Coperniq suits US contractors replacing several point tools with named AI agents; Solar Spine is built for Indian rooftop and C&I EPCs.
In short
Coperniq (San Francisco, California; Y Combinator W23) started in solar but repositioned itself as 'AI Agents & Software for Multi-Trade Contractors.' One system spans Sell, Build, Service, Monitor, and Cashflow across five trades, wrapped around five named AI agents: Riley for intake calls, Nick for operations, Leo for growth, Clara for accounting, and Sam for QA. It ships with native integrations to the US solar stack (Aurora Solar, OpenSolar, Solargraf for design; SolarEdge, Enphase, Tesla for monitoring) and US accounting tools (QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite).
Coperniq sells to US residential and light-commercial contractors replacing several point tools with one system. Its deepest identity is solar (all three public case studies feature solar companies; the solar page names site survey, design, permitting, install, inspection, PTO), but the platform explicitly treats solar as one of five verticals. It markets named AI agents as the primary story. Pricing is per-user: $80/month for Field, $120/month for Office (CRM, dispatch, invoicing), plus separate Coperniq Intelligence for AI usage at undisclosed rates. Access is demo-gated (no free trial, no self-serve signup).
An Indian rooftop or C&I EPC would face immediate limits. USD-only per-user pricing (₹6,720-₹10,080/month before AI at $1=₹84) punishes unlimited-team models, with a 10-person team costing ₹67,200-₹1,00,800/month across Field and Office seats, versus Solar Spine's flat ₹10,000/workspace/month. The product has no DISCOM-branded net-metering (it tracks generic utility-interconnection applications instead), GST invoicing, PM Surya Ghar subsidy tracking, or India payment gates (25% before structure, 65% loan / 95% non-loan before material). Data is US-only. Support is US-based with no IST availability. For US contractors consolidating tools, Coperniq is strong; for Indian EPCs, every domain (finance, compliance, workflow, hosting) requires rework.
Where Coperniq wins
- Coperniq ships a genuine, front-and-centre multi-agent AI layer (Riley, Nick, Leo, Clara, Sam) that is the entire homepage narrative, not a feature buried in settings, making it more developed and confidently marketed than most competitors.
- A work order's due date is set automatically from the date it opens in a project, and the workflow engine blocks a step until its dependency clears (roofing before solar, permits before install). This is a real sequencing gate, more than a notification.
- Deep native integrations into the US solar stack (Aurora Solar, OpenSolar, Solargraf for design; SolarEdge, Enphase, Tesla for monitoring; NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero for accounting) reduce point-tool sprawl for a US EPC consolidating several systems.
- Three named customer case studies with specific operational stats (Tron Solar with approximately 500 active projects consolidating five or more tools) plus a substantial external help centre (88 articles, counted from Coperniq's own sitemap.xml) provide real depth behind the marketing.
- For US contractors replacing JobNimbus, AccuLynx, Buildertrend, Salesforce, HubSpot, or Zoho, Coperniq offers a concrete path off multiple platforms with demonstrated customer success.
Where Solar Spine wins
- Solar Spine's flat ₹10,000/workspace/month plus GST for unlimited users makes it economical for Indian EPCs. Coperniq's ₹6,720-₹10,080 per-user-per-month model costs a 10-person team ₹67,200-₹1,00,800/month across Field and Office seats.
- Solar Spine's Mumbai-based Postgres database with workspace isolation at the row-level security fence satisfies Indian data-residency requirements and compliance concerns. Coperniq stores all data in the US.
- Solar Spine ships 7 solar sales stages and 17 project stages, each with 57 conditional checklist items branching on loan, subsidy, and DISCOM (net-metering for BRPL, BYPL, TPDDL, PVVNL, NPCL, DHBVN, UHBVN). Coperniq tracks generic utility interconnection, not DISCOM by name, and has no GST invoicing or PM Surya Ghar subsidy tracking.
- Solar Spine offers a 30-day free trial without a card and self-serve signup. Coperniq is demo-gated with no published trial tier.
Best for
US residential or light-commercial contractors replacing several disconnected tools and comfortable with per-user pricing.
Not for
Indian solar EPCs or any organisation requiring India-only data hosting, GST invoicing, DISCOM-specific workflows, or per-workspace pricing.
