Best Quoting Apps for Australian Solar Installers

AroFlo is the best quoting tool for solar installation businesses doing volume installs where accuracy and compliance documentation matter most. Electrical supplier integrations pull live material pricing on panels and inverters directly into your quotes — no more manual price list cross-referencing before every job.

CES and grid connection templates are built into the job workflows, so your compliance documentation generates alongside your quote rather than as a separate manual step. Asset registers track every installation for warranty and service purposes. Offline capability means you can quote on site even on a rooftop with no signal.

It's the most expensive tool on this list, and the initial setup requires real investment of time — but for a solar business doing consistent volume, the accuracy gains and compliance workflow alone pay for it.

For smaller solar businesses doing primarily residential installs, ServiceM8 is the strongest option at the price. Quote on-site from the roof — panel count, inverter model, mounting system, rebate amount — and send a professional PDF to the client before you've climbed back down. The mobile quoting experience is genuinely excellent.

CES and grid application form templates are built into the compliance forms module, so you're not creating documentation from scratch. Photo capture for site documentation keeps a visual record of every install. Offline mode handles those rooftop locations and rural properties with no signal.

Live supplier pricing isn't available the way AroFlo handles it, and it can feel limited for larger fleets or commercial solar operations. But for the sole trader or small team doing residential solar, it's the best value tool on the list.

If you run solar and electrical together under the same business, Tradify's clean quoting interface works neatly across both trade types. A material library stores your most common components with pricing, labour rate templates speed up quote creation, and mark-up controls are straightforward. iOS and Android both work well.

The limitation is depth on the solar-specific side: there's no live supplier pricing integration for panels and inverters, and compliance documentation depth is lighter than AroFlo. But as a versatile, affordable quoting tool for a combined solar and electrical operation, it does the job cleanly.

For solar businesses doing large commercial and industrial installs — warehouse rooftops, carparks, multi-site projects — simPRO is the industry standard. Progress billing handles staged payments across long project timelines. Multi-technician quote allocations work for larger crew deployments. Reporting dashboards give you real job costing visibility on commercial projects.

The cost is significant and onboarding takes real time (4–8 weeks is normal for a proper implementation). It's overkill for residential solar, but for commercial solar contractors where job complexity and margin tracking matter, it's the right tool.

Fergus is used by some Australian solar and electrical businesses. The quoting module handles basic solar jobs competently — line items for panels, inverters, labour, and accessories — and Xero integration works cleanly. If you're already on Fergus and it's working for your operation, there's no urgent reason to switch.

The gaps are notable for solar-specific work: no compliance documentation depth, no live supplier pricing integration, and the interface is showing its age compared to newer platforms. As a starting point for a solar business not ready to commit to AroFlo or ServiceM8, it's functional — but not the strongest choice if you're starting fresh.