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PoolSpartan vs Pool Brain

The short version

Pool Brain bills your business for every technician on the road: $50 a month for office users plus $65 a month per active field technician. Taking card and bank payments through Pool Brain Payments adds $20 a month, and its card rate is 3.2% + 25¢, or 3.5% keyed.

PoolSpartan is free for your business. Technicians, office users, customers and service locations are unlimited. Every feature is on every account. It earns a flat $4.95 on each invoice paid through the app, and your customer pays it.

With PoolSpartan, your crew can grow and your business still pays $0. Hire a fifth technician or a fiftieth, and card and ACH payments come with every account at no monthly charge.

What you keep when you switch

The core of your route works the same way in PoolSpartan:

Side-by-side

What each costs your business at 50, 100 and 200 pools

Assumptions. Every pool is serviced and invoiced once a month. One technician per 50 pools; the owner is one of them and there are no separate office users. Card and bank processing, sales tax and optional add-ons are left out of every column. PoolSpartan's only charge is the flat $4.95 on each invoice paid through the app, paid by your customer.

• Pool Brain: $50 a month for unlimited office users, plus $65 a month per active field technician. No minimum is published; the page's calculator runs from 0 to 50 technicians. Taking card and bank payments through Pool Brain adds $20 a month, not counted here. Source: www.poolbrain.com/pricing/.

Prices checked 22 October 2026.

Your business pays $0 on PoolSpartan at every size. Pool Brain's bill grows by $65 a month with each technician: $115 at 50 pools, $180 at 100 and $310 at 200, before the $20 a month for Pool Brain Payments. See pricing.

On a small route, PoolSpartan costs less in total

Up to 27 pools a month, PoolSpartan costs less in total than Pool Brain with Pool Brain Payments, even counting the $4.95 each customer pays.

At 15 pools, PoolSpartan comes to $74.25 across your customers, against Pool Brain's $135 bill to your business. Pool Brain is $50 for the office and $65 for one technician, plus $20 for Pool Brain Payments, which it needs to take card and bank payments.

Assumptions. One technician, the owner. Each pool is invoiced once a month and paid through the app. Card and bank processing are left out. Each rival's price is its own published price, checked 22 October 2026.

Why pool companies pick PoolSpartan over Pool Brain

• Your business pays $0 at any crew size. One technician costs the same as fifty: nothing. Your customer pays the $4.95 on each paid invoice.
• Payments cost less. Cards are 2.9% + 30¢ and ACH is 0.8% capped at $5, with no monthly charge for taking payments.
• No card on file and no contract. We never ask for a card.
• The LSI on every visit. Every visit's readings work out the LSI, and it goes in the customer's service report.

Where Pool Brain falls short or costs more

• Every technician adds $65 a month. Four technicians are $260 a month before the office.
• The office costs $50 a month before the first technician.
• Taking payments costs $20 a month more. Pool Brain Payments is billed on top of the software.
• Its processing rates are higher. Cards are 3.2% + 25¢, or 3.5% keyed, and ACH is 1% + 25¢ capped at $15.

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Bring your customers, their service addresses and their service plans across from a CSV or spreadsheet. Email support@poolspartan.com and we'll walk you through the import, at no charge.

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