Skimmer

RATING:

4.81

(32)

About Skimmer

Skimmer is pool service software designed to help modern pool professionals. Businesses can use the mobile application to remotely manage customers, routes and work orders on a centralized platform. Email beautiful service reports. Track filter cleans with ease. Try it risk-free for 60 days.

Skimmer Pricing

Skimmer is priced at $1 per serviced location, per month, with a minimum charge of $39 per month. Visit a service location one time or ten times, it's only $1 for the entire month. If you do not service a location in a given month, you won't be billed for it.

Starting price: 

$39.00 per month

Free trial: 

Not Available

Free version: 

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Everything you need to run your pool service business, all in one app.
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Skimmer Reviews

Overall Rating

4.81

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Skimmer

1 - 5 of 40 Reviews

Elizabeth

Verified reviewer

Consumer Services, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed November 2021

LOVE Skimmer!

I've really liked Skimmer so far, their customer service is awesome and everyone I've spoken with has been so helpful. If they don't know the answer to my question they take the time to find the answer and call me back. It's so comforting knowing I can call and speak directly to a human every time I call, or email.

PROS

Skimmer is tailored so well to the pool industry and has helped us manage our cleaning technicians so much more efficiently. I can see a quick snapshot where everyone is at in their day and know exactly what is going on at each pool in a second.

CONS

Their scheduling for repair technicians isn't great yet, but I'm hopeful for their new update on the software coming soon. I would just like to have a calendar to see how many repair jobs are on for the day instead of just a list of jobs, having it that way makes it really hard to schedule efficiently.

Reason for choosing Skimmer

Salesforce was just too robust for our small family owned company.

Reasons for switching to Skimmer

SimPRO was awesome but ended up having so many rabbit holes you have to go down to get to certain things and just wasn't user friendly. They're also more expensive than Skimmer so we're saving more, but SimPRO does offer a lot more than Skimmer does right now.

Vendor Response

Elizabeth, thank you so much for this amazing review - we really appreciate you!

Replied January 2022

Jeremy

Facilities Services, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2023

This is a must have for any pool company - especially the mid to large size companies.

I rate SKIMMER 10/10 across the board. Not only is the product amazing, their customer service is next level. I have never reached out to them and been disappointed with the result. Any issues (most self inflicted) has been handled quickly and with a smile on their face. This is what every service based company should aim for.

PROS

I really have no complaints about SKIMMER. It has allowed me to minimize the tedious tasks that I was handling. I have moved just about every aspect of my company over to SKIMMER in some form or fashion. From maintenance routes and service calls to everyday scheduling (regardless of what it is for). I couldn't do what I do in a day without SKIMMER

CONS

What I like least about SKIMMER is I didn't find it sooner. I have been using them for I believe close to 4 years now. Just in the first month of use, I noticed a dramatic decrease in missed tasks, or overlooked issues.

Reason for choosing Skimmer

I did extensive research before making the plunge. Skimmer had the look and feel that I was looking for.

Vendor Response

Thanks, Jeremy, for the amazing review! I shared your comments with our support team and it made their day! We appreciate your business!

Replied April 2023

Marc

Recreational Facilities and Services, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

1

EASE OF USE

2

VALUE FOR MONEY

1

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

2

FUNCTIONALITY

2

Reviewed November 2022

Broken software

No benefits, just pain. We are moving away from Skimmer. It is a horrible product.

PROS

The ease of implementation. The app is intuitive.

CONS

Several. The app is buggy and for the first year of use, whenever we would complain about a software issue, Skimmer personnel would blame us - either our internet connection wasn’t good enough, we were out of date on updates, or the software wasn’t intended to be used with Chrome. They would never accept responsibility. Invoicing within the program has been promised for more than a year. It still is t ready. Now, the ability to transfer invoicing to Quickbooks is broken. It has been broken for more than a week and all we get is “sorry for the inconvenience.”

Blake

Sporting Goods, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2023

Without Skimmer My Small Business Would Have NO Foundation

It's not over complicated and it's very "human", the pool industry is a bunch of 10 point words that no one really has an answer too without googling it. With skimmer if you have good training and are certified in your department. It's straight from the book and simple. Building your company with this program has changed my life, and truly made me live out my dream. If Skimmer endorsed us, I'd probably pass out. Haha, thank you guys for all of your hard work. Keeping things simple in the world right now is hard, and you guys have nailed it.

PROS

The RECORDKEEPING is phenomenal, if you use this software correctly you can literally have no loose ends when a customer or any employee disputes something. Skimmer covers all of our "evidence" on all repairs, cleans, before and after pictures with captions for our service guys has been a game changer. Our sales in repairs are through the roof because of it, when the customer sees the repair tech send photos of detailed issues with parts, and is then able to explain why is massive.

CONS

Having to email the work order to complete the job is awful, to be frank we have 100's of work orders completed but the customers don't want an email from a repair when they are already getting pool cleaning emails, and invoices after.

Reason for choosing Skimmer

If you are on the pool and spa service and repair side, this is the best software you can get hands down. The photos must be taken in real time, so cleaners and techs can not take advantage of their company and my heart and soul is in this. Don't ever change the photo feature.

Reasons for switching to Skimmer

It's the most over complicated programing I've ever tried to grasp, I don't even know if the best coder and engineer combined could figure this software out. The [sensitive content hidden] of the programs webinar was the most overwhelming experience and I've been in this industry for 10 years. He talked more about his companies success and the complexity of the program was insane. Whoever the [sensitive content hidden] is, he needs to lay off the Adderall or Coffee

Vendor Response

We are SO incredibly happy to hear that we've had a hand in changing your life for the better. Keep living the dream!

Replied March 2023

ezra

Individual & Family Services, 1 employee

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2023

THE BEST APP ON THE MARKET AND MOST AFFORDABlE

100000/10

PROS

The best thing to happen to the business side and routing side of the pool industry.

CONS

Havent found something to not like. Honestly.

Reason for choosing Skimmer

Skimmer is the only option i wanted after dealing with paythepoolman

Reasons for switching to Skimmer

Pay the pool man started doing extra charges within my first month to start off with. And as well of having the most caveman app ive seen hands on, it is the least smooth working app ever unless you watch the 50 videos begining to end. Skimmer has such ease to it that i havent watched one single tutorial video. Just my phone call about the new billing and a friend showing me how he uses his and i was learning all the rest on my own! Super simple!

Vendor Response

Thanks so much, Ezra! We strive to provide a modern, intuitive platform. We're glad you dig it!

Replied May 2023