Solar contractors on Command
respond faster, track permits,
and close the long cycle.
Built for solar - not adapted from generic software. Automated sales cycle follow-up. Utility savings projections. Multi-jurisdiction permit tracking. Install window homeowner engagement. All configured before you go live.
The problems most software ignores.
6-week sales cycle. No automated follow-up. Leads go cold.
Solar doesn't close in 48 hours. Homeowners think for weeks, get other quotes, talk to their spouse. Without a system firing follow-up at the right cadence across that entire window, your best leads forget you exist by the time they're ready to buy.
You're calculating ROI by hand. Competitors have a deck.
Homeowners buy solar on payback period and monthly savings. Analyzing their utility bill manually, building a savings projection in a spreadsheet, and emailing a PDF takes hours - and it still doesn't look as polished as the deck your competitor generated in 90 seconds.
4–8 weeks per permit. You're tracking it in a spreadsheet.
Solar installs require permits and utility interconnection across multiple jurisdictions - each with different timelines, requirements, and inspection steps. Managing this across a job board in a spreadsheet means things slip. Inspections missed. Interconnection delayed. Homeowners angry.
Signed. Then 6 weeks of silence. Then the homeowner calls a competitor.
The gap between contract signing and first panel going up is your most vulnerable window. Homeowners second-guess. Neighbors plant seeds. If you're not proactively communicating during the install window, you're risking cancellations on your highest-value jobs.
Before Command. After Command.
6 things built for solar.
Long-cycle automated follow-up
Command fires a configurable follow-up sequence across the full solar sales cycle: immediate response, day 3 savings reminder, day 10 utility comparison nudge, day 21 incentive deadline alert, day 35 final check-in. Every touchpoint automated. Zero leads go cold from silence.
Utility savings projection engine
Homeowner uploads or texts their utility bill. Command analyzes average monthly usage, calculates projected solar offset, estimated monthly savings, payback period, and 25-year ROI - formatted into a branded proposal delivered in minutes, not hours. You always have the deck.
Multi-jurisdiction permit tracker
Every solar job has a permit timeline tracked per jurisdiction. Command logs submission date, expected approval window, inspection stages, and utility interconnection status. Deadline alerts fire before you miss them. Inspections get scheduled automatically. Nothing slips.
Install window homeowner engagement
From contract signing to system activation, Command sends automated status updates to the homeowner: permit submitted, permit approved, install date confirmed, panels up, inspection scheduled, interconnection filed, system live. Six weeks of silence becomes six weeks of trust-building.
Speed-to-lead AI response
Solar leads go cold fast - contractors who respond within 1 hour close 7x more than those who respond in 24 hours. Command's AI phone agent answers every inbound call and responds to every web form within 60 seconds, 24/7. You are always the first contractor to respond.
Incentive and deadline tracking
Federal ITC, state rebates, utility incentive programs - they change and they expire. Command tracks active incentives in your market and automatically includes current incentive values in every proposal. When a deadline approaches, follow-up sequences reference it as a close trigger.
How Command works for solar.
From the first inquiry to a live system on the roof - every step tracked, every follow-up automated, every homeowner kept in the loop.
Homeowner calls or submits a form asking about solar
The AI phone agent answers every inbound call within seconds. It introduces itself as your company's solar advisor, asks qualifying questions (roof age, utility provider, average monthly bill, homeownership), and logs the lead instantly. Web form submissions get an automated SMS response within 60 seconds - before a competitor has time to call.
AI captures utility data and requests a bill photo
Command guides the homeowner through the information needed for a savings projection - utility provider, average monthly bill or actual usage - and sends an SMS prompting them to photograph their latest utility bill. Every detail is logged and attached to the lead record automatically.
Utility analysis + site data = branded savings proposal
Command analyzes the utility bill for average usage, calculates projected solar offset based on location and roof orientation, and generates a branded proposal showing monthly savings, payback period, 25-year ROI, and applicable incentives - including current federal ITC and state rebates. Delivered as a mobile-optimized link in minutes.
Long-cycle follow-up sequence fires automatically
Solar doesn't close overnight. Command fires a configurable sequence across the full sales cycle: day-3 savings reminder, day-10 utility bill comparison, day-21 incentive deadline alert, day-35 final check-in. Every touchpoint is automated, branded, and sent at the right time - without anyone on your team manually tracking who needs a follow-up.
Permit submitted, install scheduled, homeowner updated at every milestone
On contract signing, Command creates the job, initiates the permit application workflow for the relevant jurisdiction, adds the job to your dispatch board, and begins the install window communication sequence. The homeowner receives an automated update at every milestone: permit submitted, permit approved, install date set, panels up, inspection scheduled, interconnection filed, system live.
