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Rural Billing vs SMART360 Comparison (2026)

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SMART360

Overview

Running a small utility company is easier with Rural Billing. You’ll get the tools you need—without the headaches or hefty price tags of complicated software.

SMART360 automates utility billing for North American water, electric and gas utilities of up to 40,000 accounts. Fewer manual rate errors, recovered revenue and fewer billing disputes: Island Water Authority reached 99% billing accuracy and recovered $3.2M in revenue.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

2850

One-time payment

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.9

60

5

4

3

2

1

53

7

0

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
93%
would recommend this app

5.0

1

5

4

3

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
100%
would recommend this app

Pros

“The process of being able to take the credit cards and having it go directly to the accounts is great! ”
RB

Rhonda B.

City Clerk

“Also was pleased when they integrated online billing and payments including the auto pay function.”
TC

Todd C.

Manager, Operator

“When I have had to contact them, I have always been able to have a call or an email back from them. ”
RB

Rhonda B.

City Clerk

Pros

Not enoughreviews yet

Cons

“WE DO NOT NEED THE AUTO SHIPMENT OF BILLS AND IF WE COULD JUST CALL AND ORDER THEM THAT WOULD WORK BETTER FOR US.”
RB

RITA B.

TOWN CLERK

“I don't like that you cannot look up work orders for each specific account. ”
MB

Monica B.

Village Clerk

Cons

Not enoughreviews yet

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review6 months ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review2 years ago

Key features

  • Total features21
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Asset Lifecycle Management
  • Asset Tracking
  • Auditing
  • Automatic Backup
  • Benchmarking
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Billing Rate Management
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Contact Database
  • Cost Tracking
  • Customer Database
  • Customer Management
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Visualization
  • Database Support
  • Dispatch Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Expense Management
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • For Electricity
  • For Natural Gas
  • For Trash
  • For Water
  • Historical Reporting
  • Inventory Management
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Meter Data Management
  • Metered Billing
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Non-Metered Billing
  • Online Payments
  • Payment Collection
  • Payment Reminders
  • Penalty/Cut-Off Processing
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Progress Tracking
  • Rate Management
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Refund Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Routing
  • Self Service Portal
  • Support Ticket Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Transaction History
  • Usage Tracking/Analytics
  • User Management
  • Work Order Management
  • Workflow Management
  • Workforce Management
  • Total features60
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Asset Lifecycle Management
  • Asset Tracking
  • Auditing
  • Automatic Backup
  • Benchmarking
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Billing Rate Management
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Contact Database
  • Cost Tracking
  • Customer Database
  • Customer Management
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Visualization
  • Database Support
  • Dispatch Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Expense Management
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • For Electricity
  • For Natural Gas
  • For Trash
  • For Water
  • Historical Reporting
  • Inventory Management
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Meter Data Management
  • Metered Billing
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Non-Metered Billing
  • Online Payments
  • Payment Collection
  • Payment Reminders
  • Penalty/Cut-Off Processing
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Progress Tracking
  • Rate Management
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Refund Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Routing
  • Self Service Portal
  • Support Ticket Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Transaction History
  • Usage Tracking/Analytics
  • User Management
  • Work Order Management
  • Workflow Management
  • Workforce Management

Integrations

  • Total integrationsN/A
  • Stripe Payments
  • Total integrations1
  • Stripe Payments