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Head-to-head · Solar Software

Energy Toolbase vs BlueSol

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 6 checks side by side
Higher score Energy Toolbase #4 in Solar Software 8.6/10 14-day trial Free trial✓ 4 of 5 features See Energy Toolbase
BlueSol #7 in Solar Software 8.2/10 15-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 5 features Visit BlueSol

Energy Toolbase leads on 0 checks, BlueSol on 0, and 6 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 6 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreEnergy Toolbase · 8.6/10
  • Free trialboth
  • Most featuresEnergy Toolbase · 4 of 5

Energy Toolbase scores higher on our rubric for solar software: 8.6 against 8.2 out of 10; our editors rank them #4 and #7.

On deployment platform, BlueSol gives you Desktop where Energy Toolbase offers Web.

Energy Toolbase is the better fit for teams modeling storage projects through monitoring. BlueSol is the better fit for desktop users designing and documenting PV systems.

  • Energy Toolbase fits best

    Teams modeling storage projects through monitoring

  • BlueSol fits best

    Desktop users designing and documenting PV systems

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Side by side

Feature Energy Toolbase 8.6/10 Visit ↗ BlueSol 8.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.6 8.2
Ranking #4 in Solar Software #7 in Solar Software
Best for Teams modeling storage projects through monitoring Desktop users designing and documenting PV systems
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price $299/user/mo —
Free plan — —
Free trial 14 days 15 days
Free trial length 14 days 15 days
Deployment Cloud Desktop
Platforms Web Windows, macOS
Support Phone, Email Email, Tickets, Docs
Built for Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market
Features Energy Toolbase 4/5 · BlueSol 3/5
PV design & simulation ✓ ✓
Financial modeling ✓ ✓
Proposal builder ✓ (best) Not checked yet
System monitoring ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Permit documentation Not checked yet ✓ (best)
Specs
Deployment platform Web Desktop
Our review
Pros
  • Covers utility costs, scenarios, project economics, and cash flow analysis
  • Combines proposals, dispatch management, monitoring, and savings verification
  • Integrates with Tesla, Socomec, Sungrow, and BYD systems
  • Designs grid-connected, stand-alone and AC/DC-coupled storage systems
  • Combines shading analysis, production simulation and economic modeling
  • Generates editable electrical schemes and project reports
Cons
  • Annual billing starts at $299 per user per month
  • Business pricing rises to $333 per user per month
  • Not suited to teams requiring a free tier
  • Desktop deployment rules out a native browser-based workflow
  • macOS use requires a virtual machine running Windows
  • The lifetime license applies only to the purchased version
Our verdict

Energy Toolbase is a cloud-based, web suite for solar and energy storage project development and operations. Its ETB Developer tools address utility costs, system scenarios, project economics, financing, incentives, and customer proposals.…

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BlueSol Design is desktop software for designing and documenting photovoltaic systems, aimed at small and mid-market teams working on PV projects. It supports grid-connected, stand-alone and AC/DC-coupled storage configurations, with array…

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  1. Energy ToolbaseSolar Software 8.614-day trial
  2. BlueSolSolar Software 8.215-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Energy Toolbase — where it wins

    • Covers utility costs, scenarios, project economics, and cash flow analysis
    • Combines proposals, dispatch management, monitoring, and savings verification
    • Integrates with Tesla, Socomec, Sungrow, and BYD systems

    Where it doesn't

    • Annual billing starts at $299 per user per month
    • Business pricing rises to $333 per user per month
    • Not suited to teams requiring a free tier

  • BlueSol — where it wins

    • Designs grid-connected, stand-alone and AC/DC-coupled storage systems
    • Combines shading analysis, production simulation and economic modeling
    • Generates editable electrical schemes and project reports

    Where it doesn't

    • Desktop deployment rules out a native browser-based workflow
    • macOS use requires a virtual machine running Windows
    • The lifetime license applies only to the purchased version

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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