Tipslip vs desktop software vs a full waste-management suite
This compares general patterns for each category of tool, not any specific named product, we haven't named or benchmarked a competitor here, only what's typical for each type. If something you use doesn't fit this pattern, we'd still like to hear about it.
Price
- Tipslip
- £49/month for 1 site, 3 drivers
- Desktop software
- Typically a one-off licence or an annual fee per installed PC
- Full waste-management suite
- Typically a monthly platform fee, quoted per site or per user
Offline driver app
- Tipslip
- Yes, built for a phone, records a full job with no signal
- Desktop software
- Usually office-based; drivers don’t get their own app
- Full waste-management suite
- Varies by vendor, check whether a driver app is included
Defra digital waste tracking submission
- Tipslip
- Built in, queued from the load record, submitted automatically
- Desktop software
- Not built in as standard, usually a manual export or upload
- Full waste-management suite
- Varies by vendor, confirm it’s included, not a paid add-on
Setup time
- Tipslip
- Same day, firm code and a PIN for each driver, no install
- Desktop software
- Typically an install plus a training session
- Full waste-management suite
- Typically a longer onboarding project with data migrated in
Contract length
- Tipslip
- Monthly, no fixed contract
- Desktop software
- Varies, some licences run annually
- Full waste-management suite
- Varies, many are sold on an annual or multi-year contract
Tipslip is right for a firm that wants the Defra record handled from the driver's phone with nothing to install and nothing to configure. Desktop software can suit an office that already has a system it trusts and just needs an export. A full waste-management suite can suit a firm that wants route planning, invoicing and reporting in one place. Tipslip deliberately does not try to be that; see "What it's not" on the home page.