Pylon Alternative for Australian Installers

Looking for a
Pylon alternative?

Pylon is a polished, Australian-built design tool, and a genuinely close competitor of ours. If you're weighing up an alternative, Solar Proof matches it on price and the Australian essentials, and adds more proposal flexibility and commercial depth. Here's an honest look at how they compare.

Which should you choose?

Stick with Pylon if

You do mostly residential work and love its fast design studio and award-winning 3D shading. It's an excellent, mature tool.

Choose Solar Proof if

You want more proposal flexibility via the AI Template Builder and stronger commercial and multi-inverter depth, at similar per-project pricing.

Where Solar Proof differs

Proposal flexibility

Pylon's template range is relatively limited. Solar Proof's AI Template Builder generates a fully branded template from your website in about a minute.

Commercial depth

Pylon is residential-focused. Solar Proof handles larger commercial and multi-inverter systems alongside residential.

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Solar Proof vs Pylon at a glance

	Solar Proof	Pylon
Pricing	From ~$4/project; Pro ~$99/mo	~$4 standard / ~$10 Pro per project
Australian focus	Built for AU	Built for AU
SLD editor	Yes (AS/NZS 5033)	Yes
3D shading	Yes	Award-winning
Proposal templates	AI Template Builder, flexible	Capable but limited range
Commercial depth	Residential + commercial	Residential-focused

Where Pylon is still the better pick

Pylon is a strong product and we won't pretend otherwise. Stay with it if:

You do mostly residential work and value its refined shading workflow.

Your team knows the tool and your templates are built and converting.

There's no specific gap pushing you to move, between two close tools, that matters.

Pylon alternative questions

What is a good Pylon alternative for Australian installers?

Solar Proof is the closest Australian-built alternative. Both use low per-project pricing and cover design, shading, interval data, SLDs and CRM. Installers choose Solar Proof for proposal flexibility and commercial depth.

Are Pylon and Solar Proof similar?

Yes, very. Both are Australian, pay-per-project, and handle design, 3D shading, interval data, SLDs and CRM. The differences are proposal flexibility and commercial depth.

Should I switch from Pylon to Solar Proof?

Only if a specific gap, usually proposal range or commercial depth, is holding you back. Pylon is excellent for residential, so if it does what you need, there may be little reason to move.