Waste transfer station software compared
In short: every load a permitted site in England or Wales receives now has to be reported to Defra’s Digital Waste Tracking service, with Scotland following on 1 January 2027 and Northern Ireland, as DAERA has announced, from January 2027, and many products now do it. They differ most on price, whether there’s a free option, how they handle a weighbridge, and whether they do your waste returns too. 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 | Weighbridge mode, free Defra reporting (all 14 of Defra's test scenarios supported, none exempted), hazardous waste and POPs recorded for each waste, free hazardous consignment notes on each nation's own form, permits checked with their waste codes and limits, waste returns for all four regulators and EA/NRW consignee returns (add-ons), Mass Balance, works offline |
| Access Weighsoft Evo The Access Group | Weighbridge sites | Quote only | None published | Cloud and mobile | Weighbridge software, invoicing |
| Clear Waste Route | Transfer stations, landfill, MRFs and hauliers | Priced by turnover | None published | iOS, Android, web | Weighbridge links, GPS, works offline, Xero; 6 to 10 weeks to set up |
| ComplyWaste Level 44 | Receivers, carriers, and businesses with a site and a fleet | Site £99 a month, Group £249 | Capture plan at £0, without reporting to Defra; one van free | Web, plus an offline carrier app | Matches receivers and carriers by a short code, a "waste passport" PDF, 20% off for a site plus a fleet |
| 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 |
| DutyOS | Receivers and carriers | Receiving sites from £19.99 a month | None published | Web, plus a driver app | Season tickets, hazardous notes, register checks, vehicle checks, customer management, invoicing |
| IntelliWaste IntelliWaste Ltd Checked | Receiving sites, carriers, and skip and wheelie bin hire | Free; Business Ready £30, £70 or £110 a month by team size, skips and wheelie bins £40 a month more (VAT included) | Yes: Defra reporting, transfer and consignment notes, the last month's reports, unlimited sites and users | Web and mobile | Defra reporting, transfer and consignment notes, reports; jobs, a driver app, scheduling and invoicing (Business Ready); a skip and bin inventory with text reminders (skips package) |
| LoadLog RDC IT Solutions Checked | Waste receiving sites, from skip hire and transfer stations to ATFs, breakers and landfill | £12, £49 or £149 a month | Yes: 5 notes a month, 1 admin user | Web | Signatures, Defra reporting, carrier checks on all four registers, CSV import, an EA waste return helper, reports |
| 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 |
| Tipslip Skrivon Ltd | Small receiving sites and demolition contractors | £49 a month (1 site), £99 (3 sites) | None published | Mobile-first web | Works offline, gate login, Defra reporting, a transfer note from the same record |
| Vaste | AD, energy from waste, landfill and hazardous waste sites | Not published | None published | Web | Weighbridge API, details filled in from Companies House, the DVLA and Defra |
| 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 |
| Waste Receipt Tracker Tech Cog | Receivers | £50, £100 or £250 a month | None published | Web | Defra reporting for receivers |
| Waste X | Construction, grab hire and receivers | Not published | None published | Web, desktop, offline driver app | One register for waste in and out, a Defra reporting queue, quarterly returns |
| WasteBolt AR Enviro | Skip hire, transfer stations, AD plants and carriers | £29.99, £74.99 or £169.99 a month | None published | Installable web, Windows gatehouse app | Season tickets, hazardous notes, weighbridge data by CSV, quarterly returns |
| WasteMatrix AgriDigital Ltd Checked | Permitted waste receiving sites | £30 a month per site with 2 users, then £5 a month a user (plus VAT) | None published; a 7-day free trial | Web | Receiver Defra reporting with EWC code validation, hazardous waste and POPs handling, and Defra's confirmation kept with each load; says it's building for Defra's phase 2 |
| WTNCloud Checked | Carriers from sole operators to fleets; receiving sites | £195 to £1,800 a year (it isn't VAT registered) | Yes: 20 notes in total, no time limit | iOS, Android, web | Offline notes in its apps, AI waste coding, signing by link or QR code, hazardous notes, DVSA walkaround checks, invoices in Xero and QuickBooks, receiver Defra reporting on every plan, an API (Enterprise) |
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
- Is it on Defra’s list? Defra publishes a list of software that has connected to its service. Check a product is on it before you rely on it for reporting.
- What it costs as you grow: per site, per user, per note or by volume. Work out the price for your number of sites, users and loads, not just the starting price.
- Your weighbridge: some products read the weighbridge’s indicator or have their own weighbridge app; others have you type the weights in.
- Returns: whether it builds your quarterly waste return and your hazardous waste consignee return from the loads, for your regulator.
- Permits and registers: whether it checks each carrier’s registration and holds your permit’s waste codes and limits.
- No signal at the gate: whether it keeps working offline and sends the records later.
- Getting your records out: exports, and links to your accounts software.
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
- The core tools are free, with no limit on loads, and reporting every received load to Defra is included on every plan. Any add-on can be tried free for a month.
- Waste returns for the Environment Agency, NRW, SEPA and NIEA, and EA or NRW hazardous waste consignee returns, built from your records (paid add-ons).
- A site’s permits are checked on their registers, with their waste codes and limits, and every carrier is checked on all four UK registers.
- A weighbridge mode for whoever works the weighbridge, which keeps working when there’s no signal.
- Hazardous waste consignment notes filled in from the record on the EA’s, NRW’s, SEPA’s or NIEA’s own form, free, with your part filled in as you book the load in.
Not there yet
- It doesn’t read a weighbridge indicator or print weighbridge tickets yet: weights are typed in.
- There’s no direct link to Xero, Sage or QuickBooks; invoices and payments export as CSV.
- It runs in the web browser on any phone, tablet or computer, but isn’t in the App Store or Google Play yet.
- Large sites with several weighbridges may be better served by dedicated weighbridge software.
Common questions
Which software can report to Defra’s Digital Waste Tracking?
Defra publishes a list of software providers that have connected to its service. Check a product is on that list before you rely on it for reporting.
Is there free software for a waste transfer station?
Some products have a free option: the “Free option” column in the table shows what each offered when we checked. Tippa’s core tools are free with no limit on loads, and reporting every received load to Defra is included.
Do I need weighbridge software as well?
Not always. Some products read a weighbridge indicator or have their own weighbridge app; others, Tippa included, have you type in the gross and tare weights. If you weigh a lot of loads, ask each supplier how its software works with your weighbridge.
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 records every load your site receives, reports it to Defra for free, and builds your waste returns from the same records.
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.