Is Pylon cheaper than Solset AI?

For a handful of proposals a month, Pylon’s per-project price is very low. Solset AI costs more because it also runs the CRM, procurement, installation and invoicing; see solset.ai/plans.

Can I pay per design in Solset AI?

Yes. A single design can be bought without a subscription to the Design Studio.

Does Solset AI integrate with Xero?

Not today. Solset AI keeps invoices, receipts and payables itself.

Comparison

Solset AI vs Pylon

Pylon sells solar design the way a print shop sells pages: a few dollars per project, no subscription. For small Australian and UK installers, that is hard to beat.

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2 of 6: rows where Pylon is ahead
3: rows in our favour
2: reasons to pick Pylon instead

Solset AI suits the company whose proposal is the start of a job it must also procure, build, invoice and service, with the CRM included rather than added per user.

Pylon in one line: Pay-per-project solar design and proposal software from Sydney, with an optional CRM.

Row by row

Why Solset AI fits an EPC better, and where it does not.

The rows where Pylon is ahead sit where they fall.

Capability

Solset AI

Pylon

Price for a few jobs a monthPylon

Solset AISingle designs can be bought one at a time; plans are per workspace.

PylonA few dollars per project with no subscription.

Australian and UK detailPylon

Solset AIBuilt for any country: the workspace’s country sets tax, document currency, date formats and units. Country-only rules (for example India’s GST and subsidy slabs) switch on only for that country.

PylonAustralian integrations, imagery in select countries and voltage-rise reports.

Design and proposalsComparable

Solset AITrace the roof on satellite imagery (with AI roof suggestions), fill it with panels, see each panel’s solar access by month and hour, and view the result in 3D. Branded quotation PDFs, a customer link with online acceptance, financing options you enter, and version history when a quote is revised.

PylonDesign, 3D shading, battery modelling and proposal templates with e-signature.

CRMSolset AI

Solset AILeads, deals, contacts and organisations, assignment rules, follow-up tasks and a timeline of every call, email and message. Leads and quotations are on every plan, including Free; contacts and deals start on the first paid plan.

PylonSolar CRM as a per-user add-on.

StructureSolset AI

Solset AIA mounting-structure designer with wind loads, a solved frame analysis, member checks and a STAAD.Pro export, per table type.

PylonNot described on their product pages.

Procurement, stock and installationSolset AI

Solset AIPurchase requests, RFQs and purchase orders raised from the design’s short lines, goods receipts and vendor bills on the same job. Project stages with document checks, crews and schedules, site photos and updates, grid-connection tracking with days waiting, and a customer tracking page.

PylonHandled through integrations such as ServiceM8 and Xero.

Credit where due

Where Pylon is genuinely strong.

Very low, transparent per-project pricing with free credits to try and no card.
Battery modelling, voltage-rise reports and SLDs alongside proposals.
Integrations with Xero, ServiceM8, Nearmap and Australian finance providers.

Pricing

How the two are priced

Pylon: Pylon publishes pay-per-project pricing: $4.00 per Standard project and $10.00 per Pro project, Enterprise custom; its Solar CRM is from $49 per user per month and card payments carry a 2.5% fee.

Solset AI: priced per workspace, not per user. A plan covers the company, extra seats are an add-on, and the Free plan needs no card and does not expire. Every current figure is on the plans page, read from the live catalogue.

Pylon’s details are from its own website, read on 3 November 2026. Check their site before relying on them.

Be honest about it

When to pick Pylon instead.

You are a one- or two-person installer in Australia or the UK and only need proposals
You already run jobs in ServiceM8 and accounts in Xero

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