Pricing
Coperniq
Two per-user seat tiers discounted on the site itself: Field $80/user/month (was $90) for mobile workers, Office $120/user/month (was $200) for CRM, dispatch, invoicing, and reporting. Coperniq Intelligence (AI add-on with 5 chats/day and voice calls) is priced separately at undisclosed rates. No published annual discount, no free trial, no card-optional signup; access is demo-gated.
| Tier | ₹ / user / month | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Field | ₹6,720 | $80/user/month, list price $90, read on the pricing page 2026-09-08; converted at $1=₹84 → ₹6,720/user/month. Mobile app, assigned work, job updates, photos, notes, forms, time and field activity tracking. |
| Office | ₹10,080 | $120/user/month, list price $200, marked "recommended", read on the pricing page 2026-09-08; converted at $1=₹84 → ₹10,080/user/month. CRM, scheduling and dispatch, service work orders, customer communications, invoicing and payments, crew scheduling, documents, project financials, partner collaboration, advanced workflows, reporting. |
| Coperniq Intelligence (AI add-on) | Not published | Priced separately; includes 5 AI chats/day with voice-minute overage. FAQ questions on the pricing page have no visible answers, so the rate card is not published. |
Read from https://coperniq.io/pricing on 8 September 2026
Solar Spine
Solar Spine price list, the same numbers Razorpay charges
Feature by feature
| Capability | Coperniq | Solar Spine |
|---|---|---|
| Solar-specific | ||
| Solar sales and install stages out of the box | Partly. Solar industry page names phases (site survey, design, permitting, install, inspection, PTO) as things Coperniq standardises, but the platform is explicitly multi-trade rather than solar-specific stages shipped out of the box. | Yes. 7 sales stages and 17 project stages seeded on day one, all editable. |
| DISCOM net-metering steps tracked | Partly. Coperniq tracks generic utility-interconnection applications (Not Started, Submitted, Approved, Rejected, Cancelled), the US equivalent of a net-meter file, but nothing DISCOM-branded or India-specific. | Yes. Net-meter paperwork branches for BRPL, BYPL, TPDDL, PVVNL, NPCL, DHBVN and UHBVN. |
| PM Surya Ghar and subsidy tracking | Not applicable. US-only product; no India government subsidy scheme exists in their market. | Yes. PMSG submission, DCR certificate, GBI and central subsidy redemption as dated tasks. |
| Roof design, shading and proposal generation | Partly. No in-house design or proposal generation; integrates Aurora Solar, OpenSolar, Solargraf for design and offers an AI Copilot for Proposals plus e-signature and contract collection. | No. Solar Spine does not do roof design. Use a design tool and track the job here. |
| Execution | ||
| Tasks written automatically with due dates when a stage opens | Yes. A work order's due date is dynamically set from the date the work order opens in a project, per Coperniq's own help centre, and an automation trigger can create a work order the moment a project phase starts. | Yes. Nobody types the checklist; each task carries the date it was given when the stage opened. |
| Documents verified by ops before work proceeds | Yes. The homepage markets a real sequencing gate ('roofing blocking solar, permits gating installs') and work-order elements carry blocked and condition-not-met statuses; the narrower e-signature contracts feature does not itself gate progress. | Yes. A document is done when ops marks it correct; a rejection goes back to the person who photographed it. |
| A different first screen per role | Partly. Named AI agents (Riley for CSR, Nick for Ops, Clara for Accounting) map to functions, implying role-oriented views, and Reporting is a listed Office feature, but no explicit claim of a different first screen per role. | Yes. Nine roles, nine first screens, from telecaller to director. |
| Field use on a phone: photos, tasks, call outcomes | Yes. Field plan is built around mobile: mobile app access, assigned work, job updates, photos, notes and forms, time and field activity tracking; native iOS and Android apps confirmed. | Yes. Every screen works on a phone; documents are photographed at the customer's house. |
| Money | ||
| Instalment schedule per project | Partly. Invoicing and payments and project financials are named Office features, but no explicit milestone or instalment schedule (e.g. 10/70/20) is described. | Yes. 10/70/20 or whatever you agreed, with due dates and outstanding balance visible to all. |
| Material cannot dispatch until payment is collected | No. No mention of material dispatch being blocked until a payment share is collected on any fetched page. | Yes. Thresholds per stage, set by the workspace; the default is the one the first customer ran. |
| A bounced cheque reopens the instalment | Not applicable. Cheque payments are not a US market concept; Coperniq targets US invoicing, ACH, and card rails. | Yes. Yes |
| GST invoices and quotes from the same record | No. US product with US accounting integrations (QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite) only; no GST or Indian tax compliance concept. | Yes. Invoice creation is a stage in the pipeline; the subscription itself is GST-invoiced too. |
| Leads and calling | ||
| PIN-code check on incoming leads | No. No postal or ZIP-code serviceability screening on incoming leads mentioned in any fetched page. | Yes. Leads outside the PIN codes you serve are kept out of the AI caller's queue. |
