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Docket alternative
Docket is waste software for roll-off and for commercial and residential trash, with a driver app, an online cart, and a custom website on its published plan list. Kortex publishes the price: the website, booking, CRM, Google Ads, and SEO for a local service business. Docket is the deeper waste suite. Kortex is the package with a number on the page.
Competitor details in the table are from public pages, as of Oct 2026. They can change. Kortex does not speak for Docket.
Kortex is $300/month plus a $999 one-time setup fee. Google Ads management is included in that plan. You pay Google for the clicks. Kortex does not bill a percent of ad spend.
| Capability | Kortex | Docket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | KortexKortex is $300/month plus a $999 one-time setup fee. Google Ads management is included in that plan. You pay Google for the clicks. Kortex does not bill a percent of ad spend. | DocketAs of Oct 2026, Docket's pricing page does not publish a monthly subscription price. It lists Grow, Pro, and Pro Plus and tells you to schedule a demo. Docket describes those tiers as a per-truck price plus a one-time implementation fee. The fee is not published. Card rates on the page are 3.0% + 30¢ and 2.8% + 30¢. ACH is 1%. Message allowances listed are 500 a month and 1,000 a month. |
| Who it is built for | KortexLocal service businesses. A dumpster company books a container for dates. A lawn company runs a recurring route. HVAC books an appointment. Painting and tree service quote the job, then schedule it. Same plan. | DocketAs of Oct 2026, Docket presents the product as dumpster rental software and as commercial and residential waste software, not as a CRM for lawn, HVAC, or painting companies. |
| Website | KortexIncluded. Kortex builds and hosts the website. You can edit the photos, the pages, and the prices. | DocketAs of Oct 2026, Docket's pricing page lists a custom website on its plans. It does not list Google Ads management. |
| Online booking | KortexIncluded. A booking can take a card payment through that business's own Stripe Connect account, and the booking lands in the Kortex CRM. Stripe processes cards at 2.9% + 30¢. | DocketAs of Oct 2026, Docket lists an online shopping cart, Basic on the first tier and Premium on the later tiers, connected to the software. |
| CRM and dispatch | KortexIncluded. Customers, bookings, invoices, and a dispatch view of the day. Kortex is not yard-inventory software and it does not do landfill routing. | DocketAs of Oct 2026, Docket lists customer management, dispatch, a driver app, and billing. IronRouteAI, its route tool, is published on Pro Plus. |
| Google Ads | KortexIncluded in the $300/month. Kortex does not bill a percent of ad spend. You pay Google for the clicks. | DocketAs of Oct 2026, Google Ads management is not on the Docket pricing page. Local SEO is listed there. |
| SEO | KortexIncluded with the website on the same plan. | DocketAs of Oct 2026, local SEO is listed on Docket's pricing tiers. |
| Driver app and container tracking | KortexNo native driver app and no live container tracking. The office runs the day from the Kortex board. | DocketAs of Oct 2026, Docket lists a driver app. Its pricing FAQ describes GPS dumpster monitoring with a PIN or QR code in the app. A Docket help article describes the mobile app working online and offline. |
| QuickBooks | KortexQuickBooks is not part of the published plan. Card payments go through the business's own Stripe Connect account. Kortex does not connect to DRS, iCans, Docket, Box Tracker, or any other dispatch product. | DocketAs of Oct 2026, QuickBooks Online is listed on Docket's pricing page. Docket's billing pages also mention Xero. |
| Reviews | KortexWhen a job is done, Kortex emails that customer your Google review link. Review requests go out by email only, not by text message. | DocketAs of Oct 2026, Docket lists ReviewGuard on its pricing page. Docket's help center describes ReviewGuard as filtering low ratings before a public review request. |
| Setup | Kortex$999 once. White-glove setup: Kortex builds the website and sets up booking, the CRM, and Google Ads. You are not handed a blank login. | DocketAs of Oct 2026, Docket does not publish the implementation fee. The pricing page says to schedule a demo to see the price. |
Who it is for
Choose Kortex if you want the price in writing and you want the site, the booking, the CRM, and Google Ads run together. The plan also covers trades that are not waste.
Stay with Docket if you want that waste suite, including the driver app, cart, and ReviewGuard, and you are willing to book a demo to learn the software price. As of Oct 2026, Docket does not publish a monthly subscription dollar amount.
Where Kortex is different
- Done for you: the website, online booking, CRM, Google Ads, and SEO are one plan.
- The same plan fits a rental, a recurring route, an appointment, or a quote that becomes a job.
- White-glove setup. The $999 fee is Kortex building the site and setting up booking, the CRM, and Google Ads.
- Built by a former dumpster company owner, for local service businesses, not only for haulers.
Public sources
Checked as of Oct 2026. Open the page itself before you treat a cell as current.