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HaulHQvsDRS

Priced by the can.
Then priced again in the contract.

Dumpster Rental Systems publishes its prices, which most of this category will not do, and prices them by how many cans you own, which nobody else does. They do junk and dumpsters both. Then their Master Services Agreement requires you onto their payment processor within 60 days, with a fee they set at will if you do not. Here is the whole thing, prices and contract, from their own pages.

DRS pricing, features and Master Services Agreement verified July 17, 2026
Their pricing page, their junk removal page, and their MSA, all read in a live browser. No vendor's numbers taken from a rival's page. See sources
The short version

Looking for a Dumpster Rental Systems alternative? Two things separate us

They are a real, published, two-vertical platform. The gaps are their contract and their missing customer portal, and the fit depends on your can count.

Pick DRS if

Cans are the unit you think in

Dumpster-first, junk added later, priced by fleet size, and you are fine with their payment terms.

  • You want pricing that scales with can count, not jobs or users
  • You want box tracking and visual routing, and you are past the Launch tier that leaves routing out
  • You are comfortable being required onto their integrated payments inside 60 days
  • You do not need to give your customers a login to manage their own account
Pick HaulHQ if

You want the bill and the contract to stay simple

One usage-based price, no can tiers, no processor mandate, and a customer portal in the box.

  • You want to pay for jobs done, not for the size of your yard
  • You want your own choice of when and how customers pay, on Stripe
  • You want a customer portal, which DRS says on its own site it does not have
  • Your months swing and you want the bill to swing with them
The honest one line: DRS is one of the few competitors who does both verticals and publishes a price, and their can-count model is genuinely fair to small operators. The catch is not on the pricing page. It is in the contract, and it is the next section but one.
Price, head to head

They price by can count. We price by the job

DRS has three published tiers, and which one you are on is set by how many cans you own, not how busy you are. Pick your tier, then put your real volume in, and see where you land against our $149 per-service-type cap.

40
We bill $1.50 per completed job. Their published subscription stays the same whether you did 5 jobs or 500.
$0
What runs on a card through the platform. DRS does not publish a card rate, so only our fee shows here.

DRS

Launch tier, priced by can count

SubscriptionStarter tier, without routing tools$79.95
UsersThey do not charge based on users$0.00
Per job feeNone published$0.00
Card and ACH feeNot on their pricing page and not in their MSA. We checked bothNot published
Per month$79.95/mo

HaulHQ

No can tiers. Dumpster rental only, so one service type.

SubscriptionThere is not one$0.00
UsersUnlimited$0.00
Completed jobs40 at $1.50$60.00
Card platform fee1.5% of card volume, on top of Stripe's own rate$0.00
Per month$60.00/mo
Cheaper here
Where the crossover sits, at your card volume
5 jobs/mo200 jobs/mo
At $0 a month on cards, the crossover is about 53 jobs a month. Under it we cost less. Over it they do, by up to $69.05 a month, because our bill keeps counting jobs until the $149 per-service-type cap and their $79.95 tier does not move with volume. Right now, at 40 jobs, we are $19.95 a month cheaper for you.
Where these numbers come from, and what is not in them. The three tier prices are from the DRS pricing page, checked July 17. We looked for a card or ACH processing rate in two places: that pricing page, and their Master Services Agreement, last updated June 02, 2026. Neither publishes a percentage. So their column above is the subscription they publish, and ours is what we bill on jobs and cards: $1.50 a job plus a 1.5% platform fee on card payments, which sits on top of Stripe's own rate rather than instead of it, and which together stop at the $149 per-service-type cap. Their payment fee, whatever it is, is not in their column because they do not state it. That asymmetry runs in their favor and we are leaving it that way.
The part that is not on the pricing page

What their contract says about payments

DRS publishes its subscription price, and we credit them for that. The payment terms are in their Master Services Agreement instead. Here is the clause, word for word, so you can read it and decide for yourself.

