HelioScope
by Aurora Solar Inc. (acquired Folsom Labs, 2019) · San Francisco, CA, US
Design & simulation · Software
- Entry price
- USD 159
- Charged
- Capacity tiered
- Try before buying
- Free trial
- Runs on
- Web
- Built for
- C&I
- Named integrations
- 1
- Last verified
against the vendor’s own pages
What is HelioScope?
Cloud commercial-and-industrial PV design and simulation tool — rooftop, carport, ground mount and storage in one project — sold per seat, with a stated accuracy target relative to PVsyst and a PVsyst export on the top tier.
It publishes 159 USD per licence/month. We recorded 33 verified capabilities and 3 the vendor claims but we could not confirm.
Verified against the vendor’s own pages.
The two questions vendors rarely answer
Free or paid?
Free trial offered
Partly published
Dependencies & lock-in
None recorded
We did not establish a hard third-party dependency. That is not the same as confirming there is none.
Our editorial assessment — not a user review
Who it is for — and who it is not for
For C&I designers and engineers who need a layout, a bankable-grade production estimate and a sales proposal without leaving one tool. Not for residential one-roof sales work (the same vendor routes that to Aurora) and not for jobs above 30 MW DC — the vendor publishes a hard design-size cap on every tier.
Editorial assessment from the research recordSourcehelioscope.aurorasolar.comVerified
Pricing
159 USD per licence/month
Some tiers are priced and others are quote-only. The figure above is the published entry point, not the whole picture.
- 1 seat included
- 10 projects
- System size: 1.25 MW DC (Basic) / 5 MW (Pro) / 30 MW (Enterprise)
Free trial
Sourcehelioscope.aurorasolar.comVerifiedfirst-hand
Prices are shown exactly as the vendor writes them and are never converted between currencies — a converted figure would be a number we invented. How we verify pricing
Feature detail
37 normalised data points across 8 capability areas. Every row carries its evidence state; hover any chip for what that state means.
Solar design & simulation 11 verified 3 claimed
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Array design | ||
| Automatic module layout ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| Ground-mount / tracker layout ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| Ground-mount / tracker layout ⓘ | Not offered | Verified |
| Electrical design | ||
| Inverter sizing ⓘ | Basic | Vendor claim |
| Single-line diagram ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| Interoperability | ||
| CAD export (DXF/DWG) ⓘ | — | Verified |
| Export to other simulation tools ⓘ | none | Verified |
| Shading & irradiance | ||
| Shading analysis ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| Site capture | ||
| Remote site capture from imagery ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| Storage design | ||
| Battery sizing and modelling ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| Yield simulation | ||
| Annual energy yield simulation ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| Bankable / IE-accepted simulation report ⓘ | Basic | Vendor claim |
| Loss and uncertainty modelling (P50/P90) ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| Named weather / irradiance data source ⓘ | basic | Vendor claim |
Proposals & sales 2 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Proposal generation | ||
| E-signature ⓘ | — | Verified |
| Proposal document generation ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
Estimation & financial modelling 1 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Financial modelling | ||
| ROI / payback calculation ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
AI & automation 1 verified 1 not found
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| AI capability | ||
| AI defect / anomaly detection ⓘ | not-claimed | Not found |
| AI design assistance | vendor-claimed | Verified |
Integrations & extensibility 2 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Extensibility | ||
| Public API ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| Named integrations | ||
| Named, documented integrations ⓘ | 1 | Verified |
Platform & deployment 2 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | ||
| Delivery model | software | Verified |
| Web application | — | Verified |
Pricing & commercial terms 8 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Limits | ||
| Project / design cap | 10 | Verified |
| Seat cap | 1 | Verified |
| System size cap | 1.25 MW DC (Basic) / 5 MW (Pro) / 30 MW (Enterprise) | Verified |
| Pricing transparency | ||
| Currency | USD | Verified |
| Entry price ⓘ | 159 USD per licence/month | Verified |
| Price published ⓘ | Partial | Verified |
| Pricing model | capacity-tiered | Verified |
| Trial | ||
| Free tier | free-trial | Verified |
Market fit & availability 6 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | ||
| Geographic availability | US; global | Verified |
| Buyer | ||
| Target buyer ⓘ | small-installer; engineering-firm | Verified |
| Lifecycle | ||
| Product status | active | Verified |
| Segment | ||
| C&I ⓘ | — | Verified |
| Residential ⓘ | No | Verified |
| Utility-scale ⓘ | No | Verified |
AI capabilities
- AI defect / anomaly detection No AI claim made
- AI design assistance Vendor claims it
Integrations
1 named, documented integrations.
- PVsyst
A logo wall is not an integration list. Only named, documented products are counted.
Collected from users — none yet
Verified user reviews
No verified user reviews yet
We publish only reviews we collect and verify ourselves. No review of HelioScope has cleared identity verification and moderation yet, so there is no score — and there will be none until eight verified reviews exist.
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Third-party review presence recorded during research: G2, Capterra, TrustRadius. Cited in prose only, never in our markup.
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Capabilities it carries
Who Aurora Solar Inc. (acquired Folsom Labs, 2019) sells it to
Frequently asked
How much does HelioScope cost?
HelioScope publishes 159 USD per licence/month, charged capacity tiered. Read on the vendor's own pricing page on 28 September 2026.
Is HelioScope free?
Free trial.
What does HelioScope integrate with?
1 named, documented integrations: PVsyst.
Sources and verification
Primary source
https://helioscope.aurorasolar.com
Pricing read from https://helioscope.aurorasolar.com/pricing/
Data coverage
33 verified · 3 vendor-claimed · 1 not found
89% of the 37 applicable data points were confirmed on Aurora Solar Inc. (acquired Folsom Labs, 2019)’s own pages.
Last verified
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