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Alternatives to Uplight
22 energy tools sit alongside Uplight in this directory. Below is what separates each from Uplight on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 2
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Uplight starts at
- On request
Why people look past Uplight
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Uplight entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Uplight carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 2 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Uplight publishes a single plan, Uplight platform at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
AI-powered energy disaggregation and customer engagement
Priced and rated the same as Uplight on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Complete customer care and billing for utilities
Priced and rated the same as Uplight on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
AI-powered distributed energy resource management
Priced and rated the same as Uplight on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Solar inverter monitoring and analytics platform
- Can be used without paying; Uplight cannot.
Microinverter monitoring and management platform
- Can be used without paying; Uplight cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $9.99/month, where Uplight does not.
Distributed control system for power generation and water treatment plants
Priced and rated the same as Uplight on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Uplight alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uplight (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| Bidgely UtilityAIWhere load disaggregation and usage insight are the requirement rather than programme and marketplace delivery | On request | Quote | - | vs Uplight |
| Oracle UtilitiesUtilities already running Oracle billing that prefer customer engagement from the same vendor | On request | Quote | - | vs Uplight |
| AutoGrid FlexDistributed energy resource control on its own, without the marketplace and engagement layer | On request | Quote | - | vs Uplight |
| Fronius SOLARWEB | Free | - | 1 | vs Uplight |
| Enphase Enlighten | Free, then $9.99/month | - | - | vs Uplight |
| Emerson Ovation | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uplight |
| Novity | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uplight |
| Bently Nevada System 1 | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uplight |
| Cutsforth InsightCM | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uplight |
| Cognite Data Fusion | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uplight |
| iHawk by Cyberhawk | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uplight |
| Wood Mackenzie Lens | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Uplight |
| GE Digital Grid Software | On request | Quote | - | vs Uplight |
| Enel X DER Optimization | On request | Quote | - | vs Uplight |
| Generac Grid Services | On request | Quote | - | vs Uplight |
| PowerFactory DIgSILENT | On request | Quote | - | vs Uplight |
| AVEVA PI System | On request | One-time | 3 | vs Uplight |
| Helioscope | $159/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Uplight |
| Aurora Solar | $135/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Uplight |
| Azelio Energy Storage | On request | Quote | - | vs Uplight |
| EnergyCAP | $1000/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Uplight |
| GE Digital GridOS | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Uplight |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Uplight badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (2)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Fronius SOLARWEB , Free
- Enphase Enlighten , Free, then $9.99/month
What you would be giving up
Uplight is most often brought in for a regulated utility that must deliver an approved energy efficiency programme and evidence the savings to its commission, a utility launching a residential demand response programme built on customer-owned thermostats and batteries, a utility moving customers onto time-of-use tariffs that needs enrolment journeys rather than a billing change alone, a utility that wants rebates applied at the point of purchase instead of processing claim forms after the fact. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Uplight is broadly right and the question is cost, the Uplight pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Energy category lists everything the directory holds, and best energy tools ranks them.
Uplight runs on web, ios, android, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Uplight alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Uplight?
- 22 other energy tools are listed in this directory, led by Bidgely UtilityAI, Oracle Utilities, AutoGrid Flex, Fronius SOLARWEB. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Uplight?
- 2 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Fronius SOLARWEB, Enphase Enlighten.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Uplight?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Uplight?
- Uplight is most often brought in for a regulated utility that must deliver an approved energy efficiency programme and evidence the savings to its commission, a utility launching a residential demand response programme built on customer-owned thermostats and batteries, a utility moving customers onto time-of-use tariffs that needs enrolment journeys rather than a billing change alone, a utility that wants rebates applied at the point of purchase instead of processing claim forms after the fact. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Uplight?
- None of the energy tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Uplight alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Energy, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Uplight against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Uplight covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every energy tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Energy category, 22 tools beside Uplight. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.