Solar business software for Australian installers is the platform that runs the commercial side of a solar company: leads and CRM, design, quoting, compliant proposals, single-line diagrams and the pipeline in between. The thing that separates a genuinely Australian tool from an imported one is whether STCs, the tiered Federal Battery Rebate and AS/NZS 5033 are built in, or left for you to handle.
What is solar business software?
It is the software that handles the business of selling and delivering solar, as opposed to just one task within it. Where a single-purpose tool might only design a system or only build a proposal, business software covers the whole path: the CRM for leads and customers, design, quoting, proposals, SLDs and the workflow connecting them. The umbrella term for this on our site is solar installer software.
What should Australian solar businesses look for?
Local fit first, because that is where imported tools fall down. The checklist:
- STCs applied automatically, not calculated on the side.
- The Federal Battery Rebate built in, including the tiered structure that applies since 1 May 2026.
- AS/NZS 5033 SLDs produced from the design.
- NETCC-compliant proposals that suit Australian selling.
- Pricing in Australian dollars, ideally per project rather than per US-dollar seat.
- One platform, so the CRM, design and proposal are not three separate subscriptions.
Why do imported tools fall short for Australian installers?
Because their financial modelling and documentation are built for other markets. US-first platforms price in US dollars per seat and assume US incentives and net metering, so STCs, the Federal Battery Rebate and AS/NZS documentation are not native, you add them manually or go without. Globally funded free tools can lack compliant Australian SLDs. An Australian-built tool treats these as the default, not an afterthought.
How does Solar Proof fit Australian businesses?
It is built here for this market. Solar Proof was founded in 2017 and is used by over 1,000 Australian solar professionals; it applies STCs and the tiered Federal Battery Rebate automatically, produces NETCC-compliant proposals and AS/NZS 5033 SLDs, and is priced in Australian dollars, pay-as-you-go from around four dollars per project with Pro plans from about ninety-nine dollars per month. The CRM, design, quoting, proposals and SLDs are one platform, with a free trial to run real jobs through first.
The bottom line
Solar business software runs the commercial side of an installation company, and for Australian businesses the deciding factor is whether the local essentials, STCs, the Federal Battery Rebate, AS/NZS 5033 and AUD pricing, are built in or bolted on. A platform built for Australia keeps the whole job on one record and handles compliance by default. See the full platform →
