Comparison
Energy Toolbase (ETB Developer) vs HOMER Pro
26 differences · 4 identical
- Entry price
- USD 299
- Charged
- Hardware inclusive
- Free tier or trial
- No free tier or trial
- Named integrations
- 4
- Verified data points
- 13
- Entry price
- Not publicly disclosed
- Charged
- Modular licence
- Free tier or trial
- Free trial
- Named integrations
- 1
- Verified data points
- 15
The differences that matter most
- Price published Partial Not published
- Pricing model hardware-inclusive modular-licence
- Free tier Not offered free-trial
Energy Toolbase (ETB Developer) or HOMER Pro?
They differ most on price published. Energy Toolbase (ETB Developer) publishes USD 299; HOMER Pro publishes Not publicly disclosed. They use different pricing models, so those figures do not compare directly.
We do not name a winner. Below are 26 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
Energy Toolbase (ETB Developer) is priced hardware-inclusive and HOMER Pro is priced modular-licence. These are different pricing models, so a single side-by-side figure would be misleading. Each is shown as its vendor states it.
Energy Toolbase (ETB Developer)
USD 299
299 USD per user/month billed annually
Hardware inclusive
1 seat included
10 projects
HOMER Pro
Not publicly disclosed
Modular licence
Prices are shown exactly as each vendor writes them and are never converted between currencies.
Where they differ
26 differences, ordered by how much they are likely to matter — pricing transparency first, then capabilities the vendor explicitly confirms or denies.
| Capability | Energy Toolbase (ETB Developer) | HOMER Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Solar design & simulation | ||
| Battery sizing and modelling | — Could not read | Advanced Verified |
| Sub-hourly / 8760 output | — Could not read | Yes Verified |
| Proposals & sales | ||
| Proposal document generation | Advanced Verified | — Not found |
| Savings / bill-offset calculation | Advanced Verified | — Not found |
| E-signature | Yes Vendor claim | Yes Verified |
| Financing option presentation | Advanced Verified | — Could not read |
| Incentive and rebate calculation | Advanced Verified | — Could not read |
| Permitting & engineering | ||
| Interconnection application | Advanced Verified | — Could not read |
| Monitoring & operations | ||
| Production monitoring | Advanced Verified | — Could not read |
| Thermal / aerial inspection analytics | — Could not read | Advanced Verified |
| Certificate, rebate & scheme administration | ||
| VPP / demand-response enrolment | Yes Verified | — Could not read |
| AI & automation | ||
| AI agent / copilot | vendor-claimed Verified | — Could not read |
| Integrations & extensibility | ||
| Named, documented integrations | 4 Verified | 1 Verified |
| Platform & deployment | ||
| Web application | Yes Verified | — Could not read |
| Pricing & commercial terms | ||
| Price published | Partial Verified | Not published Verified |
| Pricing model | hardware-inclusive Verified | modular-licence Verified |
| Free tier | Not offered Verified | free-trial Verified |
| Entry price | 299 USD per user/month billed annually Verified | — Could not read |
| Currency | USD Verified | — Could not read |
| Project / design cap | 10 Verified | — Could not read |
| Seat cap | 1 Verified | — Could not read |
| Self-serve signup | — Could not read | Yes Verified |
| Market fit & availability | ||
| Geographic availability | US; global Verified | global Verified |
| Residential | Yes Verified | No Verified |
| Target buyer | developer; engineering-firm Verified | engineering-firm Verified |
| Utility-scale | No Verified | Yes Verified |
Scroll the table sideways to see both products. The capability column stays in place.
Where they are the same 4 data points
- Dispatch / self-consumption strategy
- Product status
- C&I
- Delivery model
Which might suit you
Framed as requirements, not a verdict. Both descriptions come from the same data.
Consider Energy Toolbase (ETB Developer) if…
- AI-assisted workflows matter to you
- your work is mostly residential
For C&I and community-scale solar-plus-storage developers and consultants who need a defensible bill-savings model against real tariffs and then a branded proposal out of the same tool. Not for off-grid or islanded microgrid engineering — ETB models the economics of grid-connected assets against a rate schedule, where HOMER Pro models the physics of a system that may have no grid at all.
Full Energy Toolbase (ETB Developer) profileConsider HOMER Pro if…
- you work at utility scale
For engineers sizing hybrid generation-plus-storage systems, especially off-grid, island, remote and campus microgrids where the physics and the fuel curve decide the answer. Not for a salesperson producing a client-facing proposal, and not for tariff-driven bill-savings work — HOMER names no utility rate database at all, which is exactly what Energy Toolbase sells.
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Frequently asked
What is the main difference between Energy Toolbase (ETB Developer) and HOMER Pro?
They differ most on price published. In total we recorded 26 verified differences and 4 points where they are the same.
Which costs more, Energy Toolbase (ETB Developer) or HOMER Pro?
Energy Toolbase (ETB Developer) is priced hardware-inclusive and HOMER Pro is priced modular-licence. These are different pricing models, so a single side-by-side figure would be misleading. Each is shown as its vendor states it.
Is Energy Toolbase (ETB Developer) or HOMER Pro 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