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title: "Monitoring systems: compare and contrast - PES - Power & Energy Solution"
description: The PV market offers numerous monitoring system solutions. From the all-rounder with data logger and software from a single source, to the pure software solution, everything is available to the plant operator. The greatest differences can be found in the flexibility of the functions. But with many hidden details, it is worth taking a close [...]
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The PV market offers numerous monitoring system solutions. From the  
 all-rounder with data logger and software from a single source, to the pure software solution, everything is available to the plant operator. The greatest differences can be found in the flexibility of the functions. But with many hidden details, it is worth taking a close look to find the right system.

**What the market has to offer**

There are currently around 50 different PV monitoring systems on the market. These can be divided into three categories of providers of data loggers and monitoring software, providers of pure monitoring software and monitoring software from inverter manufacturers.

The data logger is the core of the PV monitoring systems. It provides all the data from the PV system, which is then processed and output by the software.

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