SolarSimPro

Looking for a RatedPower alternative? Start with the scale of your projects

RatedPower (pvDesign) is a cloud tool that generates automated plant designs and is positioned for utility-scale projects. SolarSimPro brings the cycle from drawing to quotation into one place for rooftop and mid-scale ground-mount work. The distinction is rarely in a feature list; most often it is in the scale of your projects.

Rooftop and ground-mount The proposal cycle Setting-out DXF

What determines how many modules fit?

Scale

Automatically configuring a single site in the megawatt range is a different job from turning out several rooftop and mid-scale ground-mount projects a week. If yours is the second, throughput matters more than depth of features.

The rooftop side

SolarSimPro covers six roof types, parapet and chimney obstacles and a real layout. Tools focused on utility scale generally leave rooftop work outside their scope.

Quotation and delivery

Bill of materials, line-by-line cost, feasibility and a client-ready report all come from the same model; the setting-out plan is delivered as DXF.

The ground-mount side

Parcel lookup, slope and aspect analysis, inter-row shading distance and tables following ground elevation are all part of the ground-mount workflow.

Why scale is the deciding factor

On a utility-scale site the design itself can take weeks, and automation delivers a large gain there; the tools specialised in that field are strong.

In rooftop and mid-scale ground-mount work, by contrast, the bottleneck is not the design but the proposal cycle: measure, build the layout, produce the cost, show the feasibility, hand over the CAD file. That cycle repeats several times a week, and every hand-off step costs time.

What you gain when it all comes from one model

When the layout changes, module count, bill of materials, cost, yield and payback all update together. With separate tools that update is manual — and often does not happen.

Having the figure in the quotation come from the same model as the design also prevents discrepancies surfacing later.

The steps SolarSimPro covers

How to run the comparison

Rebuilding a typical project and looking at the deliverables gives you an answer faster than reading a feature list.

  1. Pick a typical projectChoose a site that represents your normal workload and whose outcome you already know.
  2. Rebuild the siteDraw the roof outline or fetch the parcel; keep the obstacles and module model identical.
  3. Measure the timeTime the run from drawing to feasibility; that is the comparison that matters.
  4. Compare the resultsPut module count, annual yield and payback period side by side.
  5. Look at the deliverablesJudge whether the bill of materials, cost summary, feasibility and DXF output are sufficient for delivery.

Frequently asked questions

Can SolarSimPro be used on utility-scale projects?

The ground-mount workflow covers mid-scale plants: parcel, topography, layout, shading, yield, cost and setting-out output. For projects in the tens of megawatts with complex grid connection requirements, the tools specialised in that field are well established.

Are rooftop projects covered too?

Yes. Six roof types, parapet, chimney and vent obstacles, a real layout and near-shading analysis are all part of the rooftop workflow.

Does it produce feasibility and quotations?

Yes. Payback, net present value and internal rate of return are calculated from the consumption profile, tariff and net metering, and exported as a client-ready report.

Is there a trial?

There is. Register and request a demo; once approved, your time starts the moment you first open the application.

Compare it on your own project

Rebuild a typical site and compare the time taken and the deliverables. Runs in the browser.

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