PVComplete Acquired by Enact Solar
PVComplete has been acquired and merged into Enact Solar. What this means for PVCAD users and what alternatives exist for AutoCAD solar stringing.
PVComplete Acquired by Enact Solar: What It Means for PVCAD Users
PVComplete — the AutoCAD solar plugin that many commercial solar engineers have used for years — has gone through two acquisitions. First, Shoals Technologies acquired PVComplete in 2021. Now, the product has been merged with or absorbed into Enact Solar. If you're a PVCAD user, this matters.
What Happened
2021: Shoals Technologies, a manufacturer of utility-scale electrical balance of systems (eBOS) components, acquired PVComplete. Their interest was reportedly the backend engineering data and utility-scale design capabilities.
2025-2026: PVComplete's technology has been merged with Enact Solar, a solar monitoring and asset management platform focused on operational performance of installed systems.
The PVCAD AutoCAD plugin — the product commercial rooftop engineers actually used — now sits inside a company whose primary business is monitoring solar systems after they're built, owned by a parent company whose primary business is manufacturing utility-scale electrical components.
What This Means for PVCAD Users
Product direction is uncertain. Neither Shoals' nor Enact's core revenue comes from helping engineers draw strings on commercial rooftop projects in AutoCAD. Commercial rooftop AutoCAD automation is unlikely to be the top development priority for either parent company.
Pricing and licensing may change. Enterprise acquirers often move toward larger contract sizes, bundled offerings, or seat minimums that work for big firms but price out smaller teams. PVCAD's pricing was already opaque, so changes may not be visible until renewal.
Support may shift. Merging products means merging teams and systems. During transitions, support responsiveness can dip and integration stability can be affected.
The key question is straightforward: Is the company that owns your stringing tool incentivized to make it better for your specific use case?
Alternatives Worth Evaluating
We built Leaf, so take the first entry with appropriate salt.
Leaf does stringing with voltage window compliance, K-means optimized homerun routing, SolarEdge PDF import, and cable length export to CSV. Transparent pricing ($299/user/month or $3,299/user/year). 14-day free trial, no credit card. What we don't do: SLD generation, wire sizing, voltage drop calculations, or carport-specific design tools that PVCAD offered. If you used PVCAD primarily for stringing and homeruns on commercial rooftops, Leaf covers that. If you depended on SLDs or carport features, you'll need to handle those separately.
Virto.CAD supports AutoCAD and BricsCAD with commercial rooftop and ground-mount projects. European origin with growing international presence. Worth evaluating if you use BricsCAD or work across project types. Pricing requires sales contact.
PV Rocket offers auto-stringing with integrated voltage drop calculations, wire sizing, and SLD generation in AutoCAD. If SLDs are critical to your workflow, PV Rocket offers them. Combines engineering calculations with drafting automation — depending on your firm, that's either a major advantage or something you'd rather handle separately. Pricing requires sales contact.
Our Perspective
PVComplete built a useful product that served commercial solar engineers for years. The tool now sits inside a corporate structure whose core businesses don't align with commercial rooftop AutoCAD drafting automation. Whether that matters to you depends on your situation.
If PVCAD is working today and you're not seeing degradation in support or development, there may be no urgency to switch. If you're experiencing issues or your renewal is coming up, it's a good time to evaluate. Download trials and run your own projects — that's the only real test.
Evaluating alternatives to PVCAD? Start a 14-day free trial of Leaf and run your next project through it. No credit card, no sales call.