HelioScope Reviews & Product Details

I like the advance solar P V design and simulation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Overall it's a good software for solar design as such there is nothing to dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Helioscope allows me to design solar PV systems quickly and accurately. It gives me the flexibility to use the mechanical and electrical technologies of my choice. It gives me the ability to check shading effects on my designs and to modify the design accordingly. The LIDAR feature allows me to determine the actual height of building structures or obstacles such as trees, and to adapt my flush solar PV systems to the actual inclination of pitched roofs. And, with all that said, what I like best about Helioscope is the availability, competence, responsiveness, helpfulness and courtesy of their Customer Support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One area of improvement would be for Helioscope to introduce location specific data on rainfall, snowfall, dust, proximity to highways, manufacturing plants, bodies of water, etc. to determine actual soiling conditions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This tool is super easy to use and integration is very simple. It had a plenty of features. We are fequently use this desgin tool. Their customer support is good and implementation is effortless. The pricing also competitive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing as such.But I think user interface might need some improvments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ability to check shading and remove modules based on shading percentage. Annul energy reports and 3d viewing.

Easy to manuver

Ability to export to AUTO CAD and other softwares

Ability to export reports to Excel

Reliable weather stations that are bankable

Easy to use at implemetation of project Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No battery systems at a time when hybrid systems are most needed.

Lidar not available in most African countries

No local electrical infrastructure such as substations and overhead lines

Utility scale projects limited to 5MW and upto 15MW combined and we are building projects of 150MW and above.

We need features like simulation of parameter fencing, transformers, roads and the like whn building plants

No ability to calculate needed mounting brackets and different mounting profiles

Helioscope is not a one stop shop, post design one needs to go to other platfofrms for mounting profiles and correct SLD's Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Good UI, easy and quick to create and modify 3D designs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Different subscription levels and billing options are are not well tailored to our use case: we need most functionality but not all the time (ie sometimes do projects with trackers / bifactial / large capacities etc). We also have users who need occasional access (for review), as well as day-to-day heavy users, but are pushed to buy full subscriptions for every user, regardless of how often they need to log in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The fact that Helioscope is easy to use but full of great features. Allows us the ability to quickly create a layout and accurately determine annual production while giving us the option to easily run mulitple versions of a layout and determine which is the best one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The biggest downside is the limit to annual projects for larger systems and the overall cost per system with the newest pricing structure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

good system , the software is good and it is helpfull Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the price is to expensive for mexico, they changed the payments per 10 proyects per month. This is not viable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use to configure site layouts and shading models. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Occasionally glitches during the design process. I.E. Freezes or cannot proceed to the next step. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simplicity and ease of use -intuitive setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stringing and wire sizing and having to land multiple field segments to do inverter variation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As I mentioned in the title, the best thing about Helioscope is that it is user-friendly, to be completely honest, it is great when it comes to quick simulation layouts & reports, and it is also very good for the newer members of the team to use. Last but not least, it provides one of the best SLDs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a few things I dislike, there are fewer Structure Layout options available in the design section, no hybrid solar solution design option available, and it is way costlier than some other design software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.