# Skimmer

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

- Canonical: https://www.poolprostack.com/vendors/skimmer
- Website: https://www.getskimmer.com/
- Pricing (verified Sep 12, 2026): Getting Started from $49/mo (49 pools included) plus $1/pool; Scaling Up from $98/mo plus $2/pool after 49 locations.
- Billing model: Per pool / location
- Solo operator fit: Good for solo ops
- Pricing note: Per-location fee applies once per serviced location per month, regardless of visit frequency (Skimmer pricing FAQ). Processor percentage is unpublished. First-month offers are not merged.

## Best for

- Route-heavy pool service companies
- Operators who want per-location billing
- Teams past 50 pools on recurring routes

## Standout features

- Per-location billing with included pool tiers on each plan
- Mobile app for readings, dosages, and photos
- Customizable service report emails with photo evidence
- One-way QuickBooks Online sync; invoices and payments sync when paid (vendor help)
- Route builder on Getting Started; Orenda LSI, LaMotte, and route optimizer on Scaling Up (vendor site)

## Tradeoffs

- Per-pool fees climb in a straight line as the route grows (noted in third-party cost writeups)
- Route optimizer and LSI tools sit on Scaling Up; Getting Started has the route builder
- Processor percentage is unpublished
- General field-service tools can be cheaper per user for a tiny shop
- Invoices and payments sync to QBO only when paid (vendor help)

## Operator feedback (aggregated)

These are third-party summaries, not PoolProStack hands-on reviews and not star ratings we invented. Retrieved Sep 4, 2026.

Third-party roundups report volume on G2 and Capterra. Field Service Guide (April 2026) cites G2 4.6/5 from 120 reviews and Capterra 4.7/5 from 200. This retrieval could not load G2 or Capterra HTML (bot protection). Dated operator comments below are from Software Finder's 12 verified reviews (4.8), opened 2026-09-04. These are not PoolProStack field tests and not star ratings we invented.

- A reviewer at an 11–50 person shop said Skimmer organizes the workflow and keeps customer-facing presentation consistent, and that they could not create recurring work orders assigned to one employee. — [Software Finder review (Chris, August 2025)](https://softwarefinder.com/field-service/skimmer/reviews) (August 2025; retrieved Sep 4, 2026; review-platform)
- A long-time user called the layout easy and asked for a per-customer breakdown of Stripe fees, which they said is not visible. — [Software Finder review (James, February 2025)](https://softwarefinder.com/field-service/skimmer/reviews) (February 2025; retrieved Sep 4, 2026; review-platform)
- An 11–50 person construction reviewer liked weekly pool reports and monthly profit and parts reports, and said forced logouts send less technical techs calling for password help. — [Software Finder review (Erik, January 2025)](https://softwarefinder.com/field-service/skimmer/reviews) (January 2025; retrieved Sep 4, 2026; review-platform)
- A small-company reviewer said automatic billing and the customer portal help, and that the cheapest plan cannot send quotes, which is a poor fit if the route will stay under the 0–50 pool tier. — [Software Finder review (Colte, January 2025)](https://softwarefinder.com/field-service/skimmer/reviews) (January 2025; retrieved Sep 4, 2026; review-platform)
- Field Service Guide's April 2026 tally of 320+ G2 and Capterra reviews summarizes praise for pool-route ease, chemical tracking, and the mobile app, and complaints about a pool-only focus and basic reporting. That is their published tally, not a PoolProStack score. — [Field Service Guide Skimmer review (April 2026)](https://fieldserviceguide.com/skimmer/) (April 2026; retrieved Sep 4, 2026; roundup)

## Feature checklist

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

## Integrations

- QuickBooks Online, one-way Skimmer to QBO (vendor help)
- Orenda LSI calculator on Scaling Up (vendor site)
- LaMotte on Scaling Up (vendor site)
- Stripe payments (vendor site)

## Review body

Skimmer is pool service software for scheduling, routes, chemical logs, invoices, and customer reports. [Skimmer](https://www.getskimmer.com/) markets it to pool companies, not general home-service contractors.

## Pricing

> **Verified fact:** Public [Skimmer pricing](https://www.getskimmer.com/pricing), checked 2026-09-06.

| Plan | Base | After 49 locations | Included |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Getting Started | $49/mo | $1 per location | 49 |
| Scaling Up | $98/mo | $2 per location | 49 |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Custom |

Billing is per **serviced location per month**, not per visit. Ten stops at one house still count as one location ([Skimmer FAQ](https://www.getskimmer.com/pricing)). Processor percentage is unpublished.

> **Editorial judgment:** Worked examples from the published formula: 1–49 locations on Getting Started = $49; Scaling Up floor = $98; 80 locations = $80 Getting Started / $160 Scaling Up; 150 locations = $150 Getting Started / $300 Scaling Up. The [help FAQ](https://help.getskimmer.com/article/117-faq) (updated 2026-08-25) confirms 80 locations as about $80 Getting Started / $160 Scaling Up. That is formula confirmation, not a promo. Confirm the count with Skimmer.

The [pricing page](https://www.getskimmer.com/pricing) advertises a free first month on Scaling Up. It also advertises a 30-day risk-free refund guarantee. The help FAQ describes a first month at $49. Those are three different offers. This page does not merge them.

## What Scaling Up adds

Getting Started covers basic logs, reports, the mobile app, and a route builder (vendor site). Scaling Up is where Skimmer puts the route optimizer, recurring work orders, the Orenda LSI calculator, and LaMotte ([pricing page](https://www.getskimmer.com/pricing)).

The field app is advertised for readings, dosages, and photos, including offline use. We have not confirmed offline behavior on a route.

## Integrations and gaps

Skimmer lists QuickBooks Online, Orenda, LaMotte (Scaling Up), and Stripe. [QBO help](https://help.getskimmer.com/article/190-quickbooks-online-faq) documents one-way Skimmer to QBO. Invoices and payments sync only when paid. See the [QuickBooks guide](/guides/best-pool-service-software-with-quickbooks).

[Tradesman Times (2026)](https://www.tradesmantimes.com/2026-06-25-pool-service-software-skimmer-poolbrain-ernie/) notes the Scaling Up per-location fee moved from $1 to $2 in 2024. That is the cost issue to model, not a rumor about whether the product "works for pools."

Pricing in this file is from Skimmer's public page as of 2026-09-06. Feature lists follow vendor copy. No hands-on test.

## Sources

- [Skimmer official site](https://www.getskimmer.com/)
- [Skimmer pricing](https://www.getskimmer.com/pricing)
- [Skimmer help FAQ](https://help.getskimmer.com/article/117-faq)
- [Skimmer QBO FAQ](https://help.getskimmer.com/article/190-quickbooks-online-faq)
- [Skimmer QBO activity log](https://help.getskimmer.com/article/183-quickbooks-online-activity-log)
- [Software Finder Skimmer profile](https://softwarefinder.com/field-service/skimmer)
- [Software Finder Skimmer reviews](https://softwarefinder.com/field-service/skimmer/reviews)
- [Field Service Guide Skimmer review](https://fieldserviceguide.com/skimmer/)