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GTM Research confirms Solar-Log™ position as the world market leader in residential and commercial PV monitoring


Geislingen-Binsdorf, 12th May 2016 – GTM Research (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) and SoliChamba Consulting (San Francisco, California, U.S.) conducted a global market analysis of PV monitoring software.


In the segments Residential and Commercial being monitored by Solar-LogTM in 2015, GTM Research confirms the PV monitoring specialist Solar-LogTM as the global leader in the independent software vendor (ISV) category. In the overall-ranking across PV segments SDS took second place among ISVs.

More than 50 companies managing over 108.000 GWp in the segments Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Utility-Scale were analyzed in the report, titled ‘Global PV Monitoring 2016-2020: Markets, Trends and Leading Players’. Both the technical and economical aspects of the companies were carefully examined and compared.


With its Solar-LogTM monitoring system, Solare Datensysteme GmbH monitors over 10.596 GWp and 242,002 plants, at the date of the report (January), a market share of 5.7 %. The Solar-LogTM clearly outperforms its competitors. As for May 2016, SDS monitors a total output of 10.84 GWp from 248.101 plants worldwide.