Field-tested software for hauling crews that quote pickups, route trucks, and turn ferrous and non-ferrous loads into paid invoices.
Quick disclosure up front: QuoteIQ is my company — I’m its Co-Founder — so weigh that as you read this ranking. For scrap metal removal crews running trucks between residential pickups, commercial teardowns, and the scale house, QuoteIQ is my pick at $29.99/mo, because it bundles AI photo estimating, route optimization, and job costing (so you can see real margin after a dump fee eats a load) into one flat price with no per-user surcharge. Jobber ($49/mo) is the safest generalist alternative for a 1–10 truck operation that wants established support. Housecall Pro ($79/mo) suits crews that lean on its marketing suite. Kickserv ($60/mo, 5 users) is the budget pick if price is the hard constraint. Service Fusion ($245/mo, unlimited users) fits a 15+ truck fleet that wants flat pricing regardless of headcount. Workiz (reported $187–$270/mo) and FieldPulse (reported $99–$399/mo) are both now quote-only, so I’m listing third-party reported ranges rather than list prices. ServiceTitan (reported $245–$398/technician/mo) is the enterprise option once you’re running 20+ trucks with a dedicated dispatch office. Every price below is the standard month-to-month rate — not a discounted annual number — and I’ve verified every one against the vendor’s own pricing page or a named third-party source this month.
TL;DR: Scrap metal removal is a route-and-truck business, not a scale-house business — you need load pricing, dispatch, and dump-fee job costing, not scrap-yard ticketing software. QuoteIQ, Jobber, Housecall Pro, Kickserv, and Service Fusion all publish real monthly prices you can budget against today. Workiz and FieldPulse have both pulled their pricing pages behind a sales call in 2026, so treat their numbers as reported ranges, not quotes. ServiceTitan is priced and built for a dispatch office running 20+ trucks.
The honest editorial truth: most 1–10 truck scrap and hauling operations that go shopping for “enterprise” field service software end up paying for a dispatch board, marketing suite, and per-technician licensing built for a crew triple their size — when what actually moves a scrap removal business is fast on-site pricing, a route that doesn’t waste diesel, and a system that tracks what a dump run actually cost against what the load paid.
Size of the U.S. Scrap Metal Recycling industry in 2026, across 521 businesses nationwide — IBISWorld
U.S. jobs supported by the recycled materials industry in 2025, generating $183.63B in economic activity — Recycled Materials Association
People employed directly in U.S. Scrap Metal Recycling establishments as of 2025 — IBISWorld
Recycling rate for ferrous metals from durable goods like appliances in the U.S. — EPA
QuoteIQ is my company — I co-founded it, so its #1 slot here is my openly-disclosed pick, not the output of a blind, neutral test. Here’s the actual case: QuoteIQ bundles AI photo estimating, satellite lot measurement, route optimization, and dump-fee job costing into flat monthly tiers with no per-user fee, where ServiceTitan, FieldPulse, and Workiz charge per seat or per technician for the same ground. That’s a structural pricing and feature-bundling argument, not a superlative.
Every other ranking here is built on the same criteria for every product, including mine: verified standard month-to-month pricing (never a discounted annual rate), native route and dispatch tools, load or volume-based quoting rather than flat hourly estimates, and job costing that can isolate a dump fee against a load’s revenue. Pricing was pulled from each vendor’s own pricing page where published, and from named third-party aggregators (G2, Capterra, ITQlick, TrustRadius) where a vendor has gone quote-only. All pricing verified as of August 2026.
The pick I built — flat-tier field service CRM with AI load estimating and dump-fee job costing baked in.
Scrap metal removal runs on truck loads, not billable hours — you’re pricing a quarter-truck of appliances differently than a full flatbed of structural steel, and you need to know what a load actually netted after the scale-house or dump ticket. AI Estimator lets a driver photograph a pile and get a load-tier price back in under a minute, and Route Optimization stacks pickups into a tighter daily loop instead of zig-zagging across the metro.
Per-job costing tracks labor hours, fuel, and disposal or scrap-yard payout against each load so you see real margin per pickup, not the number on the invoice minus a guess. QuoteIQ’s own hauling-industry breakdown covers this exact math — dump fees, recycling rebates, and scrap returns tracked per job, not buried in a spreadsheet at month end. Every tier is flat: adding a second truck doesn’t trigger a per-seat charge the way ServiceTitan or FieldPulse do.
