What do the SolarEdge, Enphase and Tesla apps show, and what do they not tell you?
As of November 2026, the vendors’ own documentation says: mySolarEdge shows production, a panel-level layout and, with a meter, consumption, but your installer decides whether you can see the Alerts tab. The Enphase App shows each microinverter, but it texts or emails homeowners about silent microinverters only once at least 10% have reported nothing for five days, and consumption needs extra sensors. The Tesla app shows solar, home, Powerwall and grid flows, but cannot show home and grid use where there is no site meter.
SolarEdge: mySolarEdge app
- What you see: production, consumption and live energy flow, history, and a layout view for finding underperforming panels (mySolarEdge product page).
- Detail: day charts in 15-minute samples, week charts hourly (Site Dashboard application note, version 2.0, December 2024).
- What it does not tell you: consumption appears only if a meter is installed, and full import and export data only on sites with a battery and a meter (same note). The installer who set up the site chooses your access level; only full access includes the Alerts tab, and the installer’s site notes are never visible to owners (Creating a New Site application note, version 1, February 2023).
- Otovo guides for common SolarEdge alerts: site offline, optimizer communication offline, inverter production issue, all SolarEdge codes.
Enphase: Enphase App
- What you see: system status, production by day, week, month and year, panel-level production on the ARRAY tab, and grid imports and exports (Enphase App page; Enphase Support, October 19, 2026).
- Alerts: a warning shows when at least one microinverter has been silent for 12 daylight hours, but a text, email or push notification goes out only when at least 10% have been silent for five days. Low-production notifications depend on a threshold the installer sets (Enphase Support, July 12, 2026).
- What it does not tell you: consumption needs a metered IQ Gateway with consumption sensors (CTs); Enphase suggests asking your installer whether they were fitted (Enphase Support, April 29, 2026). Panel data from before a microinverter was replaced may no longer show.
- Paid tier: Enphase sells a service plan, Enphase Care, from $399 for eligible systems (Enphase Care page).
- Otovo guides for common Enphase alerts: gateway offline, zero production, underperformance, all Enphase codes.
Tesla: Tesla app
- What you see: graphs for home, solar, Powerwall (charge level and backup reserve), grid and vehicle, an energy flow view, daily to lifetime history and a CSV download (Tesla Support: Energy Data).
- Alerts: push notifications for grid outages, low energy while off-grid, Storm Watch and similar events; banners such as “Solar Production Limited” and “Powerwall Disabled”, several of which tell you to contact your installer (Tesla Support: System Alerts and Notifications).
- What it does not tell you: systems without a site meter cannot show home and grid use (Energy Data page). Monitoring is in the app only, with no web view (Tesla Support: Monitoring Your System). Notifications need both your phone and the system online, so some may not arrive during an outage. Tesla’s support pages say nothing about panel-level or string-level data.
- Otovo guides for common Tesla alerts: solar production limited, Powerwall disabled, device offline, all Tesla codes.
What none of the apps does for you
All three apps report what the equipment says about itself. None of them sends someone to fix it, and the alert thresholds and access levels are set by the vendor or the installer, not by you. If your app shows a code, look it up in Otovo’s error code guides; if the app shows no data at all, see why your solar monitoring app is not showing data. Otovo Care plans include 24/7 solar and battery monitoring by Otovo, from $9 a month as of November 2026 (otovo.com/pricing).