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Influx Energy Management vs Uplight

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Influx Energy Management

Energy

Cloud-based energy and sustainability management

From
$500/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Uplight logo

Uplight

Energy

Customer engagement, rebate marketplaces and demand flexibility software sold to regulated utilities

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • They diverge on capability: Influx Energy Management covers Energy tracking, Uplight covers Energy marketplace.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Influx Energy Management and Uplight actually diverge.

Attributes where Influx Energy Management and Uplight differ
AttributeInflux Energy ManagementUplight
Starting price$500/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, MobileWeb, iOS, Android, API
Founded2012Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Energy).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Influx Energy Management

  • Energy tracking
  • Carbon accounting
  • Building analytics
  • Benchmarking
  • Sustainability reporting
  • Salesforce
  • SAP
  • SSL encryption

Only in Uplight

  • Energy marketplace
  • Personalised recommendations
  • Rates engagement
  • Demand response
  • Distributed energy resource management
  • Programme reporting
  • Home energy reports
  • OEM and device partnerships

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Influx Energy Management

  • Energy trackingnot Uplight
  • Sustainability reportingnot Uplight

Uplight

  • A regulated utility that must deliver an approved energy efficiency programme and evidence the savings to its commissionnot Influx Energy Management
  • A utility launching a residential demand response programme built on customer-owned thermostats and batteriesnot Influx Energy Management
  • A utility moving customers onto time-of-use tariffs that needs enrolment journeys rather than a billing change alonenot Influx Energy Management
  • A utility that wants rebates applied at the point of purchase instead of processing claim forms after the factnot Influx Energy Management

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Influx Energy Management

Nothing recorded yet. See the Influx Energy Management review.

Uplight

  • The product assumes a regulated utility with commission-approved programmes, so competitive retailers and aggregators find much of the reporting and measurement machinery irrelevant while still paying for it.
  • Procurement runs through long RFPs tied to rate cases and programme approvals, so implementation dates are set by a regulator rather than by the utility or the vendor and slip when filings slip.
  • The investor group of Schneider Electric, AES and Octopus Energy Group is made up of active energy market participants, which is a governance question a utility should raise in diligence rather than discover later.
  • The platform spans engagement, marketplace and demand management, and those capabilities were built or acquired separately, so a buyer taking one module gets less of the integration benefit than the platform story implies.
  • The reference base and product depth are strongest in North America, so a European or Asia-Pacific utility gets fewer comparable deployments and less functionality built around local market rules.

Pricing, plan by plan

Influx Energy Management

$500/month
  • Starter$500/month
    • Basic tracking
    • Up to 10 buildings
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Advanced analytics
    • Unlimited buildings
    • Custom reporting

Uplight

On request
  • Uplight platform$undefined/year
    • Quoted per utility programme by customer count and modules
    • Frequently structured around approved programme budgets and performance targets
    • Marketplace economics include product fulfilment and rebate handling

Which should you pick?

Choose Influx Energy Management if

  • You need energy tracking.
  • You work on Web, Mobile.
  • You also want carbon accounting.
Influx Energy Management review

Choose Uplight if

  • You need energy marketplace.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, API.
  • You also want personalised recommendations.
Uplight review

Questions people ask

Is Influx Energy Management or Uplight better?
Neither clearly leads. Influx Energy Management starts at $500/month and Uplight at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Influx Energy Management or Uplight?
Influx Energy Management starts at $500/month and Uplight at On request.
Does Influx Energy Management or Uplight run on more platforms?
Influx Energy Management runs on Web, Mobile. Uplight runs on Web, iOS, Android, API.
What is Influx Energy Management best used for?
Influx Energy Management is most often used for energy tracking, sustainability reporting. Of those, energy tracking and sustainability reporting are not what Uplight is typically brought in for.
What can Influx Energy Management do that Uplight cannot?
Influx Energy Management covers Energy tracking, Carbon accounting, Building analytics, Benchmarking. Uplight covers Energy marketplace, Personalised recommendations, Rates engagement, Demand response.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Uplight: Who owns Uplight?

It is privately held and backed by Schneider Electric, AES Corporation and Octopus Energy Group.

Uplight: Can a competitive energy retailer use it?

It can, but the product is designed around regulated programme delivery and measurement, so a retailer pays for machinery it does not need.

Uplight: Does Uplight do demand response as well as efficiency?

Yes. It acquired the AutoGrid distributed energy resource platform from Schneider Electric in 2024, which added device control and dispatch to the engagement business.

Uplight: Is pricing published?

No. Deals are quoted per programme and usually sized against an approved programme budget.

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