Today view
One screen shows route progress, the next stop, invoices at risk, open customer issues, technician load and reports waiting to go out.
Free pool service software for the business you already run.
Routes, scheduling, customers, quotes, invoices, photo service reports, chemistry, sales tax and QuickBooks Online sync in one dashboard.
No subscription, no per-tech fee and no per-pool fee.
Pricing
Why the software is free.
Most pool service software charges by the pool, by the technician or by the tier, because the software is the product. Poolside plans to earn from a platform fee on homeowner jobs its marketplace sends you. The dashboard is what lets those jobs land in a business that already runs well, so it costs nothing.
You can run your existing customers on Poolside Pro whether or not you ever take a marketplace job. The marketplace is not open yet. The application at the bottom of this page tells us your ZIPs and the work you do, so we can email you before it opens near you.
Poolside Prono subscription
$0
Per month, per technician and per pool.
Card and ACH payments
Stripe processing feesQuickBooks Online
Your own QBO planMarketplace jobs
Platform fee, shown before you acceptWhat’s in the dashboard
From the route sheet to the sales tax report.
These are the Poolside Pro workspaces today. Each one fills in from your company data, so a new account starts empty until you import customers.
Routes and maps
Each route's stops appear in order on a map, and stop-order optimization shows the before-and-after distance and the miles saved.
Schedule and dispatch
Planned visits sit on a calendar beside an unassigned queue and a capacity rail per technician, and an assignment drawer moves work between techs.
Customers, pools and equipment
Each customer record holds properties, pools, a rate card and an equipment list that flags warranties close to expiry.
Quotes
Quotes for repairs and one-off work are tracked as draft, sent, approved or declined.
Invoices and autopay
Invoices go out one at a time or in bulk, and card or ACH payments land in your own Stripe Connect account, with autopay and optional surcharge rules.
Service reports with photos
A completed visit becomes a customer report with photos, notes and chemistry, stamped when it was generated, approved, sent and viewed.
Chemistry and LSI
Readings and chemical additions are logged per visit, the saturation index is calculated, and pools with chemistry alerts are listed for review.
Sales tax report
Collected sales tax is broken down by jurisdiction for any date range and exports as a CSV for your accountant.
QuickBooks Online sync
Customers, invoices and payments sync to QuickBooks Online under rules you set, with a sync log and a queue for conflicts.
Team productivity
Each technician's on-time rate, minutes per stop, photos per visit and chemistry compliance sit in one table.
Follow-ups and messages
Open items after a visit go into a follow-up queue, and customer messages stay on the customer record.
The Poolside Pro product walkthrough covers each workflow step by step.
Switching tools
Moving from Skimmer, Pool Brain or Jobber.
Switching is a CSV import, not a sync. Customers, pools, routes and equipment come across. Visit history, old invoices and saved payment methods stay in your current tool, so plan to run both for one billing cycle while customers re-enter card details.
- 1Export
Export a CSV from your current tool
Skimmer, Pool Brain, Jobber and most spreadsheets export customer and location lists as CSV. Export only the customers you are authorized to move.
- 2Match
Upload it and check the column matches
Poolside reads your headers and suggests a match for each column across 32 fields, from contact and address to pool type, gallons, service day, route, technician and equipment.
- 3Validate
Fix what validation flags
Every row is validated before anything is written. Missing required fields and bad addresses are listed by row and column so you can fix the file and upload again.
- 4Commit
Commit, then review
Committing creates customer, contact, property, pool and equipment records. Each import keeps its own history with committed, skipped and failed row counts.
For dated competitor pricing, read Poolside Pro vs Skimmer vs Pool Brain.
Who it’s for
Who Poolside Pro is for.
The dashboard is built for residential pool service companies running weekly routes. It also handles repairs and one-off work through quotes and invoices.
- Owner-operatorsOne truck and invoices on a spreadsheet. The dashboard replaces the spreadsheet without adding a monthly bill.
- Crews of two to twenty-fiveDispatch, photo proof and per-tech productivity start to matter here, and per-tech or per-pool pricing starts to add up.
- Companies already on softwareIf your current tool works, keep it. If you pay per pool or per tech for features you rarely use, the CSV import makes a side-by-side test cheap.
FAQ
Questions about the free software.
Pricing, imports, QuickBooks and the technician app. For anything else, call Poolside at (888) 430-7350.
Is Poolside Pro really free?
Yes. There is no subscription, no per-technician fee and no per-pool fee for the Poolside Pro dashboard, and Poolside does not take a cut of invoices you send your own customers. If you collect card or bank payments through your Stripe Connect account, Stripe's processing fees apply, and you can set surcharge rules to pass them on where that is allowed.
How does Poolside make money if the software is free?
Poolside is also building a homeowner marketplace. When it opens in your area, jobs that come to you through the marketplace carry a platform fee that is shown before you accept the work. Taking marketplace jobs is optional, and the marketplace is not open yet.
Can I import customers from Skimmer, Pool Brain or Jobber?
Yes, through CSV. Export your customer list from your current tool, upload it, confirm the suggested column matches, and fix anything validation flags before committing. There is no direct account-to-account connection, so service history and past invoices stay in your old tool unless you add them yourself.
Does Poolside Pro work with QuickBooks?
Yes, with QuickBooks Online. You choose sync rules for customers, invoices and payments, and the dashboard keeps a sync log and a conflict queue for records that need a decision.
Is there a mobile app for my technicians?
Poolside Pro runs in a web browser today, and a native iOS technician app is in development and not yet in the App Store. Try the dashboard on the phones and tablets your crew uses before you switch.
What doesn't Poolside Pro do yet?
There is no offline technician app yet, Poolside Pro does not recommend chemical doses, and visit history and old invoices do not import from other tools. Skimmer and Pool Brain cover some of these, and the comparison page lists the differences with dated sources.
What happens after I apply?
We store your company, ZIPs and services so we know where pros are ready when we pick launch markets. We'll email you before Poolside opens your area. You don't need to wait for that to use the dashboard for your existing customers.
Use the software now. Get marketplace work later.
Tell us where you work. We’ll email you before Poolside opens your area. Applying is free and doesn’t commit you to anything.
Set up the free dashboard instead →or call (888) 430-7350