Hauler Hero vs Soft-Pak

Hauler Hero is the modern, cloud-based operating system built specifically to help growing haulers work faster, from anywhere.
Compared to Soft-Pak’s older, desktop-driven workflows, Hauler Hero automates routing, autopay, and rebilling so your team isn’t buried in manual tasks.
The result: fewer clicks, fewer headaches, and more time to grow your business instead of wrestling with your software.

Overview

Soft-Pak is a long-established, legacy platform that many haulers started on, with heavy desktop installs and more manual routing and billing workflows.
Hauler Hero is a cloud-native system you can log into from any device, designed for fast-growing residential, roll-off, and septic operations.
Customers coming from Soft-Pak often describe routing as complicated and high-maintenance, with routes needing to be submitted every day to reach tablets.
Autopay and rebilling in Soft-Pak frequently require extra steps and workarounds, creating unnecessary calls and confusion for office staff and customers.
Hauler Hero replaces those pain points with automated routing, true autopay, one-click rebilling, and remote access so you can manage the business from anywhere.

Why Choose Hauler Hero vs. Soft-Pak

1. Cloud-based, work-from-anywhere access

  • Hauler Hero: 100% cloud-based. Log in from any browser—office, home, truck, or phone. No special installs or VPNs.

  • Soft-Pak: Requires software to be downloaded to specific devices, limiting flexibility when you’re away from the office or need quick access from your phone.

2. Simpler, “set it and go” routing

  • Hauler Hero: Dispatch weeks of routes at once, not just today’s work. Routes flow to driver tablets without daily re-submission.

  • Soft-Pak: Users report having to submit every route every single day just so they show up on tablets, a constant extra step for dispatch.

3. True autopay that actually runs automatically

  • Hauler Hero: You set when bills are due and autopay runs on its own. No manual batch work or “babysitting” payments.

  • Soft-Pak: Former customers describe autopay as anything but automatic, requiring extra manual steps and time every billing cycle.

4. Smart rebilling & fewer customer phone calls

  • Hauler Hero: Re-send the exact same bill, with full details, in seconds to only the customers who haven’t paid.

  • Soft-Pak: No clean way to rebill just non-payers; teams either rebill everyone or create new bills with missing detail, triggering more customer confusion and calls.

5. Built for growth, not just maintenance

  • Hauler Hero: Designed to support rapid expansion into new lines of business (dumpsters, roll-off, septic) without doubling office workload.

  • Soft-Pak: As volume and service types grow, manual routing, payment runs, and rebilling create friction that holds the company back.

6. Modern experience for your whole team

  • Hauler Hero: Clean, modern interface for CSRs, dispatchers, drivers, and leadership, easy for new staff to learn.

  • Soft-Pak: Legacy UI and workflows that often require tribal knowledge and extra training to operate smoothly.

Why Move from Soft-Pak to Hauler Hero
1. Eliminate daily routing busywork

  • If your team has to “babysit” routes, submitting them every day just so they appear on tablets, Hauler Hero removes that grind. Dispatch weeks of routes at once and focus on exceptions, not repetitive setup.

2. Stop fighting your autopay system

  • When “autopay” isn’t actually automatic, your office ends up doing the work your software should do. Hauler Hero lets you set due dates and walk away: payments run when they should, and you simply review results.
3. Clean, targeted rebilling in seconds

  • Instead of rebilling all customers or sending confusing, stripped-down invoices, Hauler Hero lets you re-send accurate, line-item bills only to the customers who haven’t paid, in a few clicks.

4. Manage your business from anywhere

  • With Soft-Pak installed on a single laptop, you’re chained to that device. Hauler Hero puts your operation in the cloud so you can check a customer’s account on your phone or laptop from the field, home, or vacation.

5. Get your time and sanity back

  • Former Soft-Pak users report that Hauler Hero has given them back hours each month. Less time spent on routing, rebilling, and payment gymnastics means more time for strategy, sales, and customer relationships.
FROM SOFT PAK TO HAULER HERO
"Hauler Hero has made our lives more efficient and significantly less complicated. Since switching to Hauler Hero, my time to send our monthly or quarterly bills has been cut in half… I have no doubt in my mind that when we get to 100,000 houses, Hauler Hero will be right there with us."

Alex Babbitt

Co-Owner - Carolina Trash & Septic

Why Hauler Hero?

Our software streamlines dispatching, delivery, communication, and back-office processes, giving you the control, visibility, and efficiency to keep haulers running on time and on budget.

With Hauler Hero, you can also expect significant benefits:

19%

Faster Cash
Collection

Faster Cash Colection

 

15%

Lower 
Customer Churn

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14%

Fewer 
Customer Calls

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14 hr/s

Saved Per 
Office Employee

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