Powerside

What Powerside does

Powerside is a privately held Canadian-headquartered power quality solutions provider, operating through Power Survey and Equipment Ltd. and Power Standards Lab, Inc., with primary manufacturing in Quebec (recently relocated from Saint-Laurent to Dorval) and operational presence in Alameda, California. The company designs, manufactures, and services an integrated portfolio spanning Class A-compliant power analyzers (PQube 3 family), compact monitors and sensors (PQ Edge, PQ1), synchrophasors (microPMU), low- and medium-voltage capacitor and filter banks (PowerCap, PowerVar, PowerMVar, SynchroMVar, Container-MVar, Pole-MVar), active harmonic filters (PowerAct, PowerXAct, PowerAct Hybrid), and supporting software (cloud-based QubeScan on AWS, on-premise PQView, and AI-augmented DriveScan for variable frequency drive monitoring). The portfolio is rounded out by power quality engineering services, power system analysis, SEMI compliance testing, and commissioning.

The company serves enterprise customers across six primary verticals — semiconductor manufacturing, utilities/DER/microgrid, data centers, medical facilities, commercial and industrial operations, and EV charging infrastructure — citing an installed base of 80,000+ monitoring units, 27,000+ customers, and 15,000+ correction projects. Revenue is generated through a mix of hardware sales, recurring software subscriptions (QubeScan cloud and PQView annual licenses), and project-based professional services, distributed primarily through an enterprise field sales motion with consultative quote-based pricing, supplemented by inside sales, online demo/quote requests, and a self-serve cloud onboarding flow at cloud.powerside.com. Customers cite Powerside's nearly two decades of specialized expertise in SEMI compliance and its single-instrument measurement-plus-environmental capability (PQube 3) as primary selection criteria.

Name

Powerside

Legal name

Power Survey and Equipment Ltd. / Power Standards Lab, Inc.

Website

https://powerside.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Powerside is a privately held Canadian-headquartered power quality solutions provider that designs and manufactures Class A measurement instruments, capacitor and active harmonic filter banks, and cloud/on-premise monitoring software, selling primarily to enterprise semiconductor, utility, data center, medical, industrial, and EV charging customers via direct field sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Power Quality Measurement and Correction Equipment

NAICS

Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519)

SIC

Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Power Quality, Metering & Monitoring (HDACAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Power Quality & Conditioning (PFC units, active filters, voltage regulators, surge protection) (IMAGADAG), Metering & Grid Measurement (Smart Meters, CT/VT, PQ Meters) (IMAGAAAH), Power Conditioners & Voltage Regulators (HDACAJAD)

Keywords

• Power quality monitoring
• Harmonic filtering solutions
• Power factor correction
• Power quality analyzers
• Electrical power systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Laurent

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hardware Products: Sale of power quality monitoring and correction equipment including power analyzers (PQube 3, PQ Edge, PQ1, microPMU), capacitor banks (PowerCap, PowerVar, PowerMVar, Pole-MVar), active harmonic filters (PowerAct, PowerXAct, Hybrid), and accessories. Products sold directly to industrial, utility, and commercial customers with custom engineering and configuration.
2. Cloud Software (QubeScan): SaaS platform for fleet-wide power quality monitoring hosted on AWS. Provides remote visibility, customizable dashboards, trend alerts, compliance reporting, and firmware management. Subscription-based access to cloud infrastructure and software features.
3. On-Premise Software (PQView): Enterprise data concentrator and analysis software installed within customer infrastructure. Device-agnostic platform supporting multiple data sources. License or subscription model for enterprise deployments.
4. Professional Services: Power quality engineering services including power system analysis, harmonic studies, power flow studies, short circuit analysis, protection coordination, motor starting impact analysis, harmonic filter design, commissioning, and SEMI compliance testing. Services provided by electrical engineering experts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Powerside designs, manufactures and sells an integrated portfolio of power quality measurement instruments (PQube 3 analyzers, microPMU synchrophasors, PQ1 and PQ Edge sensors), correction equipment (PowerCap, PowerVar, PowerAct, PowerXAct, Pole-MVar, metal-enclosed MV filter banks) and supporting software (QubeScan cloud monitoring, PQView on-premise data concentrator, AI-powered DriveScan for VFDs), delivered alongside engineering services such as power system analysis, harmonic studies and SEMI compliance testing for industrial, utility, semiconductor, data center, medical and EV charging customers.

