Alternatives
OpenSolar alternatives
OpenSolar is free and broad. People look at alternatives when they need deeper operations and accounts, structural engineering, or a vendor whose business model is the software itself.
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- why people look beyond opensolar
Why people look beyond OpenSolar
- You want stock, crews and country-specific invoicing on the same record as the design
- You prefer paying for the software over a partner-funded model
- You need a structural analysis of the mounting
The alternatives, one by one.
1. Solset AI
Best for: solar EPCs and installers who run the whole job, in any country.
- One record from enquiry to service: design, quotation, purchase orders, stock, crews, grid connection, invoices and AMC visits.
- A Design Studio with per-panel shading, a structural analysis with STAAD export, a single-line diagram and a bill of materials that prices the quotation.
- Works in any country: tax, document currency, dates and units follow the workspace.
- Priced per workspace, not per user, with a Free plan that needs no card.
2. Aurora Solar
Best for: US residential installers whose sale depends on lender integrations, contracts and permit plan sets.
Solar design, proposal, financing, contract and permitting software, built around US residential sales teams.
3. Pylon
Best for: Small installers in Australia and the UK who want cheap, fast proposals and pay per job.
Pay-per-project solar design and proposal software from Sydney, with an optional CRM.
4. Arka360
Best for: Design-led installers who want 3D proposals, battery modelling and outsourced design or permit services.
All-in-one solar design, proposal and financing software, with design and permit services.
5. Solar Ladder
Best for: Indian installers who want an all-in-one platform with native phone apps and a loans marketplace.
An India-focused operating system for solar installers: CRM, proposals, projects, procurement and finance.
Each product is described from its own website, read on 3 November 2026. Check their sites before relying on a detail.
Common questions
See the parts for yourself.
- Design StudioRoof layout, shading, structure, SLD and bill of materials
- Sales and CRMLeads, WhatsApp, quotations and follow-ups
- OperationsProcurement, stock, crews, grid connection and service
- FinanceInvoices, receipts, receivables and job costing
- Plans and pricingPer workspace, with a Free plan and no card
- Book a live demo30 minutes on your own kind of project
Put your next job on one record.
Create a free workspace, add one real enquiry and take it as far as a quotation. If that is not faster than how you work today, you have lost nothing.