant, developer API documentation and a website builder were not found on Basestation's site as of 2026-09-24. Dumpster Controls includes Tresha by chat and voice, a public REST API with signed webhooks, and a free website builder.
Built for dumpsters, in three languages
Basestation covers six service lines in one system. Dumpster Controls is built for roll-off and junk removal specifically, and the app runs in English, Spanish and Portuguese; multi-language support was not found on Basestation's site as of 2026-09-24.
What Basestation offers
In facts from Basestation's own pages, with the date we read each one in the sources below, and next to each one what Dumpster Controls does for the same job.
One system for several service lines
Basestation sells one system for commercial front load, residential curbside, portable toilets, septic and dump trucks alongside roll-off. Dumpster Controls is built for roll-off dumpsters and junk removal, with every feature included at $0.
Scale ticket billing
Their billing page says "scale ticket data uploads automatically to invoices". Dumpster Controls reads weight and cost from a photo of the landfill receipt, with no scale hardware to connect.
A demo-led rollout and review badges
Basestation reports Software Advice "Best Customer Support" badges for 2026 and holds a 4.7 out of 5 rating on 27 Capterra reviews (read 2026-09-24). Dumpster Controls is self-serve: in-app help articles, support tickets answered within 24 hours on every plan, and Tresha at any hour.
A Canadian vendor
Basestation Inc. is made in Toronto with a 1-888 sales line. Dumpster Controls works in Canada too, in Canadian dollars on your own Canadian Stripe account.
The Free Forever Promise
Free means free. Forever.
We are the only full dumpster software in North America that is free for every company size. Not a trial. Not a feature-gated freemium. Not a free plan capped at one truck. The whole product, unlimited orders and unlimited users, on the house.
$0
Monthly fee
Ever. No surprise charges.
$0
Setup fee
No onboarding cost.
$0
Per-user fee
Unlimited admins, drivers, dispatchers.
$0
Annual contract
Cancel anytime. We never auto-charge.
How we make money: only when you opt in, and the numbers are public. The software is free with unlimited orders and no per-order software fee. If you choose to collect a customer’s card payment through Dumpster Controls, the processing fee is 2.99% + $3.99 per card transaction on the free plan, or 2.99% + $0.30 (the standard Stripe rate) on the optional $169/month Unlimited plan. Take payment by cash, check, Zelle or any other way and you pay nothing at all. Beyond that, our revenue comes from the optional Unlimited plan and from equipment partners and sponsors advertising in the app and on our public directory; our marketplace, the Dumpster Net Hub, charges zero marketplace fees. Run your own business your way and you never pay to use the software. It’s the only model that lets a 1-truck owner-operator run on the same software as a 50-truck fleet.
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Sources
- Basestation home page (checked 2026-09-24)
- Basestation /pricing (returns 404) (checked 2026-09-24)
- Basestation features (checked 2026-09-24)
- Basestation billing and invoicing (checked 2026-09-24)
- Basestation driver app (checked 2026-09-24)
- Basestation login portal (driver login is web) (checked 2026-09-24)
- Basestation on Capterra (4.7, 27 reviews, no free version) (checked 2026-09-24)
- Basestation on Software Advice (pricing on request, no trial) (checked 2026-09-24)
- Basestation post on 2026 Capterra and Software Advice badges (checked 2026-09-24)
- Dumpster Controls pricing (checked 2026-09-24)
Prices and features change. Every claim about Basestation on this page carries the date we read it; if a page above has changed since, the newer version wins.