Tippa vs WTNCloud
In short: both make transfer and hazardous consignment notes for carriers and receiving sites in all four UK nations, keep working with no signal, report received loads to Defra’s Digital Waste Tracking, and are on Defra’s list of software. WTNCloud has phone apps in the app stores and raises invoices in Xero or QuickBooks. Tippa’s free core has no limit on notes or loads, and adds rounds, skip hire and waste returns. The table sets out what each says it does.
Tippa and WTNCloud, side by side
As each product’s own website described it on , and Defra’s list of software on GOV.UK the same day. “Not stated on its website” means we couldn’t find it there, not that WTNCloud doesn’t do it. Prices are as each supplier gives them. Check WTNCloud’s website before you buy.
| Tippa (this site) | WTNCloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Made for | Receiving sites, carriers, skip hire, brokers and dealers, in all four UK nations | Carriers from sole operators to fleets; receiving sites |
| UK nations | England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with each regulator's own forms and returns | England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, each with its own forms |
| Price | Core tools free; add-ons £5 to £25 a month each, extra sites £25 (each with an office user), extra vehicles and office users £5 (plus VAT) | £195 to £1,800 a year (it isn't VAT registered) |
| Free option | Yes: 1 office user (and another with each extra site), 1 site, 1 vehicle, unlimited drivers and loads, Defra reporting included; every add-on free for its first month, no card needed | Yes: 20 notes in total, no time limit |
| Apps | Web, on any phone, tablet or computer; not yet in the App Store or Google Play | iOS, Android, web |
| Reporting waste received to Defra | Every load received, on every plan including the free one; resent every hour if Defra's service is down | Yes, on every plan including the free one; a failed send isn't resent automatically |
| Carriers’ and brokers’ reporting to Defra | Not yet: Defra plans it for carriers and brokers from October 2027 | Not yet: planned for October 2027, when Defra's carrier service opens |
| Hazardous waste consignment notes | Free, on the EA's, NRW's, SEPA's or NIEA's own form, filled in from the record, with each waste's hazardous properties and POPs | Yes; its features page names all four nations' notes, its note generator England and Wales for now |
| Waste returns | EA, NRW, SEPA and NIEA waste returns, and EA and NRW hazardous waste consignee returns (add-ons) | Not stated on its website |
| Working with no signal | Yes: loads, weighing, collections and drop-offs are recorded with no signal and sent when it's back | Yes, in the iPhone and Android apps; the website needs a connection |
| Weighbridge | A weighbridge mode, with weights typed in and tares remembered; doesn't read an indicator or print tickets yet | Gross and tare typed in, and weighbridge tickets attached to the note; reading an indicator not stated |
| Invoicing and accounts software | Invoicing (add-on); invoices and payments export as CSV, with no direct link to Xero, Sage or QuickBooks yet | Invoices raised in Xero or QuickBooks from completed notes |
| On Defra’s GOV.UK list of software | Yes, listed as "TTPPA | TIPPA"; no test scenarios marked exempt | Yes; no test scenarios marked exempt |
| Defra’s test scenarios | All 14 run, none exempted; the results for each are published on this site | Not stated on its website |
Where WTNCloud is stronger
- Apps for iPhone and Android in the app stores. Tippa runs in the web browser and isn’t in the app stores yet.
- Invoices raised in Xero or QuickBooks from completed notes. Tippa exports CSV.
- AI that suggests a waste code from a plain description, and answers questions about your records.
- An API and webhooks on its top plan. Tippa has no public API.
- A portal where your customers view, download and sign documents. Tippa sends signing links and updates by email, text or WhatsApp, without a portal.
Where Tippa is stronger
- The free core has no limit on notes or loads. WTNCloud’s free option is a set number of notes.
- If Defra’s service is down, Tippa resends every hour by itself. WTNCloud’s website says a failed send isn’t resent automatically.
- Waste returns for all four UK regulators, and EA and NRW hazardous waste consignee returns, built from your records (add-ons).
- Rounds sent to drivers’ phones, jobs of several loads signed for once, and skip hire with a numbered skip register.
- The results of each of Defra’s test scenarios are published, scenario by scenario, on Defra test results.
Which suits you
Choose WTNCloud if…
- your drivers want an app from the App Store or Google Play
- you invoice in Xero or QuickBooks and want an invoice raised there from each note
- you want an API, AI waste coding or a customer portal
Choose Tippa if…
- you want the core tools free, with no limit on notes
- you plan rounds, hire out skips, or run a site that needs its waste returns
- you want reporting to Defra retried for you when its service is down
Moving from WTNCloud
WTNCloud’s website doesn’t say what you can export, so ask WTNCloud for your notes and customers as a spreadsheet. Tippa’s Import Records then brings your customers, sites, vehicles and past loads across, free: download Tippa’s template, as Excel or CSV, and paste your old records in. Every row is checked, carrier registrations and permits included, before anything is saved; rows with a problem come back as a file to fix, and you can undo an import for 7 days. You choose whether past loads are sent to Defra, so loads WTNCloud has already reported aren’t sent twice.
The core tools are free, with no limit on loads, so you can run both side by side for as long as you like before you decide. Where your records are kept and who can see them is on Security and your data. If you’d like to check something first, ask us before you sign up: a person reads every message.
How we compared them
We read WTNCloud’s own website on , and nothing written about it elsewhere, and checked Defra’s list of software providers on GOV.UK the same day. Tippa’s column describes Tippa as it is today. That makes this a comparison on paper: we haven’t used WTNCloud, or measured how easy either is to use, how reliable it is or how good its support is, and a feature a website doesn’t mention may still exist.
We make Tippa, and we’ve tried to be fair, saying first where WTNCloud is stronger. Tippa isn’t affiliated with WTNCloud; WTNCloud is a trade mark of its owner. If anything here is wrong or out of date, email support@tip-pa.co.uk and we’ll check it and put it right.
Common questions
Is Tippa a WTNCloud alternative?
Yes: both make transfer and hazardous consignment notes for carriers and receiving sites in all four UK nations, and report received loads to Defra’s Digital Waste Tracking. Tippa’s free core has no limit on notes; WTNCloud has phone apps and raises invoices in Xero or QuickBooks.
Can I move my records from WTNCloud to Tippa?
WTNCloud’s website doesn’t say what you can export, so ask WTNCloud for your notes and customers as a spreadsheet. Then bring them into Tippa with Import Records, free. You choose whether past loads are sent to Defra, so loads already reported aren’t sent twice.
Is either approved by Defra?
No software is. Defra doesn’t approve or certify waste tracking software: its list on GOV.UK only confirms that a provider has connected to its service. Tippa and WTNCloud are both on it.
How did you compare Tippa and WTNCloud?
We read WTNCloud’s own website, and Defra’s list on GOV.UK, on the date shown at the top of this page. It’s a comparison on paper: a feature a website doesn’t mention may still exist. Tippa isn’t affiliated with WTNCloud.
How Tippa helps
Tippa gives every driver the day’s collections on their phone, gets the transfer note signed, and keeps the vehicles’ checks and dates in one place.
This page compares what Tippa does with what WTNCloud’s own website said on the date shown. It isn’t a review of WTNCloud, and features and prices change. Check with WTNCloud before you buy.