Trash Can Cleaning Software Pricing: What $59, $89 and $199 a Month Get You
Software pricing in the home service world is often hard to pin down. Per-user fees, setup fees, add-ons for texting or the customer app. For a bin cleaning company with thin margins per can, it matters to know exactly what you'll pay. This article lays it out.
Price Is One Part of the Decision
In Getting Set Up on Trash Can Cleaning Software in One Day, we covered what it takes to get running. Before you get there, you need to know what it costs and how to pick a plan.
The Three Plans
TrashCanBossPro has three plans:
- Start: $59 a month
- Pro: $89 a month
- Crew: $199 a month
Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, and you don't need a credit card to start it. Compare the plans side by side on the pricing page.
Never Billed per User
You are never billed per user. That matters more in bin cleaning than it might seem. The helper who runs the second trailer on Saturdays, the spouse who answers texts in the evening, the seasonal tech in summer: each of them can have their own login without changing your bill.
Separate logins matter. Techs log in with a personal PIN so their completions, photos and clock-ins are their own. Office users get roles that fit their job. When pricing charges per seat, companies end up sharing one login to save money, and lose all of that.
Text Allowances
The main difference you'll notice day to day is the monthly text allowance, counted in segments sent and received:
- Start: 500 segments a month
- Pro: 1,000 segments a month
- Crew: 2,000 segments a month
Reminders, on-the-way and arrived texts and two-way conversations all count. The more customers you have and the more alerts they turn on, the more segments you use. A smaller route fits comfortably on Start. A company with several trailers and a busy office will usually look at Pro or Crew. The plans differ in other ways too, so check the pricing page for the full comparison before you pick.
What Comes With the Platform
The core of the system isn't sold piece by piece. Cans and trash day on every address, recurring plans and the Waiting List, the dispatch board and auto-routing, the tech app, the customer app, two-way texting, invoices with card on file and auto-charge, and Monthly account billing for HOAs and businesses are all part of TrashCanBossPro.
How to Think About the Cost
The easiest way to judge software for a bin cleaning company is to compare it with what it replaces and what it recovers. Take your own numbers:
- How many hours a week do you spend sending reminders, building routes and invoicing by hand?
- How many customers got missed last month, and what did those cleanings or cancellations cost?
- How many invoices went unpaid or never got sent?
If you charge, say, $30 or $35 a month for a residential plan, a couple of customers kept or a couple of invoices collected covers the Start plan. Auto-charge on completion and past-due follow-up tend to pay for themselves first.
Picking a Plan
- Start the 14-day free trial.
- Import your customers and run real routes for a week or two.
- Watch your text usage and the features you actually reach for.
- Pick the plan that fits. You can move up as you grow.
For a full list of what to check during that trial, read How to Use a 14-Day Free Trial of Trash Can Cleaning Software.
Billing in Your Currency
TrashCanBossPro works in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK, and bills your customers in their own currency.
Questions to Ask About Any Price
Whatever software you look at, ask the same questions about the price. Is it per month or per user? Are texts included, and how are they counted? Is the customer app part of the plan, or extra? Are there setup fees? Is there a trial, and does it need a card? A low headline price that grows with every tech you hire or every text you send can end up costing more than a flat plan. Get the full number in writing before you move your customers over.
The Takeaway
Start at $59, Pro at $89, Crew at $199 a month. Never billed per user, with a monthly text allowance on every plan and a 14-day free trial with no credit card. For the full overview of what the software does, visit the trash can cleaning software page.
Try It Before You Pay
Run your real routes for 14 days, then pick Start, Pro or Crew.
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