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Oracle Utilities vs Uplight

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Oracle Utilities

Energy

Complete customer care and billing for utilities

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On request
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

  • Each has a real cost: Oracle Utilities oracle Utilities does not appear on Oracle's published price list index, which covers Technology, eBusiness Suite, Fusion Applications, Engineered Systems, Business Intelligence, Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, MySQL, Java and several cloud lines; 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.
  • They diverge on capability: Oracle Utilities covers Customer information system, Uplight covers Energy marketplace.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Oracle Utilities and Uplight actually diverge.

Attributes where Oracle Utilities and Uplight differ
AttributeOracle UtilitiesUplight
PlatformsWeb, Mobile, ApiWeb, iOS, Android, API
Founded1977Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), 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 Oracle Utilities

  • Customer information system
  • Billing and invoicing
  • Meter data management
  • Customer self-service portal
  • Revenue management
  • Credit and collections
  • Field service management
  • Regulatory compliance

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.

Oracle Utilities

  • Customer information and billing systems for electric, gas and water utilitiesnot Uplight
  • Meter data management for utility smart metering programmesnot Uplight
  • Work and asset management for utility field operationsnot Uplight

Uplight

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

Where each one falls short

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

Oracle Utilities

  • Oracle Utilities does not appear on Oracle's published price list index, which covers Technology, eBusiness Suite, Fusion Applications, Engineered Systems, Business Intelligence, Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, MySQL, Java and several cloud lines
  • Where Oracle does publish prices they are downloadable PDF price lists rather than an interactive pricing page
  • Oracle publishes separate commercial and US Public Sector price lists, so the commercial rate does not apply to government buyers

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

Oracle Utilities

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Oracle Utilities review.

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 Oracle Utilities if

  • You need customer information system.
  • You work on Web, Mobile, Api.
  • You also want billing and invoicing.
Oracle Utilities 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 Oracle Utilities or Uplight better?
Neither clearly leads. Oracle Utilities starts at On request and Uplight at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Oracle Utilities or Uplight?
Oracle Utilities starts at On request and Uplight at On request.
Does Oracle Utilities or Uplight run on more platforms?
Oracle Utilities runs on Web, Mobile, Api. Uplight runs on Web, iOS, Android, API.
What is Oracle Utilities best used for?
Oracle Utilities is most often used for customer information and billing systems for electric, gas and water utilities, meter data management for utility smart metering programmes, work and asset management for utility field operations. Of those, customer information and billing systems for electric, gas and water utilities and meter data management for utility smart metering programmes are not what Uplight is typically brought in for.
What can Oracle Utilities do that Uplight cannot?
Oracle Utilities covers Customer information system, Billing and invoicing, Meter data management, Customer self-service portal. 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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