Comparison · Solar energy

Enerflo vs OpenSolar

Enerflo pushes hardest on Lendflo — soft pulls, embedded applications, loans/leases/PPAs without portal hopping. OpenSolar pushes hardest on a free design-to-CRM core with finance options inside the proposal.

Updated September 26, 2026

Solar CRM

Enerflo

7.1

Fairout of 10

Residential solar operating system — Optimus proposals, Lendflo financing (loans, leases, PPAs, escrow), contracting, and project flow from first knock to PTO.

Contact for pricing

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OpenSolar

7.8

Strongout of 10

Free end-to-end solar platform — AI design, branded proposals, integrated finance options, e-signature, payments, and a built-in project CRM from lead through install.

Free (core app); API and connectors are paid add-ons

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Criteria where Enerflo wins

Ties

Criteria where OpenSolar wins

Editorial verdict

How to choose between them

Enerflo sells the residential deal operating system. OpenSolar sells a free solar workspace.

If your close rate dies in lender portals and multi-tool chaos across dealers and EPCs, Enerflo’s Lendflo and Optimus narrative is built for that. If your close rate dies because every seat costs money before the first proposal goes out, OpenSolar’s public free core is the sharper wedge.

Enerflo’s price is opaque (contact for pricing). OpenSolar’s core is free and its paid edge is API/connectors. Both score low on WhatsApp. Both treat monitoring as someone else’s problem. The duel is financing depth + ops consolidation versus price transparency + included CRM.

Score by criterion

In green, who wins the criterion. The overall score uses solar energy weights: proposal generator and financing weigh more.

CriterionEnerfloOpenSolar

Proposal generator1.5×
PV sizing, shading, production estimates, and a customer-ready proposal or PDF without a parallel spreadsheet.
8.4
8.8
Financing1.2×
Quote and, when it exists, pre-approve solar loans, leases, or PPAs without retyping the homeowner in another portal.
9.3
8.5
Post-sale and monitoring1×
Installed systems, service tickets, and a clean handoff from sales into install / O&M without an orphan spreadsheet.
7.4
7.8
Native messaging0.9×
Native SMS or messaging inbox on the lead card, with team history. WhatsApp Business API also counts. Marketplace apps, extensions, and website buttons do not.
3.5
3.5
Price and transparency0.8×
Public plan, currency, trial, and whether you can start without a vendor sales call.
5.2
9.8
Learning curve0.8×
English UI, solar vocabulary (kW, shade, PTO, TPO), and time to the first usable proposal.
7.0
8.0
Overall score
7.1
7.8

Native features

Only what is part of the product counts. Marketplace integrations or third-party apps are out.

FeatureEnerfloOpenSolar

Proposal generatorYesYes
FinancingYesYes
Native messagingNoNo
MonitoringNoNo
Website simulatorNoNo
Project managementYesYes
Native marketingNoNo
Sales pipelineYesYes

Compare with another rival

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