Automate your solar battery with full control and 100% transparency

SoCrates automates battery behavior around live AEMO, Amber, or UK Octopus prices, weather, and forecasts, and can also run Tesla EV charging rules alongside battery automation. The dashboard keeps the active logic readable.

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Full access currently free  ·  No credit card  ·  No hardware changes

Works with Tesla Powerwall Beta Beta NeoVolt Testing
AEMO Pricing / Manual Tariffs  +  Amber Electric  +  Flow Power  +  UK Octopus Tariffs  +  Tesla EV Integration
How it works

Up and running in 5 minutes

No coding. No hardware changes. Three quick steps.

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Connect your inverter

Paste your inverter API key and device serial. SoCrates verifies the connection instantly; no cables required.

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Set your rules

Set charge, discharge, or export rules with simple conditions: live pricing, tariffs, battery level, time, and solar forecast. Start from a template or build your own.

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Save automatically

Rules run on the cloud cadence you configure and send commands automatically. Check in anytime, or just watch your bill drop.

Features

Everything you need to automate your energy

Automation Engine

Build cloud-evaluated rules from price, battery SoC, time, solar, weather, and import/export caps. Set cadence and priority, then see which eligible rule fires with a decision log and cooldown guardrails.

Price & Weather

Use refreshed AEMO, Amber, UK Octopus import/export, or manual tariffs with forward outlooks and multi-day forecasts. Enter a place or coordinates to align timezone before spikes, negative prices, or curtailment.

Automation Lab

Safely test rules before they run your inverter. Simulate price spikes, low battery SoC, or cloudy days, then see which rule fires, why it fired, and how conditions affected the result.

Backtests & Optimiser

Replay recent history against self-use, your current rules, candidate rules, or a manual tariff plan. Score bounded rule variants before applying changes, grounded in real operating conditions.

Solar Curtailment Monitor

Automatically limit export when feed-in prices fall below your threshold. Set a floor price once and SoCrates checks it every minute, helping avoid exports that cost you money.

ROI & Automation History

See the dollar impact of every fired rule across daily, weekly, and monthly history. Track savings clearly, compare performance over time, and export your data whenever you need it.

Weekly Benchmarks

Compare completed weeks with the platform on self-sufficiency, solar use, grid import, and confidence. See percentile bands, standout signals, and where automation made a material difference.

Quick Controls

Need to react quickly? Start a one-tap charge or discharge with power and duration controls, then let timed auto-resume hand control back to automation.

Tesla EV Integration

Connect Tesla in Settings, follow EV status from the dashboard, and send start, stop, or charge-limit commands when vehicle readiness checks pass.

Community Rules Library

Find community rule templates by category, difficulty, or scenario. Search instantly, import a template in one click, then tailor it with a plain-English summary.

Private & Secure

Your data is isolated per user in Google Firestore. Inverter API keys never return to the browser after setup and are never shared with third parties.

Market Insights

Explore AEMO price trends, volatility, negative-price events, and regions live for AEMO-powered automation. Open the public preview to see the market conditions behind the signals.

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Product Walkthrough

Automation Dashboard & Overview - live pricing, active rules, battery status, and savings in one place.

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automation cadence
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Library rules ready to import
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Community

What early users are saying

Feedback from the solar community who were first through the door.

“After a few tweaks to my automations it’s all working perfectly now and covers 100% of my use case.”
gumbes via Reddit
“Just installed a big FoxESS system today and this thing looks absolutely incredible! I’ve already made an account.”
FluffyMrFox via Reddit
“Looks fantastic and just what I was after. Did a really quick forced discharge and it works perfectly.”
WRXY1 via Reddit
“This is exactly what I was hoping to achieve with Home Assistant, but hit a brick wall. This looks amazing — can’t wait to try.”
DaiShan14 via Reddit
“What an awesome system you’ve developed. You’ve done a stellar job here.”
naturald2k via Reddit
“I also see you’ve made a rules library available! Wow. I was hesitant to make the switch, but this changes my mind. Thanks heaps.”
ObjectivePension5032 via Reddit
Tools

Free tools for smarter home energy decisions

Estimate battery economics, compare market conditions, and find a practical starting point for automation. Useful whether you are already running a setup or still working through the numbers.

