What kWIQly does

kWIQly GmbH is a Switzerland-based, privately held software company that has developed an AI-powered energy analytics platform aimed at multi-site building portfolios. The product ingests fiscal meter data that organisations already possess — typically under-utilised gas and electricity consumption records — and applies a proprietary pattern-recognition AI model to identify, prioritise, and diagnose over-consumption across portfolios. The system is designed to deliver actionable insights within hours of data access, without requiring new hardware, sensors, or capital expenditure, and is specifically optimised for complex buildings and large portfolios where legacy energy management solutions have underperformed. The platform also generates system-recommended Energy Conservation Measures that can be cross-referenced with customers' existing Energy Management Systems.

The company operates a product-led go-to-market model anchored by a two-phase Technical Assessment Programme: a same-day initial assessment plus a three-month full technical assessment, both offered free of charge with no contract or obligation. This trial mechanism is supplemented by inside-sales engagement via the company's website contact forms and a client-partner onboarding workflow. Revenue is generated through an annual subscription model with flexible, transparent pricing positioned at a low cost of entry. The target customer is the multi-site portfolio manager — typically an energy manager within large enterprises in Retail (Tesco, JD Group, Boots, Screwfix), Education (Oxford Brookes University, Durham University), and Energy (TotalEnergies, Corona Energy, Energy Assets) — who needs prioritised, actionable insight rather than raw data analytics.

Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Niederried, Bern, kWIQly operates with a lean team of 1–10 employees and is led by Founder and Managing Director James Ferguson alongside CTO Andreas Mueller. The company has historically been bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding rounds; its principal inorganic move was the 2013 acquisition of UK-based AEC Environmental Ltd. It maintains dual Swiss and UK phone lines, is GDPR-compliant, and reports customer outcomes of up to 25% gas savings and 15% electricity savings, with an average ROI of 1275% (up to 7000%) across its customer base.

Name

kWIQly

Legal name

kWIQly GmbH

Website

https://kwiqly.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

kWIQly is a Switzerland-based software company that provides an AI-powered energy analytics platform for multi-site building portfolios, using existing fiscal meter data to identify and prioritise over-consumption across Retail, Education, and Energy sector customers on an annual subscription basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Energy Analytics Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro primary industry

Energy Management & Monitoring (Submetering, Dashboards, Analytics) (BPABAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Grid Data & Analytics Enablement (MDM, Data Integration, Hosting) (EUAEANAI), Customer, Meter & AMI Analytics (Usage, Alarms, Theft) (EUAJALAI)

Keywords

• Building energy analytics
• Energy management software
• AI energy optimization
• Portfolio energy intelligence
• Fiscal meter analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Niederried

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Annual Subscription: The company operates on a subscription model. Pricing is flexible and transparent with 'low cost of entry and commitment'. The company emphasises that 'savings from free trial programme > cost of annual subscription', indicating annual billing. No specific pricing tiers are publicly disclosed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

kWIQly provides an AI-powered energy analytics platform that ingests existing fiscal meter data (gas and electricity) from customer buildings to identify, prioritise, and resolve over-consumption across multi-site portfolios. The platform delivers overnight, actionable insights, Energy Conservation Measures, and prioritised to-do lists without requiring any new equipment, sensors, or additional data sources. It is offered as an annual subscription and is sold to enterprise organisations managing complex building portfolios in retail, education, and energy sectors.

Product overview

kWIQly offers a single unified AI-powered energy analytics platform for managing energy consumption across building portfolios. The core product is the kWIQly platform, which is supplemented by a Technical Assessment Programme consisting of two phases: the Same-Day Initial Technical Assessment (providing immediate diagnosis and dashboard review) and the Three-Month Full Technical Assessment (providing extended live monitoring and savings validation). No new equipment or data sources are required—the system works exclusively with existing fiscal meter data already owned by the customer.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• kWIQly AI Energy Analytics Platform AI-powered energy analytics SaaS platform for enterprise energy managers that ingests existing fiscal meter data (gas and electricity) to identify, prioritise, and resolve over-consumption across multi-site building portfolios. Delivers overnight actionable insights, system-generated Energy Conservation Measures, and prioritised to-do lists without requiring new equipment or sensors. Targets enterprise customers in retail, education, and energy sectors, sold on an annual subscription.
• Technical Assessment Programme (Same-Day Initial + Three-Month Full Assessment) Two-phase, no-fee, no-contract, no-obligation assessment service that allows prospective enterprise customers to run kWIQly on their own fiscal meter data before subscribing. Phase One (Same-Day Initial Technical Assessment) delivers immediate diagnosis, a one-hour client-partner working session, and a prioritised action list. Phase Two (Three-Month Full Technical Assessment) connects kWIQly to live data across the entire portfolio, provides monthly review sessions, and validates and quantifies energy savings.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 25% gas savings
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• EnergyCAP: Energy management and utility bill tracking SaaS for multi-site organisations. Direct competitor to kWIQly in serving portfolio energy managers with software-based consumption analytics and reporting.
• Wattics: AI-powered energy analytics and M&V SaaS for commercial buildings and multi-site portfolios. Closely comparable in delivering automated insights from consumption data with anomaly detection and savings reporting.
• DEXMA: Cloud-based energy data analytics platform for buildings and multi-site portfolios. Comparable AI-driven energy intelligence offering with similar horizontal positioning across commercial buildings.
• GridPoint: Building energy management and submetering analytics platform for multi-site enterprises. Competes directly in identifying and prioritising energy waste across building portfolios without requiring hardware replacement.
• 75F: Smart building IoT and AI energy management platform serving multi-site commercial portfolios. Comparable in horizontal positioning on portfolio-level energy savings with subscription model and analytics-led approach.

Emerging players

• Enverid: Building-side energy and air quality optimisation analytics. Adjacent emerging player in the building energy intelligence category with similar portfolio-management use cases though focused on a narrower optimisation niche.

Others

• Verdantix: Independent research and advisory firm specialising in energy and building technology. Not a direct competitor but a key ecosystem player — Verdantix coverage and buyer-side advisory influences procurement decisions across kWIQly's category.

Broad incumbents

• Schneider Electric EcoStruxure: Industrial and building energy management platform from a major incumbent. Overlaps kWIQly's building analytics positioning as part of a much broader portfolio that includes hardware, BMS, and grid offerings.
• Honeywell Forge: Enterprise building management and energy analytics suite from Honeywell. Serves the same multi-site facility and energy manager personas as kWIQly but with substantially broader capabilities, deeper integrations, and much larger sales coverage.
• Siemens Navigator: Building energy and sustainability management platform from Siemens. Competes with kWIQly on portfolio-level consumption analytics for enterprises, particularly in European markets where both are active.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kWIQly
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kwiqly

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

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

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