What Solytic does

Solytic GmbH is a Berlin-based software company founded in 2017 that operates a hardware-independent, cloud-based monitoring and analytics platform for photovoltaic (PV) solar installations. The platform ingests data from more than 40 inverter and data logger manufacturers and supervises over 250,000 PV installations totaling approximately 2.6 GWp of capacity for 150+ customers across residential installers, O&M service providers, EPC firms, utilities, and asset owners. Its core product combines a self-service onboarding flow, AI-supported anomaly detection, performance analytics, automated ticketing, and an open-platform architecture (solarOS) intended to enable third-party integrations.

The underlying technology is built on Microsoft Azure and centered on a proprietary physical-model digital twin derived from NASA satellite radiation and weather data, which Solytic uses to benchmark expected versus actual PV output and detect errors at the component level. The company complements this with AI-driven interpretation of error patterns, predictive analytics (in development), and performance-ratio optimization features (in beta), plus a managed Control Room Service for externally operated monitoring and ticket processing.

Solytic monetizes through a SaaS subscription priced at €0.20/kWp/year with a €60 minimum, plus a one-time setup fee of €0.50/kWp. Distribution is a mix of direct sales and white-label integrations inside OEM and O&M partner portals (including KOSTAL, Vaillant, and Exel Solar). Strategic investors have included Vattenfall (2017), STEAG (2022), and EWE, alongside an undisclosed Series A and a ~€2M round in 2022. In October 2024 Solytic was acquired by S.E.E. Servicegesellschaft Erneuerbare Energien mbH, integrating the platform into a larger German renewable energy services group.

Name

Solytic

Legal name

Solytic GmbH

Website

https://solytic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Solytic GmbH is a Berlin-based, hardware-independent SaaS platform that monitors and analyzes over 250,000 photovoltaic installations (2.6 GWp) for 150+ installers, O&M providers, utilities, and asset owners using a proprietary physical-model digital twin and AI-driven anomaly detection.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Solar PV Monitoring Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Solar Design, Engineering & Performance Software (PV Modeling, Digital Twins, Monitoring) (EUAMABAH)

Keywords

• PV monitoring software
• Solar asset monitoring
• Renewable energy analytics
• White-label monitoring
• Inverter-agnostic platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. PV Monitoring Software subscription: Recurring subscription billed at €0.20 per kWp per year (minimum €60/year), based on the kWp size of the monitored PV portfolio. The core SaaS revenue stream.
2. One-time setup fees: One-off onboarding/setup fee of €0.50 per kWp including introduction, charged at the start of the customer relationship.
3. White-label PV monitoring licensing: White-label/OEM licensing revenue from partners (e.g., KOSTAL Solar Electric, Vaillant) who rebrand and resell the Solytic platform under their own brand to their end customers.
4. Control Room Service (managed services): Managed 24/7 PV monitoring service revenue from customers outsourcing monitoring operations to Solytic experts, ensuring SLA-based availability, data security, and system maintenance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Solytic provides a hardware-independent, cloud-based PV (photovoltaic) monitoring platform that centralizes entire solar portfolios in a single software, compatible with inverters and data loggers from over 40 manufacturers. The offering is delivered as a SaaS subscription (€0.20 per kWp per year) and is extended via a White Label PV Monitoring module, a managed 24/7 Control Room Service, and Interfaces (APIs) that connect the platform to third-party tools. Built on Microsoft Azure, the platform applies a physical-model digital twin and AI-driven error recognition to enable predictive/prescriptive maintenance for distributed solar assets.

Product overview

Solytic operates a single unified hardware-independent PV monitoring platform extended through several modular offerings and a white-label program. The core is the PV Monitoring Software, which centralizes entire PV portfolios (250,000+ installations under management, 2.6 GWp total capacity) and is compatible with over 40 inverter and data logger manufacturers, eliminating the need for additional hardware. Around this core, Solytic offers the White Label PV Monitoring module (used by partners such as KOSTAL, Vaillant, and Exel Solar to deliver branded portals), the Control Room Service (a managed 24/7 monitoring offering), and Interfaces/APIs (which connect Solytic's data to external tools). The solarOS initiative, co-launched with Kwest, extends Solytic's reach into digitalization for small and medium-sized installation companies. Following the October 2024 acquisition of Solytic by S.E.E. Servicegesellschaft Erneuerbare Energien mbH, Solytic's monitoring portfolio is bundled with S.E.E.'s PV SECURE security offering, creating an integrated PV monitoring and protection solution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• solarOS: Industry initiative jointly launched with Kwest in the German solar market to strengthen installation companies and support them in digitalizing their service business as part of the energy transition.
• PV SECURE

