DropHaul vs Basestation
Basestation is built for multi-service waste haulers. DropHaul goes deeper on portable sanitation with QR unit scanning, a native offline app, AutoShare, and two-way customer chat.
DropHaul
Portable sanitation software
Free plan, then $149 / $299 / $599 per month. Flat per tier with no per-seat fees; trucks, units, and team members are capped by tier (2, 10, and 25 trucks).
Basestation
Waste hauling software
Quote only. There is no public pricing page.
Reviewed by the DropHaul team on , using Basestation’s own published materials.
How Basestation and DropHaul differ
Basestation is waste hauling software for operators that run roll-off, commercial, residential, portable toilet, septic, and aggregate lines together. It tracks where assets are and how long they have been out. DropHaul is focused on portable sanitation, with published pricing, QR unit scanning, a native offline app, AutoShare lifecycle updates, and two-way texting.
Choose Basestation if
Haulers running several service lines, such as roll-off, front-load, and portable toilets, from one system.
- Portable toilets are one of several waste lines you need on one platform.
- Roll-off and front-load are a larger share of your revenue than restrooms.
Choose DropHaul if
Portable sanitation operators who want to see the price up front, run crews from a native app that works offline, and keep customers updated without office typing.
- Portable restrooms, trailers, and hand-wash stations are your core business.
- You want published pricing and a self-serve start.
- You want automatic customer updates and a native app for drivers.
Feature by feature
- YesYes
- PartialPartial
- NoNo
- Not documentedNot documented
| Capability | DropHaul | Basestation |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Yes: Published: free plan, then $149 / $299 / $599 per month | No: Quote only |
| Contract and trial | Yes: No contract or required setup fee; 14-day trial on paid plans | Not documented: Not published |
| Built for portable sanitation | Yes: Yes, built only for portable sanitation | Partial: Multi-service waste haulers, including portable toilets |
| Unit tracking with QR or barcode scans | Yes: QR and barcode scanning for every unit (Pro and up) | Partial: Asset map with time on site; QR scanning not documented |
| Route optimization | Yes: Road-aware optimization with monthly credits (Starter and up) | Yes: "Intelligent route optimization" |
| Native mobile app | Yes: Native iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo app; Android coming soon | Not documented: Driver app advertised; no App Store listing found |
| Offline driver app | Yes: Full driver workflow without signal; syncs on reconnect | Not documented: Not documented |
| Automatic customer updates across the job | Yes: AutoShare texts or emails customers automatically from quote to payment (Pro and up) | Not documented: Not documented |
| Two-way customer texting | Yes: Threaded SMS and email chat from your own number (Pro and up) | Not documented: Not documented |
| QuickBooks Online | Yes: Invoice push on Starter; two-way sync on Pro and up | Not documented: Not documented |
| Telematics and fuel cards | Yes: Samsara, Motive, Geotab, Verizon Connect (1 on Pro, all four on Fleet); WEX and Fuelman on Fleet | Not documented: Not documented |
| Official MCP server for AI assistants | Yes: Official MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI assistants | Not documented: Not documented |
“Not documented” means we couldn’t find it in Basestation’s public materials, not that it doesn’t exist.
What Basestation does well
- One system across roll-off, front-load, curbside, portable toilets, septic, and aggregate.
- Asset tracking that shows how long units have been out and reminds you when they need to move.
- Automatic extra-day rental fees, online ordering, and per-customer pricing.
- Built by people who worked at a large North American hauler.
Why operators switch to DropHaul
- Built for portable sanitation first
- DropHaul’s workflows are designed around restroom units, service frequency, and site placement rather than spread across every waste line.
- Scan every unit
- DropHaul drivers scan unit QR and barcode labels so service history attaches to the exact unit. Basestation does not document QR scanning.
- Native offline mobile
- DropHaul is a native iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo app with a full offline workflow. We could not find a Basestation app listing.
- Customers hear from you automatically
- AutoShare sends 13 lifecycle events by SMS, email, or both, and customer replies thread into one chat. Basestation does not document automated notifications or two-way texting.
AutoShare tells customers before they call
Customers get a text or email when their service is scheduled, when the driver is on the way, when the job is done, and when the invoice goes out. Your office stops fielding “is the unit coming?” calls, and you choose how each customer hears from you. Included on Pro, Fleet, and Enterprise plans.
See AutoShare- Driver en route · Wed 7:41 AMRivera Sanitation: Hi Dana, Marcus is on the way to Oakridge Phase 2 and expects to arrive 8:00–8:30 AM.
- Service completed · Wed 8:19 AMRivera Sanitation: Hi Dana, your service at Oakridge Phase 2 is complete.
Leaving Basestation? Bring everything with you.
Most owners move over on their own with the built-in importer. If you’d rather hand it off, Switch & Setup is our hands-on migration: we bring your data over, set DropHaul up the way you run, and train your crew at a competitive rate, usually in a day to a few weeks.
We work from Excel, Google Sheets, CSV and TSV exports, PDF route sheets and invoices, Desktop software, or another dispatch tool.
Pickup. We collect what you have
Spreadsheets, exports from your current software, even PDF route sheets. Messy is fine.
Service. We set DropHaul up
Customers, sites, units, and jobs land in the right fields, and DropHaul is configured around how you already run.
Drop. Your crew goes live
We walk the office and drivers through it, then review your first routes with you.
What Switch & Setup covers
- Migration
- Customers, contacts, sites, units, trucks, jobs, and open invoices moved over and checked for duplicates and gaps.
- Configuration
- Yards, trucks, service schedules, pricing, and AutoShare set up to match how your operation works today.
- Training
- Your office learns dispatch and billing; your drivers learn the iPhone app they will carry every day.
- Go-live support
- We plan the cutover with you and review the first routes, with an on-site setup day available.
Doing it yourself
The importer reads PDF, CSV, TSV, and Excel. Match columns, fix flagged rows, review, and import across 12 record types, from customers, contacts, job sites, units to fuel entries.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sources
Accessed October 25, 2026.
- Basestation home (opens in a new tab)
- Basestation portable toilets (opens in a new tab)
- Basestation asset tracking (opens in a new tab)
- Basestation routing (opens in a new tab)
- Basestation driver app (opens in a new tab)
Competitor information comes from each vendor’s public website, help center, pricing page, and app store listings as of October 25, 2026, and may have changed. “Not documented” means we could not find the capability in the vendor’s public materials, not that it does not exist. Trademarks belong to their owners. Spot something out of date? Email hello@drophaul.app and we will correct it.
Ready to switch?
Create your account, then bring DropHaul with you on iPhone. No credit card required.