Split The Subscription Team
Split the Subscription: How a Team of Five Shares One Plan
A team can share the cost. One operator holds the plan and AtoZ sends that account holder a single monthly invoice. The account holder then shares the cost with the drivers using it. On Team 5 at $149 a month, five drivers splitting it evenly works out under $30 each. The plan price, the capacity and the zero commission do not change.
Key points
- One operator holds the account. AtoZ invoices that person once a month.
- We do not bill your drivers. Collecting each share is your arrangement.
- Team 5 is $149/month — under $30 each across five chauffeurs.
- Everything else is unchanged: same capacity, same zero commission, same white-label apps.
- Agree the governance before you start: who holds it, who pays what, what happens on exit.
The plan price is the same whether one driver uses it or five. That raises a fair question, and enough operators have asked it that it is worth answering properly: why should one person carry the whole bill?
Who this is for
A lead driver with three or four trusted drivers behind them. A small group of independents who already work together informally. Anyone for whom the monthly fee is the thing standing between them and a proper platform.
The problem: the maths that stops a small team
A solo driver looking at dispatch software does a simple calculation. Monthly fee against monthly profit, and for a one-car operation the answer is often "not yet".
So they carry on with a phone, a notebook and a shared spreadsheet — which works right up until the point it is costing them jobs, and by then they have lost the customers who found somebody more organised.
The team version of that calculation is different, and much better. Five drivers who already pass work to each other are getting five drivers' worth of value from one plan. Charging that to one person's card was always an accident of how software is sold, not a rule of nature.
How it actually works
Be clear about this part, because it is the part people get wrong.
One operator holds the account. They are the customer. The contract is theirs, the data is theirs, and the platform is under their brand.
AtoZ sends that account holder one invoice a month. We bill the account holder. We do not invoice individual drivers, and we are not party to what happens between you and your team.
The account holder shares the cost with the team. How you split it, how you collect it and how often, is entirely your arrangement. Even shares, weighted by jobs taken, a fixed contribution plus a variable part — whatever suits the group.
That distinction matters. It is not AtoZ splitting a bill five ways. It is one customer, one invoice, and a team that has agreed to share what that customer pays.
The worked example
Team 5 is $149 a month, with a $499 one-time setup fee, and covers up to five chauffeurs.
Five drivers sharing it evenly is $29.80 each per month.
The setup fee is one-time and also sits with the account holder, so if the group wants to share that too, it is the same kind of arrangement — agreed between you, not billed by us.
Compare that per-driver figure with a single dropped booking in a month and the argument tends to make itself.
What each driver gets for their share
Not a cut-down version. The same platform:
- The driver app under your brand, on your own app-store accounts
- Jobs passed to them from the team, which they accept and run
- Live tracking, trip records and their earnings on each job
- No commission taken from any fare, by us, ever
The passenger sees one company. That is the point of it being one account.
What sharing does not change
The price. $149 is $149. Sharing spreads the cost; it does not reduce it.
The capacity. Team 5 covers up to five chauffeurs whether one person pays or five do. If you grow past five, you move to Team 25 at $299 with a $699 setup.
The commission. Still zero, on every booking, always.
Who is the customer. One operator holds the account. If the group falls out, the account does not split down the middle — it stays with the person whose name is on it. Which is exactly why the next section exists.
Agree this before you start
Three questions. Answer them while everyone is getting along.
Who holds the account? One name. Usually the lead driver who brings in most of the work. They carry the invoice and the responsibility.
What does each person pay, and when? Even shares are simplest. If you weight it by jobs taken, write down how that is measured before the first disagreement.
What happens when someone leaves? Notice period, final share, and — say this out loud — the customers they brought. A driver leaving should not be a fight over the client list. Agree in advance whose contacts are whose.
None of that is a software question. All of it is the reason shared arrangements succeed or fall apart.
Why us
Two things make cost-sharing sensible here rather than a workaround.
Zero commission. Our income does not grow with your fares. We charge a flat monthly subscription and take no percentage of any booking, so a team getting more value from one plan costs us nothing and we have no reason to discourage it.
White label. One account means one brand, and that brand is yours — your logo, your domain, your app-store accounts. Five drivers sharing a plan still look like one company to the passenger, because they are.
How to start
Talk to us before you set it up. This is a genuine recommendation, not a sales step. A shared-cost arrangement affects who is contracted, who is invoiced and who holds the data, and those are worth getting right at the start rather than unpicking later. It is a conversation, not a setting you switch on.
Book a demo at atozdispatch.com/book-demo and say up front that you are looking at a shared arrangement, so we can walk through it with you. Or call, text or WhatsApp 302 499 1612, or email [email protected].
Plans: Team 5 $149/month ($499 setup, up to 5 chauffeurs) · Team 25 $299 ($699, up to 25) · Team 50 $399 ($799, up to 50). Setup, onboarding, migration, unlimited vehicles and unlimited reservations are included on every plan. Team plans go fully live in 21 working days.
Working with operators since 2006.
Frequently asked questions
Q: Can drivers share the cost of a dispatch software subscription?
A: Yes. One operator holds the plan and AtoZ invoices that account holder once a month. The account holder can share that cost with the drivers using the platform. The split is an arrangement between you and your team.
Q: Does AtoZ send each driver a separate invoice?
A: No. AtoZ issues one invoice to the account holder. Collecting each member's share is handled by the account holder, in whatever way suits the team.
Q: Does the plan get cheaper if we share it?
A: No. Team 5 is $149 a month whether one driver uses it or five. Sharing does not reduce the price — it spreads the same price across more people.
Q: Who is the customer if a team shares the cost?
A: The account holder. One operator holds the contract, the account and the data, regardless of how the cost is shared behind it.
Q: What happens if a driver leaves the arrangement?
A: That is for the team to agree in advance. Decide before you start who holds the account, what notice someone gives, and what they are owed or owe.
Q: How do I set this up?
A: Talk to us first. Book a demo or contact the team — a shared-cost arrangement affects who is contracted and who is invoiced, so it is a conversation rather than a setting you switch on.
