Zaras for Septic

Pumped every three years, remembered every time. One record holds the cycle.

Pump-out schedules, point-of-sale inspections, and emergency backups.

Pump-outsInspectionsEmergency backups

The thaw opens the season. The tank’s clock runs it.

The season runs thaw to freeze — a spring rush once the ground opens, a fall push to pump before the ground closes again, and a winter trough that cold-climate shops feel hard. But the season isn’t what actually books the calendar — the three-to-five-year pump cycle is, EPA’s own guidance, and the record is what keeps that clock running when the customer has long since forgotten it.

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What carries season to season: the three-year clock tank notes last pump’s depth.

One week in May. Three jobs, one record.

A routine pump-out, a closing-date inspection, and a weekend backup — the reminder that fires itself, the report that builds itself, and the record that already knew the tank was overdue.

Tue

Routine pump-out

The three-year reminder fired on its own clock — tank location, lid depth, and last sludge notes arrive with the reminder, not after the crew is already parked in the yard.

Record holdsremindertank notes
Thu

Point-of-sale inspection

A closing-date deadline with no room to slip — the report builds straight from the job record and goes out to the title company the same day.

Record holdsinspectionreport
Sat

Weekend backup

A guest-load emergency at the premium rate — the record already shows this tank was overdue, and the pump-out books on the spot instead of waiting for Monday.

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The pump-out clock and the system desk.

Septic money comes from two engines — the recurring clock that fills the route months out, and the desk that turns a found problem into a booked job. Zaras runs both from the same record.

The pump-out clock

A three-to-five-year recurrence the customer forgets and the record doesn’t — the reminder is what turns a lapsed tank into a scheduled route stop.

Remindersfire on the tank's clock, not a spreadsheet
Route daysbuilt from the due list, never from memory
Tank noteslocation, depth, last visit — no probing the yard twice

The system desk

Inspections and repair work that turn a found problem into a booked job — priced and scheduled from the same record the pump-out lives on.

Point-of-sale reportsclosing-date deadlines, report from the record
Repairs and replacementsdrainfield and tank estimates with deposits

What Zaras runs for septic.

The record, not the whiteboard — every tank on its own clock, from the reminder to the invoice, with nothing re-keyed into a second system.

Pump-out remindersfire on the tank's own three-to-five-year cycle, not a shop calendar.

Route schedulingbuilt from the due list, filling the route months out instead of one call at a time.

Tank location, depth, and condition noteson the record before the crew ever leaves the yard.

Point-of-sale inspection reportsbuilt from the job record and sent to the title company the same day — no closing-date scramble.

Emergency dispatch with premium ratesweekend and holiday backups slotted with a real ETA, priced for the call.

Repair and replacement estimates with depositsdrainfield and tank work priced and approved from the same record.

Multi-tank property accountsper-site tank history for portfolios, campgrounds, and multi-tank properties.

Pump-out and repair invoicingno double entry, no bookkeeper fights.

Due → pumped → noted → next cycle — every tank, one record.

Straight answers.

What does it cost?

Plans and prices are public on the pricing page — no sales call to get a number.

Does it work with QuickBooks?

Yes. Invoices and payments flow straight into QuickBooks — no double entry, no bookkeeper fights.

What happens to my data?

It’s yours, both directions. Customers, tank histories, and open inspections come in with you when you join — and everything exports, any time.

Can it run commercial work?

Yes — restaurants, campgrounds, and property portfolios run per-site tank records and NET-terms billing on the same record as your residential book.

What size shop is this for?

Septic companies running 1–40 crews — from an owner-operator to a multi-truck shop.

What does private beta mean?

We onboard a limited number of shops at a time. Request an invite, fit is reviewed within 24 hours with a reply either way, and accepted shops get guided onboarding — pricebook and customer list loaded with you, not dumped on you.

Private beta

The price is the price.

Every plan runs the full operating system for Septic — reminders, route scheduling, inspection reports, invoicing, payments. Pick the size that fits the trucks you run today.

Solo

$49/ month

One tech, one truck. Run the pump-out clock, build the inspection report, price the repair at the curb — the record keeps every tank straight.

  • Pump-out reminders on the tank's own clock
  • Route days built from the due list
  • Point-of-sale inspection reports
  • Repair and replacement estimates with deposits
  • Invoices, payments, QuickBooks sync
Request Solo access

Team

from$149/ month

Dispatch at the desk, trucks on the route. Reminders fill the calendar, weekend backups slot in without knocking the route off schedule.

  • Route scheduling built for the recurring clock
  • Roles for CSRs, techs, and the office
  • Inspection reports, open repairs, and NET-terms accounts in one view
  • Everything in Solo, for the whole shop
Up to 5 techs$149Up to 15 techs$299Up to 40 techs$599
Request Team access

Free trial first, month-to-month after — cancel anytime. Full plan detail on the pricing page.

  1. Request an invite
  2. Fit reviewed within 24 hours
  3. Guided onboarding