SMA Sunny Portal Professional vs. Solytic
Both SMA's Sunny Portal Professional and Solytic are providers for professional PV monitoring of commercial PV systems or system portfolios. A significant difference: SMA is not only specialized in software, but mainly in hardware. After all, SMA is one of the largest inverter manufacturers worldwide. Solytic, however, focuses on software only. According to SMA, the focus of the Sunny Portal Professional is on system capacities up to 2.5 MWp.
Price comparison
SMA has not yet published price information, so that the following compact comparison will be limited to the features.
Feature comparison
Sunny Portal offers a basic set of functions. However, two decisive features simplifying the handling of the software are missing.
Own hardware required
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
hardware-independent
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
own hardware required
Portfolio Management
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
Control room view
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
Display of a technical string plan or digital twin
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
Data visualization intervals
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
1 min onwards
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
Current & aggregated values
Weather satellite data
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
Irradiation calculation based on satellite & sensor data
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
Target-performance comparison
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
Display of Performance Ratio
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
in beta
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
optional
Advanced analysis functions (snow cover, shading, contamination)
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
planned
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
planned
Diagrams comparable across plants
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
Automatic error detection
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
Error message via email
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
Interpretation of error images
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
Self learning error detection (e.g. ML, AI)
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
planned
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
planned
Ticketing system
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
planned
User admin with rights assigned
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
Number of users with access to the system
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
unlimited
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
unlimited
Own hardware required
Portfolio Management
Control room view
Display of a technical string plan or digital twin
Data visualization intervals
Weather satellite data
Irradiation calculation based on satellite & sensor data
Target-performance comparison
Display of Performance Ratio
Advanced analysis functions (snow cover, shading, contamination)
Diagrams comparable across plants
Automatic error detection
Error message via email
Interpretation of error images
Self learning error detection (e.g. ML, AI)
Ticketing system
User admin with rights assigned
Number of users with access to the system
![Solytic logo](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-10-08-Solytic-logo-dark-blue-v2-AS.png)
![](https://www.solytic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sma-logo.png)
hardware-independent
own hardware required
1 min onwards
Current & aggregated values
in beta
optional
planned
planned
planned
planned
planned
unlimited
unlimited
SMA data according to PV-Magazine Produktdatenbank Monitoringsysteme, status: November 2018
Conclusion
After taking a closer look, it quickly becomes obvious that the two solutions mainly differ in their transparency over prices. Plus, the SMA Sunny Portal Professional misses two features Solytic provides.
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Get to know Solytic's PV monitoring portal
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