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CRO Software (RapidWorks) alternative, 2026

The CRO Software alternative at $0/month

Dumpster Controls is a CRO Software alternative that costs $0 per month for any truck count, with no order limit and no feature paywall: drag-and-drop dispatch, public 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. CRO, sold by RapidWorks since the 2025-10-01 acquisition, does not publish pricing on its website (checked 2026-09-24) and describes its model as "Flat monthly base fee plus a per truck fee".

Start Free NowNo credit card. No demo call. Under a minute.

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 CRO Software (RapidWorks) costs

CRO does not publish pricing on its website (checked 2026-09-24). Its product page describes the model as "Flat monthly base fee plus a per truck fee" with "Unlimited users in the office", and says RapidWorks "quotes exact pricing based on your truck count and setup"; the RapidWorks pricing page instead describes "user-based pricing" and asks for a custom quote. Capterra lists "Contact vendor" with no free trial and no free version. CRO was founded in 2013 and acquired by RapidWorks, Inc. of Boston on 2025-10-01; the older crosoftware.com site is still online.

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.

CRO Software (RapidWorks)

Dumpster Controls

Monthly price

Not published (checked 2026-09-24): "Flat monthly base fee plus a per truck fee" on the product page, "user-based pricing" on the pricing page

$0, forever

Per-truck fee

Yes, per their product page

None

Office users

"Unlimited users in the office"

Unlimited users, $0

Self-serve signup

No, custom demo and quote by truck count

Yes, under a minute

Public API

Yes, CRO Developer API at docs.crosoftware.com

Yes, public REST API and signed webhooks

QuickBooks

Online and Desktop

Online, free

Driver app

iOS "CRO For Drivers" last updated 2023-12-13 (2.2 stars, 9 ratings); Android driver app updated 2025-12-03 (2.5 stars, 22 reviews)

Native iOS and Android app with Truck Tablet Mode

Public online booking

Not found on their site as of 2026-09-24; portal for existing customers

Public booking page and widget, free

AI assistant

Not found on their site as of 2026-09-24

Tresha: full platform by chat and voice

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

Verticals

Roll-off, portable sanitation, septic, scrap metal, solid waste

Dumpsters and junk removal (scrap metal in beta)

Competitor facts from the pages listed under Sources at the bottom of this page, checked 2026-09-24.

Why haulers switch from CRO Software (RapidWorks)

No per-truck fee, ever

CRO's product page prices by truck, and Software Advice reviewers list "Pricing increases with fleet expansion" among the cons (read 2026-09-24). Dumpster Controls is free at one truck and free at fifty.

Sign up now instead of waiting for a quote

CRO's path in is "Schedule a Demo" and a quote based on your truck count; no self-serve signup was found on their site as of 2026-09-24. Dumpster Controls takes under a minute, with no card and no call, and the price 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.

Public online booking for new customers

A public booking page that takes an order without a login was not found on CRO's site as of 2026-09-24; what they publish is a self-service portal for existing customers. Dumpster Controls includes a public booking page and an embeddable widget with zip-code pricing, free.

AI in the dispatcher's seat

An AI assistant was not found on CRO's site as of 2026-09-24. Tresha, included free, creates orders, dispatches drivers, reads your finances and closes landfill runs by chat or voice.

What CRO Software (RapidWorks) offers

In facts from CRO Software (RapidWorks)'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.

Several service lines with permanent routes

CRO covers roll-off, portable sanitation, septic and scrap metal in one system, and its dispatch is "built for permanent routes and same-day changes" with auto-dispatch of permanent routes and a "Third-party hauler app for outside fleets". Dumpster Controls is built for roll-off and junk removal, dispatched per order.

A developer API and QuickBooks Desktop

CRO publishes a developer API at docs.crosoftware.com with roles for third-party dispatchers and drivers, and syncs QuickBooks Online and Desktop. Dumpster Controls publishes a REST API and syncs QuickBooks Online, both included at $0, and runs an MCP server that connects your account to Claude.

Unlimited office users

CRO charges a base fee plus a per-truck fee with "Unlimited users in the office". Dumpster Controls is also unlimited users, with no base fee and no per-truck fee.

Telematics integrations

RapidWorks publishes Samsara, Geotab, Telus and Verizon integrations. Dumpster Controls reads driver position from its phone app, with no hardware to buy.

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.

CRO Software (RapidWorks) alternative: FAQ

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Sources

  1. CRO product page at RapidWorks (pricing model, features, store links) (checked 2026-09-24)
  2. RapidWorks pricing page (user-based pricing, custom quote) (checked 2026-09-24)
  3. RapidWorks acquires CRO Software (2025-10-01) (checked 2026-09-24)
  4. CRO Developer API documentation (checked 2026-09-24)
  5. RapidWorks roll-off and dumpster page (QuickBooks two-way) (checked 2026-09-24)
  6. RapidWorks integrations (Samsara, Geotab, Telus, Verizon) (checked 2026-09-24)
  7. CRO For Drivers on the App Store (checked 2026-09-24)
  8. Cro Software Solutions developer page on Google Play (one driver app, updated 2025-12-03) (checked 2026-09-24)
  9. CRO on Capterra (contact vendor, no free version) (checked 2026-09-24)
  10. CRO on Software Advice (cons: pricing increases with fleet expansion) (checked 2026-09-24)
  11. Dumpster Controls pricing (checked 2026-09-24)

Prices and features change. Every claim about CRO Software (RapidWorks) on this page carries the date we read it; if a page above has changed since, the newer version wins.