Products and services

• PV Monitoring Software Flagship hardware-independent cloud PV monitoring software that centralizes an entire PV portfolio in one platform; compatible with over 40 inverter and data logger manufacturers, eliminating the need to retrofit additional hardware. Targets O&M companies, EPCs, asset managers, utilities, and OEMs.
• White Label PV Monitoring White-label solution that enables OEM and channel partners (e.g., KOSTAL Solar Electric, Vaillant, Exel Solar) to offer a complete professional PV monitoring software under their own brand with customized dashboards and user management, without development effort on the partner side.
• Control Room Service Managed 24/7 PV monitoring service in which Solytic's experts take over complete PV portfolio monitoring on behalf of customers, providing SLA-driven availability, data security, and ongoing system maintenance so customers can focus on their core business.
• Interfaces (API) Solytic's API/interfaces module that connects the Solytic monitoring software with other tools, allowing customers to use PV portfolio data according to their personal requirements via seamless integration, maximum flexibility, and individual data usage.
• solarOS Initiative co-launched by Solytic and Kwest in the German solar market to strengthen installation companies and support them in the energy transition by digitalizing small and medium-sized PV service businesses.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 87% cheaper than competing PV monitoring solutions
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• S.E.E. Servicegesellschaft Erneuerbare Energien mbHflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024S.E.E. Servicegesellschaft Erneuerbare Energien mbH (Hamburg) acquired Solytic GmbH effective 01.10.2024. S.E.E. is now the parent/legal entity behind the Solytic brand and operates the PV SECURE product line alongside Solytic; Hardy Narjes is Managing Director. Solytic continues as a leading PV monitoring platform under S.E.E.'s umbrella.
• KwestcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 May 2023Solytic and Kwest jointly launched the 'solarOS' initiative in the German solar market to strengthen installation companies and support them through digital SMEs in the energy transition.
• Exel SolarflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 2 February 2020Exel Solar, a leading Mexican PV distributor, chose Solytic on February 2, 2020 as its monitoring partner after eight months of evaluation. Exel Solar resells Solytic in Mexico, planned to onboard 1,000+ plants in 2020, and enables customers to be charged half the price of competing monitoring solutions.
• VaillantcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 1 February 2020Vaillant's PV monitoring offering is powered by Solytic's white-label solution, allowing Vaillant to offer a complete branded monitoring software without in-house development effort.
• KOSTAL Solar ElectricflagshipOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 1 January 2019KOSTAL Solar Electric partnered with Solytic at the end of 2019 to relaunch the KOSTAL Solar Portal on Solytic's scalable Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure. The relaunched portal serves 100,000+ users with real-time PV system data, with further development around e-mobility / wallbox integration planned.
• Microsoft (Microsoft Azure)flagshipTechnology or IntegrationSolytic builds its scalable cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure, including for white-label customer portals like the KOSTAL Solar Portal. Azure provides the mix of security, stability, and expandability required for 100,000+ user platforms.
• pv magazineminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaboration with pv magazine on monitoring/operational management product databases used to enrich Solytic's PV monitoring software and data logger comparison pages.
• BayWa r.e.minorGTM or Marketing PartnerBayWa r.e. (Virgil Cazacu) co-paneled at PV Operations Europe 2020 with Solytic's Johannes Burgard on PV monitoring/digitalization. BayWa r.e. is one of the largest O&M providers in Europe with 8+ GW solar under management.
• AltesominorGTM or Marketing PartnerAlteso (Günter Maier), a PV data analytics company, co-paneled at PV Operations Europe 2020 with Solytic's Johannes Burgard on digitization, data quality, and OPEX reduction.
• IsotrolminorGTM or Marketing PartnerIsotrol (Daniel Watson), a SCADA monitoring company with 38+ GW of renewable energy monitored, co-paneled at PV Operations Europe 2020 with Solytic's Johannes Burgard.
• Navigant Research (Guidehouse)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerNavigant Research (Pritil Gunjan) moderated the PV Operations Europe 2020 panel featuring Solytic and other monitoring providers; cited industry estimates of $80B cumulative solar/wind monitoring revenue over the next 10 years.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SMA Solar Technology: SMA operates Sunny Portal, a hardware-tied PV monitoring platform that Solytic explicitly cites as a direct competitor. Both target commercial and residential PV operators, but SMA bundles monitoring with inverter sales, giving it strong default-positioning versus Solytic's hardware-independent positioning.
• SolarEdge: SolarEdge offers its own PV monitoring platform bundled with its inverter/hardware ecosystem, competing directly with Solytic in commercial-scale PV monitoring. SolarEdge's hardware-tied model is the primary alternative to Solytic's hardware-independent approach.
• Enphase: Enphase operates Enlighten, a PV monitoring platform tied to its microinverter hardware. Solytic explicitly integrates Enphase Envoy-S data loggers, positioning itself as the hardware-independent alternative for installers and operators seeking to centralize multi-vendor fleets.
• meteocontrol: meteocontrol (VCOM platform) is a German-headquartered PV monitoring and grid-management provider and is referenced as a direct competitor in Solytic's own comparison pages. Both serve European utility-scale and C&I PV operators with portfolio monitoring and yield analytics.
• QOS Energy: QOS Energy (Quantum Renewable Cloud) is listed by Solytic as a peer and competitor in PV monitoring. Notably, QOS uses an alternative behavior-based digital twin approach, providing a direct contrast to Solytic's physical-model digital twin methodology.
• Isotrol: Isotrol is a SCADA-style renewable energy monitoring provider cited by Solytic's panelist context as managing 38+ GW of renewable assets. It targets utility-scale operators with similar asset performance and O&M digitization use cases as Solytic.
• Alteso: Alteso is a European PV data analytics company that co-paneled with Solytic at PV Operations Europe 2020 on OPEX reduction and data quality. Both target PV asset managers and operators with data-driven performance optimization, making them directly comparable specialists.

Broad incumbents

• Fronius: Fronius is a major inverter OEM with Solar.web monitoring. Solytic integrates Fronius Datamanager 2.0 as a compatible data logger but competes with Fronius's own monitoring offering for end-customer mindshare — making Fronius a hardware-OEM incumbent in the same space.
• Huawei Digital Power (FusionSolar): Huawei FusionSolar is a global inverter-and-monitoring platform bundled with Huawei SmartLogger hardware. Solytic integrates Huawei's data loggers to remain hardware-agnostic, but FusionSolar represents a large incumbent competitor with global reach into utility-scale PV projects.

Emerging players

• Powerdoo: Powerdoo is a German PV monitoring and energy management company referenced in pv magazine's monitoring product database alongside Solytic. Powerdoo was acquired by Solytic in February 2020, making it a historical peer and now absorbed product line.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors6 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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