What Dumpster Rental Systems (DRS) costs
DRS publishes three tiers: Launch at $79.95/month explicitly labeled "NO ROUTING", Standard at $195.95/month for up to 20 cans, and Pro at $279.95/month for more than 20 cans, per their pricing page as of July 2026. Marketing services like SEO and web design are paid add-ons, and payments run through their bundled DRSPay.
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.
Competitor facts from their published pages, Capterra listings and trade press, as of July 2026.
Why haulers switch from Dumpster Rental Systems (DRS)
Routing is not a $116 upgrade
DRS removes routing from its $79.95 plan; getting it back costs $195.95/month. Dumpster Controls includes dispatch and route optimization free for everyone.
No per-can price jumps
DRS charges $84 more per month the day you pass 20 cans. Our price at 5 cans and at 500 cans is the same: $0.
Free website, not a paid add-on
DRS sells web design and SEO as extra services. Our website builder is included at $0/month.
Voice-driven AI included
DRS has no AI assistant. Tresha runs the entire platform by chat or voice, free.
Free means free. Forever.
We are the only full dumpster software in North America that is 100% 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.
How we make money: only when you opt in, and the numbers are public. The software is 100% 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. 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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