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2026 comparisonThe Pool Brain alternative
that doesn’t tax every hire.
Pool Brain bills $65 per active technician, so every hire raises your bill. Pool Runs is per-property flat: hire freely, your base price stays put. And we’ll match or beat any Pool Brain quote. Plus AI tools Pool Brain doesn’t have.
Every tech you hire adds $65 on Pool Brain.
Pool Brain bills $65 per active technician. Pool Runs is per-property flat, so you add crew without changing your base price.
Pool Runs vs Pool Brain: five categories, head-to-head.
We’ve done the comparison so you don’t have to. Here’s the head-to-head, including the one place Pool Brain genuinely beats us.
Grow your crew without growing your bill
Pool RunsPer property, not per person
Owners, admins, and techs are all unlimited. You pay $45 flat plus per property, never per head.
- No per-technician fees
- Price match-or-beat guarantee on Pool Brain quotes
- Communications and Engage add-ons optional ($80 for both)
$65 per active technician
Office users are free, but every active field tech is billable
- Unlimited office users included
- Each active technician is $65/mo
- Your bill climbs with every field hire
The Pool Brain features you rely on, plus the AI ones you don’t have yet
Fresh Movers
Be the first pool service every new homeowner calls
Pool Runs surfaces every home in your service area that just changed hands, with the new owner’s details. Reach out first, before any other pool service pitches them. Pool Brain only manages the customers you already have.
AI Voice Agent
Your phone never goes to voicemail again
A 24/7 AI receptionist that answers in your business name, looks up customers, books service calls, and texts you the summary. Pool Brain doesn’t have anything like this. Press unmute on the demo to hear it live.
Press unmute to hear a live demo call
Pool Runs Voice0:00Routing & scheduling
Drag-to-schedule, route-optimize, dispatch: same as Pool Brain
The day-to-day operations work both teams know. Route optimization, drag-and-drop schedule, mobile app for techs, chemical readings on the stop card.
Invoicing
Down payments, AutoPay, batch billing, all built in
Generate quotes, take deposits, batch-create monthly invoices, and let AutoPay collect with smart retry. Two-way QuickBooks sync keeps your books clean.
We’ll match or beat your Pool Brain quote.
Pool Brain’s per-tech model can come out cheaper for some team sizes, and we know it. Send us your current Pool Brain invoice and we’ll match or beat it. Simple as that.
Show us your bill. We’ll beat it.
Upload your latest Pool Brain invoice and we’ll come back within one business day with a custom plan that beats it, and includes the AI features Pool Brain doesn’t offer.
Promise valid for current Pool Brain customers switching in 2026. Subject to verification.
The full feature table. Honest about both sides.
An honest, feature-by-feature look at both products. Tap a row to expand.
Pool Runs
Pool Runs’ AI Voice Agent answers your phones 24/7, looks up customers and books service calls (Communications add-on, $50/mo). Pool Brain has no voice agent.
Ask plain-English questions about your business data on Pool Runs, included in the base plan. Pool Brain offers nothing comparable.
Automated follow-up, review requests and sales pipelines on Pool Runs (Engage add-on, $50/mo). Pool Brain offers nothing comparable.
Pool Runs surfaces new pools and recent move-ins in your service area, included free. Pool Brain doesn’t have lead generation.
Both can send email broadcasts to your customer list.
Last updated 2026. Both products evolve, so we keep this page current monthly.
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What You Get Instead of Per-Tech Fees
The parts of Pool Runs that carry the most weight when you are moving off a per-technician plan.
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