The Pool Brain alternative
Looking for an alternative to Pool Brain? DeweyIQ replaces per-tech pricing with a flat rate — unlimited techs, unlimited office users, every feature in every plan. 14-day free trial, no credit card.
Why teams switch
The three frustrations we hear most from Pool Brain customers calling about DeweyIQ — and what we did differently.
Pool Brain bills $55 per tech with a 5-tech minimum, plus a $10 admin user — a 5-tech shop runs $285/mo, a 10-tech shop runs $560/mo. DeweyIQ is flat-rate at $299/mo for the Growing tier no matter how many techs you hire.
Pool Brain's public product pages document route maps and stop-completion check-ins, but not continuous live-vehicle telemetry. DeweyIQ ships a real-time dispatch map with live truck positions, drag-and-drop reassignment, and TV mode for the office wall — included in every plan.
Pool Brain's portal is described as view-only — 'view past job and route stop details on demand.' DeweyIQ's portal adds two-way in-portal chat, AutoPay, self-service payment methods, and full service-report visibility with photos and chemistry.
5-tech minimum × $55 + $10 admin user, regardless of crew size
Unlimited techs, unlimited office users
Hire a 6th tech with Pool Brain → $340/mo. With us, still $299. By 10 techs Pool Brain is $560 — we haven't moved.
Genuine pool-focused stack — Orenda LSI chemistry, work orders, quotes, invoicing, a customer portal for service history, offline-capable app. All features in one plan.
Pricing scales with your crew, not your pool count — Pool Brain bills $55 per tech (plus a $10 admin user), so a 5-tech shop runs $285/mo and a 10-tech shop runs $560/mo. Continuous live-truck GPS dispatch isn't documented on their public product pages, and SMS isn't a published monthly allowance.
Line by line
Skimmer and Pool Brain both integrate Orenda's LSI calculator. We calculate CSI (the modern LSI) natively.
Pool Brain doesn't publish a bundled SMS allowance — texting limits and per-message costs aren't disclosed on their pricing page.
FieldPulse's live truck GPS is a paid add-on (delivered via partner integration). Skimmer and Pool Brain advertise route maps, stop-completion tracking, and technician check-ins; neither publicly documents continuous live-vehicle telemetry on their product pages.
Pool Brain's customer portal is described on their features page as view-only — 'view past job and route stop details on demand.' In-portal two-way messaging isn't documented in their public materials.
Pool Brain uses pool volume and salt-system flags for dosing, but doesn't publicly document pool-surface branching (plaster vs. fiberglass vs. vinyl) in its chemistry model.
If you service HVAC too, ServiceTitan is deeper — we're pools-only.
Skimmer starts at $49/mo but at $1–$2 per serviced location it scales up. Pool Brain bills $55/tech with a 5-tech minimum (+$10/mo admin user), so the floor is ~$285/mo regardless of pool count. FieldPulse reportedly starts around $65/user/mo on Essentials (third-party reviewer estimates; FieldPulse doesn't publish official pricing).
Last verified · May 19, 2026
Pool Brainpricing and feature details are drawn from their public website and help documentation as of the date above, supplemented by third-party reviews where pricing isn’t published. Plans, pricing, and gated features change frequently — verify current details with each vendor before deciding. Spotted something out of date or wrong? Send corrections to legal@DeweyIQ.com and we’ll update or remove it.
Export your customer list from Pool Brain and drop it into the DeweyIQ guided importer. The importer handles common pool-service CSV shapes — customer, address, pool volume, surface, sanitizer, route assignment — and flags anything that needs manual mapping. Most pool companies finish in one sitting and run their next route on DeweyIQ.
See for yourself how DeweyIQ stacks up against Pool Brain. Setup is 8 minutes — import your customer list in one pass with the CSV importer.
