Comparison
Sol AI vs Raptor Maps
Both products talk about a digital twin, and they mean different things. Raptor Maps rebuilds a solar plant at equipment level on a map and feeds it with data from the air, the ground, sensors and equipment, including drone missions that can run without anyone on site. It is built for IPPs, utilities, O&M companies and EPCs. Sol AI reads the inverter makers' clouds for a fleet of many sites, works out every night what each site and string should have made, and ranks the gaps by money. If you run large plants and need imagery and field workflow, Raptor Maps is the one to look at first.
| Raptor Maps | Sol AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | IPPs, regulated utilities, O&M companies and EPCs running utility-scale and commercial plants | Installers, O&M providers, site owners and lenders holding many residential and commercial sites, often on mixed inverter brands |
| Where the data comes from | Data from the air, the ground, sensors and equipment, brought into one system of record | Read-only from each inverter maker's cloud. Nothing installed on site |
| Imagery and drones | Visual and thermal data from autonomous drones (Raptor Solar Sentry), with missions triggered remotely | None. Sol AI works from production data only |
| The twin | An equipment-level map of the plant, enriched with data | A model of what each site and string should produce in that day's weather, used to spot the gap |
| How work is prioritised | O&M work automation and analytics to decide where resources go | Every problem priced in dollars a day and ranked, most expensive first |
| Inverter brands | Brings in equipment data from multiple sources; brand list not published on the pages we checked | 18 brands supported in one view |
| Pricing | Not published on their site | Not published; quoted per fleet on a 20-minute call |
Raptor Maps platform description, audience and mobile app: raptormaps.com/products/solar-management-platform (retrieved 2 October 2026).
Data sources and audience: raptormaps.com (retrieved 2 October 2026).
Autonomous drone missions: raptormaps.com/products/raptor-solar-sentry (retrieved 2 October 2026). No pricing is published on these pages; we have not estimated it.
Where Raptor Maps wins
Large plants. Raptor Maps sees things production data never will: its drones capture visual and thermal data across a plant, and its analytics cover everything from DC health to AC health. Missions can be triggered remotely, so an inspection does not wait for a crew. The twin is a real map of the plant down to each piece of equipment, and its mobile app is built to work offline in the field. It also publishes a Global Solar Report; the 2026 edition analysed 373 GWdc of utility-scale and commercial plants. If you own or operate utility-scale sites, those are the right tools and we do not offer them.
Who should choose Raptor Maps
Choose Raptor Maps if you run large utility-scale or commercial plants and need aerial inspection, an equipment-level map of each plant and a field workflow built around it.
Who should choose Sol AI
Choose Sol AI if you hold many smaller sites across several inverter brands and want one ranked list each morning of which sites are losing money, with each problem kept open until production proves the repair worked.
FAQ
Questions, answered
What is a good Raptor Maps alternative for a fleet of smaller sites?
It depends on what you need. Raptor Maps is built around large plants: an equipment-level map, drone imagery and field workflow. If your fleet is hundreds of residential or commercial sites on several inverter brands, a monitoring layer that reads each inverter maker's cloud, checks every site nightly against expected output and ranks problems by dollars lost may fit better. Sol AI by Modular Intelligence is one example.
Does Sol AI do drone or thermal inspections?
No. Sol AI works only from the production data the inverters already send to their makers' clouds. It finds which sites and strings are underperforming and what that costs; it does not fly drones or analyse imagery.