Bella FSM vs PumpDocket

Bella FSM is cloud-based field service software for small and midsized teams, covering estimates, scheduling, dispatch, customer records, work orders, invoicing, and payments. Its scheduling tools include recurring visits, a drag-and-drop calendar, and text and email alerts. Work orders can track status, checklists, parts, preventive maintenance, and photo attachments. Native iPhone and Android apps work alongside a responsive web platform. The mobile app can show job details, update statuses, and capture photos offline, then sync after connectivity returns. Stripe card payments can be recorded from the field or office. QuickBooks Online or Desktop integration syncs invoices, payments, and customers as a $10 a month add-on. The Zapier integration can create jobs from connected apps, but offers an action rather than a trigger. The base plan costs $35 a month for one user, with no term commitment; each added user costs $10 a month. Add-ons are $10 a month each. A 14-day trial is available, but there is no free plan.

PumpDocket is dispatch, compliance, and invoicing software for recurring routes that service septic tanks, grease traps, and portable restrooms. It assigns jobs to routes, notifies drivers, and displays job status in real time. Drivers can record gallons, destination, notes, photos, and checklists when closing a job on a phone; job details can queue offline and sync when signal returns. Completed work flows into same-day invoices, with online payments through Stripe. A customer portal supports appointment confirmation, rescheduling, invoice viewing, and payments, while proposals can be signed digitally. For compliance, the software maintains 50-state septage and FOG profiles with cited source trails, trip-ticket support, retention references, and jurisdiction notes. Portable-restroom operators can track unit deployment, servicing, and inventory. It runs on Android, iOS, and the web, and supports Stripe, QuickBooks, and Twilio integrations, with Google Calendar sync listed on the pricing page. Plans are billed monthly: Starter is $99 a month, Team is $230 a month, and Fleet is $454 a month. A 30-day trial is available; there is no free plan.