Comparison
Sol AI vs the Enphase app
This is not a fair fight in either direction, because they are built for different people. The Enphase app is built for a homeowner with an Enphase system, and it is very good at that. Sol AI is built for an installer holding hundreds of systems across several brands who needs to know which of them is quietly losing money this week. If your fleet is entirely Enphase and you check systems one at a time when a customer calls, the free first-party app may be all you need.
| the Enphase app | Sol AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Who it is built for | The homeowner who owns that system | The installer who owns the relationship with hundreds of homeowners |
| Brands in one view | Enphase hardware only | 9 brands in production in a single fleet view; Enphase and SolarEdge in integration |
| Cost | Free with the hardware | $1.50 per system per month |
| How problems surface | Per-system status and alerts, viewed system by system | Weather-adjusted expected output per string, ranked across the fleet by dollars lost |
| Fault framing | Technical status for the system being viewed | Classified fault with an estimated monthly cost attached, plus a homeowner-readable version |
| Service revenue | Not a commercial product for the installer | Designed to be resold as a $15–25/month care plan |
Enphase App and Enlighten product documentation, enphase.com (retrieved 31 July 2026). The Enphase homeowner app is provided at no additional cost with Enphase systems.
Sol AI per-system pricing as published on this site (retrieved 31 July 2026).
Where the Enphase app wins
It is free, it is first-party, and it will always know more about Enphase hardware than any third party can. Microinverter-level data comes straight from the manufacturer. No integration layer to break, no credentials to maintain, no adapter to fall behind a firmware change. For a homeowner it is excellent. For an installer whose fleet is entirely Enphase and who is happy checking systems one at a time, paying for a second view is hard to justify. Nothing on this page argues you should stop using it.
Who should choose the Enphase app
Stay with the Enphase app if your fleet is effectively all Enphase, you check systems reactively when a customer calls, and you are not trying to sell a monitoring service.
Who should choose Sol AI
Add Sol AI if you carry more than one brand, if you want to find the underperforming system before the homeowner notices, or if you want to charge for monitoring rather than absorb it as a support cost.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Does Sol AI replace the Enphase app for homeowners?
No. Homeowners can keep using the Enphase app. Sol AI is the installer's fleet view across every brand they have installed, and the homeowner-facing output is a plain-language report from their installer rather than a replacement app.
Why pay for monitoring when the manufacturer's app is free?
Because the free app covers one brand and is read one system at a time. An installer with several hundred systems across multiple brands cannot practically open each app each week, and the failure that matters most — a system that is online and reporting but producing less than the weather says it should — does not raise an alarm in a per-system view.