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Pool service software directory

Filter by team size, billing model, and features. Each listing cites sources and names tradeoffs.

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Solo, small team, free, QuickBooks, routes, communication, invoicing, scheduling, offline, inventory, and the comparisons before you filter the cards.

Solo operator

Software for a one-person route

Billing unit, chemistry docs, and offline field work from published pages.

Small team

Software for 2–5 technicians

Published unit math at about 50–150 locations. No ranked winner.

Free

Forever-free pool software

Published $0 plans, kept separate from trials and cheap paid tiers.

QuickBooks

What vendors publish about QBO

Direction, objects, and fees from primary help pages. No winner.

Chemical tracking

What vendors publish about chemistry claims

Log, LSI, dosing rec versus auto, meter sync, and plan gates. No winner.

Routes

What vendors publish about route optimization

Builder, one-click optimizer, map, GPS, and plan gates. No winner.

GPS

What vendors publish about GPS tracking

Continuous location vs progress chips, history, speed alerts, and plan gates. No winner.

Communication

What vendors publish about customer communication

Portal vs report email vs ETA text vs online booking. Published claims, no winner.

Invoicing

What vendors publish about invoicing and payments

Invoices vs card on file vs pay links vs autopay vs ACH. Published claims, no winner.

Scheduling

What vendors publish about scheduling and dispatch

Office calendar vs recurring stops vs dispatch vs tech mobile vs customer self-booking. Published claims, no winner.

Offline mode

What vendors publish about offline field work

Dead-zone stop work vs sync vs published limits vs plan gates. Published claims, no winner.

Inventory

What vendors publish about inventory and parts stock

Truck stock vs warehouse vs auto-decrement vs billable materials. Published claims, no winner.

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Skimmer vs Pool Brain

Per-pool vs per-tech billing, with worked monthly totals.

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Jobber vs Skimmer

Per-seat vs per-location billing, with live 1-user Jobber prices.

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Paythepoolman vs Skimmer

Base-plus-tech vs per-location billing, with published 2026-09-04 math.

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Poolside vs Skimmer

Tech-and-customer-cap tiers vs per-location billing, with published 2026-09-06 math.

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Pool Brain vs Poolside

Per-tech headcount vs tech-and-customer-cap tiers, with published 2026-09-06 units.

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Jobber vs Pool Brain

Per-seat general FSM vs per-tech pool software, with published 2026-09-07 units.

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Jobber vs Poolside

Per-seat vs tech-and-customer-cap tiers, with published 2026-09-07 units.

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Jobber vs Paythepoolman

Per-seat vs base-plus-tech billing, with published 2026-09-09 units.

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Paythepoolman vs Pool Brain

Base-plus-tech vs per-active-field-tech billing, with published 2026-09-10 units.

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Poolside vs Paythepoolman

Tech-and-customer-cap tiers vs base-plus-tech billing, with published 2026-09-11 units.

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Pool Office Manager vs Skimmer

Per-user seats vs per-location billing, with published 2026-09-12 units.

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Pool Office Manager vs Jobber

Per-user seats vs per-seat billing, with published 2026-09-13 units.

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Pool Office Manager vs Pool Brain

Per-user seats vs per-field-tech billing, with published 2026-09-14 units.

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Pool Office Manager vs Paythepoolman

Per-user seats vs base-plus-tech billing, with published 2026-09-15 units.

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Pool Office Manager vs Poolside

Per-user seats vs tech-and-customer-cap tiers, with published 2026-09-16 units.

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Showing 6 platforms

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Jobber

General field-service software some pool shops use for scheduling, quotes, and invoices.

Billing
Per user
Best for
Any team size
Pricing
1 user: Core $49/mo no-commit, $39/mo on a 1-year monthly, $29/mo billed annually. Connect $139/$119/$99. Grow $199/$169/$149. Live Jobber pricing, 2026-09-07.
Pool companies that also run other home-service linesTeams already used to general FSM toolsShops that want online booking and a client hub
Paythepoolman logo

Paythepoolman

Lower-priced pool software for billing, routing, and customer messages, aimed at small shops.

Billing
Hybrid
Best for
Small team (2–5)
Pricing
$50/mo base plus $15/mo per technician (vendor calculator). One technician is $65/mo. Pool Junction app add-on $25/mo. Payroll $12/employee/mo on the payroll feature page.
Operators watching monthly software costSmall teams that need billing and routing without enterprise list pricesShops that want a published calculator and a 30-day trial
Pool Brain logo

Pool Brain

Pool company platform with per-technician pricing, auto-dosing from readings, and tech scorecards.

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Billing
Per technician
Best for
Mid-size (6–15)
Pricing
$65 per active field technician on poolbrain.com/pricing (2026-09-14). Unlimited office users stated; dollar amount not rendered. No published 1-tech monthly total.
Shops with several field techniciansOperators who want dosing calculated from readingsManagers who want scorecards and cost by route
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Pool Office Manager

Per-user pool service and repair software with seasonal seats, inventory, and paid QuickBooks sync.

Billing
Per user
Best for
Small team (2–5)
Pricing
$125/mo first user plus $25/mo each additional user. QuickBooks Online add-on +$25/mo.
Seasonal companies that turn users off in the off-seasonShops that quote repairs, store contracts, and track inventoryTeams that already live in QuickBooks

Poolside

Pool-route software billed as flat monthly tiers locked by active technician count and customer count.

Billing
Flat team pricing
Best for
Small team (2–5)
Pricing
Starter $29.99/mo (1 tech, ≤50 customers). Growth $59.99/mo (≤2 techs, ≤125). Pro $99.99/mo (≤5 techs, ≤300). Enterprise: Request pricing. trypoolside.com/pricing, 2026-09-16.
Solo techs inside 50 customers on the published Starter capShops that want a flat monthly tier instead of per-pool or per-techOperators who want claimed chemical readings and offline field use
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Skimmer

Pool-specific routing, billing, and chemical logging billed per serviced location.

Featured
Billing
Per pool / location
Best for
Any team size
Pricing
Getting Started from $49/mo (49 pools included) plus $1/pool; Scaling Up from $98/mo plus $2/pool after 49 locations.
Route-heavy pool service companiesOperators who want per-location billingTeams past 50 pools on recurring routes