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Design & simulation · Web
Pricing GBP 0 Per seat Free tier, no time limit
Sept 2026
Comparison
Enact vs SolarEdge Designer
25 differences · 12 identical
EnactEnact Systems Inc.
- Entry price
- USD 279
- Charged
- Per seat
- Free tier or trial
- No free tier or trial
- Named integrations
- 1
- Verified data points
- 11
SolarEdge DesignerSolarEdge Technologies
- Entry price
- Free
- Charged
- Free
- Free tier or trial
- Free tier, no time limit
- Named integrations
- 2
- Verified data points
- 9
The differences that matter most
- Price published Partial Published
- Pricing model per-seat free
- Free tier Not offered free-forever
Enact or SolarEdge Designer?
They differ most on price published. Enact publishes USD 279; SolarEdge Designer publishes Free. They use different pricing models, so those figures do not compare directly.
We do not name a winner. Below are 25 differences drawn from the same sourced dataset that powers both product pages.
Verified against the vendor’s own pages.
Pricing
These cannot be compared on a single number
Enact is priced per-seat and SolarEdge Designer is priced free. These are different pricing models, so a single side-by-side figure would be misleading. Each is shown as its vendor states it.
Enact
USD 279
279 USD per month billed annually
Per seat
2 seats included
10 projects
SolarEdge Designer
Free
0 USD no licence or subscription fees
Free
Prices are shown exactly as each vendor writes them and are never converted between currencies.
Where they differ
25 differences, ordered by how much they are likely to matter — pricing transparency first, then capabilities the vendor explicitly confirms or denies.
Legend Verified Vendor claim Not offered Not found Could not read
| Capability | Enact | SolarEdge Designer |
|---|---|---|
| Solar design & simulation | ||
| Ground-mount / tracker layout | Advanced Verified | — Not found |
| Loss and uncertainty modelling (P50/P90) | Advanced Verified | — Not found |
| Single-line diagram | Advanced Verified | — Not found |
| 3D roof and obstruction model | Advanced Verified | — Could not read |
| Annual energy yield simulation | Basic Vendor claim | Advanced Verified |
| Automatic module layout | Basic Vendor claim | Advanced Verified |
| Inverter sizing | — Could not read | Advanced Verified |
| On-site capture (drone / photogrammetry) | — Not found | — Could not read |
| Shading analysis | — Could not read | Advanced Verified |
| String sizing / stringing | Advanced Verified | — Could not read |
| Monitoring & operations | ||
| Production monitoring | Advanced Verified | — Could not read |
| AI & automation | ||
| AI defect / anomaly detection | vendor-claimed Verified | — Could not read |
| AI design assistance | — Could not read | vendor-claimed Verified |
| Integrations & extensibility | ||
| Named, documented integrations | 1 Verified | 2 Verified |
| Platform prerequisite | AutoCAD (PVCAD plug-in tier) — or bundled at +$66/month Verified | — Could not read |
| Public API | Basic Vendor claim | — Not found |
| Platform & deployment | ||
| Delivery model | hybrid Verified | software Verified |
| Pricing & commercial terms | ||
| Price published | Partial Verified | Published Verified |
| Pricing model | per-seat Verified | free Verified |
| Free tier | Not offered Verified | free-forever Verified |
| Entry price | 279 USD per month billed annually Verified | 0 USD no licence or subscription fees Verified |
| Project / design cap | 10 Verified | — Could not read |
| Seat cap | 2 Verified | — Could not read |
| Market fit & availability | ||
| Geographic availability | US; global Verified | global Verified |
| Utility-scale | Yes Verified | No Verified |
Scroll the table sideways to see both products. The capability column stays in place.
Where they are the same 12 data points
- Currency
- CAD export (DXF/DWG)
- Remote site capture from imagery
- Battery sizing and modelling
- Bankable / IE-accepted simulation report
- Named weather / irradiance data source
- ROI / payback calculation
- Product status
- C&I
- Residential
- Web application
- Proposal document generation
Which might suit you
Framed as requirements, not a verdict. Both descriptions come from the same data.
Consider Enact if…
- AI-assisted workflows matter to you
- you work at utility scale
- your work is mostly residential
Installers who want one vendor for sales design, permit-grade engineering and post-install monitoring, and who will pay for those as three separate line items. It is not a single unified product: the "end-to-end platform" announced in January 2026 is, as sold on 2026-09-25, three priced modules — one of which still lives on a separate domain under a separate brand, with its own pricing pages that disagree with Enact's. [✓ https://enact.solar/providers/provider-pricing/ · 2026-09-25]
Full Enact profileConsider SolarEdge Designer if…
- you need a price you can plan against before talking to sales
- you want to start without a budget approval
- AI-assisted workflows matter to you
- your work is mostly residential
For installers designing SolarEdge systems who want design, compliance checking and a proposal at no cost, integrated with the SolarEdge Monitoring Platform. Not for vendor-neutral design work: the vendor's own copy scopes it to "all your SolarEdge systems" and to compliance with "the latest SolarEdge design rules". Any comparison page must state that the price is zero because the product sells inverters, not software.
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Frequently asked
What is the main difference between Enact and SolarEdge Designer?
They differ most on price published. In total we recorded 25 verified differences and 12 points where they are the same.
Which costs more, Enact or SolarEdge Designer?
Enact is priced per-seat and SolarEdge Designer is priced free. These are different pricing models, so a single side-by-side figure would be misleading. Each is shown as its vendor states it.
Is Enact or SolarEdge Designer better?
We do not name a winner. Both are described from the same verified data, and which suits you depends on your requirements — the differences above are the facts; the choice is yours.
Last verified
Vendors change pricing and features without notice. Check the vendor’s own page before deciding.
This comparison is generated from the feature database, not written by hand. A pair is only published when the data holds at least five stateable differences — which is why 281 candidate pairs were refused. How comparisons are built