How does PJR Software pricing compare to DropHaul?

PJR charges a base fee it does not publish, plus $65 per active admin user and $45 per active mobile user each month. DropHaul publishes flat plans at $149, $299, and $599 per month with no per-seat fees. With five drivers and one admin, PJR’s user fees alone are $290 a month before the base fee.

Does PJR Software send automatic texts to customers?

PJR’s public site does not document automated customer texts or emails as of October 2026. DropHaul’s AutoShare sends them automatically across 13 events on Pro, Fleet, and Enterprise plans.

Do both tools track portable toilets by barcode?

Yes. PJR documents barcode and QR equipment tracking, and DropHaul includes QR and barcode unit scanning on Pro and up.

DropHaul vs PJR Software

PJR Software charges per user, so cost grows with every driver you add. DropHaul’s flat tiers have no per-seat fees, plus automatic customer messaging that PJR does not document.

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).

PJR Software

Portable sanitation software

A base fee (amount not published) plus $65 per admin user and $45 per mobile user each month. No contract; 14-day free trial.

Reviewed by the DropHaul team on October 25, 2026, using PJR Software’s own published materials.

How PJR and DropHaul differ

PJR Software (Porta-John Rental Software) is a portable restroom platform with barcode equipment tracking, truck-aware routing, and rental-style billing. It prices per user on top of an unpublished base fee. DropHaul uses flat tiers with no per-seat fees and adds AutoShare customer updates, two-way texting, telematics, and an official MCP server, none of which PJR documents.

Choose PJR if

Small teams with few users who want rental-style billing and barcode equipment tracking.

You have one or two users and the per-user math works out lower.
You need contract and progressive billing exactly as PJR models it.

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.

You run several drivers and want one flat price as you grow.
You want automatic customer texts and a two-way inbox included.
You want telematics, fuel cards, or AI assistants connected to your data.

Feature by feature

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DropHaul compared with PJR Software across 12 capabilities
Capability	DropHaul	PJR Software
Published pricing	Yes: Published: free plan, then $149 / $299 / $599 per month	Partial: Base fee not published, plus $65 per admin and $45 per mobile user
Contract and trial	Yes: No contract or required setup fee; 14-day trial on paid plans	Yes: No contract; 14-day free trial
Built for portable sanitation	Yes: Yes, built only for portable sanitation	Yes: Yes: portable restrooms, septic, roll-off
Unit tracking with QR or barcode scans	Yes: QR and barcode scanning for every unit (Pro and up)	Yes: Barcode and QR equipment tracking
Route optimization	Yes: Road-aware optimization with monthly credits (Starter and up)	Yes: "AI-optimized" routing with truck types
Native mobile app	Yes: Native iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo app; Android coming soon	Yes: iPhone and iPad app (released 2025)
Offline driver app	Yes: Full driver workflow without signal; syncs on reconnect	Partial: Homepage says apps work offline; details 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	Partial: Invoices push to QuickBooks Online
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 PJR Software’s public materials, not that it doesn’t exist.

What PJR does well

Published per-user pricing with no contract and no onboarding fee.
Barcode and QR equipment tracking without special hardware.
Truck-type and matrix routing with dynamic ETAs.
Daily, weekly, monthly, batch, pause, and contract billing from its rental software roots.

Why operators switch to DropHaul

No per-seat fees: PJR adds $45 a month for every mobile user and $65 for every admin. DropHaul tiers are flat with no per-seat fees, so adding a driver does not add a line to your software bill.
Customers updated automatically: AutoShare texts and emails customers across 13 lifecycle events, from quote sent to payment received. PJR does not document automated customer notifications.
Two-way chat with every customer: Replies to AutoShare texts and emails thread back into one DropHaul chat with delivery receipts. Two-way texting is not documented by PJR.
Fleet data and AI access: DropHaul connects telematics and fuel cards, and ships an official MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT. PJR does not document either.

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 PJR? 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.

Plan your switch Start free first

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.

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.