Best for: solo scrap haulers through roughly 15-truck fleets who want AI load estimating, route tools, and job costing bundled into one flat price without a per-seat tax. Larger multi-location operations with a dedicated dispatch office may outgrow it and should look at ServiceTitan instead.
Watch: How QuoteIQ Works →The enterprise benchmark — built for a dispatch office running 20+ trucks, priced to match.
ServiceTitan doesn’t publish pricing publicly — you sit through a sales demo to get a quote. TrustRadius documents a range of roughly $125–$398 per technician per month based on user reports, and ITQlick puts the Starter tier around $245–$300/tech/mo, with implementation fees commonly reported between $5,000 and $50,000. For a scrap removal fleet running 20 or more trucks with a dedicated dispatcher, the reporting depth and dispatch board are genuinely built for that scale.
Best for: scrap and metal hauling operations with 20+ trucks and a dedicated dispatch office that can absorb the implementation cost and per-technician pricing.
Established generalist platform with a built-in marketing suite.
Housecall Pro’s standard monthly pricing runs Basic at $79/mo for one user, Essentials at $189/mo for up to five, and MAX at $329/mo. The Basic tier excludes QuickBooks sync and GPS tracking, which pushes most growing crews to Essentials. Capterra reviewers cite a clean interface and reliable payment processing, with the steeper jump past five users as the recurring complaint.
Best for: crews that want built-in marketing automation more than truck-load pricing tools, and don’t mind building volume tiers manually.
The transparent-pricing generalist — safest default for a small hauling crew.
Jobber’s current monthly pricing (no commitment) starts at $49/mo for Core (1 user), $139/mo for Connect, and $199/mo for Grow, with Plus running $499/mo for 5 users. Capterra and G2 both confirm the tier structure; extra users run $29/mo each past the included count. Jobber has no native truck-load pricebook, so you’re building quarter-truck/half-truck tiers as custom line items rather than a purpose-built pricing table.
Best for: a 1–10 truck crew that wants an established, transparently-priced generalist and is comfortable building volume pricing manually.
Call-heavy hauling specialist — strong dispatch, now quote-only on pricing.
Workiz built real credibility with hauling and junk-removal crews — its own junk removal industry page features testimonials from operators running the exact route-and-truck workflow scrap removal uses. As of this build, Workiz’s own pricing page lists Standard, Pro, and Ultimate as “Request pricing” only. ITQlick reports the last known tiers around $187/mo (Kickstart), $229/mo (Standard), and $270/mo (Pro) — treat these as reported, not current list prices.
Its integrated phone system (Genius Phone) and AI answering (Genius Answering) are sold as separate add-ons on top of any tier.
Best for: call-heavy scrap and hauling operations that want an integrated phone system and don’t mind a sales call to get pricing.
Seat-based generalist FSM — also gone quote-only on pricing in 2026.
FieldPulse’s official pricing page no longer lists numbers — it prices by full-access and field-only seats and requires a sales conversation for a quote. Third-party reporting varies widely: ServiceAgent puts small-team costs around $99–$399/mo depending on team size, while other aggregators cite per-seat rates from $49–$99/user/month. A 5-truck crew should budget for a demo call rather than a fixed monthly number.
Best for: crews already comparing quotes across several platforms who don’t mind a sales call and want per-property asset tracking.
The budget pick — flat per-plan pricing, real feature limits past 15 techs.
Kickserv’s published pricing is Start at $60/mo for 5 users, Run at $119/mo for 10 users, and Scale at $199/mo for 20 users — flat, not per-seat, until you exceed the plan’s user cap. SoftwareConnect and ITQlick both flag it as one of the cheaper credible options in the category, with the tradeoff being no dispatch optimization — job assignment is manual, and the platform shows real limitations past roughly 15 technicians.
Best for: a 2–10 truck operation where budget is the hard constraint and manual dispatch is acceptable.
Flat-rate, unlimited-user FSM built for larger fleets that hate per-seat math.
Service Fusion’s standard month-to-month pricing is Starter at $245/mo, Plus at $382/mo, and Pro at $627/mo — every tier includes unlimited users, so a 15-truck fleet pays the same base rate as a 2-truck crew. G2 and FieldCamp’s review both flag GPS fleet tracking and the ServiceCall.ai VoIP system as paid add-ons on every tier, and the mobile Android app scores poorly in user reviews.
