WinkScope is an AI estimating and takeoff platform for solar installers. You describe the job or upload photos, and it drafts a full quote: scope of work, panel counts, materials, labour hours, markup and VAT, then exports a branded PDF for e-signature. WinkScope starts at $29.99/month with a 15-day free trial, billed in USD worldwide.
What is the best AI solar estimating software in UK in 2026?
Start by describing the job in plain language — "solar work, 2,400 sq ft two-storey, solar scope, occupied home" — or upload site photos and a plan image. WinkScope AI writes the scope of work, breaks it into sections, and proposes line items with quantities. You correct anything that is wrong, apply your own price book rates, and the totals, markup and VAT recalculate as you type. A typical quote that took an evening in a spreadsheet takes 10-20 minutes. Nothing is sent until you approve it.
For solar work the takeoff resolves panel counts, array layout, racking, conductor runs and inverter sizing. WinkScope converts those quantities into priced line items against your price book, so the same rates apply on every quote instead of being re-guessed per job. Quantities stay editable, and each one keeps its unit, waste factor and crew rate so you can audit where a number came from six months later.
A defensible solar quote in the UK normally carries: Modules; Inverters and optimizers; Racking and flashing; Conductors and disconnects; Install labor; Permit, interconnection and inspection. The margin killer on this trade is interconnection and permitting time priced as if it were free — WinkScope handles it with change orders that carry their own approval and e-signature, so scope growth becomes billed revenue instead of an argument at the end of the job.
Jobs are priced in GBP with VAT handled as 20% standard, 5% reduced, 0% on some new build, plus the CIS domestic reverse charge. Units follow local practice: metric (m, m², linear m). Material pricing resolves local suppliers such as Screwfix, Travis Perkins, Wickes, City Electrical Factors. Local practice the quote has to respect: BS 7671 and Building Regulations Part P; CIS deductions and the VAT domestic reverse charge; Retention on commercial contracts. Your WinkScope subscription itself is always charged in USD; the GBP figures are the prices you charge your own clients.
The approved quote becomes the job. WinkScope carries it through scheduling and a Gantt plan, work orders for subs and crews, GPS time tracking, change orders, progress or deposit invoicing with Stripe payments, and a client portal where the customer approves and pays. QuickBooks and Xero sync keeps the books in step, so a solar installer is not re-typing the same job into three systems.
For small and mid-sized solar installers, WinkScope covers the whole job — AI quotes, takeoff from descriptions and photos, price book, scheduling, work orders, invoicing and payments — from $29.99/month with a 15-day free trial. Larger solar firms running detailed plan measurement often pair it with Aurora Solar. It is not a CAD plan-measurement package: takeoff comes from your job description, photos and quantities you confirm, and every AI draft is editable before it goes to the client.
WinkScope generates quantities from your job description, site photos and uploaded plan images, and resolves panel counts, array layout, racking, conductor runs and inverter sizing. It is an assisted takeoff, not automated CAD measurement — you review and confirm quantities before they price. That is deliberate: an unreviewed AI quantity in a quote is how solar installers lose margin.
WinkScope is $29.99/month on Starter, $79.99/month on Pro, $199/month on Agency and $699/month on Enterprise, all with a 15-day free trial and no card required to start. Billing is in USD worldwide. Traditional solar estimating suites like Aurora Solar and OpenSolar are typically quote-only and considerably more.
Yes. 20% standard, 5% reduced, 0% on some new build, plus the CIS domestic reverse charge. Documents are priced in GBP and stamp their currency at creation, so a historic quote keeps its original figures if you later switch. Your subscription is still charged in USD.
That is the core case. A solo solar installer usually estimates at night; WinkScope's value is turning a 90-minute quote into 15 minutes and making the numbers consistent. There is no minimum seat count and no onboarding fee, and Free/Starter/Pro plans include no sub-accounts, so you are not paying for seats you do not use.
Yes. Standard estimates suit residential and light commercial. Advanced Estimates use a four-part structure — sections, items, materials and labour — for commercial solar scopes that need a defensible breakdown, and are available on Pro and above, with a monthly allowance on Agency.
A structured scope of work in your market's English, line-itemed materials and labour with quantities and units, markup, VAT, exclusions and terms. It uses the UK vocabulary, units and supplier names, not US defaults. Everything is editable and nothing sends automatically.
Aurora Solar is stronger at deep, measurement-driven solar takeoff on large plan sets. WinkScope is broader and much cheaper: AI scope writing, quotes, scheduling, work orders, inventory, invoicing, payments and a client portal in one place. Small to mid-sized solar installers usually need the breadth more than the depth.
You can upload plan images and photos and WinkScope will draft the full quote — scope, materials, labour hours, markup and VAT — in one pass. Review the quantities, adjust rates, then export a branded PDF or send it for e-signature from the same screen.
No, it syncs with it. Invoices, clients and payments sync two ways with QuickBooks Online and Xero, including status changes, so accounting stays where your bookkeeper wants it while estimating, scheduling and job management live in WinkScope.
WinkScope is an AI estimating and takeoff platform for solar installers. You describe the job or upload photos, and it drafts a full quote: scope of work, panel counts, materials, labour hours, markup and VAT, then exports a branded PDF for e-signature. WinkScope starts at $29.99/month with a 15-day free trial, billed in USD worldwide.