Why Ernie
Skimmer charges per tech. Jobber gates features behind tier upgrades. Pool Brain forgot to modernize. Ernie does what pool pros actually need, at a flat price, with QuickBooks-ready invoices, AI route optimization, and automated customer comms built in.
Under the hood
Ernie replaces the routing tool, the invoicing tool, the work-order tracker, the inventory spreadsheet, and the "notes app on your phone," all working off one customer record.
Visually build weekly routes on a map. Drag stops between days, reassign techs in a click, and let AI optimize the order automatically. Add a customer mid-week and the rest of the schedule re-routes. Calendar view for the dispatcher, mobile route view for the truck.
Auto-generate invoices from completed stops. Send a Stripe-powered payment link by email. The customer pays via card or ACH without creating an account. Token-protected customer portal shows their visit history, photos, and outstanding invoices. Optional Stripe Connect routes funds straight to your bank.
Schedule one-off jobs (acid wash, filter clean, equipment repair) with priority, photos, signatures, and parts used. Every recurring visit logs chemistry, dosages, before/after photos, GPS check-in, and the tech's notes, searchable per pool, forever. Customer signature captured on the truck.
Track chemicals and parts across the warehouse. Every dosage logged on a visit auto-decrements stock. Low-stock thresholds generate a shopping list the moment supply dips. Equipment maintenance reminders auto-create work orders when a 90-day filter clean comes due, so you never miss a recurring service touch.
The 5-tech math
Skimmer charges roughly $50/mo per tech. At 5 techs, that's $250/mo. Ernie is $24.99/mo for the same 5 techs, every feature included, no add-on fees, no per-visit surcharges. That's $225/mo back in your pocket, or $2,700/year that stays in the business.
Most pool service businesses pay separately for field-service software, a CRM, and an email automation tool. Ernie collapses all three into one flat-rate plan.
Field-service software
Routes, dispatch, work orders, invoicing, chemistry logging: all native.
Customer CRM
Full customer database with service history, equipment registry, payment status.
Email + SMS automation
Auto service reports, payment reminders, review-collection emails, SMS skip notices.
For your accountant
Invoices and customers download as a QuickBooks-compatible CSV. Your accountant opens QuickBooks → Settings → Import data, drops the file in, and the books are reconciled in 30 seconds. No OAuth handshake, no broken sync, no "why won't this connect" phone call on the 28th of the month. Native two-way sync is on the late-2026 roadmap, but most of our customers are perfectly happy with the CSV workflow today.
Pool pros who switched
“We switched from Skimmer and dropped our software bill from $800 to $50 a month. AI service notes alone save my techs 30 minutes a day.”
Pool service owner
Owner / Operator
12 routes · 6 techs
“The chemistry alerts caught a low-chlorine drift at one of our routes before the customer even noticed. That's the kind of thing that turns into churn. We save the relationship and the upsell.”
Operations manager
Operations
28 routes · 14 techs
“I'm not technical. I tried Jobber and it took my whole staff a week to figure out. Ernie I had set up over a weekend. Bills go out the same day the tech finishes.”
Pool service owner
Solo operator
1 tech
Quotes shown are illustrative placeholders during beta. Real customer reviews will replace these as we collect them.
$24.99/mo for the whole team up to 5 techs. $5/mo per additional seat. Cancel anytime.
Everything, one price
Unlimited service sites · 5 users included
No credit card required · First 30 days free, plus 30 more when you add a card
More than 5 users?
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