2025 Wrap-up

A look back at what we shipped this year
Nelson Zheng
Nelson Zheng
Co-founder
Product Update
Pylon 2025 Wrap-up

What a year it’s been. Here’s a look back at the major features we shipped in 2025.


Battery Storage

2025 was all about making battery sales easier and more accurate.

Cheaper Home Batteries Program

Pylon now automatically calculates the additional STCs from the federal Cheaper Home Batteries Program.

Floor Plans Tool

A complete floor plan editor for battery emergency planning. Create BESS Site Plan PDFs with room layouts, measurements, smoke alarms, bollards, and wall materials.

Off-peak Charging Simulation

Our new simulation engine models real-world battery behaviour, including charging during off-peak periods and Time-of-Use tariff optimisation.

CEC Approval Visibility

See at a glance whether a battery is CEC approved and when that approval expires—before you quote.

BESS2 PRCs

Updated support for NSW Peak Demand Reduction Scheme, including the transition from BESS1 to BESS2 certificates.


Editor Improvements

Magic Eraser

Remove trees, cars, and other obstructions from satellite imagery using AI. Powered by Google’s Gemini model.

Imagery Layer Fallback

If one imagery source fails to load, Pylon will automatically try the next available layer.

Panel Editing Improvements

Improved rotation handles, better copy-paste behaviour, and removed those tiny gaps between panels that made it easy to accidentally deselect.

Team Presence

See who else on your team is viewing the same design you’re working on.


Pricing & Sales Tools

Stacked Pricing Engine

Set tiered pricing based on line item multipliers—perfect for scaling from residential to commercial. Base costs plus per-watt tiers, double-storey charges, and 3-phase upgrades all in one system.

Beast Mode Pricing

Multi-select line items, drag-and-drop reordering, and multiplier values. Now available everywhere.

Financing Regulation Compliance

New financing tables showing all available terms, repayment amounts, and total costs to meet BNPL regulations.

Proposal Counter-signing

Sales reps can now add their signature after customers sign, keeping the entire contract process within Pylon.

Component Replacement Costs

Factor in future replacement costs for inverters and batteries into your ROI calculations.


Solar SLD (Single Line Diagram / Schematic) Improvements

Elk Engine

Our new SLD rendering engine for cleaner, more accurate diagrams.

Gateway Support

Full SLD support for Tesla Gateway, Sigen Energy Gateway, and Anker SOLIX products.

Phase Assignment

Assign batteries and inverters to specific phases.

Three-phase Bus Bar

Proper visualisation of three-phase configurations.


CRM

Lead Summaries

Get an instant AI-powered summary of all your interactions with a lead. Perfect for when that customer resurfaces months later.

Calendar Event Templates

Create reusable templates for site inspections, installation days, and other recurring events—complete with template variables.

Multiple Company Offices

Add multiple office addresses and Pylon will automatically select the closest one for each project.

Real-time Energy Data Expansion

Added support for 10 new energy retailers including Amber, Ergon, and Tesla Energy Plan.

Contact Spam Filter

Automatically flag suspicious contacts to keep your pipeline clean and focused on real opportunities.


Proposals & Documents

Custom Proposal Titles

Use your Design Labels as Proposal Titles for clearer customer communication.

Comparison Page Improvements

Design Labels now appear as section headers, plus new rows for Solar System Size and Battery Size.

Air-conditioners

Full support for air-conditioners as components, including PRC and VEEC eligibility.


API Expansion

We significantly expanded what you can do with the Pylon API:

  • Line items
  • Mounting kits
  • Job Sheet URLs
  • PV Site Information PDFs
  • Proposal sent webhook

By the Numbers

  • 500+ features and improvements shipped
  • 140+ bug fixes
  • 8 major product updates

Thank You

To everyone who’s used Pylon this year, sent us feedback, reported bugs, and helped shape the product—thank you. We’ve got loads of ideas and we’re excited for what’s coming in 2026.

Here’s to another year of making solar sales easier. ☀️

— Nelson and the Pylon team