Aurora Solar vs LuminaSims

Aurora Solar is software for designing, selling, and delivering solar projects, aimed at installers, sales teams, and channel managers. Design tools include 3D roof modeling, roof measurements, performance simulation, irradiance analysis, and ground mounts. Aurora says its AI generates 3D roof models with obstructions in under 15 seconds. Sales Mode supports customizable web and PDF proposals, interactive selling tools, and proposal activity tracking. Battery modeling covers backup, self-consumption, and energy arbitrage. Financing options include LightReach, GoodLeap, Mosaic, and Dividend, with the ability to create custom financiers. Its API can create, retrieve, and update projects and designs, and retrieve design assets, pricing, financings, and agreements. Basic costs $159 per user per month, billed monthly; Premium costs $259 per user per month, billed monthly. Both list 50 projects per month and one user. Enterprise offers custom project volume and unlimited users, with custom pricing. Design and Sales modes are listed for desktop or laptop on macOS or Windows using Chrome; web proposals are listed for specified iOS and Android devices.

LuminaSims combines solar project management, warehouse inventory, and field operations in one platform. It is presented for EPC firms, solar installation contractors, warehouse managers, and field supervisors. Teams can plan jobs, assign crews, and follow progress from site preparation through commissioning. Warehouse records track stock by location and connect issued materials and serial numbers to installations. The native installer app supports offline checklists, serial scans, and photo capture, then synchronizes when connectivity returns. Installation verification includes barcode scans, timestamped photos, and automatic GPS capture. A web portal provides dashboards with live operational figures and report exports. Administrators can manage several solar companies as separate tenants in one workspace, with role-based access, audit trails, and data isolation between contractor tenants. Modules cover company, consumer, project, user, warehouse, material, verification, geo-tagged photos, document generation, and analytics. LuminaSims lists a web portal and native mobile app, but does not identify the mobile operating system. Pricing and trial terms require a demo or sales contact.