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No. Decent is software only. It connects to your inverter through the manufacturer's cloud account, the same way the manufacturer's own app does. There's no extra hardware, no site visit and no disruption.
No. Decent works alongside your existing supplier and tariff. It gets the most out of smart and time-of-use tariffs such as Octopus Agile and Flux, but it doesn't replace them, and it doesn't sell energy.
Decent is built for sites with solar panels, battery storage or both. It connects through the inverter manufacturer's cloud and works with major brands including Solis, GivEnergy, Fox ESS, SolarEdge and Huawei. We'll check compatibility with you before anything is connected.
If you're still thinking about solar or a battery, we can look at your usage first to see what you could save.
No. Homeowners can start with a savings estimate. Connection comes later, once you've seen the value and you're ready.
Details of your inverter, battery and energy supplier. We explain why each step is needed, and you can complete it when you're ready. If you're more technical, there's a faster route to connect straight away.
Every 30 minutes, to match the half-hourly prices used by smart tariffs. Each decision weighs the price of electricity, the weather forecast and how clean the grid is at that moment.
No. Decent uses the same cloud connections as the manufacturer's own apps, and sends standard charge and discharge commands within normal operating limits.
Yes. You stay in control. You can set preferences, choose whether to put cost or carbon first, override individual decisions or pause Decent at any time.
It depends on your site. Talk to us and we'll explain how pricing works for your home, school or business before anything is connected.
It depends on your system, your tariff and how you use energy, so we don't quote a single number. Start with an estimate based on your own usage. Once you're connected, your savings are measured and shown to you.
Fixed and variable tariffs charge one price per unit whatever the time, so there's little to gain by shifting when you use energy.
Time-of-use tariffs have two or more rates, so a battery can charge in the cheaper window and cover the expensive one.
Agile tariffs change price every 30 minutes with the wholesale market. That's where half-hourly decisions pay off most.
Switcher takes your real half-hourly usage from the last year and applies each tariff's rates to it, including time-of-use and Agile rates. It shows what that usage would have cost on each tariff, rather than estimating from a national average.
Thirteen months is the most a smart meter lets you retrieve. It also covers every season, so the picture isn't skewed by a sunny summer or a cold winter.
UK smart meters record usage in 30-minute intervals. Once Decent is running your system, it also uses data from your inverter, which is usually much finer, every one to three minutes.
Yes. We only access the data we need to run your system. We don't sell your data, and we follow UK data protection law.
For solar installers and energy professionals.
When you install or service a solar and battery system, you introduce Decent to your customer. We handle onboarding, connection and ongoing optimisation, and you earn commission for every active customer you refer.
Get in touch to talk about partnering with us.
