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HelioScope Pros and Cons: Top Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users find the customer support of HelioScope to be responsive and helpful, enhancing their overall experience. (1 mentions)
Users find HelioScope's ease of use exceptional, praising its simple integration and effortless implementation. (1 mentions)
Users appreciate the ease of use and extensive features of HelioScope, making it a favorite design tool. (1 mentions)

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Amrita S.
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Amrita S.
Financial Analyst
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Originally submitted 3/15/2023
"Helioscope for high performance solar arrays"
5/5
What do you like best about HelioScope?

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

What do you dislike about HelioScope?

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

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Stefano C.
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Review by one happy customer"
5/5
What do you like best about HelioScope?

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.

What do you dislike about HelioScope?

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.

Verified User in Environmental Services
UE
Verified User in Environmental Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"My experience with Helio"
4.5/5
What do you like best about HelioScope?

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

What do you dislike about HelioScope?

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

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Tumelo L.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Fast and Efficient"
4/5
What do you like best about HelioScope?

Ability to check shading and remove modules based on shading percentage. Annul energy reports and 3D viewing. Easy to maneuver. Ability to export to AUTO CAD and other software. Ability to export reports to Excel. Reliable weather stations that are bankable. Easy to use at implementation of project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HelioScope?

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 up to 15MW combined, and we are building projects of 150MW and above. We need features like simulation of parameter fencing, transformers, roads, and the like when 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 platforms for mounting profiles and correct SLDs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rowan J.
RJ
Rowan J.
Cofounder, Head of Engineering & Business Development
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Quick, accurate and easy to use solar simulation tool"
4.5/5
What do you like best about HelioScope?

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

What do you dislike about HelioScope?

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.

Jeremy M.
JM
Jeremy M.
Senior Project Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The Gold Standard for Professional Solar Layouts and Design"
5/5
What do you like best about HelioScope?

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 multiple versions of a layout and determine which is the best one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HelioScope?

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.

Nicolas S.
NS
Nicolas S.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"good"
5/5
What do you like best about HelioScope?

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

What do you dislike about HelioScope?

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

Verified User in Renewables & Environment
UR
Verified User in Renewables & Environment
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Helioscope Review"
4/5
What do you like best about HelioScope?

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

What do you dislike about HelioScope?

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

Verified User in Oil & Energy
CO
Verified User in Oil & Energy
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Helioscope has helped us to simplify the solar design, proposal and production."
4/5
What do you like best about HelioScope?

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

What do you dislike about HelioScope?

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

Maryam M.
MM
Maryam M.
Chief Operating Officer
Utilities
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"User-friendly PV Design Software"
4/5
What do you like best about HelioScope?

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.

What do you dislike about HelioScope?

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.