Master Services AgreementSection 6.6, Payment ProcessingLast updated June 02, 2026Read July 17, 2026
“Unless otherwise stated in an applicable Order Form, Client must be enrolled in and processing payments through Company's integrated payments processing platform within sixty (60) days of the Effective Date of this Agreement. If Client does not process payments through Company's integrated payment solution within the required timeframe, Company, in its sole discretion, may delay or remove access to the Services, restrict certain Services product features, increase Fees and/or charge a non-integrated payment processing fee... Company reserves the right to apply non-integration payment processing fees in its sole discretion to Client or Franchisee, and to apply, modify, increase, decrease the non-integration payment processing fee at any time.”
In plain terms, three things that clause does:
  • Requires you onto their integrated payment processor within 60 days of signing.
  • Lets them restrict features, raise fees, or charge a non-integration fee if you do not.
  • Leaves the amount of that fee undefined, and lets them change it at any time, at their sole discretion.
Their MSA also states, in section 5.1, that payments made via check may be subject to a $25 processing fee. What none of it states, anywhere, is the actual card or ACH percentage you would pay once you are on their processor. We checked the pricing page and the whole MSA. The rate is not in either one.
The same question, asked of us. We charge a 1.5% platform fee on card payments, on top of Stripe's own rate, and it counts toward the $149 per-service-type cap. ACH payments carry no HaulHQ fee at all. That is our number and it is on our pricing page. We do not require you onto a particular processor, we do not reserve the right to set a fee later at our discretion, and payments run through Stripe under your own account. You should hold us to that the same way you hold them to their contract, which is why theirs is quoted above rather than described.
Feature by feature

What is actually in the box

DRS marks come from their pricing page, their junk removal page, and their MSA. Where they do not say, we do not say either.

Verified 7/17/26Their site and their MSA5 cells left blank on purpose1 not checked yet
FeatureHaulHQDRS
The legs
Dumpster rentalVerified yesVerified yesDumpster-first, and the core of the product
Junk removalVerified yesLoad size pricing, own dispatch boardVerified yesA dedicated junk removal product, added by operator request
A first-time customer sees a price and booksVerified yesTenants choose whether the number shows at size selection or in the booking modal, but it always shows before the customer booksNot verifiedThey reference instant quotes and an online shopping cart, but whether a first-time customer sees a price before booking is never stated. We could not settle it from their site
Price a job by load sizeVerified yesNot publishedTheir pricing is by can and by rental, load-size tiers are not shown
Talking to customers
Two way textingVerified yesIncluded · 100 texts/mo free, then $0.02Verified yesAutomated texting, on their feature list
Automated review requestsVerified yesVerified yesOn their feature list
Customer portalVerified yesMagic link, no password. Customers view bookings and invoices, pay, approve estimates, and messageVerified absentDRS states on its own site that it does not have one
Rental agreement e-signVerified yesTyped name signature and agreement acceptance at checkout, stored on the bookingNot published
AI chatbot that booksVerified yesQuotes from your price book, negotiates to your floor, books the jobNot published
Running the yard
Box and container trackingVerified yesVerified yesOn their feature list
Dispatch and visual routingVerified absentNo routing of any kindVerified yesIncluded, but not on the Launch tier
Roles and permissionsVerified yesVerified yesOn their feature list
Driver apps, iOS and AndroidVerified yesiOS and Android apps in both storesVerified yesNative iOS and Android
Commercial and residential trash routesVerified absentVerified absentDRS states on its own site that it does not do these
QuickBooks syncVerified absentExport your data and hand it to your bookkeeper. No direct syncVerified yesQuickBooks Online only
The bill and the contract
Priced byJobs done$1.50 each, no baseCan countThree tiers by fleet size. Not per user
Price published, no call neededVerified yesVerified yesAll three tiers, in full
Pay only when you complete workVerified yesVerified absentPriced by tier, no published usage component
Monthly bill has a ceilingVerified yesJob fees and card fees together, $149 per service typeNot publishedNo cap stated anywhere
No processor mandateVerified yesIntegrated processing is Stripe under your own account, and it is optional; cash, check and P2P always workVerified absentRequired onto their integrated processor within 60 days, per MSA 6.6
Card and ACH feeCards: Stripe's rate + 1.5%. ACH: no HaulHQ feeThe card fee counts toward the $149 per-service-type capNot publishedNot on their pricing page, not in their MSA. A $25 check fee is stated; the card and ACH percentage is not
Has it. DRS column: verified on their site. HaulHQ column: shipped in the product Verified absentNot published They do not say, so neither do weNot verified We could not settle it from their site, so we are not scoring it
The other side

