PoolStride vs Skimmer
Everything Skimmer does — plus route optimization, a customer portal, and honest pricing.
Honest side-by-side comparison for pool service owners evaluating their options.
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The honest summary
Skimmer — a pool-specific field app that's well-known in the industry. Skimmer is a solid pool-focused product with a great tech app and an established customer base. If you want deep pool industry partnerships and don't mind paying extra for route optimization and other add-ons, it's a reasonable pick.
Why pool service owners pick PoolStride
Route optimization built in
Skimmer charges extra for TSP route optimization. PoolStride includes it on every plan, with before/after savings displayed after each run.
Modern customer portal
Your customers get a branded portal with magic-link access, service history, chemical readings, and one-click online payments. No separate add-on.
Actually fast UX
Instant page loads, offline-capable PWA for techs, Cmd+K command palette for power users. Feels like a 2026 product, not a 2012 product.
Honest, transparent pricing
Three flat tiers, no per-tech upcharges, no per-feature add-ons. Price matches your plan — what you see is what you pay.
Feature comparison
At a glance, how the two stack up.
| Feature | PoolStride | Skimmer |
|---|---|---|
| Pool-specific chemical logging | ||
| Route optimization (TSP solver) | Partial | |
| Offline-capable tech app | ||
| Photos with visits | ||
| Chemical dosing calculator (LSI) | ||
| Chemical cost & inventory tracking | Partial | |
| Automated recurring invoicing | ||
| Stripe + Authorize.net payments | Partial | |
| Customer portal with magic link | Partial | |
| Automated "tech on the way" SMS | ||
| 3-stage smart invoice reminders | Partial | |
| Equipment maintenance scheduling | Partial | |
| QuickBooks Online sync | ||
| Service agreements / contracts | ||
| NPS / customer feedback | ||
| CSV import from other tools | ||
| Data export as JSON | Partial | |
| Command palette (⌘K) |
Pricing, side by side
PoolStride
$49/mo
Unlimited routes & features. Growth $99, Pro $199. Annual saves 17%.
Skimmer
From $49/mo
Per-location pricing, add-ons for route optimization and some integrations. Check their site for current pricing.
Switching from Skimmer?
Here's how the migration actually goes.
- 1
Export your customers + routes from Skimmer as CSV.
- 2
Our importer maps Skimmer's column layout automatically — takes about 10 minutes for most accounts.
- 3
Auto-geocoding runs in the background after import, so all properties appear on your map.
- 4
We'll help import your open invoices on Growth and Pro plans — just email us.
Free on Growth & Pro plans
See for yourself in 14 days.
No credit card. Full feature access. Import your data, run your routes, see the difference.