WISEWater Gauge
For professionals · free for now

Software for pool and water-treatment companies. Every feature, free.

Track every customer's water, run your route, send visit reports with photos, and bill for the work. Free for every feature for now. No card on signup.

every feature, for now
$0every feature, for now
technicians and managers
Unlimitedtechnicians and managers
directory listing for leads
Freedirectory listing for leads
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WiseWaterGauge vs typical paid route software

The bottom line

Most service software is a route and billing tool that charges per technician and treats the water as a few numbers on a stop. WiseWaterGauge starts from the water: every reading is judged against a published standard, the homeowner keeps their own history, and one account handles a pool, a well and a whole-house filter. All of it is free for now.

Where a paid tool still does more, the table says so. If you think a row is wrong, tell us.

  • Included today
  • Partly, see the note
  • Not offered

Price and getting startedWhat it costs to run your company on it

Monthly price

Free for every feature for now. No card on signup.

Why it matters

Paid tools commonly price by seat or by the number of pools on the route, so the bill grows with the company. Here every feature is free for now.

WiseWaterGauge

Included: $0

Typical paid software

Not offered: Monthly subscription, often priced per technician or per pool

Technicians and managers

Add as many staff as you have, each with their own login.

Why it matters

Owners, managers and technicians each sign in as themselves, so the record shows who logged each reading and who did each visit.

WiseWaterGauge

Included: Unlimited, free

Typical paid software

Partly: Often priced per seat

Self-serve setup

Create the company, add customers by email, or import a spreadsheet of them.

Why it matters

Once your company is verified, a CSV import brings your customer list across in one step.

WiseWaterGauge

Included: No demo call needed

Typical paid software

Partly: Varies; demos and onboarding calls are common

Win new customersWhat most route software does not try to do

Public directory listingOnly here

Homeowners looking for a pool or water-treatment service find your company and ask you to take them on.

Why it matters

Your listing shows the services you offer and where. A homeowner who asks for you chooses which water to share, and you accept or decline from your Customers page.

WiseWaterGauge

Included: Free listing

Typical paid software

Not offered: Rare; built for customers you already have

Customers keep their own recordOnly here

Each customer can have a free account with their water history, reminders and the reports you send.

Why it matters

Between your visits a customer can log their own tests, and you see them. The history belongs to the water, so it is still there next season.

WiseWaterGauge

Included: Free for them too

Typical paid software

Partly: Customer portals are usually view-and-pay

Access per water, not per customerOnly here

A customer shares the pool with their pool company and the kitchen tap with their filter company.

Why it matters

You see the water you were hired for and nothing more. That is what makes a homeowner comfortable connecting you.

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Not offered: Rare

Your dayThe route and what is due

Today page

Overdue work, what is due this week, customers you have not visited in 30 days, and requests waiting for an answer.

Why it matters

Every count links to the list behind it, so the number and the work always agree.

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Included: Common

Route sheet

Every due task across your customers, in date order, with a log button on each stop.

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Included: Common

Map route optimisation

Reorder the day's stops to shorten the drive.

Pool service

Why it matters

Paid route software is ahead here. Our route sheet orders stops by when they are due.

WiseWaterGauge

Not offered: Not yet

Typical paid software

Included: Common

Native phone app

An installed app for iPhone and Android.

WiseWaterGauge

Partly: In development; the website works on a phone today

Typical paid software

Included: Common

The water itselfWhere WiseWaterGauge is different

Readings judged against a published standardOnly here

Every reading shows whether it is in range, with the standard and section the range comes from.

Why it matters

A number with no source looks checked and is not. Ours carry the regulation beside them, so you can show a customer why a reading matters.

WiseWaterGauge

Included: Cited on every range

Typical paid software

Partly: Ranges shown, rarely with a source

Test method on every readingOnly here

Record whether a reading came from a strip, a drop kit, a photometer or a lab.

Why it matters

A strip and a lab report can disagree and both be right for what they are. Knowing which is which is how you read a trend honestly.

