SuryaHub vs Solar Ladder.
Two India-built, solar-only platforms — and a close, fair fight. Here is an honest look at where each one is strong, so you can pick the right fit for your EPC.
By the SuryaHub team · Updated 18 June 2026
The short answer.
Both tools are built in India, only for solar, and both cover CRM, projects and mobile field work. This is a real choice, not a blowout. The split is about focus.
Solar Ladder is strong on fast native 3D design, quick proposals and built-in customer financing. SuryaHub focuses on the full lifecycle on one record — enquiry to 25-year AMC — with deep India compliance and a one-time-or-monthly pricing choice. See the platform or pricing.
- Best for
- Solar Ladder: design + financing
SuryaHub: lifecycle + AMC - Native PV design
- Only Solar Ladder
- AMC depth
- SuryaHub’s moat
- Pricing model
- SL: custom quote
SuryaHub: one-time or SaaS
What is Solar Ladder?
Solar Ladder is a Mumbai-based solar software platform, founded in 2021, built for Indian solar installers and EPC sales teams. It is widely used in India and has venture funding behind it.
Its core is a CRM with a fast, native 3D solar design engine — a rep can build a rooftop layout and proposal on a phone during the first site visit. It also covers project management, bills of materials, O&M, site surveys, a customer dashboard, procurement and a financing layer with rooftop loans for customers and working capital for installers. Pricing is by custom quote after a demo, with higher tiers adding financing and reporting.
We have done our best to describe Solar Ladder fairly from public sources. Features and tiers change, so check both products directly. SuryaHub is described from its own platform pages →
SuryaHub vs Solar Ladder, line by line.
An honest, detailed comparison. "General" means the platform broadly covers this area but we have not verified the exact depth, so we keep it neutral.
- Lead capture + pipeline funnel
- Territory + AMC-manager assignment General
- WhatsApp / SMS / email auto-fire Yes
- Proposal / quote builder
- kW / rate-card pricing with GST Yes
- Two-quote cycle (pre- & post-survey) General
- Native 3D PV design engine Integrate
- On-site design on mobile Integrate
- Connect external design tool (API) General
- Technical survey with photo + GPS Yes
- Photo-proof install stages General
- Mobile field app
- BOM / material costing
- Real-time stock (batch / serial) General
- Material request → delivery flow Yes
- PM Surya Ghar / subsidy workflow General
- DISCOM + net-metering steps General
- DCR + GST-compliant PDFs General
- O&M / service module
- Auto-scheduled visits + 90/60/30 reminders General
- Customer self-service portal Yes Elite+
- 3rd-party AMC takeover (defunct EPCs) General
- Customer rooftop loans Roadmap
- Working capital for installers —
- Milestone-linked payment tranches General
- Monthly SaaS Yes From ₹4,500/mo
- One-time licence option General From ₹75,000
- Cloud
- Dedicated cloud / on-prem option General
Where Solar Ladder wins
Credit where it is due — these are real strengths.
- Fast, native solar design
Solar Ladder has its own 3D design engine — a rep can build a rooftop layout and proposal on a phone during the first site visit. SuryaHub has no native design engine.
- Built-in financing
It offers rooftop loans for end customers and working capital for installers inside the platform. That is a real, useful layer SuryaHub does not provide today.
- Wide adoption in India
Solar Ladder is well known and widely used by Indian installers, with funding behind it and an active product. It is a mature, proven option.
- Speed to proposal
Its whole flow is tuned for quick, polished proposals. If your bottleneck is design-to-quote turnaround, that is its core strength.
Where SuryaHub wins
What our lifecycle-and-AMC focus is built for.
- One record, enquiry to 25-year service
Lead → quote → survey → install → finance → AMC live on a single job file. The same data never gets re-typed across modules.
- AMC is the moat
Auto-scheduled visits, 90/60/30-day renewal reminders, a customer portal and even takeover of AMC contracts from defunct EPCs. Long-term service revenue is the focus, not an add-on.
- Deep India compliance
PM Surya Ghar, DISCOM, net-metering, DCR and GST are built into the workflow with compliant PDFs and handover certificates.
- Milestone-linked payments
Self-finance (3 tranches) or bank loan (2 tranches), each tied to install milestones so collections do not slip.
- Flexible pricing model
Pick a one-time licence (from ₹75,000) or monthly SaaS (from ₹4,500/mo) — same features, different cash flow. Crossover is around month 22.
- Role-first + auditable
10 roles with role-based access and an audit trail on every change, plus a dedicated-cloud or on-prem option for teams that need it.
What is the real difference between SuryaHub and Solar Ladder?
