S vs PVB Cloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
S
This app helps installers of distributed PV power plants manage accounts and provides visual guides for microinverter installation. It offers rapid configuration, power generation data, and detailed alarm information for commissioning and diagnostics.
- Account monitoring
- Visual installation guide
- Microinverter configuration
- Power generation data
- Module-level data
- Alarm information
- Commissioning & diagnostics
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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.
PVB Cloud
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PVB Cloud is an APP for Beny micro solar inverters. By PVB Cloud, you will be able to manage the information of devices, monitoring micro solar inverters.
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Verdict
S and PVB Cloud are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 ships an update monthly, PVB Cloud every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | S | PVB Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 65.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 224 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hoymiles Power Electronics Inc. | zhejiang benyi new energy technology co.,ltd. |
In-app purchases
S
No in-app purchases
PVB Cloud
No in-app purchases
