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AI solar design software: what they are and who makes them
installer design and proposal suites, survey and drone-led design, commercial and utility-scale tools, engineering and planning desktops: Aurora Solar, OpenSolar, Solargraf through Solarius-PV.
Types of AI solar design software
Installer design and proposal suites
Aurora Solar, OpenSolar, Solargraf, SurgePV and Arka360 combine roof modeling, layout, shading and a customer-facing proposal. They suit residential and small commercial installers who want one login from site model to signed offer, and most sell seats by the user rather than by the project.
Survey and drone-led design
Scanifly builds the model from drone flights, satellite imagery or LiDAR and outputs permit-ready plan sets. It suits companies that survey roofs themselves and want the design to match what the drone captured, with a mobile app for the checklists crews fill in on the roof.
Commercial and utility-scale tools
PVcase and Reonic target larger projects: terrain-following layout in AutoCAD and yield simulation on one side, energy profiles and tariff modelling for commercial offers on the other. Both are sold by quote, so budgeting starts with a sales call rather than a price list, and they fit teams with many sites per year.
Engineering and planning desktops
PV*SOL, archelios PRO and Solarius-PV are planning and simulation products with probability indicators, component databases or BIM links. They suit engineers and designers more than sales teams, and none of the three pages opened describes a proposal, financing or CRM feature.
Facts at a glance
| Tool | Publisher | Based in | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Solar | Aurora Solar Inc. | United States | Paid + API |
| OpenSolar | OpenSolar Pty Ltd | Australia | Free tier + API |
| Solargraf | Not stated on the vendor pages | Not stated on the vendor pages | Paid + API |
| SurgePV | SurgePV Technologies Ltd | United Kingdom | Paid |
| Scanifly | Scanifly, Inc. | Not stated on the vendor pages | Paid |
| Arka360 | Arka Energy Solutions | India | Paid + API |
| Eturnity | Eturnity AG | Switzerland | Trial |
| PVcase | PVcase B.V. (through its Lithuanian branch, PVcase B.V. Lietuvos filialas) | Lithuania | Paid |
| Reonic | Reonic GmbH | Germany | Paid |
| Sollit | Not stated on the vendor pages | Not stated on the vendor pages | Paid + API |
| PV*SOL | Valentin Software GmbH | Germany | Trial + API |
| archelios PRO | Trace Software | Not stated on the vendor pages | Paid |
| Solarius-PV | ACCA software S.p.A. | Italy | Trial |