Product overview

Powerside offers a comprehensive portfolio of power quality solutions organized into three core categories: Measurement Solutions, Power Quality & Correction Solutions, and Software Solutions. The measurement portfolio includes the PQube 3 series (with variants: PQube 3, PQube 3 Portable, PQube 3e, PQube 3r, PQube 3v, PQube 3LV), PQ Edge power monitor, microPMU synchrophasor, and PQ1 sensor. The corrections portfolio spans PowerCap (PFC, Filter, Harmonic, Auto), PowerVar (PFC, Harmonic, Filter, Fast), PowerAct and PowerXAct active harmonic filters, PowerAct Hybrid filter, Pole-MVar pole-mount filter bank, and Metal Enclosed Medium Voltage Banks (PowerMVar, SynchroMVar, Container-MVar). Software solutions include QubeScan cloud monitoring platform, PQView on-premise data concentrator, DriveScan MV for medium voltage VFDs, and DriveScan LV for low voltage drives. The portfolio is complemented by engineering services, power system analysis, SEMI compliance testing, and commissioning & support services, serving industries including semiconductor, utilities/DER/microgrid, commercial & industrial, data centers, medical, and EV charging.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PQube: Best-in-class power analyzer product line including PQube 3 series for power quality, environmental and process monitoring
• PQ Edge
• microPMU
• PQ1
• PowerCap
• PowerVar
• PowerAct
• PowerXAct
• PowerAct Hybrid
• Pole-MVar
• PowerMVar
• SynchroMVar
• Container-MVar
• QubeScan
• DriveScan
• PQView
• MediScan
• GridAnalyzer

Products and services

• PQube 3 Power Analyzers Best-in-class Class A-compliant power quality analyzer series that monitors power quality, environmental and process data through a single instrument. The PQube 3 family includes variants for portable, multi-load, high-accuracy, voltage compliance and distribution grid monitoring applications, with support for SCADA, Modbus/TCP, DNP 3.0, SNMP and BACnet protocols. Used by semiconductor fabs, data centers, utilities, medical facilities and industrial customers to detect voltage sags, swells, interruptions, impulses, harmonics and flicker.
• PQ Edge Power Quality Monitor Cost-effective compact Class A-compliant power monitor designed for OEMs and facility managers to track power quality around critical equipment at scale. Supports Modbus TCP/RTU, Ethernet/IP, BACnet and Bluetooth connectivity, with companion iOS and Android apps for mobile configuration and monitoring.
• microPMU Synchrophasor High-speed synchrophasor delivering millidegree angle accuracy (Total Vector Error 0.01%) and 100-120 evaluations per second for dynamic grid monitoring. Pre-configured for IEEE C37.118.2-2011 protocol with 30 days of internal storage and compatibility with OpenPDC and PingThings Predictive Grid cloud platforms.
• PQ1 Power Quality Sensor Compact palm-sized power quality sensor priced at less than 10% of traditional analyzers, detecting voltage sags, swells, interruptions and impulses as short as 500 nanoseconds. Includes 16 preset industry-standard thresholds including SEMI F47, ITIC, CBEMA, IEC, EN50160, MIL-STD 704E, MIL-STD-3900, IEC 61000-2-4 and IEC 61000-4-11.
• PowerCap Low Voltage Fixed Banks Fixed low voltage capacitor and filter banks that connect directly to industrial equipment to correct power factor and harmonic issues at the source. Available in PFC (up to 150 kVar), Filter, Harmonic and Auto configurations to suit different load and harmonic environments.
• PowerVar Low Voltage Auto Banks Automatic low voltage capacitor and filter banks that adapt to changes in reactive power and harmonics, delivering continuous power correction with up to 1200 kVar in a single enclosure. Configurations include PFC, Harmonic, Filter and Fast variants with thyristor switching over 60 times per second for dynamic loads.
• PowerAct Low Voltage Active Harmonic Filter Low voltage active harmonic filter that automatically injects equal and opposite frequencies to cancel harmonics in real time. Operates at full correction capacity with no risk of overload, in a compact modular design supporting up to 750A of current correction in a single cabinet.
• PowerXAct Low Voltage Active Filter Next-generation modular lightweight active harmonic filter designed for modern electrical environments where space, scalability and speed of deployment matter, delivering uncompromising harmonic compensation in a compact form factor for industrial, commercial and renewable energy sectors.
• PowerAct Hybrid Harmonic Filter Combined active and passive harmonic filtering technology integrated into a single enclosure, delivering tailored power factor and harmonic compensation with 37% less space required than traditional filtering solutions.
• Pole-MVar Pole-Mount Filter Bank Filtered medium voltage capacitor bank in pole-mounted form factor that manages reactive power and resonance, improving power factor and preventing harmonic resonance on overhead distribution systems.
• Metal Enclosed Medium Voltage Filter Banks Custom-built metal enclosed medium voltage capacitor and filter banks designed to enhance energy efficiency and extend equipment lifespan. Variants include PowerMVar with traditional switching, SynchroMVar with transient-free point-on-wave switching, and Container-MVar housed in standard 20' or 40' ISO containers for portable field deployment.
• QubeScan Monitoring Software Cloud-based monitoring platform on AWS providing immediate remote visibility into comprehensive power quality data from PQube 3 and PQ Edge analyzers across fleets. Includes customizable dashboards, trend alerts, automatic IEEE 519 and EN50160 compliance reports, automatic firmware updates, fleet disturbance analysis and unlimited data storage.
• PQView Data Concentrator and Analysis Software Device-agnostic on-premise power quality data concentrator and analyzer used by over 80 utilities across five continents. Supports direct download from multiple device types, static/interactive/derived charts, automatic reporting system (ARS), Power Quality Data Reporter (PQDR), and integrates with OSIsoft PI, IEC 61850 IEDs, MODBUS, IEEE COMTRADE/PQDIF, and devices from Schneider Electric, SEL, Advantech, AMETEK, Arbiter, Camille Bauer, Dranetz, ElectroIndustries, Iskra, Gossen and SATEC.
• DriveScan MV Drive Monitoring Software Real-time remote condition monitoring and trend analysis software for medium voltage variable frequency drives using patented artificial intelligence and algorithms with sampling above 30kHz. Brand-agnostic across VFD manufacturers, identifying potential failure points well in advance to cut total outage cost by up to 50% and restore drive operation 3-7 days faster after an outage.
• DriveScan LV Drive Monitoring Software Cloud-based continuous monitoring software for low voltage variable frequency drives with AI-powered predictive insights. Detects and alerts to intermittent and evolving problems sooner to inform preventive maintenance planning and strategic decisions across facilities.
• Power Quality Engineering Services Specialized power system consulting covering analyses, simulations, on-site consulting and tailored solutions for designing, rating, specifying, troubleshooting and mitigating electrical power systems. Services include power system analysis, harmonic studies, power flow studies, short circuit analysis, protection coordination, motor starting impact analysis and harmonic filter design, delivered by electrical engineering experts.
• Power System Analysis Diagnostic service that identifies root causes of power quality issues by deploying a portable PQube 3 monitor for two weeks, then delivering a comprehensive report and tailored recommendations to facility operators.
• SEMI Compliance Testing Compliance testing services for semiconductor fabricators and OEMs covering SEMI F47 voltage sag immunity, SEMI E6 electric power specifications, SEMI S23 energy/utilities/materials measurement and IEEE 1100 power and grounding practices. Includes certification and low/no-cost remediation solutions.
• Commissioning and Support Expert commissioning and support services including pre-installation support, operation and maintenance training, thorough testing at installation, and ongoing post-commissioning support for power quality solutions deployed at customer sites.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduce outage costs by up to 50% with DriveScan monitoring
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration17 records

