Jobber and Skimmer are popular service management tools that help your pool service businesses run a smoother operation.
Skimmer is pool service business software, with features like CRM, scheduling, job forms, and credit card processing. However, the software lacks key features you need to run your business efficiently.
Jobber offers similar and more robust capabilities for pool service businesses and home service pros to make operations run more smoothly for your team and your customers as well. With features such as a 24/7 online customer portal, GPS tracking, automated customer communication, and a highly-rated mobile app, you and your crew can work more efficiently from anywhere.
To compare Skimmer vs. Jobber, we’ll look at the specific features and services offered by each to determine which is best for running your business.
Feature Comparison

Customer Management
Track all your customer info, so you and your team can deliver personalized service that makes every customer feel like they’re your #1.
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24/7 customer self-serve portal that lets your customers request work, confirm appointment details, approve quotes, and pay invoices online.
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Book new customers with less effort through your website or Google search, without wasting any time playing phone tag.
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Keep customers in the loop with automated emails and text messages, so you can spend more time on productive work.
Skimmer lets you send broadcast emails, but you have to set it up manually.
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Limited
Job Tracking
Schedule and assign jobs to you or your team faster, avoid booking conflicts, reschedule and reassign work to your crew, and instantly notify them of schedule changes.
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Reduce overhead costs, map one-off or recurring jobs for all of your crews, and optimize routes in a matter of seconds.
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Get a clear picture of your team’s whereabouts while they are on the move and assign jobs to the closest member around that location.
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Create detailed one-off or recurring job requests and track important job details in one place, so your team can access them on the go.
Skimmer has a similar internal-notes feature designed around photo attachments, but it has a 20-photo limit per client.
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Limited
Create checklists that set your team up for success, keep them accountable, and ensure consistent performance for all jobs done.
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Save time tracking business expenses wherever you and your team are, so everyone knows how much was spent on each job.
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Quoting
Create, send, and track professional quotes your customers can understand and approve easily.
Skimmer doesn’t let you automatically send customized email or text follow-ups to customers you haven’t heard back from.
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Limited
Sell higher-value jobs and packages by letting your customers pay over time.
Jobber users increase sales up to 20% when they offer consumer financing on their quotes.
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Invoicing and payments
Create professional invoices, batch invoices, collect automatic payments and send automatic invoice follow-ups right from the app.
Skimmer includes an invoicing feature, but it does not allow you to convert job details directly into invoices or automatically follow up with customers on late or overdue payments.
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Limited
Get paid out instantly, so you can have money to pay your bills, buy more materials, and more.
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Setup and Integrations
Do more with your business through your favorite apps and web services.
Skimmer integrates with fewer apps than Jobber.
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Limited
Sync customer information, invoice, payment details, and important business info between Jobber and QuickBooks Online to avoid manual entry errors.
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Build brand awareness, promote new services or deals, and stay top-of-mind with professional email and postcard marketing campaigns.
Skimmer allows you to send broadcast emails to all or some of your customers. But the software doesn’t have postcard marketing capabilities, since it doesn’t integrate with Mailchimp.
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Limited
Additional Features
Enjoy unlimited live chat, phone, and email support.
Skimmer only offers limited phone and email product support. Customer service representatives are only available to help via phone between 6 AM and 5 PM PST.
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Limited
Access to a private group of home service business entrepreneurs to share advice, ask questions, learn new things—and overall, feel supported by others who get what they’re building.
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Make fast and accurate scheduling decisions while on the go via iOS and Android app. Track your team’s progress, communicate with customers, create/send invoices, and record important notes to ensure customer satisfaction.
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Find out how your field service business is really doing. Customize your reports so you see the information that is most important to you, and view in-product, or export to Excel or CSV files.
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Automate admin work. Save time.
With home service software, you can take on more work without hiring more staff.