Docket alternative, 2026
The Docket alternative at $0/month
Dumpster Controls is a full-featured Docket alternative that costs $0 per month, and as of 2026-08-23 we found no other dumpster rental platform publishing a free plan: unlimited orders, drag-and-drop dispatch, online booking, driver app, Stripe invoicing, an AI assistant you can run by voice, and a built-in marketplace. No demo call required, sign up and start dispatching today.
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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 Docket costs
Docket does not publish prices: its plans page lists Grow, Pro and Pro Plus tiers with no dollar amounts, and access requires a sales demo. Pricing is per truck with a one-time implementation fee, and the amount is not published. Card processing on the entry tier is 3.0% + $0.30. Docket was acquired by ServiceCore in May 2023, so Docket and ServiceCore are the same company today.
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.
Docket
Dumpster Controls
Monthly price
Not published, demo required
$0, forever
Implementation fee
One-time fee
$0
Card processing
3.0% + $0.30 (entry tier)
2.99% + $3.99 free plan · 2.99% + $0.30 Unlimited
Dispatch + driver app
Yes
Yes, unlimited drivers
AI assistant
Routing only (IronRouteAI)
Tresha: full platform by chat and voice
Marketplace for overflow jobs
No public marketplace
Dumpster Net Hub, zero marketplace fees
Website builder
Bundled site offer
Free, $0/month
Self-serve signup
No, demo-gated
Yes, under a minute
Competitor facts from their published pages, Capterra listings and trade press, as of July 2026.
Why haulers switch from Docket
Price you can see
Our pricing fits in one sentence and is printed on every page: the software is free, you only pay card processing when a customer pays by card. No demo, no quote, no per-truck math.
No per-truck scaling tax
Docket prices per truck, so growing your fleet grows your bill. Dumpster Controls is free at 1 truck and free at 50 trucks.
Lower card processing
Docket's entry tier charges 3.0% + $0.30 per card payment. Our optional Unlimited plan gives you 2.99% + $0.30, and even our free plan is transparent about every cent.
AI beyond routing
Docket's AI is a route builder. Tresha, our built-in assistant, runs the whole platform by chat or voice: create orders, dispatch drivers, check finances, close landfill runs.
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.
Docket alternative: FAQ
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The long version
This page is the short answer. The full side by side with Docket goes feature by feature, shows what Dumpster Controls includes at $0 against what Docket charges for, and carries a source URL and a verification date on every claim about them.