PVsyst
by PVsyst SA · Route de la Maison-Carrée 30, 1242 Satigny, Switzerland
Design & simulation · Software
- Entry price
- CHF 700
- Charged
- Per seat
- Try before buying
- Free trial
- Runs on
- Desktop
- Built for
- Residential · C&I · Utility-scale · off-grid
- Named integrations
- 15
- Last verified
against the vendor’s own pages
What is PVsyst?
The Windows desktop PV simulation package that most lenders treat as the reference yield model — grid-connected, stand-alone and pumping systems, 3D near-shading, hourly and sub-hourly, sold as a named annual licence in Swiss francs.
It publishes 700 CHF per year. We recorded 26 verified capabilities and 1 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
Published
Dependencies & lock-in
Has platform constraints
Windows 8/10/11 32/64-bit; NOT Citrix, Remote Desktop, Azure Virtual Desktop; workspace cannot sit on OneDrive/Google Drive/Dropbox
Our editorial assessment — not a user review
Who it is for — and who it is not for
For engineers and IEs who need a yield number a bank will accept and are willing to work in a single-machine desktop tool. Not for anyone who needs macOS, a browser, a shared cloud workspace, a terminal-server deployment, or a sales proposal — the vendor explicitly excludes servers, Citrix, Remote Desktop, Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows Enterprise editions and cloud-synced folders, and sells no CRM or proposal module at all.
Editorial assessment from the research recordSourcepvsyst.comVerified
Pricing
700 CHF per year
Free trial
Sourcepvsyst.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
30 normalised data points across 7 capability areas. Every row carries its evidence state; hover any chip for what that state means.
Solar design & simulation 8 verified 1 claimed 3 not found
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Array design | ||
| Automatic module layout ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| Ground-mount / tracker layout ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| Electrical design | ||
| Inverter sizing ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| Single-line diagram ⓘ | — | Not found |
| Interoperability | ||
| CAD export (DXF/DWG) ⓘ | — | Vendor claim |
| 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 ⓘ | — | Not found |
| Loss and uncertainty modelling (P50/P90) ⓘ | — | Not found |
| Named weather / irradiance data source ⓘ | advanced | Verified |
Estimation & financial modelling 1 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Financial modelling | ||
| ROI / payback calculation ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
Reporting, data & BI 1 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Output | ||
| Report / deliverable export ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
Integrations & extensibility 2 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Extensibility | ||
| Public API ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| Named integrations | ||
| Named, documented integrations ⓘ | 15 | Verified |
Platform & deployment 3 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | ||
| Delivery model | software | Verified |
| Desktop OS support ⓘ | Windows 8/10/11 32/64-bit; NOT Citrix, Remote Desktop, Azure Virtual Desktop; workspace cannot sit on OneDrive/Google Drive/Dropbox | Verified |
| Web application | No | Verified |
Pricing & commercial terms 5 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | ||
| Currency | CHF | Verified |
| Entry price ⓘ | 700 CHF per year | Verified |
| Price published ⓘ | Published | Verified |
| Pricing model | per-seat | Verified |
| Trial | ||
| Free tier | free-trial | Verified |
Market fit & availability 6 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | ||
| Geographic availability | global | Verified |
| Buyer | ||
| Target buyer ⓘ | engineering-firm; small-installer | Verified |
| Lifecycle | ||
| Product status | active | Verified |
| Segment | ||
| C&I ⓘ | — | Verified |
| Residential ⓘ | — | Verified |
| Utility-scale ⓘ | — | Verified |
AI capabilities
No AI claim on the vendor’s own pages
We found no explicit AI or machine-learning claim. Words like “smart”, “one-click automatic” and “magic” are automation claims and are deliberately not counted as AI — coding them as AI would fabricate a capability the vendor never asserted.
Integrations
15 named, documented integrations.
- Meteonorm 9
- NASA-Power
- PVGIS-TMY
- NLR/NSRDB TMY
- Solcast
- SolarAnywhere
- Solargis
- Bing Maps
- OpenStreetMap
- AMPT
- Huawei
- Maxim
- Sungrow
- SolarEdge
- TIGO
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 PVsyst has cleared identity verification and moderation yet, so there is no score — and there will be none until eight verified reviews exist.
Third-party ratings from G2, Capterra and TrustRadius are never mixed into our score or our structured data; where we cite them they are attributed and dated. How our review system works · Write a review
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
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Frequently asked
How much does PVsyst cost?
PVsyst publishes 700 CHF per year, charged per seat. Read on the vendor's own pricing page on 28 September 2026.
Is PVsyst free?
Free trial.
What does PVsyst integrate with?
15 named, documented integrations: Meteonorm 9, NASA-Power, PVGIS-TMY, NLR/NSRDB TMY, Solcast, SolarAnywhere, Solargis, Bing Maps, OpenStreetMap, AMPT, Huawei, Maxim, Sungrow, SolarEdge, TIGO.
Sources and verification
Data coverage
26 verified · 1 vendor-claimed · 3 not found
87% of the 30 applicable data points were confirmed on PVsyst SA’s own pages.
Last verified
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