Reonic vs solarVis: which solar sales software fits in 2026?
Two platforms, one promise: take a roof from first enquiry to a signed solar proposal. Reonic gets there with in-depth heat pump planning, mobile apps for the field and AI across the business. SolarVis gets there with a 7-day free trial and no credit card, tariff and regulation rules for 45+ countries, and homes and commercial sites up to 50 MW in the same product. Here is the honest version, from both sides.
What is Reonic?
Reonic is a German all-in-one platform for renewable installers, with offices in Berlin, Augsburg and São Paulo. It covers 3D roof design from satellite, orthophoto or drone imagery, automatic module placement and stringing, residential single-line diagrams, heat load calculation and heat pump sizing, profitability simulation, digital quotes with e-signature, a CRM, installation scheduling, and iOS and Android apps. Its AI runs from lead scoring and an AI phone receptionist to meeting summaries and offer checks, and in Germany it sells grid registration and KfW applications as done-for-you services. It reports over 3,000 customers in 13 markets across Europe and Latin America.
It is a strong, fast-moving product. The trade-offs are access and reach: the way in is a booked demo, and its deepest localisation serves German-market workflows like grid registration first. The rest of this page weighs that against solarVis, where a 7-day free trial is a request away and tariffs and regulations are supported for 45+ countries.
Reonic
From heat load to installation, with AI throughout.
solarVis
Lead to proposal in one flow, from a home to a 50 MW site.
Why teams choose solarVis
A trial, not a sales cycle
Request the 7-day free trial with no credit card. Our team sets up your access, then you design real projects. Reonic's route in is a demo with the sales team.
Built to sell across borders
Tariff and regulation rules for 45+ countries, from hourly time-of-use to net billing, in a platform available in 24 languages. Reonic reports customers in 13 markets, with its deepest roots in Germany.
An AI sales agent on your website
The AI Sales Agent, an add-on product, learns your business by crawling your own site, chats with visitors there, and can return a real feasibility report and a proposal link, with every lead landing in your CRM. Reonic puts its AI on the phone and on WhatsApp instead: an AI receptionist (rolling out) and a WhatsApp lead assistant answer enquiries and create requests, while its Energy House configurator captures leads on your site.
- Up to 80% less design time
- 80%
- Solar projects
- 67,500+
- Countries supported
- 45+
Feature comparison
How we compared. We follow the order an installer sells in: access, market fit, site and roof modelling, layout and engineering, yield and feasibility, proposal and close, and pipeline and operations. SolarVis facts come from the product itself. Reonic facts come from its own website, product pages and help centre, checked between 31 July and 29 September 2026 and re-checked every 90 days. Where those pages say nothing about a capability, the table says "Not listed" rather than "No", and the section below names where Reonic is the better pick.
| Capability |  solarVis |  Reonic |
|---|---|---|
| Access | ||
| Free trial | 7 days, no credit card | Book a demo; a free basic tier for its heat pump product in Germany |
| Market fit | ||
| Market reach | Tariffs and regulations, 45+ countries | Customers in 13 markets |
| Site and roof modelling | ||
| Roof capture | AI roof detection, then Fit to LiDAR where data covers the site | Satellite, orthophoto or drone imagery; LiDAR room scanning on iPhone and iPad Pro |
| CAD (DXF) | Import and export | Not listed |
| Layout and engineering | ||
| Automatic stringing | Yes, Full Auto and Guided | Yes |
| Single-line diagram | Yes, residential and commercial; PDF and DXF | Yes, residential; JPEG or PDF |
| EV charger | Modelled in lead and BOM, load not simulated | EV demand simulated from vehicle and mileage |
| Yield and feasibility | ||
| 3D design and shading analysis | Yes, cell-level on an 8760-hour engine | Yes |
| Battery and heat pump simulation | Yes, with battery arbitrage | Yes, heat pumps sized to DIN EN 12831, with dynamic electricity prices |
| Proposal and close | ||
| White-label and custom branding | Yes | Yes |
| Pipeline and operations | ||
| CRM and team management | Yes | Yes |
| Website lead capture | Lead Generator and AI Sales Agent chat (add-ons) | Energy House configurator and contact form |
| AI that answers enquiries | Website chat that can return a feasibility report and a proposal link | AI phone receptionist (rolling out) and WhatsApp lead assistant |
| Grid registration and subsidy paperwork | No | Paid services in Germany (grid registration, KfW) |
| Mobile app (iOS and Android) | No, web-based | Yes |
Last verified 11 September 2026; lead capture, AI, EV, heat pumps, CAD, single-line diagrams and services re-checked on 29 September 2026. The solarVis column comes from the product, the Reonic column from reonic.com and its help centre. Re-checked every 90 days.
The workflow, stage by stage
Lead generation
EvensolarVisA Lead Generator on your own site and an AI Sales Agent trained on your website (add-on products), with every lead landing in the CRM.
ReonicThe Energy House configurator on your site, lead-broker integrations and AI lead scoring, plus an AI phone receptionist (rolling out) and a WhatsApp lead assistant that answer enquiries and create requests.
Site model and layout
EvensolarVisAI Roof Detection for the outline, Fit to LiDAR for height and slope, 3D modelling of stepped roofs with adjoining sections at their own height and roof type, then AI panel placement to a target panel count, capacity, production or consumption share.