Trusted by 1,000+ households already tuning battery timing with SoCrates.

ROI calculator
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Battery ROI Calculator

Estimate annual battery value and automation upside before changing your setup.

Start in ~2 minutes. No login required.

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Wear economics
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Battery Wear Estimator

Estimate wear cost per cycle before assuming a battery strategy is genuinely profitable.

Manual assumptions only. No fake battery health claims.

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Market snapshot
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Market Snapshot

See recent price moves, volatility, and negative-price activity in your region.

Same live pricing context now available inside SoCrates.

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Starter rules
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Rule Template Recommender

Answer a few questions and get a starter rule bundle to review.

Plain-English recommendation first. Import stays in the authenticated rules library.

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Blog

Field notes from smarter battery automation

Latest post 31 July 2026 16 min read

Solar Sharer Offer: Is Three Hours of Free Electricity Worth It?

A transparent stress test of free-window load, outside-window rates, solar export value, batteries and EV availability.

Use the break-even calculator to compare your current plan with the offer using your own supply charge, import rates, feed-in tariff and household assumptions.

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Pricing

Full access, currently free.

A passion project grown into a fully featured platform, built with input from real solar households. The full platform is currently free while we grow the community — no trial, no lock-in, no asterisk.

Community Edition
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Full SoCrates access, no feature limits, no hidden upgrade gates.

  • Unlimited automation rules
  • Full community rules library
  • Automation Lab simulations, backtests & optimiser
  • Solar curtailment monitor
  • ROI & automation history
  • Time segment scheduler (8 segments)
  • Live AEMO prices + Amber tariffs
  • UK Octopus import + export tariffs
  • Weather & solar intelligence
  • Real-time inverter dashboard
  • Tesla EV connect + status visibility
  • Manual override with auto-resume
Community access Currently free
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SoCrates grew from community feedback, testing and real-world use. Early members helped shape every feature — this is our thank-you. Full access is currently free while we grow the community.

FAQ

Common questions

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Which inverter brands are supported?
FoxESS and AlphaESS are fully supported today. Sigenergy onboarding is available in beta via the official developer-app flow. Tesla Powerwall onboarding is available now, while Sungrow onboarding remains in beta. NeoVolt is available and labelled Testing; connect it in Setup, choose the system to use, and continue straight into the app. Sungrow setup requires an iSolarCloud developer portal account with an App Key and Secret Key (free to register). Sigenergy currently supports direct public work-mode control, while scheduler-backed charge and discharge automation remains limited. More brands are on the roadmap — let us know which you'd like to see next.
Do I need to be an electrician or developer?
No. SoCrates connects to your inverter through the manufacturer's existing cloud API using the credentials that provider exposes. No hardware modifications, no coding — just copy the required serial, API, or developer-portal details into the setup wizard.
Which electricity retailers / price feeds are supported?
AEMO live regional prices, Amber Electric, Flow Power, manual tariffs, and the UK Octopus beta with separate import/export tariffs are available for price-aware automation.
Do you support EV integration?
Yes. Tesla EV integration is available now through Settings. You can connect by VIN with OAuth, view EV readiness and status on the dashboard, use start/stop/set-charge-limit controls, and run Tesla charging rules alongside battery automation when Tesla command prerequisites are met.
How does automation work — is it always-on?
Yes. SoCrates runs a configurable cloud scheduler that evaluates your rules in priority order on the cadence you set. The first matching battery rule wins that lane, and Tesla charging rules can run in parallel on a separate lane. You can pause automation globally with the Master toggle any time.
Is my inverter API key stored securely?
Credentials are stored encrypted in Google Firestore with per-user access rules. They are never returned to the browser after initial setup or shared with third parties.
Will free access continue?
Full access is currently free. If pricing changes in the future, we're committed to giving members ample notice and fair options. Right now, the focus is on building something genuinely useful.
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