Scanifly
What it is
Scanifly is solar design and field-operations software for solar contractors. Its site says contractors can design with AI from remote imagery or LiDAR, then verify with drone-based onsite data: a short drone flight builds a photorealistic 3D model of the home, AI can automatically construct the model and layout, and the platform covers shading and production analysis, digital field checklists through an iOS and Android app, permit-ready plan sets, CAD/racking exports, CRM and proposal-tool integrations, and an optional in-house design service.
Description based on scanifly.com (also scanifly.com/resources/case-studies/northwest-electric-and-solar-case-study), checked Nov 10, 2026. Features and pricing change, so check the vendor's site for current details.
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Use cases with Scanifly (1)
Drone and AI solar design: Northwest Electric & Solar cuts redesigns about 33% with Scanifly
Northwest Electric & Solar
Northwest Electric & Solar (NWES), a Kenmore, Washington installer serving the whole state, first used Scanifly in 2020 to replace ladder, tape-measure and SunEye roof climbs with drone site surveys, which it says took its surveyors from two or three visits a day to five, six or more. After a stretch of remote-only design on satellite and LiDAR data, which handled Washington's tall conifers and outdated imagery poorly, NWES went back to Scanifly. Its designers now start from drone-built 3D models, where Scanifly's Automated Wireframes outline every roof segment, obstruction and fire setback automatically, cutting design time by up to 20%. Viewshed shading analysis on the actual trees backs the production numbers shown to homeowners. Redesign requests from the PM team fell from 25 to 30 per 100 projects to fewer than 15, roughly 33%, according to Marketing Manager Manuel Larrain. Figures are the company's, from Scanifly's own case study.