Canvass Pro

For solar crews · door knocking, scored

Canvassing software for solar.
Qualify the street before you knock it.

Solar does not close on the doorstep. The knock starts a set, the set becomes a site conversation, the proposal sits with the household for weeks, and somewhere in there the bill, the roof, and who actually owns the house decide whether any of it was real. That shape has a consequence most door software ignores: in solar, qualification beats volume. A rep who knocks 60 doors that fit will beat a rep who knocks 120 that never could, and the callback nobody made is the deal nobody closed. Canvass Pro is built for exactly that crew: score the street, work the homes that fit, keep every callback alive, and prove the knocks happened.

The short version: Canvass Pro is a door knocking app for solar teams. Every door is scored 0 to 99 with every factor shown (home value fit, buyer intent, new homeowner, neighbor wins), the Morning Run opens each day on your callbacks and hottest unworked doors, every knock logs offline in one tap, and a GPS check at log time marks it verified. $0 to start, $49 per seat a month all-in ($41 on yearly), one seat is one person, cancel any time.

The trade, on the record

The 2026 solar door, with sources.

We will not sell you a gold rush. Here is what the cited research corpus actually says about the market you are knocking in, each figure with its source and date. Where no audited number exists, we say so instead of inventing one.

FactWhat the record saysSource + date
The headwind The Section 25D residential solar tax credit expired December 31, 2025, with no phase-down. 2026 US residential installations are forecast down 18 to 21%. Leases and PPAs (third-party ownership) still qualify, which is why the crews still winning are selling those structures hard. PV Tech, "US residential solar enters post-incentive era", 2026, retrieved 2026-08-04.
The season Solar purchases rise from March, jump in June, peak July to August, and fall back to March levels in September. Southern states peak June to August on AC-bill pain; northern states March to May. Your knocking calendar should follow the bill, not the vibe. Solar.com best-time-to-buy analysis + SolarGenix D2D guide, 2026, retrieved 2026-08-04.
The market 11,177 US solar installation businesses in 2025, and 280,119 US solar jobs in the 2024 census, roughly flat versus 2023. This is a big, crowded trade where the same streets get knocked more than once, which raises the cost of knocking the wrong ones. IBISWorld 2025; IREC National Solar Jobs Census 2024, published Nov 2025; retrieved 2026-08-04.
The trust problem The solar door carries a documented reputation problem: national press has covered misleading tactics by door to door solar sellers. Homeowners have read those stories. A crew that can show a verifiable, GPS-checked field record is running a different conversation than one that cannot. Time, "solar sales bros" coverage, October 2023 (time.com/6337766), retrieved 2026-08-04.
What nobody measures No audited public benchmark exists for solar knock-to-contact, contact-to-set, or set-to-close rates. The cited research sweep compiled 2026-08-04 found none. Anyone quoting you a confident solar close rate is quoting a rule of thumb or a sales pitch; plan with ranges instead. Canvass Pro growth research corpus, compiled 2026-08-04.

The honest read: fewer easy yeses, a seasonal window worth respecting, and a homeowner who has heard the pitch before. None of that is a reason to quit the doors. It is a reason to stop paying for volume tooling and start working like a crew that qualifies. Want the arithmetic on your own crew's month? Run it in the Crew ROI calculator, every benchmark cited and dated.

How the instrument fits solar

Built for the long yes, not the fast no.

These are shipped capabilities, mapped to what a solar crew actually does with them. No roadmap promises, and where a thing is table stakes across the category we say that out loud instead of dressing it up as a moat.