Where DRS is stronger

They publish their prices, they do both verticals, and their can-count model is genuinely thoughtful. Five places they beat us.

01 Price for small fleets

Launch at $79.95 undercuts our cap

A small operator on their Launch tier pays $79.95, below our $149 per-service-type ceiling. If your card volume is low and your job count is steady, their entry tier can be cheaper than us, and their pricing scaling with your fleet rather than your busyness is a fair idea. Routing is left out at that tier, but for a one-truck operation that may not matter yet.

02 Pricing model

By can count, which actually fits the business

Nobody else prices this way, and it is genuinely clever: your software bill tracks the size of your asset base, which is a decent proxy for what you can afford. We price by jobs done, which fits a different operator. Theirs is not a worse idea than ours, it is a different one, and for a steady dumpster yard it may be the better one.

03 Routing

Visual routing, which we do not have

Dispatch with visual routing is in their Standard and Pro tiers. We have no routing of any kind. If your cans are spread across a service area and route planning is a daily cost, that is a real gap and it is ours. Note their own Launch tier leaves routing out too, so it is a mid-tier feature on their side.

04 The books

QuickBooks Online sync

DRS syncs to QuickBooks Online. We do not sync at all. You can export your data and hand it to your bookkeeper, which is not the same thing and we know it. If your accounting runs through QuickBooks and you want it automatic, that is a real reason to look at them.

05 Two verticals, published

Junk and dumpsters, with prices on the page

DRS is one of the very few competitors who does both verticals and still shows you a price without a demo. Docket does both but hides the price. Bin Boss and iCans show the price but skip junk. DRS is on the short list that does neither, and that is worth real credit.

The other other side

What the difference buys

Four things. If none of them matters to your business, DRS is a real platform and you should look hard at them.

WIN 01

Your customers get a login

Our customer portal lets people view their bookings and invoices, pay, approve estimates and message you, on a magic link with no password. DRS states on its own site that it does not have a customer portal. For repeat commercial accounts, that self-service is the difference between a phone call and a click.

WIN 02

No processor mandate

Payments run through Stripe under your own account, on your schedule, at a rate we publish. DRS's MSA requires you onto their integrated processor within 60 days, with a fee they set at their discretion if you do not. You are choosing software either way. With us you are not also handing over the choice of how you get paid.

WIN 03

The bill has a ceiling

Job fees and card fees together stop at $149 per service type. DRS publishes no cap: their subscription price says nothing about what payments add on top, and the non-integration fee their MSA describes is theirs to set and change at will. A four-job month costs you six dollars on our side. On theirs it costs the full tier price.

WIN 04

The price is the whole price

What you see on our pricing page is what you pay: $1.50 a job, 1.5% on cards, capped per service type. There is no second document with different terms. DRS publishes a clean tier price, and then a separate contract adds a processor requirement, an undefined non-integration fee, and a $25 check fee. Both numbers should live in the same place, and on our side they do.

Put plainly: if you run a steady dumpster yard, you are comfortable on their payment processor, and you do not need to give customers a login, DRS is a legitimate choice and their Launch tier may cost you less than we do. If you want a customer portal, no processing mandate, and one price with no second contract behind it, that is what the difference buys and the calculator above will show you where the money lands.
Straight answer

Some of you should buy DRS

They are a real two-vertical platform with published prices, which is rarer in this category than it should be. We would rather say so than pretend otherwise.

