SOFTWARE FOR A ROLL OFF DUMPSTER COMPANY, FREE FOR ANY FLEET SIZE
Roll off dumpster software: every can, from the yard to the landfill and back
Roll off software built around the can instead of the appointment: serial tracking, swaps as one task, the landfill ticket with the weight and the cost on the order, photo proof on every drop. Free for any fleet size. The screen at the top of this page is the real one, with sample data.
- Every can by serial: at the yard, delivered, waiting landfill, back
- Swap as one linked task, not two orders
- Landfill receipt scanned, weight and cost flow to the P&L
- Free for any fleet size: unlimited orders, users and trucks
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4.7 on the App Store (12 ratings, Sep 2026) Available in all 50 US states and Canada
Last updated September 27, 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
Roll off dumpster software is software for a roll off dumpster company, built around the container instead of the appointment. A can lives at a job site for days, gets swapped, gets dumped and gets billed for overage, so the software tracks each can by serial, runs the swap as one task, records the landfill ticket with the weight and the cost on the order, and invoices the overage. Dumpster Controls is that roll off software, free for any fleet size, the roll off module of our dumpster rental software, and the screen at the top of this page is the real one, with sample data.
What you get on day one
- Order intake by phone, website widget or the Hub
- Every container registered by serial, size and status
- A dispatch board with delivery, pickup and swap as task types
- Landfill tickets with weight and cost on the container
- Overweight loads gated by an admin decision
- Stored-full cans kept out of the available pool
- Invoices with the overage line and a card payment link
- Unlimited orders, users and trucks at no charge
Counted in our production database on September 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
380+
Dumpster companies on the platform
1,386
Dumpster companies in our directory
2,700+
Roll-off containers registered
2,916
Landfills in the open fee database
Roll off software, in plain terms
Strip the vocabulary and roll-off software does five jobs. Older haulers call it a roll-off program, from the years it was a Windows application on the office PC; the delivery changed, the jobs did not.
1. Takes the order
By phone, from the website widget or from the Hub marketplace. Size, dates, address and customer in one record.
2. Schedules the truck
Delivery and pickup land on a driver's lane. The truck shows on the map by GPS.
3. Knows which can went where
The driver picks the container by serial at delivery. Its address is the job site until pickup.
4. Records the landfill ticket
Weight, fee and ticket photo on the dump run, tied to the container and the order.
5. Sends the invoice
With the overage line, a card link and a status you can see from the office.
And it is free
No monthly fee for any fleet size. The dispatch board, the driver app and Tresha included.
Operations: every roll off order of the day on one screen
Operations is where the day starts. Deliveries, pickups, swaps and late orders are counted at the top and listed below with the driver assigned to each one.
Operations view, sample data.
What this means for you
- A pickup date that passed without a completed task shows as late, not lost.
- Junk jobs sit on the same page under their own card, with a load fraction instead of a size.
- Every row opens the order, the customer thread and the photos.
Roll off dumpster software: container inventory by serial number
Each container is a tracked asset with a serial, a size, a purchase date and a status. The header shows total units and active sizes; each size row shows how many are free and how many are working.
The real inventory screen: every can by serial, its status and the order it is on, sample data.
What this means for you
- You know how many 30-yarders are free right now, not how many you own.
- The booking widget hides a size with zero available units, so a sold-out size is never double-booked.
- Not registered yet? The driver types the label painted on the can and you renumber later in one action.
How containers and trucks are located, without a GPS device on the can, is on the dumpster tracking software page.
Roll off dispatch with swaps as one task
A swap is pick up the full one and drop a fresh one at the same address. Most software makes that two orders and bills twice. Here it is one order with two linked tasks.
The dispatch board with a Tresha suggestion, sample data.
What this means for you
- Revenue is counted once, fees recalculate, and a manual price edit is protected.
- A can that could not be dumped is marked Stored Full and shows as the top of the backlog.
- Drag a card to another driver and the customer text goes out.
The board, the live map and AI Routes are covered on the dumpster dispatch software page.
Landfill tickets, overweight loads and the P&L
Disposal cost is recorded per dump, on the container, so the number on the P&L is never a month-end guess.
Landfill cost capture
Ticket, weight and cost on every dump run. Triggers keep the order's landfill cost and the cost ledger in sync.
Overweight gate
A load over the included tonnage waits for an admin: Waive, Charge Card or Invoice. No silent charge, no missed revenue.
