PoolSpartan vs Skimmer

Skimmer bills your business for every pool you service, and keeps quotes and the LSI calculator on its higher plan. PoolSpartan costs your business nothing, with every feature on every account.

The short version

Skimmer bills your business for every serviced pool. Its Scaling Up plan, for 50 to 1,000 pools a month, is $98 a month for the first 49 locations plus $2 for each one after that. Quotes, route optimization, productivity reporting, the LSI calculator and live phone support are listed on Scaling Up. AI Phone, Marketing Suite and Bookkeeping are paid add-ons.

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 business pays $0 at 50 pools and at 500. The LSI, quotes with signed approval and deposits, autopay and the customer portal are on every account. There is no plan to outgrow and no add-on to buy.

What you keep when you switch

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

Feature	PoolSpartan	Skimmer
Unlimited technicians, customers and service locations	✓	✓
Route building	✓	✓
Invoicing and online payments by card or ACH	✓	✓
Customer portal	✓	✓
Service emails to customers after each visit	✓	✓
Visit checklists and photos	✓	✓
LSI calculationSkimmer lists its LSI and dosing calculator, powered by Orenda, on Scaling Up. PoolSpartan's is on every account.	✓	✓

Side-by-side

	PoolSpartan	Skimmer
Built for	Pool service businesses, from one owner-operator to many routes	Pool and spa service companies
Pricing	$0 for your business. A flat $4.95 on each invoice paid through the app, paid by your customer	Getting Started: $1 per serviced location a month, from $49 (0 to 49 pools). Scaling Up: $98 a month including 49 locations, then $2 per location. Enterprise: custom, over 1,000 pools
Who pays	Your customer, as one line on each paid invoice	Your business, monthly
Cost grows with	Nothing your business pays. It stays $0 as you add technicians, office users and pools	Serviced locations. A location not serviced that month is not billed
Plans	One plan. Every feature is on every account	Three. Quotes and estimates, route optimization, productivity reporting, the LSI calculator and live phone support are listed on Scaling Up
Paid add-ons	None. Everything is included	AI Phone $99 a month, Marketing Suite $150 a month, Bookkeeping from $198 a month; service texts $0.029 each on Getting Started
Trial	No trial needed. Free to use from day one, no card	First month free on Scaling Up for new customers; refund on request within 30 days
Pool chemistry	Ten readings on every visit, with the LSI worked out and shown in the service report, on every account	LSI and dosing calculator powered by Orenda; LaMotte integration (Scaling Up)
Card and bank payments	Stripe's rates with no monthly charge: card 2.9% + 30¢, ACH 0.8% capped at $5. You can pass them to the customer	Card 2.9% + 25¢, plus 0.5% keyed or recurring; ACH 1% + 25¢ capped at $10

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

Pools a month	Technicians (assumed)	PoolSpartan (your business pays)	Skimmer (Scaling Up)
50	1	$0	$100
100	2	$0	$200
200	4	$0	$400

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.

Skimmer: $98 a month, which includes 49 serviced locations, plus $2 a month for each additional location. Getting Started ($1 per location, from $49) is for 0 to 49 pools a month, so every size here is on Scaling Up. Skimmer bills a location only in months it is serviced. Source: www.getskimmer.com/pricing.

Prices checked 22 October 2026.

Your business pays $0 on PoolSpartan at every size. Skimmer's bill grows by $2 a month with each pool past 49: $100 at 50 pools, $200 at 100 and $400 at 200. The arithmetic is on pricing.

On a small route, PoolSpartan costs less in total

Up to 19 pools a month, PoolSpartan costs less in total than Skimmer Scaling Up, even counting the $4.95 each customer pays.

At 15 pools, PoolSpartan comes to $74.25 across your customers, against Skimmer's $98 bill to your business. Scaling Up is the Skimmer plan with quotes and the LSI calculator, and it includes 49 locations.

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 Skimmer

Your business pays $0. No subscription, no charge per pool and no card on file. Your customer pays the $4.95 on each paid invoice.
Every feature, with no plan upgrade. The LSI, quotes with signed approval and deposits, autopay and the customer portal are on every account.
Bank payments cost less. ACH is 0.8% capped at $5, against Skimmer's 1% + 25¢ capped at $10.
PoolSpartan earns only when you get paid. A voided invoice earns us nothing, and a full refund returns the $4.95.

Where Skimmer falls short or costs more

It charges for every pool. $98 a month covers 49 locations; each one after that adds $2 a month.
Key tools sit on the higher plan. Quotes and estimates, route optimization, productivity reporting, the LSI calculator and live phone support are listed on Scaling Up.
Add-ons cost extra. AI Phone is $99 a month, Marketing Suite $150 a month and Bookkeeping from $198 a month. Service texts are $0.029 each on Getting Started.
Card payments can cost more. Skimmer adds 0.5% on keyed or recurring cards, and its ACH is 1% + 25¢ capped at $10.
Large companies get a custom price. Enterprise, over 1,000 pools, is quoted rather than published.

Already on Skimmer?

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.

Ready to try it?

Sign-up takes about five minutes. No card, no contract, no sales call. See pricing for the full arithmetic.

About this comparison. Every statement about Skimmer on this page comes from Skimmer's own website, checked 22 October 2026. Prices and plans change; check the source before you decide. Skimmer is a trademark of its owner; PoolSpartan is not affiliated with it. If anything here is wrong, email support@poolspartan.com and we'll fix it.

Sources:

Skimmer pricing: www.getskimmer.com/pricing (checked 22 October 2026)
Skimmer features: www.getskimmer.com/features (checked 22 October 2026)
Skimmer billing FAQ: help.getskimmer.com/article/152-skimmer-billing-faq (checked 22 October 2026)
Skimmer credit card surcharge FAQ: help.getskimmer.com/article/347-credit-card-surcharge-faq (checked 22 October 2026)
Skimmer 2026 State of Pool Service report: www.getskimmer.com/blog/skimmer-releases-2026-state-of-pool-service-report-highlighting-a-more-disciplined-digital-industry (checked 22 October 2026)