CSI CloudPro vs HiPortal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CSI CloudPro
Access real-time and historical operational data for Canadian Solar plants. Monitor production energy, revenue, and device status remotely via a network connection.
- Monitor running parameters
- View production energy
- Track production revenue
- Check device status
- Access real-time data
- View historical data
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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.
HiPortal
Monitor your smart photovoltaic plants with this app. It offers a new user interface for easier control and seamless data migration from older versions. Stay updated on your plant's performance with this utility.
- Smart PV monitoring
- New UI design
- Easy overview control
- Seamless data migration
- Plant performance tracking
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HiPortal 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 CloudPro at 5.0 against HiPortal's 1.0. HiPortal's advantage is review sentiment (20% vs 11%). 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 CloudPro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 11% of CSI CloudPro's written reviews are positive against 20% of HiPortal's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CSI CloudPro ships an update every 2 months, HiPortal monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CSI CloudPro | HiPortal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 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 | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Canadian Solar Inc. | Suzhou Hypontech Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
CSI CloudPro
HiPortal
In-app purchases
CSI CloudPro
No in-app purchases
HiPortal
No in-app purchases
