Pool-Route
Pool-Route is cloud-based business management software for pool service, maintenance, repair, and construction businesses.
What Pool-Route is
Pool-Route is cloud-based business management software for pool service, maintenance, repair, and construction businesses. Its web dashboard gives admins a drag-and-drop scheduler to assign jobs by technician and date, check availability, and spot overdue work. Recurring schedules can run daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or at custom intervals, with future jobs generated automatically. The system records chemical amounts, time, technician, and pool for readings including chlorine, pH, alkalinity, salt, and cyanuric acid. Technicians can use the iOS and Android app for schedules, navigation, readings, photos, field notes, and job completion. Their stops appear on a live Google Map; reports cover jobs, revenue, technician performance, and chemical use, with Excel export. Automated email and SMS updates can go to customers and technicians, and completed jobs can trigger customer emails with service details. Plans start at $95/mo, and a free 30-day trial requires no credit card. Stripe handles Pool-Route subscription billing, but the product does not currently process payments between pool businesses and their customers.
Good
- Recurring schedules generate future jobs automatically.
- Technician app supports readings, photos, and notes.
- Reports include technician performance and chemical usage.
- Free 30-day trial requires no credit card.
Watch out
- No free plan is listed.
- Starts at $95/mo.
- Does not process customer payments for pool businesses.
Who it suits
Pool-Route suits pool service and construction businesses, including residential and commercial operators. Its mobile app and role-limited access may fit businesses coordinating technicians in the field.
Verdict
Pool-Route combines scheduling, chemical records, technician tools, and reporting for pool businesses. Note that it handles subscription billing through Stripe but does not process payments from a business's own customers.
Plans and prices
From Pool-Route's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Owner-Operator | $95 a month | 1 Business Admin + 1 Technician; each additional technician +$20/mo; each additional Business Admin +$25/mo · $95/mo; save 5% on 6-month billing or 10% on 12-month billing |
| Multi-Route Business | $325 a month | Example includes 3 Business Admins + 10 Technicians; additional admins +$25/mo and technicians +$20/mo · $325/mo example for 3 Business Admins + 10 Technicians; save 5% on 6-month billing or 10% on 12-month billing |
The facts
Each one read from Pool-Route's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Chemical tracking
- The platform records chemical amounts, time, technician, and pool, including chlorine, pH, alkalinity, salt, and cyanuric acid.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Notifications
- Customers and technicians can receive automated email and SMS updates, and completed jobs trigger customer emails with service details.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Purpose
- Pool-Route is cloud-based business management software for pool service, maintenance, repair, and construction businesses.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Recurring work
- Recurring schedules can be daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or custom, with future jobs generated automatically.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Routes and reports
- Technicians’ stops appear on a live Google Map, and reports cover jobs, revenue, technician performance, and chemical usage with Excel export.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Scaling limit
- The FAQ says there is no hard cap on technicians; additional technician seats cost $20 per month each.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Scheduling
- Its drag-and-drop scheduler lets admins move jobs between technicians and dates and see availability, overdue jobs, and assignments.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Setup and support
- The site says setup takes under 30 minutes and offers a demo that its team will walk through personally.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Target users
- The product is presented for pool service and construction companies, including residential and commercial pool operators and solo businesses or teams.checked 7 Oct 2001
- User roles
- Business admins use a web dashboard, technicians have role-limited access, and multiple sub-admins are supported.checked 7 Oct 2001
Where it runs
- Field app
- The iOS and Android technician app supports schedules, navigation, chemical readings, photos, field notes, and job completion.checked 7 Oct 2001
The company
- Headquarters
- Albany, Georgia, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2001
Money
- Integration and subscription billing
- Stripe handles Pool-Route subscription billing, while the site says Pool-Route does not currently process payments between pool businesses and their customers.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Trial
- The site offers a free 30-day trial with no credit card required, starting with one Business Admin and one Technician.checked 7 Oct 2001
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