AI capability5 records

Feature11 records

Scale indicators23 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Schneider Electric: Schneider Electric offers the ION series of power quality meters and PME software, directly overlapping with Powerside's PQube, PQ Edge, and PQView portfolio. As a much larger incumbent with switchgear, UPS, and building automation offerings, Schneider competes by bundling power quality into broader electrical distribution deals across the same end markets.
• ABB: ABB offers a wide range of power quality and power conditioning solutions including active filters, capacitor banks, and grid measurement instruments, overlapping with Powerside's correction and measurement portfolio. ABB serves the same industrial, utility, and data center customers and competes on integrated switchgear-plus-power-quality solutions.
• Eaton: Eaton provides power quality meters, harmonic filters, capacitor banks, and UPS systems overlapping with Powerside's measurement and correction product lines. Its scale and broad electrical portfolio make it a frequent competitor in industrial, data center, and utility power quality projects.
• Fluke (Fortive): Fluke offers a broad range of electrical test and measurement instruments, including portable power quality analyzers that overlap with PQube 3 Portable. Fluke's extensive industrial and electrical contractor distribution network provides a competitive advantage in mindshare and channel reach.
• Siemens: Siemens offers SICAM power quality measurement, grid monitoring, and industrial power conditioning products that compete with Powerside's measurement solutions. With deep relationships across utilities, data centers, and industrial automation, Siemens is a frequent competitor in large project bids.

Direct peers

• Accuenergy: Accuenergy manufactures power quality meters, multifunction meters, and current transformers that compete with Powerside's PQ Edge and PQube product lines. The company targets similar industrial, commercial, and utility customers with cost-effective measurement solutions.
• SATEC: SATEC produces power quality analyzers and energy management solutions that overlap with Powerside's measurement portfolio. Both companies focus on IEC 61000-4-30 Class A compliant devices and serve utilities and industrial customers with similar requirements.
• Dranetz (Gossen Metrawatt): Dranetz is a long-established power quality analyzer manufacturer (now part of Gossen Metrawatt) whose portable and permanent PQ monitors directly compete with PQube 3 and PQ Edge. Both companies target the same electrical engineering, industrial, and utility customers with overlapping IEC 61000-4-30 compliant instruments.
• Hioki E.E. Corporation: Hioki manufactures power quality analyzers and memory recorders that compete directly with Powerside's PQube 3 and PQ Edge product families. Hioki has strong positioning in Japan and Asia-Pacific and serves overlapping industrial and utility power quality use cases.
• Elspec (Friedrich Lütze): Elspec provides power quality analyzers, continuous monitoring systems, and active harmonic filters, closely aligned with Powerside's PQube 3 and PowerAct offerings. Elspec serves similar industrial and utility customers with comparable Class A compliant measurement and correction solutions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance25 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors7 records

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M&A2 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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