Go with DRS

  • You want pricing that scales by can count, and yours is low enough for Launch or Standard
  • Visual routing is a daily need and you are past the Launch tier
  • QuickBooks Online sync matters more than anything else here
  • You are comfortable being required onto their integrated payments
  • You do not need a customer portal

Go with HaulHQ

  • You want a customer portal, which DRS says it does not have
  • You want no contractual processing mandate, and a rate you can read up front
  • You want one price with no separate contract terms behind it
  • You want job fees and card fees together to stop at a per-service-type ceiling
  • Your volume swings and you want to pay for jobs done, not fleet size
Questions

The ones you were going to ask anyway

Both, now. DRS started as dumpster rental software and added a junk removal product after operators asked for it, and they have a dedicated junk removal page describing scheduling, online booking, invoices and automation for it. So this is not a junk-versus-dumpster comparison the way our Bin Boss or iCans pages are. DRS genuinely does both verticals. The differences here are the contract, the missing customer portal, and how each of us prices.

It is section 6.6 of their Master Services Agreement, last updated June 02, 2026, and we quote it verbatim above rather than describe it. In short: within 60 days of signing you must be processing payments through their integrated platform, and if you are not, they may restrict features, raise fees, or charge a non-integration payment processing fee that the same clause says they can set and change at their sole discretion. We are not characterizing that beyond quoting it. Read the clause and decide for yourself. The same question applies to us and the answer is in the navy box above it: we use Stripe under your own account and publish our fee.

They do not publish it. We looked on the pricing page and read the entire Master Services Agreement, and neither states a card or ACH percentage. The MSA does state that payments made via check may be subject to a $25 processing fee, but the card rate you would actually pay once you are on their processor is not written down anywhere we could find. So we mark it "not published" rather than guess. Ours is 1.5% on cards, on top of Stripe's rate, and no HaulHQ fee at all on ACH, with job fees and card fees together capped at $149 per service type.

It depends on their tier and your volume, which is what the calculator above is for. Their Launch tier at $79.95 can beat us for a small, low-card operation. Once you are on Standard at $195.95 or Pro at $279.95, both are above our $149 per-service-type cap, so we are cheaper on their published subscription at every volume, before whatever their card fee turns out to be. The honest short version: they win at the very bottom, we win in the middle and top, and their unpublished payment fee is the piece neither of us can put a number on.

We could not confirm it, so we do not score it. They mention instant quotes and an online shopping cart, which suggests a customer sees something, but no page states that a first-time customer gets a price before they book. Until we can verify it on a live account, that leg stays marked "not verified" rather than counted for or against them. If it gets settled, this page changes and the date at the top moves with it.

Yes. Customers, jobs and invoices export any time. Ask DRS the same question, and while you are at it, ask to read the Master Services Agreement in full before you sign, the same way you would with us.

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Sources

  • Three tiers by can count, Launch $79.95 without routing, Standard $195.95 for under 20 cans, Pro $279.95 for over 20 cans, and "we do not charge based on users": dumpsterrentalsystems.com/pricing/, checked July 17, 2026
  • Junk removal product, online booking, instant quotes, box tracking, visual routing, automated texting, review automation, roles and permissions, native iOS and Android driver apps, QuickBooks Online: dumpsterrentalsystems.com and dumpsterrentalsystems.com/junk-removal-software/, checked July 17, 2026
  • No customer portal, and no commercial or residential trash routes: DRS's own comparison page, in their own self-description column, checked July 17, 2026
  • Payment processing clause requiring integrated payments within 60 days with an at-will non-integration fee, and the $25 check fee: dumpsterrentalsystems.com/legal/master-services-agreement/, sections 6.6 and 5.1, last updated June 02, 2026, checked July 17, 2026
  • No card or ACH percentage published: DRS pricing page and the full Master Services Agreement, both checked July 17, 2026. Neither states one. The same disclosure applies to us: our 1.5% card fee sits on top of Stripe's rate and stops at the $149 per-service-type cap, and ACH carries no HaulHQ fee
  • HaulHQ pricing: our own pricing page, same numbers