Solar Base
Operations software for Australian solar installers

All your systems.
One base.

Everything you already run, plugged into one customer record. Keep the CRM, the design tool, the inbox and the accounting file exactly where they are.

Built by real solar and battery installers, for the solar and battery community.
CRM and jobs
GoHighLevelAirtableServiceM8
Email and calendar
GmailOutlookGoogle Calendar
Regulators
Solar VictoriaEnergy Safe Victoria
Solar designers
OpenSolarSolarPlusPylon
PlentihummBrighte
Finance Messaging
WhatsApp
SigenergySungrow
Monitoring portals Accounting
MYOBXeroQuickBooks
Network providers
CitiPower and PowercorAusNet ServicesJemenaUnited Energy
Rebate platforms
Green Energy TradingGreenbankFormbayOrigin Energy

The logos above name the systems installers already run. They are not partnerships or endorsements.

The problem

Ten messages. Eight logins. One job.

Every job arrives in pieces, from everywhere, and then has to be typed into every system that touches it. Solar Base puts the job in one place and does the typing.

Before
After
01What comes in
02How it gets handled today
03With Solar Base
Ten in one morning 10 unread
Powercor eConnect 7:42
Alteration 1174 needs a communication test result.
Sarah, Ocean Grove 7:51
Hi, is the install still on for Thursday?
GoHighLevel 8:03
New lead: quote request, 13.2 kW, Torquay.
Xero 8:10
INV-0231 is 14 days overdue.
Solar Victoria 8:24
Rebate application needs the signed CoES.
OpenSolar 8:31
Design shared: 24 × 550 W, Leopold.
Calendar 8:45
Site inspection tomorrow 7:30, Drysdale.
ServiceM8 9:02
Job 1181 scheduled, crew unassigned.
Formbay 9:17
STC assignment form awaiting installer signature.
AusNet Services 9:26
Pre-approval granted, ref PA-88213.
Powercor eConnectGoHighLevelOpenSolarSolar VictoriaFormbayXeroServiceM8AusNet Services
Powercor eConnect Meter alteration
Customer
Sarah Mitchell
Address
14 Beach Rd, Ocean Grove 3226
System
13.2 kW · 24 × 550 W
Submit
GoHighLevel Opportunity
Customer
Sarah Mitchell
Address
14 Beach Rd, Ocean Grove 3226
System
13.2 kW · 24 × 550 W
Submit
OpenSolar New project
Customer
Sarah Mitchell
Address
14 Beach Rd, Ocean Grove 3226
System
13.2 kW · 24 × 550 W
Submit
Solar Victoria Rebate application
Customer
Sarah Mitchell
Address
14 Beach Rd, Ocean Grove 3226
System
13.2 kW · 24 × 550 W
Submit
Formbay STC assignment
Customer
Sarah Mitchell
Address
14 Beach Rd, Ocean Grove 3226
System
13.2 kW · 24 × 550 W
Submit
Xero New invoice
Customer
Sarah Mitchell
Address
14 Beach Rd, Ocean Grove 3226
System
13.2 kW · 24 × 550 W
Submit
ServiceM8 New job
Customer
Sarah Mitchell
Address
14 Beach Rd, Ocean Grove 3226
System
13.2 kW · 24 × 550 W
Submit
AusNet Services Pre-approval
Customer
Sarah Mitchell
Address
14 Beach Rd, Ocean Grove 3226
System
13.2 kW · 24 × 550 W
Submit
Sarah Mitchell · Ocean Grove Job 1174
Working through the morning0 of 41 of 42 of 43 of 4
Submitting the alteration to Powercor
Meter alteration submittedPowercor eConnect
Lodging the STC claim with Formbay
STC claim lodgedFormbay
Sending the invoice from Xero
Invoice sentXero, INV-0231
Your turn: sign the rebate formSolar Victoria
Sign
Autonomous Workflows

The portal dance, running while you are on the roof.

Each workflow picks up one exact job off the record, does the whole grind, and hands it back checked. The last step is always yours.

Meter alteration Powercor eConnect
Grid pre-approval Network providers
Rebate claim STC and VEEC
Commission and invoicing Xero and MYOB
Meter alteration Powercor eConnect · Ocean Grove · 13.2 kW · Job 1174 Waiting on you
Working on it
Picked job up

Address, meter, inverter and licence, straight off the record.

9:14 am
Working on it
Logged into portal

One-time code read out of the inbox on its own.

9:14 am
Working on it
Filled alteration data

Six fields, off the one job.

NMISite addressMeter numberSystem sizeInstaller licenceMeter type
9:15 am
Working on it
Ran comms test

Six knock-backs, through on the seventh.

Passed on the seventh
9:22 am
Working on it
Attached paperwork

Both documents, pulled off the job.

