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Switching from Alpine RAMS

Outgrowing Alpine RAMS? Move to software built for the cloud.

Alpine Technology has built Visual RAMS-Pro since 1978 and still supports it, installed on your server or hosted by Alpine.
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Truck 12 · Luis M.[3/7]

  1. 7:30 AM

    Delivery · 20yd

    1514 Kennedy Blvd
    Union City, NJ 07087

    Completed

  2. 9:10 AM

    Swap · 30yd

    745 Secaucus Rd
    Jersey City, NJ 07307

    Completed

  3. 10:40 AM

    Dump & Return · 40yd

    1718 Willow Ave
    Weehawken, NJ 07086

    In Progress
Invoice #1057Harbor Roofing

  • 30 Yard Roll-off · Haul Fee

    $425.00

  • Weight Overage

    1.84t over the 2t limit at $68/t

    $125.12

  • Extra Rental Day

    2 days past the 7-day allowance

    $20.00

  • Fuel Surcharge

    8% of haul

    $34.00
Total$604.12
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Haulers who compare options often want one cloud-native product their office, drivers and customers all use. TrashLab gives you that and loads your RAMS data into a sandbox first.

  • A browser-based product built for office, drivers and customers.
  • Driver app, customer portal and texting are all part of one product.
  • Your team tests your own RAMS data in a sandbox before go-live.

Where RAMS-Pro stands today

Public facts from Alpine Technology. Unlike TRUX, Tower, EnCore and Soft-Pak, RAMS-Pro has not been acquired.
Owner
Alpine Technology Corporation, Colorado Springs. Founded in 1978 in Roseburg, Oregon.
Products
Visual RAMS-Pro for the office, Visual On-Route for trucks, online customer services, and AlpineLive hosting.
How it runs in the cloud
Alpine says AlpineLive lets you "host RAMS-Pro software in the cloud", so you can reach it from anywhere.
Sunset or end-of-life
None announced.

What it means for you

You do not have to leave RAMS. The question is design: an installed system that is hosted for you, or software built for the browser and the phone from day one. Choose on fit, speed and what your customers and drivers see.

Sources, last reviewed November 2026:

Why RAMS haulers start looking

RAMS is deep and configurable. These are common reasons a RAMS hauler still compares options.

  • Hosted is not the same as cloud-native

    RAMS-Pro is installed on your server or hosted by Alpine. A product built for the browser and phones works the same everywhere with nothing to host.

  • Add-on modules

    Online services are add-on modules to Visual RAMS-Pro. Ask Alpine what each one adds to your license.

  • Customers want to self-serve

    Customers expect to pay, order a container and get a text when the truck is coming without calling the office.

  • Configuration that grew over decades

    Years of custom setup make RAMS powerful, but hard to change and hard to teach to new staff.

Alpine RAMS and TrashLab

Two different designs. RAMS facts come from Alpine Technology public pages.
TopicAlpine RAMSTrashLab
Where it runsInstalled software, or hosted for you through AlpineLive.Built for the browser and phones. Nothing to host.
Product scopeVisual RAMS-Pro with On-Route and online service modules.One cloud product: CRM, dispatch, driver app, billing, payments, customer portal and texting.
DriversVisual On-Route in the truck.Native iOS and Android driver app with photos, signatures, weights and exceptions that flow to billing.
CustomersOnline account and payment services.Customer portal, online payments, autopay and two-way texting from your business number.
UpdatesNew revisions shaped at an annual user meeting.Updates ship to everyone with no upgrade project.
Testing before go-liveAsk Alpine how moves to AlpineLive are tested.Your own data in a sandbox, as many rounds as it takes, before you switch off the old system.

How a RAMS migration works

We move the data you need to run tomorrow and keep RAMS available for history.

  1. Step 1

    Export and map

    We take a RAMS export or database copy and map accounts, sites, services and rates with your office manager.

    • Customers, sites and contacts
    • Recurring services, routes and rates
    • Open balances and payment methods

  2. Step 2

    Sandbox rounds

    Your office, dispatch and drivers do real work in a sandbox. We fix what they find and reload.

    • Billing run compared with RAMS
    • Drivers try the app on their own routes
    • Portal and texting set up with your branding

  3. Step 3

    Go live

    We load final data at a cutover date you choose and support your team through the first billing cycle.

    • Final import and balance check
    • Customer portal and autopay invitations
    • RAMS kept for read-only history

Before you replace RAMS

RAMS haulers usually have a very specific setup. Make the new vendor prove they can match it.

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