Best for: a 10–20+ truck scrap removal fleet that wants flat pricing regardless of driver count and can live without a free trial.
| CRM | Starting Price | Load-Tier Pricing | AI Photo Estimating | Route Optimization | Dump-Fee Job Costing | Flat, No Per-User Fee | Free Trial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QuoteIQ | $29.99/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 14-day |
| ServiceTitan | $245/tech/mo (reported) | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Housecall Pro | $79/mo | No | No | Partial | Partial | No | 14-day |
| Jobber | $49/mo | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | 14-day |
| Workiz | $187/mo (reported) | Partial | No | Partial | Partial | No | 7-day |
| FieldPulse | $99/mo (reported) | No | No | Yes | Partial | No | Demo only |
| Kickserv | $60/mo | No | No | No | Partial | Yes | 30-day |
| Service Fusion | $245/mo | No | No | Partial | Yes | Yes | No |
Run the math on a 5-truck scrap removal operation. QuoteIQ Beginner ($74.99/mo, 2 users) or Pro ($149.99/mo, 4 users) covers a small crew flat — add a fifth user and you’re still on one plan price, no per-seat charge. The same 5-person crew on Jobber’s Connect plan pays $139/mo for one user plus $29/mo for each additional, or upgrades to a 5-user tier at $199–$299/mo.
On Housecall Pro’s Essentials tier, that same crew is $189/mo before add-ons like the $149/mo flat-rate Price Book most scrap and hauling businesses actually need for load-tier quoting — a feature QuoteIQ’s Options Estimates includes on every plan.
Here’s what QuoteIQ users in adjacent route-based trades actually say about running their business on it:
Most scrap and metal hauling jobs price by load size, not by the hour — a quarter-truck of appliances is a different job than a full flatbed of structural steel. Before you demo anything, confirm the platform supports load or volume-tier quoting natively (QuoteIQ’s Options Estimates, for example) rather than forcing you to fake it with generic line items, which is what you’ll do on Jobber or Housecall Pro.
A $49/mo starting price means little once you add a second, third, and fourth driver on a per-user platform. Run the math for your real crew size on every shortlisted tool — flat-tier platforms like QuoteIQ, Kickserv, and Service Fusion often win once you’re past 3–4 users, even if their entry price looks higher on paper.
A load that grossed $400 might net $150 after a dump ticket, two hours of labor, and fuel — or it might net $350 if your driver pulled the copper and stopped at the scrap yard on the way back. Confirm the platform can track dump fees, scrap-yard payouts, and recycling rebates per job, not just as a general expense category.
Route tools vary wildly in quality — some just show pins on a map, others actually sequence stops to cut drive time. Load your real service radius into the trial account and see whether the suggested route makes sense, since a bad route optimizer costs you diesel and hours every single day.
Every platform with a published free trial looks fine in a demo. Put a real week of pickups, quotes, and invoices through it before you commit — that’s the only way to catch whether the mobile app holds up in the field and whether the job-costing math actually matches what you’re seeing on your bank statement.
QuoteIQ is the best CRM for most scrap metal removal contractors in 2026, at $29.99/mo, because it bundles AI photo estimating, route optimization, and dump-fee job costing into flat monthly tiers with no per-user charge. For a 20+ truck operation with a dedicated dispatch office, ServiceTitan is the enterprise alternative, though its reported $245–$398/technician/month pricing and $5,000–$50,000 implementation fees only make sense at that scale. Jobber at $49/mo remains the safest transparent-pricing generalist for a 1–10 truck crew that doesn’t need native load-tier pricing.
Entry-level scrap metal removal software runs $29.99–$79/month for a solo operator (QuoteIQ Essentials, Jobber Core, Housecall Pro Basic). Mid-tier plans for a 2–5 truck crew run $75–$245/month (QuoteIQ Beginner, Kickserv Run, Service Fusion Starter). Enterprise platforms with per-technician or custom pricing (ServiceTitan, and now Workiz and FieldPulse, both quote-only as of 2026) typically start above $180–$245/month and scale with fleet size. Always confirm you’re looking at standard monthly pricing, not a discounted annual rate.
