CSI Cloud vs Hypon Cloud
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.
Hypon Cloud
Monitor your solar power plants with this updated application. It features a new user interface for easier control and an improved overview of your system's performance. Existing user data from older versions is seamlessly transferred.
- Smart PV monitoring
- 2nd Generation platform
- Brand new UI
- Easier overview control
- Seamless data transformation
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Hypon Cloud is a smart PV monitoring App presented to you by Hypontech. The App is now released with a 2nd Generation platform, integrating a brand new UI and much easier overview control of your plants. If you are using an older version of HiPortal, your stats and information would be seamlessly transformed onto the new version (2.0+).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CSI Cloud at 1.5 against Hypon Cloud's 1.0. CSI Cloud also leads on review sentiment (14% vs 6%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
CSI Cloud holds the better App Store score, 1.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of CSI Cloud's written reviews are positive against 6% of Hypon Cloud's.
CSI Cloud ships an update every 2 months, Hypon Cloud monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CSI Cloud | Hypon Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better | 5.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| 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 | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Canadian Solar Inc. | Suzhou Hypontech Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
CSI Cloud
Hypon Cloud
In-app purchases
CSI Cloud
No in-app purchases
Hypon Cloud
No in-app purchases
