# Poolside

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

- Canonical: https://www.poolprostack.com/vendors/poolside
- Website: https://trypoolside.com/
- Pricing (verified Sep 16, 2026): 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.
- Billing model: Flat team pricing
- Solo operator fit: Good for solo ops
- Pricing note: 50% off first month on paid plans is a first-month discount, not a free trial and not the ongoing floor. No long-term contract. Processor percentage unpublished.

## Best for

- Solo techs inside 50 customers on the published Starter cap
- Shops that want a flat monthly tier instead of per-pool or per-tech
- Operators who want claimed chemical readings and offline field use

## Standout features

- Flat monthly tiers locked by active technician count and customer count
- Chemical readings in the technician app (vendor site)
- Offline field app, then sync (vendor site)
- Quotes and Stripe pay-links plus basic invoicing on Starter (vendor pricing)
- Per-pool P&L on Growth and above (vendor pricing)
- Branded service reports and text ETAs (vendor site)

## Tradeoffs

- Crossing a tech cap or a customer cap jumps the whole shop to the next published tier
- Smart route optimization sits on Growth and above, not Starter
- QuickBooks sync listed on Pro and Enterprise; privacy names objects via OAuth; direction and Desktop unpublished
- Orenda, LSI, and LaMotte are not claimed
- Processor percentage unpublished
- No third-party review HTML retrieved 2026-09-08

## Operator feedback (aggregated)

These are third-party summaries, not PoolProStack hands-on reviews and not star ratings we invented. Retrieved Sep 8, 2026.

No third-party review HTML for Poolside pool-service software retrieved 2026-09-08 (Software Finder 404; G2 blocked; search results collide with unrelated AI company poolside.ai). Snippets intentionally empty. Not a PoolProStack field test.

- No dated public operator comments met the sourcing bar in this retrieval.

## Feature checklist

- Chemical tracking: partial
- Route optimization: partial
- Customer communication: yes
- Accounting integrations: partial
- Mobile apps: yes
- Offline mode: yes
- Invoicing & billing: yes
- GPS tracking: unknown
- Scheduling: partial
- Inventory tracking: unknown

## Integrations

- Stripe pay-links and basic invoicing on Starter; card on file / in-app charging on Growth (vendor pricing)
- QuickBooks sync on Pro and Enterprise; privacy names customers, items, invoices, payments, and expenses via OAuth; direction and Desktop unpublished
- Orenda, LSI, LaMotte: not claimed

## Review body

Poolside is pool-route software for scheduling, technicians, quotes, and billing. [Its site](https://trypoolside.com/) bills **flat monthly tiers** locked by **active technician count and customer count**. Those two caps move the bill together. Crossing either one jumps the shop to the next published tier.

## Pricing

> **Verified fact:** Public [Poolside pricing](https://trypoolside.com/pricing), checked 2026-09-16.

| Plan | List price | Technician cap | Customer cap |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Starter | $29.99/mo | 1 | 50 |
| Growth | $59.99/mo | 2 | 125 |
| Pro | $99.99/mo | 5 | 300 |
| Enterprise | Request pricing | Unlimited | Unlimited |

> **Verified fact:** The same pricing page advertises **50% off the first month** on paid plans, no long-term contract, and cancel anytime. That promo is a first-month discount. It is not a free trial and not the month-two price. The fetched home and pricing pages do not advertise a free trial.

> **Editorial judgment:** Do not treat $14.99 / $29.99 / $49.99 as the ongoing floor. Ask for a written quote at your technician count and customer count. See [Poolside vs Skimmer](/compare/poolside-vs-skimmer), [Pool Brain vs Poolside](/compare/pool-brain-vs-poolside), [Jobber vs Poolside](/compare/jobber-vs-poolside), [Poolside vs Paythepoolman](/compare/poolside-vs-paythepoolman), and [Pool Office Manager vs Poolside](/compare/pool-office-manager-vs-poolside).

## Features the site emphasizes

[Poolside home](https://trypoolside.com/) lists routes and scheduling, a live map dashboard, alerts, branded service reports, text ETAs, chemical readings in the technician app, offline then sync, quotes to invoice to pay-now, and profit by pool, route, and tech. We have not tested the app.

> **Verified fact:** Starter lists **route management and maps**. **Smart route optimization** and **per-pool P&L** sit on Growth and above ([pricing](https://trypoolside.com/pricing)). The fetched home, pricing, and FAQ pages do not publish the string "GPS tracking." Treat GPS tracking as unpublished.

> **Verified fact:** The pricing feature list and the fetched home page do not name Orenda, an LSI calculator, or LaMotte. Chemical **readings** are claimed in the technician app. Treat Orenda, LSI, and LaMotte as unpublished.

## Integrations and gaps

> **Verified fact:** Starter lists **Quotes and Stripe pay-links** and **basic invoicing**. Growth adds **card on file and in-app charging** and **per-pool P&L**. A processor percentage is not published on the fetched pricing or home pages.

> **Verified fact:** The pricing matrix lists **QuickBooks sync on Pro and Enterprise**, not Starter or Growth. The [FAQ](https://trypoolside.com/faq) says "Connect QuickBooks to keep your books in sync." [Privacy](https://trypoolside.com/privacy) names Intuit QuickBooks Online and says the product syncs accounting records such as **customers, items, invoices, payments, and expenses** via OAuth. Direction and Desktop are unpublished. This page does not invent either. See the [QuickBooks guide](/guides/best-pool-service-software-with-quickbooks).

Buying notes: [solo-operator guide](/guides/best-pool-service-software-solo-operators), [small-team guide](/guides/best-pool-service-software-for-small-team), [chemical tracking guide](/guides/pool-service-software-with-chemical-tracking), [route optimization guide](/guides/pool-service-software-with-route-optimization). Feature lists follow vendor copy. No hands-on test. We do not earn commissions. Ask for a written quote at your tech and customer counts.

## Sources

- [Poolside official site](https://trypoolside.com/)
- [Poolside pricing](https://trypoolside.com/pricing)
- [Poolside FAQ](https://trypoolside.com/faq)
- [Poolside privacy](https://trypoolside.com/privacy)