A real proposal. In minutes.
This is what lands in the homeowner's SMS after they upload their utility bill. Branded, itemized, with savings and payback period calculated.
A week in the life with Command.
Daily brief. Every lead, every permit, every job.
You open the Daily Brief - 3 leads in the follow-up sequence who haven't responded in 10 days. Command already sent the utility comparison nudge to all three at 7:30 AM. Two active permits are flagged: one approval expected this week, one inspection due Thursday. You didn't open a spreadsheet. You finish your coffee.
A homeowner uploads her bill. Proposal out in 4 minutes.
A lead from last week finally texts back with her utility bill photo. Command analyzes her 1,340 kWh average monthly usage, calculates a 9.6 kW system for her roof orientation and zip code, and generates a branded proposal showing $187/month in estimated savings and an 8.7-year payback. She has it in 4 minutes. The competitor who visited her home last week is still writing the quote.
Permit approved. Homeowner notified instantly.
The city approves the Kellerman job permit. Command logs the approval, updates the job status, fires an automated text to the homeowner - 'Great news: your permit was approved today. We're scheduling your install for next week and will confirm the exact date by Friday' - and adds the install to your dispatch calendar. You found out the same time the homeowner did.
Three signed jobs this week. You know exactly why.
Three proposals converted this week - one from a same-day response that beat a competitor, one from the day-21 incentive deadline follow-up that re-engaged a cold lead, one from the day-35 final check-in on a job you'd have otherwise written off. Command's sequence closed all three. You close the laptop knowing exactly what drove each one.
What Command replaces for solar contractors.
Most solar companies are paying for 5–6 disconnected tools. Command replaces all of them and actually integrates the data.
- Aurora Solar · $349/mo
- Salesforce CRM · $300/mo
- QuickBooks · $100/mo
- Permit tracking spreadsheet · owner time
- Generic follow-up tool · $150/mo
- Total: $899+/mo · none integrated
- ✓Proposal engine + utility savings analysis
- ✓Solar-specific CRM + pipeline
- ✓Job costing + invoicing
- ✓Permit tracking by jurisdiction
- ✓Long-cycle follow-up automation + AI phone
- ✓One system · one login · fully integrated
Solar-specific answers.
How does Command handle the long solar sales cycle?
Command fires a configurable automated follow-up sequence across the full solar sales cycle - typically 30–60 days. Touchpoints include an immediate response to the initial inquiry, a day-3 savings reminder, a day-10 utility comparison nudge, a day-21 incentive deadline alert, and a day-35 final check-in. Every message is sent automatically without manual intervention. No lead goes cold from silence, and no homeowner falls out of the pipeline because you were too busy on other jobs to follow up.
Can Command generate utility savings projections?
Yes. The homeowner uploads or texts a photo of their utility bill. Command analyzes their average monthly usage, calculates projected solar offset based on their location and roof orientation, and generates a branded proposal showing estimated monthly savings, total payback period, and 25-year ROI. This proposal is formatted and delivered in minutes - not hours of spreadsheet work. Current federal ITC and applicable state incentives are included automatically, with values pulled from your configured market data.
How does Command track permits and inspections?
Every solar job has a permit timeline tracked per jurisdiction inside Command. The system logs the submission date, expected approval window, inspection stages, and utility interconnection status for every active job. Deadline alerts fire automatically before you risk missing an inspection window. When an inspection is due, Command prompts scheduling and logs the outcome. Utility interconnection filings are tracked separately with their own status timeline so nothing slips through the gap between permit approval and system activation.
What happens during the install window to keep the homeowner engaged?
From contract signing to system activation, Command sends automated status updates to the homeowner at each milestone: permit submitted, permit approved, install date confirmed, panels up, inspection scheduled, interconnection filed, and system live. This turns the 4–6 weeks of typical silence into a structured communication flow that builds confidence and dramatically reduces cancellation risk. Homeowners who receive regular updates through the install window cancel at a fraction of the rate of those who hear nothing after signing.
The platform powering it all.
Respond within 60 seconds. Every time.
The AI agent answers every inbound call and follows up on every web inquiry in under a minute - 24/7. Solar contractors who respond first close 7x more.
Savings projection in minutes
Utility bill analysis, solar offset calculation, payback period, and 25-year ROI - assembled into a branded proposal and delivered by SMS before your competitor finishes their quote.
Leads, permits, and jobs at 7am
Follow-up sequences in flight, permit deadlines this week, jobs in the install window, and margin by job - everything to run your operation before you make your first call.