Certificate of electrical safetyInstaller licence
9:22 am
Working on it
Sent you a message to confirm

On your phone. Send it back, or say what to change.

9:22 am
Now it is your call. Everything is filled in and attached. Pressing send is your job, not its. Send to Powercor
Grid pre-approval Network providers · Torquay · 9.9 kW + 10 kWh · Job 1181 Waiting on you
Working on it
Picked job up

Site, customer, and the distributor the street sits under.

2:05 pm
Working on it
Read the design

Panels, inverter, battery and export, off the design file.

24 × 550 WSigenStorThree phase10 kWh battery
2:06 pm
Working on it
Filled pre-approval request

Every field the network asks for.

NMISite addressExport limitInverter modelBatteryInstaller licence
2:07 pm
Working on it
Checked the network's rules

Export limit, phase balance, inverter approved.

Three checks, before the network got a look
2:07 pm
Working on it
Attached the site plan

Single line diagram and layout, already on the job.

Single line diagramPanel layout
2:08 pm
Working on it
Sent you a message to confirm

The export figure it is asking for, and one tap to lodge.

2:08 pm
Now it is your call. Filled and checked. Press lodge and it watches the portal for the answer. Lodge with the network
Rebate claim STC and VEEC · Leopold · 6.6 kW · Job 1166 Waiting on you
Working on it
Picked job up

Install date, equipment, and the crew who did it.

4:30 pm
Working on it
Gathered the evidence

Collected on the way past, not at month end.

Signed contractInstall photosSerial numbersElectrical safety certificateCompliance declaration
4:30 pm
Working on it
Checked serials against the design

Twenty-four panels, one at a time.

Two do not match the design
4:31 pm
Working on it
Valued the claim

Deeming off the install date and the postcode zone.

148 STCsVEEC eligibleZone 4
4:31 pm
Working on it
Sent you a message to confirm

Two serials to look at, and the claim ready behind them.

4:32 pm
Now it is your call. Evidence together, serials checked. Two need your eye before it goes. Lodge the claim
Commission and invoicing Xero and MYOB · Drysdale · 13.2 kW · Job 1153 Waiting on you
Working on it
Job marked installed

The crew signed off on site. That is the trigger.

5:12 pm
Working on it
Read the ledger

Quoted, changed on the day, paid, and still owing.

QuoteVariationDepositBalance owing
5:12 pm
Working on it
Drew the commissions

Off the final figure, not the quoted one.

RCTI · sales repfinal figureRCTI · appointment setterbooked job
5:13 pm
Working on it
Matched your chart of accounts

Your codes, your GST. Nothing invented.

Solar incomeCommissions payableGST on income
5:13 pm
Working on it
Sent you a message to confirm

Three totals to eyeball. Reply and it redraws them.

5:14 pm
Now it is your call. Drafted against your own account codes. Nothing posts until you say so. Post to Xero
Everything you run.
One base.
Let us make your life easy.
Register and we run one of your jobs through Solar Base, end to end, while you watch. Nothing to replace to find out.
The questions you are about to ask

Straight answers, before the call.

Do I have to change my CRM?

No. Keep the CRM, the design tool and the accounting file. Solar Base sits underneath them and holds the one job they all read.

Which networks does it work with?

Powercor, CitiPower, AusNet, Jemena, United Energy and the other distributors on the diagram. Tell us yours in the form.

Who sees my customers' data?

You do. It is your record, held for you. Your team sees it, the workflows read it, nobody else does, and you can take all of it with you any time.

Is it built for Australian rules?

CER, STC and VEEC deeming, DNSP pre-approval, AS/NZS 4777 and 5033, the state rebates. Built in, not bolted on. There is no US SaaS underneath this with an Australia tab on the side.

What does it cost?

Pricing is provided on request, not published on the website. Register your interest to discuss the fit and current pricing for your business.

Crew laying panels on a standing seam roof
Who built it

An installer who lives the problem. Two engineers who build the fix.

Lincoln runs a solar and battery installation company in Geelong. He has quoted the job, argued with a retailer about a meter, chased the pre-approval and lodged the claim, and he was done waiting for software that made any of it easier.

Will and Dean build automation for a living, and have for years. The three of us founded Solar Base together, so the person who knows the job and the people who build the tool sit at the same table every week. Every workflow runs on Lincoln's real jobs before it goes near yours.

When you call, you get one of us.

Two ways in

Get your week back. Start here.

Register your interest

Tell us what you run and we will show you your own week on it. One reply from a person.

Or talk it through with Lincoln

He runs a solar and battery installation company in Geelong and takes these calls himself, so he will know what you are describing before you finish the sentence.

Bring the job that annoys you most and he will show you what Solar Base does with it.