Waste broker software compared
In short: a broker or dealer arranges other people’s waste, so it has a duty of care for it without carrying it, and will report to Defra once Digital Waste Tracking reaches brokers and dealers. Fewer products are built with brokers in mind. The table sets out what each product says on its own website.
The products, side by side
As each product’s own website described it on , or on the date under its name where there is one. Prices are as each supplier gives them, and may or may not include VAT. Check the supplier’s website before you buy.
| Product | Made for | Price | Free option | Apps | What it offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tippa (this site) | Receiving sites, carriers, skip hire, brokers and dealers, in all four UK nations | 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) | 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 | Web, on any phone, tablet or computer; not yet in the App Store or Google Play | Arrange collections with other carriers and record when they've collected, producers sign online and are told when it's collected, free hazardous consignment notes, all four registers checked, invoicing (add-on) |
| Consigns Consigns & Comply Ltd Checked | Receivers, carriers and brokers in all four nations | From £49 a month by type of work and loads, or £1.25 a load pay as you go (plus VAT) | None published; a 7-day free trial | iPhone app, Android app downloaded from Consigns, web | Works offline, driver screens in other languages, EA tonnage return, draft invoices in Xero |
| LoadSnap Webhero Checked | Receivers, carriers, brokers and tradespeople carrying their own waste | Trade from £25 a month, Pro £39, Business £169 | Yes: 10 loads a month, 1 office login, up to 5 vehicles and 2 drivers | iPhone and iPad app, installable web app, Windows weighbridge connector | AI waste coding, export files for Sage, Xero and QuickBooks, a producer portal, an AI assistant connector (MCP), an API |
| Mywastetracker Digital Waste Tracking Ltd | Sites, carriers, brokers and exemption holders | Not published | None published | Web, plus a driver app | Loads, a driver app, customer management, fleet |
| Waste Logics | Skip hire, trade waste, brokers and transfer stations | Quote only | None published | Web, plus driver and weighbridge apps | From quote to job to route to invoice |
Tippa compared, one to one
How we compared them
We read each product’s own website on : who it says it’s for, its published prices, any free option, its apps and the main things it says it does. That makes this a comparison on paper. We haven’t measured how easy each 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, so it’s listed first and marked as ours; the rest are in alphabetical order. We’ve tried to be fair to every product, and to say plainly where Tippa is weaker. If anything here is wrong or out of date, email support@tip-pa.co.uk and we’ll check it and put it right. Product names belong to their owners.
What to look for
- Arranging jobs: booking collections with the carriers you use, and recording when they’ve collected and what they weighed.
- Registers: checking every carrier and site you book is registered or permitted, and stopping a lapsed one being used.
- Transfer notes and signatures: the producer, and the carrier, signing without paper.
- Invoicing: billing your customers from the jobs, and links to your accounts software.
- Defra’s reporting for brokers: Defra is still designing it, so ask each supplier how and when they’ll support it.
Our guide to choosing digital waste tracking software has a fuller checklist of questions to ask any supplier.
Where Tippa is strong, and where it isn’t
Strong
- Collections arranged with other carriers, with the carrier’s collection recorded so the job can be invoiced.
- The producer signs the transfer note online for free, and a carrier you book can sign too.
- Hazardous waste consignment notes filled in from each collection on the EA’s, NRW’s, SEPA’s or NIEA’s own form, free.
- The producer is told when their waste is collected, by email (free), text or WhatsApp, with a link to the transfer note.
- Every carrier and broker is checked on all four UK registers when a record is saved and every night.
- Invoices from the jobs, credit notes, payments and statements (Invoicing add-on).
Not there yet
- There’s no direct link to Xero, Sage or QuickBooks; invoices and payments export as CSV.
- There’s no App Store or Google Play app yet; Tippa runs in the web browser on any device.
Common questions
Do waste brokers need software?
Not by law, but a broker has to keep records of the waste it arranges and check the carriers and sites it uses. Software keeps those records and checks together, and will matter more once brokers report to Defra.
Do waste brokers have to use Digital Waste Tracking?
Not yet. Defra plans to bring carriers, brokers and dealers in after receiving sites. Our guide to digital waste tracking for carriers and brokers has the dates and what’s known so far.
Is there free software for waste brokers?
The “Free option” column in the table shows what each product offered when we checked. Tippa’s core tools, including arranging collections and register checks, are free.
How did you compare these products?
We read each product’s own website on : who it says it’s for, its published prices, any free option, its apps and the main things it says it does. That makes this a comparison on paper. We haven’t measured how easy each is to use, how reliable it is or how good its support is, and a feature a website doesn’t mention may still exist.
How Tippa helps
Tippa keeps every job you arrange in one place, from booking the carrier to the signed transfer note and the invoice, and checks every carrier you use.
This page compares what each product’s own website said on the date shown. It isn’t a review or a recommendation of any product, and features and prices change. Check with each supplier before you buy.