CSI Cloud vs Solplanet
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.
Solplanet
Easily set up, commission, and monitor your Solplanet inverters with this new generation application. Stay informed about your system's performance and manage its operations efficiently.
- Inverter setup
- Commissioning tools
- Performance monitoring
- System management
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Introducing our new generation Solplanet app which allows you to set-up, commission and monitor your Solplanet inverters
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Solplanet at 3.5 against CSI Cloud's 1.5. Solplanet also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 14%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). CSI Cloud's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Solplanet holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of CSI Cloud's written reviews are positive against 43% of Solplanet's.
CSI Cloud ships an update every 2 months, Solplanet every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CSI Cloud | Solplanet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (2 ratings) | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 122 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Canadian Solar Inc. | AISWEI Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
CSI Cloud
Solplanet
In-app purchases
CSI Cloud
No in-app purchases
Solplanet
No in-app purchases