Both are India-built and solar-only, and they overlap on a lot: CRM, lead pipelines, project tracking, mobile field work and procurement. The honest difference is where each one puts its depth. Solar Ladder leans into the front of the funnel — its native 3D design engine and fast proposals let a rep close a layout on a phone at the first site visit — and it adds a financing layer with rooftop loans and installer working capital. Those are genuine strengths, and SuryaHub does not match them: it has no native design engine, and it does not lend.
SuryaHub leans into the rest of the job. The same job file carries a lead through quotation, survey, government workflows, installation, finance and then 25 years of AMC — without re-typing data between modules. For design, SuryaHub captures a structured technical survey and connects to a design tool through a Design API, rather than drawing the array itself.
Which one fits how you make money?
Think about where your margin actually comes from. If your edge is winning deals fast with sharp, design-led proposals and helping customers finance the system, Solar Ladder is aimed right at that. If your edge is delivering cleanly and then keeping decades of service revenue, SuryaHub is built around that second half:
- AMC visits auto-schedule, with 90/60/30-day renewal reminders so service revenue does not lapse.
- A customer self-service portal and the option to take over AMC contracts from defunct EPCs.
- PM Surya Ghar, DISCOM, net-metering, DCR and GST built into the workflow, not bolted on.
- Milestone-linked payments and a choice of one-time licence or monthly SaaS.
Many EPCs could even run both — a design-and-finance front end alongside a lifecycle-and-AMC backbone. There is no single right answer; it depends on your bottleneck. See AMC & service and the mobile field app.
Moving from another tool to SuryaHub.
If you already run leads and projects in Solar Ladder or another tool, SuryaHub imports your existing projects and contacts during onboarding. You keep your old data — nothing is lost. Most EPCs go live in 2 to 4 weeks.
- Go live2–4 weeks
- Migration (≤150 records)₹25,000
- Migration (>150 records)₹50,000
- Lite plan from₹4,500/mo
So, which should you pick?
Pick Solar Ladder if…
- Native 3D design and fast proposals are your edge
- You want customer financing inside the tool
- You prefer a mature, widely used platform
Pick SuryaHub if…
- ✓You want one record from enquiry to 25-year AMC
- ✓AMC, compliance and milestone payments matter most
- ✓You want a one-time licence or monthly SaaS choice
A note on trust: SuryaHub is pre-revenue and in early pilots with Suryantra Energy and RGESPL, while Solar Ladder is more established. We would rather you know that up front.
SuryaHub vs Solar Ladder — your questions.
What is the difference between SuryaHub and Solar Ladder?+
Both are India-built solar software platforms for installers and EPCs. Solar Ladder is strong on fast native 3D solar design, proposals and built-in financing. SuryaHub runs the full project lifecycle — lead, quote, survey, install, finance and 25-year AMC — on one record, with deep India compliance and a flexible one-time-or-monthly pricing model. SuryaHub has no native design engine; it integrates design tools through a Design API instead.
Does SuryaHub have a solar design engine like Solar Ladder?+
No. SuryaHub does not design rooftop arrays or do 3D shading. It captures a structured technical survey and quotes from rate cards, and it connects to external design tools through a Design API add-on. Solar Ladder has its own native 3D design engine, which is one of its genuine strengths.
How does SuryaHub pricing compare to Solar Ladder?+
Solar Ladder uses custom quotes after a demo, with higher tiers adding financing and reporting. SuryaHub lists transparent editions: Lite (₹4,500/mo or ₹75,000 one-time), Elite (₹14,500/mo or ₹2,49,000) and Pro (₹29,000/mo or ₹4,99,000). SuryaHub also lets you choose a one-time licence instead of a monthly subscription, which Solar Ladder is not publicly known to offer.
Which is better for AMC and service revenue?+
Solar Ladder offers O&M and maintenance tooling. SuryaHub builds its product around AMC: auto-scheduled visits, mobile field forms, spare-parts tracking, 90/60/30-day renewal reminders, a customer self-service portal and even takeover of AMC contracts from defunct EPCs. If 25-year service revenue is your priority, AMC depth is SuryaHub’s focus.
Is SuryaHub a good Solar Ladder alternative for Indian EPCs?+
Yes, especially if you want one connected record from enquiry to 25-year service, deep PM Surya Ghar, DISCOM and GST compliance, milestone-linked payments and a choice of one-time or monthly pricing. If your main need is fast native solar design and built-in customer financing, Solar Ladder is a strong fit. They overlap on CRM, projects and mobile, and differ in focus.
Is SuryaHub a proven product yet?+
SuryaHub is pre-revenue and in early pilots with Suryantra Energy and RGESPL. Any performance figures are early-pilot estimates, not an installed-base track record. Solar Ladder is a more established, widely used platform. We share this openly so you can judge the trade-off for your business.