ReonicSatellite, orthophoto or drone imagery with automatic building detection and auto layout.
Electrical design
solarVis edgesolarVisAutomatic Stringing (Full Auto or Guided), checked per string, MPPT and inverter, then a single-line diagram generated from those strings, checked electrically as you draw and exported as PDF or DXF, on residential and commercial projects.
ReonicAutomatic stringing and a residential single-line diagram, edited with AI and exported as JPEG or PDF.
Feasibility and project pricing
EvensolarVisCell-level shading on an 8760-hour engine, PV, battery (self-consumption, autonomy or arbitrage) and heat pump, with tariff rules for 45+ countries, payback and a 20-year cash flow.
ReonicPV, battery, heat pumps sized to a DIN EN 12831 heat load and EV demand, with dynamic electricity prices.
Proposal and close
EvensolarVis26 configurable proposal pages, sent by email, SMS or link or shared to WhatsApp, with view and time-spent tracking and customer accept or reject.
ReonicDigital quotes with e-signature built in.
After the sale
Reonic edgesolarVisA CRM with customizable pipelines, by default from Offer Sent to Construction and Installation, with stage-gated tasks and headquarters, team and partner permissions.
ReonicInstallation scheduling, checklists and mobile apps for field teams, and in Germany grid registration as a paid service.
Selling in the UK and South Africa
Reonic's deepest localisation serves Germany, and it reports customers in 13 markets across Europe and Latin America. In the UK it offers a heat-load calculator and MCS-ready heating workflows, with its done-for-you services still to come; for South Africa it has an English page, with no local features listed. Here is what solarVis carries in both markets, and what it leaves to other tools.
| Market | What solarVis covers | What it does not do |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | MCS Performance Estimate and an MIS 3002 shade report, for Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man; the Smart Export Guarantee modelled as net billing, with default export rates for fixed and time-of-use tariffs that you edit per project to match the customer's supplier; standing, metering and capacity charges kept separate from the unit rate | DNO applications (G98 or G99), BS 7671 compliance flags, BUS grant tracking, job scheduling and invoicing |
| South Africa | Around 180 Eskom and municipal tariffs preloaded, from Homeflex to Megaflex and the metro residential blocks, with seasonal time-of-use and net billing; custom tariffs where a municipality is not preloaded; a battery autonomy mode with a backup reserve for outages; off-grid and zero-injection designs | SSEG registration and NERSA applications, load-shedding schedule simulation, NRS 097-2 and SANS 10142-1 documentation, rent-to-own billing |
Where a row says "does not do", plan on a separate tool or a manual step.
Where Reonic is the better pick
No tool wins everywhere. If these four sound like your business, book the Reonic demo, honestly.
- You plan heat pumps and EV charging in depth. Reonic sizes heat pumps against a DIN EN 12831 heat load with hydraulic balancing, simulates EV demand from the vehicle and its mileage, and models dynamic electricity prices. SolarVis sizes the heat pump in the same feasibility as PV and battery, and models an EV charger in the lead and the bill of materials without simulating its load.
- You quote and close on site. Reonic ships iOS and Android apps with LiDAR room scanning, and its quotes carry e-signature. SolarVis is web-based and recommends a computer for 3D design.
- You sell mainly in Germany. Reonic handles grid registration with German network operators and KfW applications as paid services, and with over 3,000 customers it is the home-market pick.
- You want AI across the whole business. An AI phone receptionist and a WhatsApp lead assistant answer homeowners, while an in-app chat, a staff WhatsApp assistant, Sales AI, Meeting AI, Component AI and Validation AI work for your team. SolarVis keeps its AI on the design and sales side: AI Roof Detection, AI panel placement and the AI Sales Agent.
Switching from Reonic to solarVis
Plan on running both in parallel for about two weeks. Here is the path.
- Get your data out of Reonic. Collect your contacts, open deals, and quote history. Where no export covers it, Reonic support can help retrieve your data.
- Request your solarVis trial. Apply with no credit card. Once the team has set up your access, import contacts and leads from Excel with the sample template.
- Set your project pricing once. Load Preset Cost Settings, Packages and material prices, with VAT, discounts and margins. Every proposal prices consistently from then on.
- Pick your tariffs. Choose your market's utility tariffs, time-of-use schedules and export rules in Tariff Settings.
- Rebuild active designs. Start each open project from AI Roof Detection or a DXF file, run Fit to LiDAR where data covers the site, let AI panel placement fill the roof, and let Automatic Stringing build the strings.
- Brand, send and route. Add your logo and commercial terms, send proposals with view tracking, and point new leads at solarVis while Reonic stays live until the last open deals close.
What moves over: contacts and leads (Excel import), pipeline stages, material prices, packages and cost presets, branding, margins and VAT rules.
See also
- Best solar design software for installers: the whole category, compared the way installers buy
- Aurora Solar vs solarVis: European coverage vs the US premium leader
- OpenSolar vs solarVis: what the free model does not cover
- HelioScope vs solarVis: commercial engineering vs the full sale
- Tariffs and regulations: the 45+ country layer behind every feasibility
- What is solar design software?: the category, explained