| AI caller that qualifies leads and books visits | Yes. Riley is explicitly marketed as a custom, human-sounding AI agent that answers calls, handles objections, books jobs into the CRM, and routes emergencies 24/7; a genuine AI voice caller priced separately. | Yes. Optional. Calls 9 am to 9 pm IST, books the visit on a named salesperson's day, hands off with notes. |
| Lead outcomes written back to Meta | No. No mention of writing lead outcomes back to Meta or Facebook for ad optimisation on any fetched page. | Yes. Qualified, converted and disqualified statuses flow back through the lead sheet into Meta's Conversions API, so the account optimises for buyers, not form-fillers. |
| WhatsApp messaging and automation | No. Not listed among integrations or communication features on any fetched page; email and SMS are implied, WhatsApp is not named. | Partly. Click-to-chat and logged WhatsApp interactions. No automated messaging. |
| Reporting | ||
| Owner dashboard: kW against target, cash due, stuck projects | Partly. Homepage promises seeing revenue, job status, technician productivity, service trends, and operational performance at a glance, but kW-versus-target and cash-due-specific framing are not shown. | Yes. Yes |
| Data | ||
| Data hosted in India | No. Privacy policy states data is sent to and stored on servers located in the United States with no India region mentioned. | Yes. Postgres in Mumbai (ap-south-1); documents in a private store. |
| Pricing and support | ||
| Pricing model | No. Strictly per-user per month ($80–$120 per seat) across two tiers; the opposite of Solar Spine's flat per-workspace model. | Yes. Flat per company: ₹10,000 a month or ₹99,999 a year plus GST. Unlimited users. |
| Prices published in INR | No. Pricing page shows USD only; no currency switcher or India-localised pricing found. | Yes. Yes |
| Free trial without a card | No. No free-trial language found anywhere; Book a Demo is the primary call-to-action throughout the site. | Yes. 30 days, no card, no call. |
| India-based support in IST | No. Company is based in San Francisco, California with no India office, support hours, or IST mention found. | Yes. Email, replies within one business day, from Mumbai. |
Switching from Coperniq
- Export projects, clients, and requests as separate CSVs using Coperniq's own per-record-type export, filtered by date range or saved view; there is no single one-click export of the whole account, so run this once per record type.
- Separately export or access design and monitoring data from third-party integrations Coperniq connects to (Aurora Solar, OpenSolar, Solargraf for proposals; SolarEdge, Enphase, Tesla for monitoring), as these do not live in Coperniq's own database.
- Upload the contacts and projects CSV into Solar Spine using the built-in import, mapping Coperniq's contact fields to Solar Spine's field types. Solar Spine auto-creates the corresponding pipeline stages and customer records.
- Manually reconcile payment and invoicing history from Coperniq into Solar Spine's payment records, ensuring all instalment schedules and cheque-bounce events are recorded for accurate reporting.
- Optionally preserve historical Riley call transcripts and summaries if your team needs AI-call history retained. Export these separately from Coperniq and archive before sunset.
Questions people ask
Can we use Coperniq and Solar Spine at the same time?
Yes, though it rarely makes sense long-term. Coperniq is built for US multi-trade contractors running solar alongside HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and roofing work. Solar Spine is built only for Indian rooftop and C&I EPCs. A team operating in both geographies could run both, but the two systems share no data, so every record needs entering twice.
Does Solar Spine do roof design the way Coperniq integrates with Aurora and OpenSolar?
No. Solar Spine does not offer roof design, shading analysis, or proposal generation of its own. Coperniq integrates with Aurora Solar, OpenSolar, and Solargraf for that work. Use one of those tools, or whatever design software your team already runs, then import the finished project and proposal into Solar Spine to track finance, compliance, dispatch, and completion.
Does Solar Spine integrate with Coperniq?
Not today. Both are standalone systems with no connector between them. Coperniq does not publish a one-click export, so moving off it means requesting a CSV of contacts, projects, and invoicing history from Coperniq support, or pulling records through its API, then uploading that CSV into Solar Spine's built-in import tool.
Which is cheaper for a 12-person Indian solar team?
Solar Spine costs ₹10,000/month flat plus 18% GST, for unlimited users. Coperniq's Office plan is $120 per user per month; for 12 people that is ₹10,080 × 12 = ₹1,20,960/month at $1=₹84, before any AI add-on, or roughly 12 times Solar Spine's price. Coperniq adds value for teams also running HVAC, electrical, or plumbing work alongside solar.
Where is my data hosted?
Solar Spine stores data on Postgres in Mumbai (ap-south-1), with each workspace isolated by row-level security at the database layer. Coperniq's privacy policy states customer data is sent to and stored on servers located in the United States only, with no India region or data-residency option offered.
Does Coperniq have an AI voice caller like Solar Spine's optional AI telecaller?
Yes. Coperniq's Riley agent answers calls 24/7 and books jobs into the CRM. It is priced separately as part of Coperniq Intelligence, at rates the pricing page does not publish. Solar Spine's AI telecaller is also optional and priced separately, and calls only 9 am to 9 pm IST.
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