Thorbis vs Successware · Septic
Successware for septic services: a work-order office, or a board the truck reads.
Successware is a work-order system priced per user and sold on a call. For septic services, Thorbis is a board the office runs and the trucks read, one posted price for the company, and unlimited people.
Successware · their model
The office
- Shops report $80–$150 per user / month
- Per user. Sales-led. Not a public price.
- Plumbing and HVAC shops sold a work-order system.
Thorbis · posted
$99
- Per company, per month.
- Unlimited people. Jobs are never metered.
- Plus metered usage. $15 included each month.
The work
The days septic services run, on either system.
01
Pump-out routes
The same tanks on a three-to-five-year clock. The route lives on the board with gallons, depth, and condition noted at the truck, not on a clipboard that stays in it.
02
Inspections
Point-of-sale and routine inspections with photos, findings, and the report on the record, sent to the agent or homeowner the same day, not after the weekend.
03
Repairs and installs
Baffles, risers, pumps, and full systems. Quoted from the book and scheduled around the route instead of against it.
The difference
Successware beside Thorbis, for septic services.
Row
Successware
Thorbis
Who this is for
Plumbing and HVAC shops sold a work-order system.
septic services: pump-out routes, inspections, and repairs and installs.
The price
Shops report $80–$150 per user / month
$99 per company, posted. Unlimited people.
The model
Per user. Sales-led. Not a public price.
One posted price. Every usage rate posted beside it.
The board
It still talks like an office.
The septic day on one board the office runs and the trucks read.
The old way
What the whiteboard costs septic services.
The tank’s history lives in a shoebox
Last pump-out date, sludge depth, lid location. When the record is paper, every visit starts by rediscovering the yard.
The route runs on memory
Which customers are due this season is a question the office answers by scrolling a spreadsheet. Due dates should surface themselves.
The emergency finds no record
A backup call from a customer you served in 2022 should open with the tank, the lid, and the last depth reading, not a blank screen.
Straight answers
What septic services ask about the switch.
What does Thorbis cost for septic services, next to Successware?
Successware: Shops report $80–$150 per user / month. Thorbis: $99 per company per month, unlimited people, every module as it releases. Plus metered usage. $15 included each month.
Can we bring our Successware records?
Export or documents. What comes over: customers, work orders, the book. It still talks like an office. We load the board.
Is this comparison current?
The Successware side is read from its own pricing page or from what shops report, as of August 2026, and it says which. If Successware changes its model, this page is wrong until it is updated, and we would rather you check than trust a stale row.
The whole migration, step by step: switching from Successware →
Septic against the rest of the field
Thorbis vs Successware for other trades
Start
One board for septic services. One posted price.
$99 per company, unlimited people, and every usage rate posted beside it. No second conversation.
Coming from Successware? We’ll extract your records.
Rather talk first? Email the team.