The ServiceTitan alternative
Looking for an alternative to ServiceTitan? DeweyIQ is built for pool service — no $5K–$50K implementation, no per-tech pricing, no multi-trade overhead. Live in 8 minutes with a 14-day free trial.
Why teams switch
The three frustrations we hear most from ServiceTitan customers calling about DeweyIQ — and what we did differently.
Third-party reviewers report ServiceTitan at ~$200–$500 per tech per month plus $5K–$50K in implementation fees and a 3–12 month onboarding. DeweyIQ is $299/mo flat at the Growing tier with no implementation fee and an 8-minute setup.
ServiceTitan is built for HVAC/electrical/plumbing — pool-industry reviews confirm zero native concept of pool chemistry, surface type, or sanitizer. DeweyIQ ships a CSI saturation-index chemistry engine, sanitizer-aware dosing, and surface-aware calcium targeting out of the box.
ServiceTitan's customer texting is metered per text (~$5 per 1,000 texts plus a monthly TCR fee) and happens over SMS outside the portal. DeweyIQ ships a branded customer portal with two-way in-portal messaging plus a generous bundled SMS allowance on every plan.
~$245–$500 per tech, third-party reported (ServiceTitan doesn't publish)
Plus $5,000–$50,000 in implementation fees
No implementation fee. Live in 8 minutes.
Year one with ServiceTitan can hit $10K–$60K before they've finished onboarding you. Our year one is $3,588 — and you're live this afternoon.
Deep HVAC/electrical/plumbing workflows, live-GPS dispatch with Map 2.0, mature pricebooks — if you run multi-trade, look at them.
Third-party reviewers report ~$200–$500 per tech per month plus 3–12 month implementations with onboarding fees typically in the $5k–$50k+ range (ServiceTitan doesn't publish pricing). Zero pool-specific logic (no chemistry, no surface type, no sanitizer per a pool-industry review of their feature set), SMS is metered per message, and two-way chat happens over SMS outside the customer portal. Built for mid-to-large multi-trade contractors — overkill for most pool routes.
Line by line
Skimmer and Pool Brain both integrate Orenda's LSI calculator. We calculate CSI (the modern LSI) natively.
ServiceTitan's customer texting is metered per message (per their docs, ~$5 per 1,000 segments plus a monthly TCR fee), not bundled.
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.
ServiceTitan's portal covers open tasks, scheduling, invoices, proposals, agreements, and equipment; their portal-software page doesn't describe in-portal messaging. Two-way customer chat happens over SMS, outside the portal.
ServiceTitan is generic field service — no native concept of pool surface, sanitizer, or volume.
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
ServiceTitanpricing 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.
If you also run HVAC, ServiceTitan is genuinely deeper — we're pools-only. But if your business is pools (or pools + spas + light maintenance), you don't need a multi-trade implementation. Export your customer CSV from ServiceTitan (or whatever you're using today), drop it into the DeweyIQ guided importer, and run your next-day route. Most pool companies are live the same afternoon.
See for yourself how DeweyIQ stacks up against ServiceTitan. Setup is 8 minutes — import your customer list in one pass with the CSV importer.
