All competitor pricing on this page was read from each vendor's own pricing page on August 4, 2026, in US dollars. Software pricing changes without notice — check the vendor's site before making a decision. Where a company does not publish a number, this page says so rather than guessing.
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What a one-truck pool route actually needs
A solo route is not a small version of a 20-truck company. The jobs that eat your week are the same every week: the route has to repeat itself, each stop needs its own notes, the month has to end in one invoice per client, and the client needs to know you are coming.
- A repeating weekly route you set once per client, not a calendar you rebuild every Sunday.
- Per-pool detail on the client card — equipment, gate access, what the chemistry usually runs.
- Monthly invoicing per account, with each visit listed, because that is how pool clients pay.
- Arrival and completion texts, which is what gets the side gate unlocked and the dog inside.
- Pricing that does not scale with stops while the route is still small.
The options
Prices below were read from each vendor's own pricing page on 15 October 2026. Vendors change prices; check before you buy.
MyKlient — the budget option for a genuine one-truck route
Free for 5 clients, $4.99/month for up to 20, $14.99/month unlimited with team logins on the top plan. It is a general field-service app: pool maintenance is one of its pre-loaded trades, so skimming, vacuuming and chemistry checkmarks are seeded at sign-up and renameable. Weekly routes repeat, each pool keeps its own notes and photos, invoices go out as branded PDFs, and one-tap texts send through your own phone, so there are no SMS credits to buy.
What MyKlient does not do
It does not calculate chemistry or track LSI, it has no route optimisation, no customer self-service portal, and it does not process card payments. If a regulator or a commercial client expects dosing records attached to each visit, this is the wrong tool and the pool-specific platforms below are worth their price.
Skimmer — priced per pool, not per user
Getting Started is $1.00 per serviced location per month, starting at $49/month and including 49 locations. Scaling Up is $2.00 per location, starting at $98/month. Technicians and admins are unlimited on both, which is unusual: the bill follows the route size rather than the crew. Service texts are $0.029 per message and included on Scaling Up. Enterprise pricing is quoted for routes above 1,000 pools.
Paythepoolman — flat base plus per technician
$50/month base plus $15 per technician per month, so a three-tech operation is $95/month on the vendor's own example. A 30-day free trial is offered, there is no contract or activation fee, and the customer app is a $25/month add-on. Card payments carry an optional $1.50 convenience fee paid by the customer.
Pool Brain — per technician, base price not published
Pool Brain's pricing page is a calculator rather than a price list: it shows $65 per field technician per month on top of a base fee whose amount the page does not display. A free trial is offered without a stated length. If you are comparing seriously, you will have to ask them for the base figure.
Jobber — general field-service software, priced for crews
Core is $49/month for one user with no commitment, dropping to $29/month billed annually. Connect starts at $139/month, Grow at $199/month, and extra users are $29/month each. It is not pool-specific, but it is mature, and the quoting and client communication are strong. For a single truck it is the same job as the budget apps at several times the price; the value appears once you have staff to coordinate.
A practical way to choose
- Under about 50 pools, working alone: the cheapest tool that produces a clean monthly invoice wins. At that size Skimmer's $49 minimum and MyKlient's $4.99 buy you the same outcome — an invoice the client pays.
- Chemistry records matter to your clients or your regulator: pay for pool-specific software. No general app will give you dosing history per body of water.
- Growing past one truck: watch how each vendor charges. Per-technician pricing (Paythepoolman, Pool Brain, Jobber) climbs with hiring; per-location pricing (Skimmer) climbs with the route; a flat unlimited plan does neither.
- You want clients to pay by card in-app: rule MyKlient out now rather than later — it does not process payments.
Common questions
What is the cheapest pool service software for one truck?
MyKlient is free for 5 clients and $4.99/month for up to 20, which is the lowest entry price of the apps here. Skimmer starts at $49/month (it bills $1 per serviced location and includes 49), Paythepoolman starts at $50/month plus $15 per technician, and Jobber's Core plan is $49/month for one user. Cheapest is not automatically right: pool-specific apps record chemistry and readings, which a general invoicing app does not.
Is pool-specific software worth it, or will a general invoicing app do?
If you need chemical readings, dosing records and service photos tied to each stop, use pool-specific software — that is what you are paying the premium for. If what you actually need is a weekly route that repeats, a record of what you did, and a monthly invoice per account, a general field-service app does it for a fraction of the price.
How do I invoice a monthly pool route?
One invoice per client at the end of the month, with each visit listed by date or as a count for the period — “4 × weekly service, June 1 – June 30”. It means one payment to chase instead of four. Our free pool service invoice template is laid out that way.
Do these apps take card payments?
Some do and some do not, and it changes the real cost. MyKlient does not process card payments at all — you invoice, and clients pay you the way they already do. Paythepoolman lists an optional $1.50 convenience fee per card transaction paid by the customer. Check the processing rate, not just the subscription, when you compare.
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