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Zorowatt vs Gridcog

Where Gridcog is strong, where it falls short, and what changes if you switch. Every number can be checked on their site.

Gridcog is web software for simulating energy projects across many sites, assets and markets, used by utility-scale developers, e-mobility businesses, consultants and energy majors, and priced by active sites and markets. Zorowatt does one behind-the-meter site at a time, for businesses in Europe, at a published monthly price. (gridcog.com)

Short answer
When to pick Gridcog
Pick Gridcog if you model many sites or assets across several energy markets, including market revenue, as a developer, e-mobility business or larger consultancy.
When to pick Zorowatt
Pick Zorowatt if you do behind-the-meter studies one site at a time for businesses in the Netherlands, Germany or Romania and want a published monthly price and self-serve sign-up.

Facts about the other tool read on 2026-10-28 from the pages linked in each cell. Prices and features change; check the vendor's page before you rely on one.

FeatureZorowattGridcog
PriceFree €0 · Starter €49 / month · Pro €149 / month · Enterprise on requestNo published price; it varies by jurisdiction and active sites a month. Core: 5 active sites a month, 1 energy market; Plus: 10 sites, 3 markets; Enterprise: custom. Monthly or annual billing, annual with 2 months freegridcog.com · 2026-10-28
Runs onThe browser; nothing to installWeb software (SaaS)gridcog.com · 2026-10-28
Battery dispatchRule-based, with the optimal (LP) dispatch as the upper bound; every saving is billed by the same bill engineMulti-market, multi-site, multi-asset project simulation, including market pricesgridcog.com · 2026-10-28
Bill reconstructionRebuilt from the meter data under a versioned tariff and set against the real bill, component by componentNetwork charges modelledgridcog.com · 2026-10-28
TariffsVersioned 2026 tariffs, each with its source: Netherlands (Liander, Stedin, Enexis, plus the ACM 2028 draft as a scenario), Germany (NEW Netz, Netze BW, RheinNetz, levies and Stromsteuer), Romania (ANRE zones). Any other country: a generic template where you enter the ratesContent on German co-location and the Nordic marketsgridcog.com · 2026-10-28
SolarPlanned solar modelled from PVGIS (EU Joint Research Centre) and laid on the meter data; existing PV is in the meter data (import and export)PV modelledgridcog.com · 2026-10-28

In short

Gridcog covers more ground: many sites, many assets, several energy markets. Zorowatt covers less, a single business site behind the meter, but goes into its bill in detail and is priced for a consultant doing a few studies a month. Portfolio and market modelling points to Gridcog; site-by-site battery studies for European businesses point to Zorowatt.

Price per year

Gridcog
No published price; priced by active sites a month
Zorowatt
Starter €588 a year (€348 at the founding price) · Pro €1,788 a year for 3 seats · single analyses €15

As each vendor's page states it; prices in other currencies are not converted.

How to switch

Upload the site's interval data export.

  1. Upload the site's meter data to the free data checker or the Workspace: every assumption made reading the file is listed.
  2. Pick the site's tariff and enter the invoices: the bill check shows whether the baseline matches before anything is sized.
  3. Size the battery, compare it with your earlier study, and send the client the PDF report.

Questions

How much does Gridcog cost?
Gridcog publishes no price. Its pricing page says prices vary by jurisdiction and active sites a month, with Core (5 sites, 1 market), Plus (10 sites, 3 markets) and Enterprise plans, billed monthly or annually (read on 2026-10-28). Zorowatt Starter is €49 a month for 3 site analyses, then €15 each; Pro is €149 a month with a white-label report and 3 seats. Your first site analysis is free, with no card.
Is Gridcog for consultants?
Gridcog lists consultants working on commercial and industrial sites among its users, next to utility-scale developers, e-mobility businesses and energy majors. Its plans are counted in active sites a month and energy markets.
Does Zorowatt model energy markets?
Only as far as one site's bill goes: a dynamic supply contract from a day-ahead price file you upload, and arbitrage where the spread beats the losses. Zorowatt does not model front-of-meter projects, ancillary services or trading.

Looking for a Gridcog alternative?

Zorowatt runs in the browser, reads the site's own meter data and rebuilds its bill before it sizes anything.

Switching?

Bring a site you already studied: upload its meter data and bills, and set the result next to your old one.