Pylon is a well-regarded solar design platform - built for designing solar and battery systems quickly, with high-resolution imagery and no monthly fees. If you need to size, lay out and specify a solar system, Pylon does that job well, and thousands of solar businesses use it.
But Pylon is a design tool, not a sales system. The front end of your business - capturing enquiries from your website, qualifying them, generating commercial proposals, and managing a sales pipeline through to a signed job - isn't what Pylon was built for.
This is a fair look at where Pylon fits for solar companies, where the gaps are, and how Voltflo covers the sales side.
What Pylon Does Well for Solar Companies
- System design - size and lay out solar and battery systems in minutes
- High-resolution imagery - in-app imagery without monthly fees
- Accurate calculations - production estimates you can stand behind
- Speed - design a system in under two minutes
- Pricing - no monthly fees, which appeals to cost-conscious installers
If you need to design systems, Pylon is a strong choice. You still need to win the customer in the first place.
What Pylon Doesn't Cover for Solar Companies
Lead Capture and Qualification
Pylon doesn't capture enquiries from your website or qualify them. A dynamic solar enquiry flow - capturing roof type, energy usage, budget, and timeline - needs a sales tool, or you're doing it manually.
Sales Pipeline Management
Pylon has no sales pipeline. From first enquiry to signed job, you need a CRM built for a sales motion, with solar-specific stages and automated follow-up.
Marketing Source to Revenue
Pylon designs systems. It can't tell you which marketing channel drove a signed job - that's a sales attribution problem.
The Customer Journey Before Design
Pylon starts once you already have a qualified customer who wants a system designed. Everything before that - capturing the visitor, qualifying them, booking the survey, following up - needs a sales system.
How Voltflo Fits Alongside Pylon
You keep Pylon for system design. Voltflo handles everything before and after:
- Voltflo captures and qualifies - a dynamic solar enquiry flow on your website qualifies every lead before your team gets involved
- Voltflo generates proposals - instant, branded proposals from your equipment catalogue, connected to the deal
- Voltflo runs the pipeline - solar-specific stages, automated follow-up, and source-to-revenue tracking
- Pylon handles the design - once a customer is qualified and ready, Pylon designs the system
See the full set of capabilities on our Features page.
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Side-by-Side: Pylon vs Voltflo
- System design: Pylon - strong. Voltflo - not a design tool.
- Lead capture: Pylon - not built in. Voltflo - dynamic solar enquiry flow.
- CRM / pipeline: Pylon - not a CRM. Voltflo - full solar-specific pipeline.
- Proposals: Pylon - design-focused. Voltflo - commercial proposals connected to the pipeline.
- Marketing tracking: Pylon - not built in. Voltflo - source-to-revenue attribution.
- Integration: They work together - Voltflo wins and qualifies the customer, Pylon designs the system.
Proof It Works
JR Energy and Renewables Ireland both needed a sales layer their design tools couldn't provide. By adding Voltflo's solar-specific capture, qualification, and proposals:
- 3x conversion rate on existing website traffic
- 12+ hours saved per week on admin
- Every lead responded to automatically
See the JR Energy case study and Renewables Ireland case study.
See How Voltflo Fits with Your Pylon Setup
Book a demo and we'll show you exactly how Voltflo works alongside Pylon - winning and qualifying the customer while Pylon keeps designing the system. Or explore pricing.
You might also find these useful: OpenSolar Alternative and Best Solar CRM for Ireland.