scanifly.com

What It Is

Scanifly is an end-to-end solar design and field-operations platform for residential and commercial PV contractors. It emphasizes handling everything in a single system—from initial sales designs and site surveys to detailed PV design, engineering drawings, and installation handoff—with the goal of reducing change orders, rework, financing rejections, and extra truck rolls.

Key Features

The platform offers PrelimDesign for remote preliminary design, using data sources such as Google Maps, satellite imagery, LiDAR, and Nearmap. It also provides DroneDesign based on drone photos, which can generate photorealistic 3D models for accurate measurements, roof layouts, fire setbacks, module orientation, shading analysis, and production modeling. The Field Ops mobile app supports iOS and Android, using digital checklists to collect structural, electrical, and property data. Design outputs can be exported to CAD or racking partners, and can be converted into permit-ready plan sets. Scanifly also offers on-demand design services and outsourced drone measurement.

Pricing

The scraped text does not disclose specific plans or pricing. It only notes that its remote design tool is more affordable than some design software. If users do not purchase a drone, Scanifly can outsource the drone survey for an additional fee. Overall, it appears to follow an enterprise procurement model that requires booking a demo or contacting sales.

Pros and Cons

The main advantages are its complete workflow coverage and its ability to merge field data with design data, reducing manual measurement work and the risks of climbing on roofs. Its drone-based design is claimed to achieve accuracy within 1–3 inches of manual measurements. The downsides are its reliance on drones and high-quality field data, limited pricing transparency, and a clear focus on the solar industry, which limits its general-purpose applicability.

Who It’s For

Scanifly is best suited for solar contractors with established sales, surveying, design, engineering, and installation teams—especially teams looking to improve design accuracy, reduce installation-day rework, and speed up delivery of permit plan sets.

Access in China

The text does not provide information about access from mainland China, a Chinese-language interface, local payment options, or regulatory adaptation. Its accessibility status in China is therefore unknown.