CSI Cloud vs S
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.
S
This app streamlines the installation and monitoring of distributed PV power plants. It offers an easy-to-use interface for setting up monitoring accounts and provides visual guidance for microinverter installation. Access plant-level and module-level power generation data, along with detailed alarm information for diagnostics.
- Easy account monitoring
- Visual installation guide
- Rapid account configuration
- Plant-level data
- Module-level data
- Alarm information
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S-miles Installer is a mobile application developed by Hoymiles especially for installers of distributed PV power plants. It provides an EASY-TO-USE procedure for monitoring accounts and a visual physical layout guide for the installation of microinverters, which helps installers configure monitoring accounts rapidly, and provides installers power generation data on both plant-level & module-level as well as detailed alarm information about the power plant for commissioning & diagnostics.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: S at 66% against CSI Cloud's 14%. S also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.5) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). CSI Cloud's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
S holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: S has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of CSI Cloud's written reviews are positive against 66% of S's.
CSI Cloud ships an update every 2 months, S monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CSI Cloud | S |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (2 ratings) | 4.2 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 65.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 208 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Canadian Solar Inc. | Hoymiles Power Electronics Inc. |
Customer experience
CSI Cloud
S
In-app purchases
CSI Cloud
No in-app purchases
S
No in-app purchases
