SMA Sunny Design
by SMA Solar Technology AG · Niestetal, Germany (SMA Solar Technology AG)
Design & simulation · Hardware + software
- Entry price
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- Charged
- Not established
- Try before buying
- Not established
- Runs on
- Web
- Built for
- Residential · C&I
- Named integrations
- 2
- Last verified
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What is SMA Sunny Design?
A German inverter manufacturer's PV planning tool, free in two tiers and €600/year for a third, covering on-grid and off-grid design, 3D visual roof planning with shading analysis, profitability, and quotation output.
Its pricing could not be verified. We recorded 23 verified capabilities and 1 the vendor claims but we could not confirm.
Verified against the vendor’s own pages.
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Free or paid?
Not established
Could not verify
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
European installers planning residential and commercial PV with storage, heat pumps and EV charging, who want real 3D roof planning and a profitability calculation without paying for one. It is not a US-market tool by default (certification filters offer EU / EU+UL / UL, but the workflow, standards references and release notes are Europe-first), and the free tiers are genuinely limited: no energy-system planning, no 3D model import/export, no tariff management and no time-series export without the paid tier. [✓ https://www.sma.de/en/products/apps-software/sunny-design · 2026-09-25]
Editorial assessment from the research recordSourcesunnydesignweb.comVerified
Pricing
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Feature detail
25 normalised data points across 7 capability areas. Every row carries its evidence state; hover any chip for what that state means.
Solar design & simulation 12 verified 1 claimed
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Array design | ||
| Automatic module layout ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| Ground-mount / tracker layout ⓘ | Basic | Verified |
| Electrical design | ||
| Single-line diagram ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| String sizing / stringing ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| Interoperability | ||
| CAD export (DXF/DWG) ⓘ | — | Verified |
| Site capture | ||
| 3D roof and obstruction model ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
| On-site capture (drone / photogrammetry) ⓘ | Basic | Verified |
| 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 ⓘ | advanced | Verified |
Proposals & sales 1 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Proposal generation | ||
| Proposal document generation ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
Estimation & financial modelling 1 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Financial modelling | ||
| ROI / payback calculation ⓘ | Advanced | Verified |
Integrations & extensibility 2 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Extensibility | ||
| Public API ⓘ | Basic | Verified |
| Named integrations | ||
| Named, documented integrations ⓘ | 2 | Verified |
Platform & deployment 2 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | ||
| Delivery model | hardware+software | Verified |
| Web application | — | Verified |
Pricing & commercial terms
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | ||
| Price published ⓘ | — | Could not read |
Market fit & availability 5 verified
| Capability | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | ||
| Geographic availability | DE; EU; global | Verified |
| Lifecycle | ||
| Product status | active | Verified |
| Segment | ||
| C&I ⓘ | — | Verified |
| Residential ⓘ | — | Verified |
| Utility-scale ⓘ | No | 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
2 named, documented integrations.
- EnergyPlus EPW
- Meteonorm 6.1
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 SMA Sunny Design 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: Capterra, G2, TrustRadius. Cited in prose only, never in our markup.
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Capabilities it carries
Frequently asked
How much does SMA Sunny Design cost?
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Is SMA Sunny Design free?
We did not establish a free tier for SMA Sunny Design.
What does SMA Sunny Design integrate with?
2 named, documented integrations: EnergyPlus EPW, Meteonorm 6.1.
Sources and verification
Primary source
https://www.sunnydesignweb.com/sdweb
Pricing read from https://www.sunnydesignweb.com/sdweb/
Data coverage
23 verified · 1 vendor-claimed · 0 not found
92% of the 25 applicable data points were confirmed on SMA Solar Technology AG’s own pages.
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