DropHaul vs ServiceCore
ServiceCore is one of the best-known portable sanitation platforms. DropHaul is the alternative with published pricing, no contract, a native offline iPhone app, and AutoShare customer updates across the whole job.
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).
ServiceCore
Portable sanitation software
Quote only. Priced per truck, billed monthly on an annual contract, with no free trial.
Reviewed by the DropHaul team on , using ServiceCore’s own published materials.
How ServiceCore and DropHaul differ
ServiceCore and DropHaul are both built for portable restroom operators, so both cover dispatch, routing, unit inventory, and recurring billing. The difference is how you buy and how your crew works: ServiceCore is quote-only with an annual contract and a 6 to 12 week onboarding, while DropHaul publishes flat prices, has no contract, and puts dispatch, scanning, and customer messaging in a native iPhone and iPad app that keeps working without signal.
Choose ServiceCore if
Established multi-truck operators who want a long-running sanitation vendor and are comfortable with an annual contract.
- You want one of the best-known sanitation vendors with a large install base.
- You rely on 28-day cycle billing exactly as ServiceCore implements it.
- You plan to build on a data warehouse share and can commit to 12 months of API access.
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 want to see the price and start without a sales cycle or annual contract.
- Your drivers work in areas with poor signal and need a native offline app.
- You want customers updated automatically from quote to payment without office typing.
Feature by feature
- YesYes
- PartialPartial
- NoNo
- Not documentedNot documented
| Capability | DropHaul | ServiceCore |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Yes: Published: free plan, then $149 / $299 / $599 per month | No: Quote only; priced per truck |
| Contract and trial | Yes: No contract or required setup fee; 14-day trial on paid plans | No: Annual contract; no 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) | Partial: GPS pin placement; QR scanning not documented |
| Route optimization | Yes: Road-aware optimization with monthly credits (Starter and up) | Yes: One-click route optimization |
| Native mobile app | Yes: Native iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo app; Android coming soon | Yes: iOS and Android apps |
| 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) | Partial: Pro Messaging texts for scheduled, ETA, completed, and service issues |
| 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 | Yes: Two-way master data; one-way invoices and payments |
| 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; REST API needs a 12-month commitment |
“Not documented” means we couldn’t find it in ServiceCore’s public materials, not that it doesn’t exist.
What ServiceCore does well
- Deep sanitation billing, including 28-day cycles and daily batch billing.
- A unit availability calendar by product line and a map of every unit in the yard or on site.
- Automated texts for scheduled, ETA, completed, and service-issue events, plus a customer portal.
- A read/write REST API and a Snowflake data share for operators with their own analysts.
Why operators switch to DropHaul
- Prices you can see before a demo
- DropHaul publishes every self-serve plan and has no contract or required setup fee. ServiceCore asks you to book a demo for pricing and bills monthly on an annual contract.
- Self-serve from day one
- ServiceCore says onboarding usually takes 6 to 12 weeks. DropHaul is self-serve: create an account, import your lists, and start dispatching. Hands-on help from Switch & Setup is there if you want it.
- AutoShare covers the whole job
- ServiceCore texts scheduled, ETA, completed, and issue updates. AutoShare also covers quotes, invoices, overdue notices, payments, refunds, and unit swaps, with SMS, email, or both per event and overrides per customer.
- Scan units instead of guessing
- DropHaul drivers scan a unit QR or barcode label at each stop, so placement and service history attach to the exact unit. ServiceCore’s inventory page says drivers drop a GPS pin, “And there’s no need for scanning the unit.”
- A driver app that works in dead zones
- DropHaul is a native iPhone and iPad app with a full offline workflow. Offline use is not documented on ServiceCore’s site.
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 ServiceCore? 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.
- ServiceCore pricing (opens in a new tab)
- ServiceCore FAQs (opens in a new tab)
- ServiceCore inventory (opens in a new tab)
- ServiceCore Pro Messaging (opens in a new tab)
- ServiceCore API and Data Share (opens in a new tab)
- ServiceCore route optimization (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.