What is the difference between a solar sales app and a solar design app?
They solve two different jobs and most reps need both. A solar sales (canvassing) app runs the street: a fresh-lead map, knocks, dispositions, territories, team GPS, appointments and your commission. A solar design app — Aurora, OpenSolar, your dealer platform — runs the roof: satellite modeling, shading, production estimates and the utility-offset proposal you present at the kitchen table. Don't buy a canvassing app expecting it to design systems, or a design tool expecting it to track your knocks. FieldStacker is the first kind and is honest that it is not the second.
Which solar app is best for a solo 1099 rep?
For a solo rep who wants one flat bill and their own money tracked, FieldStacker is the strongest fit: flat month-to-month from $25/mo, a 30-day free trial with no card, no seat minimum, and 1099 financials (commission, chargebacks, IRS-rate mileage, quarterly tax set-aside) built in. SalesRabbit, SPOTIO and Knock.io are capable canvassing platforms but are seat-based and lean toward teams, and they leave your personal commission and taxes to a spreadsheet. Pair whichever canvassing app you pick with your design tool for the actual proposal.
Do any of these apps design the solar system or build the proposal?
The canvassing apps on this list — FieldStacker, SalesRabbit, SPOTIO, Knock.io — do not design systems or model production. That work belongs to dedicated design software like Aurora Solar or OpenSolar. FieldStacker in particular is explicit about this: its built-in doorstep quote builder is alarm-native today, so for solar you keep your design tool for the proposal and use FieldStacker for the map, the knocks and the money.
How much do solar sales apps cost?
It varies by model. FieldStacker publishes a flat price starting at $25/mo month-to-month with a 30-day free trial and no card. SalesRabbit, SPOTIO and Knock.io are generally per-seat and often quote-based with team minimums and annual terms — check each vendor's site for current pricing, since they don't always publish it. Design tools like Aurora and OpenSolar are billed separately from your canvassing app. For a fuller breakdown, see our door-to-door software cost guide.
Can I use one app to canvass solar and another industry?
With FieldStacker, yes. Turn on the industries you actually sell and work them from one login — canvass solar and alarms in the same day with one map, one set of stats and one bill. The alarm side is powered by SecurityQS, our alarm-native product, on the same backend. Most single-vertical solar apps keep you locked to solar only.
Is FieldStacker only for solar?
No — that's the point of the stack. FieldStacker is a door-to-door canvassing CRM for every industry: solar, pest control, roofing, fiber, alarms and more. The knock map, dispositions, territories, team GPS, leaderboard and 1099 financials are all vertical-agnostic, so the same account follows you across whatever you sell.