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Not offered: Rare

Pool dosing with safe limits

Dose recommendations for your products, held to a safe single addition where a published limit exists, with the wait before you retest.

Pool service

Why it matters

Where no published limit exists, the page says so rather than inventing one.

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Included: Common

Drinking-water parametersOnly here

Hardness, iron, nitrate, lead, bacteria and more, judged against drinking-water standards.

Filtration & water treatment

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Not offered: Rare; most tools are pool-only

Before and after the filterOnly here

Test the supply and the treated water, and show the customer the two side by side.

Filtration & water treatment

Why it matters

This is the report a filtration customer wants: proof that the system they paid for is working.

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Not offered: Rare

Public supply comparisonOnly here

Compare a customer's tap test with their utility's published water report.

Filtration & water treatment

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Not offered: Rare

Visits and reportsWhat the customer sees after you leave

Visit report with photos

A note, up to 12 photos, the chemicals or parts you added, and the visit's readings. Emailed to the customer and locked once sent.

Why it matters

Photos are resized and stripped of location data before they are uploaded.

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Included: Common

When it is OK to swim

Tell the customer when they can swim again, always in your company's name.

Pool service

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Partly: Varies

Drinking-water visit reportOnly here

Built around the water before and after treatment, for filter and softener service.

Filtration & water treatment

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Not offered: Rare

Equipment and maintenance

Equipment per pool or system

Pumps, filters, heaters, softeners and cartridges, with install dates and notes.

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Included: Common

Service reminders

Cartridge changes, filter cleans, and a weekly test reminder for every new pool, each on its own schedule.

Why it matters

One piece of equipment can carry several schedules, so a cartridge clean and a cartridge replacement remind you separately.

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Partly: Varies

Your team

Owner, manager and technician roles

Technicians see only the customers assigned to them. Owners and managers see the whole company and its billing.

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Included: Common

Billing

Monthly statements

What you did and charged per customer per month, straight from your visits. Export to CSV.

Why it matters

Work done before a customer left still appears, so the last month is never lost.

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Included: Common

Invoices

Numbered without gaps and locked once issued, with your company's name, tax rate and payment instructions.

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Included: Common

Customers open bills without an account

Each invoice has a private link the customer opens without logging in.

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Partly: Varies

Flat-rate service plans

A monthly plan drafts its invoice for you each period.

Pool service

WiseWaterGauge

Included

Typical paid software

Included: Common

Online card payments

Take card or bank payments on the invoice.

Why it matters

Paid tools are ahead here. Your invoice carries your own payment instructions, and you mark it paid.

WiseWaterGauge

Not offered: Not offered; you record the payment

Typical paid software

Included: Common

QuickBooks sync

Send invoices and payments to your accounting software automatically.

WiseWaterGauge

Not offered: Not yet; export to CSV

Typical paid software

Included: Common

Quotes and estimates

Send a priced quote the customer can approve.

WiseWaterGauge

Not offered: Not yet

Typical paid software

Included: Common

Compared with what paid pool and water-treatment software commonly offers, as of November 2026. “Typical” describes the category, not any one product.

Questions companies ask

Is WiseWaterGauge really free for service companies?

Yes. Free for every feature for now. No card on signup. That includes unlimited technicians, the directory listing, visit reports, statements and invoices.

Do my customers have to sign up?

No. You can add a customer by email or import a list, and they can open invoices at a private link without an account. If they create one, it is free and they see their own water history.

Does it work for whole-house filters, softeners and wells, not just pools?

Yes. Drinking-water sources, wells and filtration systems have their own parameters, standards and equipment, and a visit report built around the water before and after treatment.

Can my technicians see every customer?

No. A technician sees the customers assigned to them. Owners and managers see the whole company.

Can I take card payments through it?

Not yet. You issue the invoice with your own payment instructions and mark it paid when the customer pays.

How do homeowners find my company?

Through the public provider directory. A homeowner asks you to take them on and chooses which of their water to share, and you accept or decline.

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