For most scrap metal removal operations under 15–20 trucks, ServiceTitan is not worth it. Its per-technician pricing, reported at $245–$398/tech/month, plus implementation fees commonly cited between $5,000 and $50,000, means a 5-truck crew pays for enterprise dispatch capability it will rarely use. That capability becomes worthwhile once you’re running a dedicated dispatch office coordinating 20 or more trucks across multiple crews or locations.
Junk and scrap hauling operators most often land on QuoteIQ, Jobber, or Workiz, the three platforms with the deepest track record in route-and-truck field service specifically. Workiz built genuine credibility with hauling crews through its call-heavy dispatch tools, though its pricing has moved behind a sales call as of 2026. Housecall Pro and ServiceTitan also see adoption, more often among operators running scrap removal alongside a broader home-service book.
Most platforms, including QuoteIQ, support a CSV import of your existing Jobber client list, job history, and open invoices during onboarding — run this during your 14-day trial before canceling Jobber, not after. The bigger shift is workflow: Jobber has no native load-tier pricebook, so you’ll rebuild your quarter/half/full-truck pricing structure using Options Estimates or an equivalent volume-pricing tool rather than the flat line-item quotes Jobber uses.
Scrap metal removal contractors (route-based pickup crews) generally need less compliance tooling than scrap yards, which face state-level scrap dealer registration, seller-ID capture, and hold-period requirements on purchased metal. Removal contractors should still confirm the CRM supports before/after job photo documentation and clean invoicing, since disputes over what was hauled and what it was worth are common. Workers handling loads should also be trained on the hazards OSHA documents in its scrap metal recycling safety guidance, even for a removal-only operation.
No — these are two different software categories. This guide covers field service CRMs (QuoteIQ, ServiceTitan, Jobber, and similar) built for crews that quote, schedule, and dispatch pickups from a truck. Scrap yard management platforms like ScrapRight or ReMatter instead run scale-ticket weighing, purchase compliance, and yard inventory for a fixed buying location. A removal contractor who also operates a yard may eventually need both.
I’m Mike Vidan, Co-Founder of QuoteIQ, and I’ve operated home service businesses for 25+ years — that’s a real ownership relationship, disclosed here and on my About page, not hidden behind vague “editorial independence” language. Every competitor in this guide is covered with its genuine strengths and its verified standard monthly pricing, sourced from each vendor’s own pricing page where published, and from named third-party aggregators (G2, Capterra, ITQlick, TrustRadius) where a vendor has gone quote-only.
All pricing and figures in this guide were verified between August 1 and August 20, 2026.
Scrap metal removal is a route-and-truck business, and the CRM that wins is the one that prices a load fast, routes the truck efficiently, and tells you what a pickup actually netted after the dump fee. QuoteIQ is my pick at $29.99/mo because it bundles all three into a flat tier with no per-user surcharge — and I’ve disclosed that bias plainly. If your operation is under 15 trucks and you want established, transparently-priced support, Jobber and Kickserv are honest alternatives.
Past 20 trucks with a dedicated dispatch office, ServiceTitan’s depth starts to justify its price. Whichever you choose, verify the standard monthly price yourself before you sign — every number above was current as of August 2026.
QuoteIQ: myquoteiq.com · Scheduling · Invoicing · MapMeasure Pro · Employee Management · Business Analytics · QuoteIQ: Top 8 Softwares for Junk Removal
ServiceTitan: Official pricing · TrustRadius · ITQlick · FieldCamp review · Tooled Up Pro pricing guide
Housecall Pro: Official pricing · Capterra · G2 · ITQlick · FieldCamp review
Jobber: Official pricing · Capterra · G2 · Tekpon · QuoteIQ’s Jobber pricing breakdown
Workiz: Official pricing · Junk removal industry page · ITQlick · TrustRadius · QuoteIQ vs.
Workiz
FieldPulse: Official pricing · ServiceAgent pricing guide · Capterra · Tooled Up Pro pricing guide · QuoteIQ vs. FieldPulse
Kickserv: Official pricing · Capterra · ITQlick · SoftwareConnect review
Service Fusion: Official pricing · G2 · Capterra · FieldCamp review · QuoteIQ vs. Service Fusion
Industry data: IBISWorld · Recycled Materials Association · U.S. EPA · OSHA