Solar quotes compared honestly, by someone who does not sell solar.
TrySoli models every solar quote you have on the same basis, covering production for your roof, degradation, electricity prices and financing, and gives a plain verdict. Free for homeowners, and your details are never sold.
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- Every quote modelled on the same basis
- Contact details never sold
- Installers cannot pay for ranking
How much of your solar quote's savings depends on price rises?
Put in the price, yearly production and projected savings from your quote, your current electricity price and any loan payments. See what the production is worth at today's price and what financing adds. Runs in your browser. No account, no card, no call.
How the quote adds up
- Price after incentives
- $24,000
- A year's production at your current price
- $2,700
- Quote savings beyond today's price
- $22,500
- Total loan payments
- $36,000
- Years to cover the loan payments at today's price
- 13.3 years
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TrySoli — solar quote calculator · The quote projects $90,000 over 25 years · At today's electricity price, the production is worth $67,500 · Loan payments come to $12,000 more than the net price Run it yourself: https://trysoli.com
Method: production value = the quote's yearly production x your current price per kWh x the years its savings cover. It assumes no price rises and no degradation, and values every kWh at the price you pay, so it is on the generous side. The difference from the quote's projected savings is what rests on its other assumptions. Loan cost = monthly payment x the term in months, compared with the price after incentives.
The problem
Residential solar is sold door to door and by phone with inflated savings projections, and with long-term financing that can cost more than the system.
Every installer uses different assumptions about production, degradation, electricity price inflation and financing, so quotes cannot be compared, and homeowners sign contracts they do not understand.
Who it is for
Homeowners with quotes in hand
Homeowners considering rooftop solar who have received one or two quotes and cannot evaluate them.
High electricity cost markets
Homeowners in markets where electricity is expensive, weighing up rooftop solar.
What your solar quote actually means
Submit the quotes you have received. Each is modelled honestly on the same basis, with a plain verdict.
Production for your roof
Expected production for your roof, orientation and shading, from real irradiance data.
Realistic degradation
Degradation is modelled realistically.
Honest electricity prices
Honest electricity price assumptions, rather than the inflated ones in the sales projection.
The true cost of financing
The true cost of the financing, including dealer fees hidden in the cash price.
Like-for-like comparison
Every quote you submit, compared on the same basis.
A plain verdict
Including when the answer is that solar does not pay back at this quote or on this roof.
How it works
TrySoli, from the first step to the result.
- 1
Submit your quotes
Any quotes you have received, with no obligation.
- 2
Each is modelled on the same basis
Production, degradation, electricity prices and the true cost of financing.
- 3
Read the verdict
A like-for-like comparison and a plain answer.
- 4
Ask for an introduction, if you want
Only when you ask, to a vetted installer.
Pricing
Free for homeowners, always. Installers pay a fixed, disclosed referral fee only when a homeowner asks to be introduced.
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An honest analysis of any solar quote.
- No obligation
- Contact details never sold
- Like-for-like comparison
Installer referral
Fixed feepaid by the installer
Only where a homeowner asks to be introduced to a vetted installer.
- Disclosed on the page
- No paying for ranking
Installers cannot pay for ranking or for favourable analysis, and are removed for misrepresentation.
Questions people actually ask
- Does TrySoli sell solar?
- No. It analyses quotes independently. Revenue comes from vetted installer referrals, only where the homeowner asks to be introduced.
- What does it cost?
- Nothing. It is free for homeowners, always.
- Will my details be passed to installers?
- Not unless you ask to be introduced. The analysis comes with no handover of your details to installers, and contact details are never sold.
- How is each quote modelled?
- On the same basis: expected production for your roof, orientation and shading from real irradiance data, realistic degradation, honest electricity price assumptions, and the true cost of financing including dealer fees hidden in the cash price.
- Will it tell me if solar is not worth it?
- Yes. The verdict says so plainly when solar does not pay back at this quote or on this roof.
- How does TrySoli make money?
- Installers pay a fixed fee for a referral when a homeowner asks to be introduced, and the fee is disclosed on the page.
- Can installers pay for a better result?
- No. Installers cannot pay for ranking or for favourable analysis, and they are removed for misrepresentation.
- Why should I trust the solar quote calculator?
- It is arithmetic on figures from your own quote and bill, worked out in your browser. It uses no tariffs, forecasts or production data of its own, and takes the quote's production figure as given. The free quote analysis models production for your roof and the full cost of financing.
How much of your solar quote's savings depends on price rises?
Put in the price, yearly production and projected savings from your quote, your current electricity price and any loan payments. See what the production is worth at today's price and what financing adds. Runs in your browser. No account, no card, no call.
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