CSI Cloud vs SOLARMAN Business
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CSI Cloud
Monitor your Canadian Solar plant's performance remotely. Access real-time and historical data on energy production, revenue, and device status. Stay informed about your solar assets from anywhere.
- Real-time data access
- Historical data analysis
- Production energy tracking
- Revenue monitoring
- Device status checks
- Remote network access
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This is the software of client part for surveillance system for Canadian Solar plants, which enables obtain running parameters (production energy, production revenue, device status and etc,) from Canadian Solar Data Center. Furthermore, customers can check real-time data and historical data via remote network.
SOLARMAN Business
This platform offers comprehensive management for plant operations and maintenance, including personnel, monitoring, and intelligent analysis. It also provides device-specific services like firmware upgrades and command control for after-sales support.
- Personnel management
- Multi-scene monitoring
- Intelligent analysis
- Work order management
- Device after-sales service
- Firmware upgrade
- Command control
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SOLARMAN Business is a new generation of Business Edition SAAS software launched by SOLARMAN, which is specially designed for businesses who provide various services in the life cycle of plants. In the scenario of plant operation and maintenance, it will not only provide monitoring functions, but also complete the closed loop of the whole process of plant operation and maintenance based on "personnel management, multi-scene monitoring, intelligent analysis application, work order spare parts management". In the scenario of device after-sales service, multiple management modules such as product protocol, alert code, firmware upgrade, and command control will be provided based on the device. The real digital mobile work platform for businesses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SOLARMAN Business at 4.2 against CSI Cloud's 1.5. SOLARMAN Business also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). CSI Cloud's advantage is review sentiment (14% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SOLARMAN Business holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of CSI Cloud's written reviews are positive against 0% of SOLARMAN Business's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CSI Cloud ships an update every 2 months, SOLARMAN Business every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CSI Cloud | SOLARMAN Business |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (2 ratings) | 4.2 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Canadian Solar Inc. | IGEN Tech Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
CSI Cloud
SOLARMAN Business
In-app purchases
CSI Cloud
No in-app purchases
SOLARMAN Business
No in-app purchases