Stored full, landfill declined
Counted only when the landfill declined the load and no completed dump exists. Out of the available pool until emptied.
2,916 landfills with published fees
The open landfill database, CC BY 4.0, is inside the app for the nearest facility and its tipping fee.
The real Finances overview, sample data.
What this means for you
- Revenue, invoiced and expenses on one chart, week by week.
- Margin per order reads the real landfill cost, not an average.
- The overage you billed and the overage you waived are both visible.
Roll off software comparison: generic app vs roll off dumpster software
Force a roll-off business into a plumbing tool and three things break: the swap becomes two appointments, the container has no record, and the landfill cost has nowhere to live.
| Feature | Spreadsheet + whiteboard | Generic field service app | Dumpster Controls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Container as a serialized unit | Manual | ||
| Swap as one linked task | |||
| Landfill ticket, weight and cost per dump | Manual | ||
| Overweight admin gate (Waive, Charge, Invoice) | |||
| Stored Full status | |||
| Booking widget that hides sold-out sizes | |||
| Photo POD with GPS stamp | Limited | ||
| Software fee | $0 | Monthly, per user | $0, unlimited |
The generic column describes the one-tech, one-visit model these tools are built on.
Container utilization: the number that pays for the next truck
Utilization is the share of your containers on rent right now. Moving it up is usually a software problem, not a sales problem, and the leak is one of these three.
You do not know what is deployed
Without serials, cans get lost at expired job sites while the office quotes sold out on that size.
Pickup days drift
Customers keep the can longer than booked because nobody is watching the date. Late orders on Operations end that.
Stored-full cans look available
A can back from a job that could not be dumped is not inventory. Stored Full keeps it out of the pool.
A loaded roll-off leaving for the landfill. The ticket from this run lands on the container's history. Photo courtesy of Dumpster Strong , Orlando, FL 407-901-0253Used with permission.
What roll off dumpster software costs
The software is free for any fleet size. A card fee applies only when a customer pays by card through us.
$0 software fee
No monthly fee, no setup fee, no per-user fee, no contract. Unlimited orders and containers.
2.99% + $3.99 per card payment
Optional card processing on the free plan. Cash, check and ACH orders cost nothing.
2.99% + $0.30 on Unlimited
The optional $169 per month Unlimited plan lowers the per-transaction fee for high card volume.
Worked examples by fleet size are on the dumpster rental software cost page.
Who runs software for a roll off dumpster company
Pure roll-off operators
10 to 40 yard fleets with multi-day rentals, swaps and landfill stops. The original use case.
Roll-off plus junk removal
Same board, with load-fraction pricing for junk jobs next to container rentals.
Owner-operators, 1 to 3 trucks
You cannot afford a lost can or a double-billed swap. The software prevents both, free.
Multi-yard fleets, 20+ trucks
Per-yard container pools, per-yard landfill cost, one P&L for the company.
Construction firms with their own cans
Track internal utilization and landfill cost per project for job costing.
Haulers using sub-haulers
Post overflow to the Hub or dispatch a sub-hauler while keeping the customer relationship.
Going live in one afternoon
- 1
#### 01. Sign up
Email and password. No card, no salesperson. - 2
#### 02. Add sizes and serials
Templates for 10 to 40 yard cans, then paste or type your serial numbers. - 3
#### 03. Add trucks and drivers
Drivers install the app from the App Store or Google Play. - 4
#### 04. Connect Stripe, if you want card payments
Optional. Cash and check orders work without it. - 5
#### 05. Run the first order
Order, delivery, dump run, invoice. The container's history starts here.
The direct answer on roll off dumpster software
Q: What is the best software for a roll-off dumpster business?
A: Dumpster Controls is roll-off software that models the lifecycle as one order: serialized container tracking, swap as one linked task, landfill ticket per dump, an overweight admin gate, photo proof of delivery and a free iOS and Android driver app. It is free with unlimited orders and used by 370+ companies in 34 states and Canada as of September 2026.
Q: Why does generic field service software not work for roll-off?
A: Generic tools assume one technician, one visit, one invoice. A roll-off order is a delivery today, a pickup days later, often a swap and a landfill stop in between. Forced into a generic tool, the swap becomes two orders, the container has no record and the landfill cost has nowhere to go.
Related answers
Short pages that answer one question each, written from the app.
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- How to track containers and inventory for a hauling company
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- Dumpster route optimization: AI Routes and the loaded versus empty cycle.
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