Aurora Solar vs SolarIonix

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.

SolarIonix combines CRM, project tracking, GST invoicing and inventory for Indian solar installers. Its lead CRM handles nine lead sources, six pipeline statuses, representative assignments, follow-up reminders and conversion of leads into projects. Projects progress through seven stages with task checklists, photos, GPS coordinates and notes. Inventory covers barcode and SKU tracking, project consumption, stock movements and low-stock alerts. The invoicing tools generate proforma invoices, tax invoices and credit notes, calculating CGST/SGST or IGST based on billing state. A PM Surya Ghar tracker follows a six-stage subsidy workflow with document checklists, DISCOM tagging and feasibility-expiry reminders. The Android field app supports offline storage, queued syncing, GPS-tagged photos, barcode scanning and push notifications; its page says Play Store availability is coming soon. A 14-day trial includes one user and unlimited leads and projects. Starter is ₹5,988/year, billed annually upfront; Professional is ₹2,499/month. Prices are in INR and exclude GST; the listed 18% GST is not included.