Pylon vs. SolarPlus
A Quick Summary
Pylon and SolarPlus are two software solutions often compared by solar businesses seeking to streamline their processes. Both platforms provide a plethora of features to boost your solar business and manage customer interactions in a centralized system—but they each adopt slightly different approaches.
The key distinctions between SolarPlus and Pylon lie in their pricing model, ease-of-use, user seats, and solar design features.
Pylon provides a pay-as-you-go model and boasts the fastest industry-leading solar design process. It also includes high-resolution imagery* with every project, unlimited users, and numerous third-party integrations.
SolarPlus, in contrast, charges monthly a subscription, and focuses on compliance and documentation.
If you prioritise a quick and efficient solar design tool with high resolution imagery at no additional cost, Pylon may be your preferred choice.
*High resolution imagery availability varies with region.| SolarPlus | ||
| Pricing |
All-inclusive
Pricing publicly available
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High commitment
Add-ons during sign up; Overage billing
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| Users | Unlimited | Starts at 5 user accounts |
| High resolution imagery | Included | Optional paid add-on |
| Free trial | ||
| Training & implementation | $0 |
Required
Start from $500
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| GetApp "Ease of use" rating | 4.5 / 5 | – / 5 |
| Xero Integration | Free | $20 / month |
| Lead capture forms | Free | $10 / month |
| Support | Live chat, phone, email |
Pylon's Ideal Customer Checklist
- The productivity of your team is your #1 priority
- You're looking for a scalable system to match your team's growth
- You're looking for simplicity in your Solar Design Tool, so your team can start from day one—no training required.
- You're looking for a Single Source of Truth (SSOT)
What can you not do in SolarPlus?
SolarPlus is a great solar design option that is rich in features, but has a slower, and complex user interface.
There are also some key solar design and sales functions that you just cannot perform using SolarPlus—such as Voltage Rise Reports, Panel auto-alignment, and Real-time customer usage data. With Pylon, they're all built-in.
| SolarPlus | ||
| Real-time customer usage data | ||
| Panel auto-alignment | ||
| Built-in Payment Processor | ||
| Live stringing advice | ||
| Battery Evacuation Plan | ||
| Voltage Rise Reports | ||
| Free Solar Sales Contract |
When should you choose SolarPlus, and when Pylon?
Pylon
- You want to double your solar sales productivity with a streamlined, user-friendly design tool.
- You prefer zero commitment with Pylon’s Pay-As-You-Go pricing, paying only when you use it.
- You’re looking for a solution that requires no setup and offers a shallow learning curve for quick onboarding.
- You value and real-time customer usage data to create compelling solar proposals.
SolarPlus
- SolarPlus also tends to work best if you have resources dedicated to configuring your design tool and managing your solar components.
- You prefer drawing the roof, before placing the solar system.
- Off-grid projects are a key part of your business.
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We've been trying to use SolarPlus, but it's just not as user friendly as Pylon…
Pylon is fantastic! I switched from Nearmap last year. My customers love the proposals. You can punch out proposals in 2 minutes.
Pylon is amazing to work with. Their software make it simple for our staff to produce high quality solar proposals in minutes. I highly recommend them and their software for solar quotes.
Just got to say I love using this platform. So quick and easy to use. Also the SLD is a dream, it makes my job so much quicker. It's much easier to use one service to do everything.
I couldn't recommend this design software enough. It's very easy to use, constantly updating in all aspects, from tech you can design with, to calculators and integrations!
We have been using Pylon solely to prepare for our solar installation. Nelson and his team is exceptional and very proactive. Cannot recomend these guys enough.