  • Explainable scoringIncluded in every tier Every door reads 0 to 99 with every factor shown: home value fit, buyer intent, new homeowner, neighbor wins. For solar that means the day starts aimed at the homes that fit the buyer profile instead of working the block top to bottom. And here is the honest boundary: the score does not read a utility bill, a shade report, or a roof plane, and we will not pretend it does. Bill and roof qualification still happens where it always has, on the doorstep and in the design. The score's job is narrower and more valuable: make sure that conversation happens at a house worth having it. At the incumbents, AI scoring is sold as a separately priced add-on; here it ships in the free tier, explained. SalesRabbit sells DataGrid AI scoring at $19 to $31 per user a month on top of a plan seat (salesrabbit.com/pricing, fetched 2026-08-04).
  • The Morning RunCallback discipline In a trade where a deal takes weeks, the callbacks are the pipeline, and the callback that never happens is the deal that never closes. The Morning Run is the first thing a rep sees on the first open of the day: callbacks waiting for a second knock, appointments on the book, and the hottest doors not yet worked, one card, one button, and the map filters to what pays. No rep willpower required, no lead rotting in a note nobody reopens. That is the discipline a long consideration cycle actually demands from software.
  • Verified knocksThe trust record When a rep shares location, a GPS check at log time, within 60 meters of the door, marks the knock verified; a door logged from the truck is not. For an owner that is canvasser accountability you can pay commissions against. For the crew it is the answer to the trade's reputation problem: the solar door has been covered nationally for misleading tactics (Time, October 2023), and a verifiable field record is how a serious operation separates itself. It is also evidence-grade in the sport's own terms: the Golden Door bar in solar is 100+ accounts, verified through CRM exports and installation reports. d2dcon.com/golden-door-awards, fetched 2026-08-04. Fairness note: GPS-verified knock locations also exist at SalesRabbit and SPOTIO; what differs is what you pay for the seat that carries them.
  • Offline + routedThe field basics Every knock logs in one tap, on the device, the instant it is tapped, and syncs when there is signal, so a dead zone never costs a door. One more tap orders the best doors into a drive loop so the crew works the neighborhood in the order that pays. Honesty requires this sentence: offline modes with auto-sync exist at both incumbents too; in this category offline is table stakes, not a moat. It is simply done properly here, and it is included in the $49 instead of being one line on a longer bill. Parity per spotio.com feature pages and 2025 to 2026 category roundups, retrieved 2026-08-04.

Pricing

One price. That is the whole list.

Solar margins got thinner in 2026; your software bill should not be the thing that eats what is left. Every Canvass Pro price is published, and everything above is included in it. No add-on tax, no demo call to learn a number.

$0

To start. Full scored map, offline logging, no card.

$49/seat/mo

Pro, all-in. $41 on yearly, two months free.

1seat

Is one person. Start alone, today. No seat minimum.

30days

Plain money back on Pro. Cancel any time, in the portal.

  • All-in means all-in. Scoring, routing, verified knocks, offline logging, and the leaderboards are all inside the $49. Nothing on this page is a separately priced add-on.
  • No contract trap. Month to month if you want it, cancel yourself in one click in the portal, no exit fee, no notice window. Add seats as you hire for the summer push, drop them in September, prorated to the day.
  • One seat, one person. Each seat is a single login tied to one individual, so every rep carries their own knocks, callbacks, and verified doors. That is what makes the accountability real.
  • Your doors stay yours. Export the whole map to CSV any time, on the free tier too. We never delete your leads.

The add-on tax, itemized

SalesRabbit Pro ($49 annual / $75 monthly)$49 to $75
+ DataGrid AI scoring add-on$19 to $31
+ Weather add-on$19 to $31
Their seat, scored and weather-aware$87 to $137
Canvass Pro, everything included$49

Their numbers are from salesrabbit.com/pricing, fetched 2026-08-04; the spread is annual versus monthly billing. A solar crew may skip their weather add-on, but the scoring add-on is the one this page is about, and it alone lifts a Pro seat to $68 to $106. Their Terms of Service (PDF dated 2021-06-18, still linked) auto-renew for another one-year term unless cancelled at least 30 days before term end, and state that fees are non-refundable. Check all of it yourself.

The full comparisons

We will say the fair things first. SalesRabbit and SPOTIO are established, well-reviewed tools: both hold 4.2 to 4.5 stars on G2 and Capterra (accessed 2026-08-04), both have offline modes, and both verify knock GPS. SalesRabbit even has a free single-user Lite tier. The honest case against them is narrower and it is about money and terms: SalesRabbit's add-on stack and auto-renew ToS, and SPOTIO's hidden pricing (demo-gated), stated 5 seat minimum, and no self-serve trial, with third-party price estimates spanning roughly $25 to $129 per user a month depending on source and era (get-instamaps.com, 2026-07-04; Capterra 2026 listing). Read the full dated breakdowns and decide yourself:

Canvass Pro vs SalesRabbit, every number dated → Canvass Pro vs SPOTIO, the price-opacity file →

Straight answers

What solar crews actually ask.

Short, sourced, and honest about the parts nobody has measured.

  • What is the best door knocking app for solar sales?

    There is no audited head to head, so be suspicious of anyone who declares themselves the winner. SalesRabbit and SPOTIO are capable, well reviewed tools (both hold 4.2 to 4.5 stars on G2 and Capterra, accessed 2026-08-04) and both offer offline modes and GPS-verified knock locations. The case for Canvass Pro on a solar crew is what is included at the price: explainable 0 to 99 door scoring in every tier rather than as a paid add-on, $49 per seat a month all-in, a one seat minimum, and a free tier you can test alone today with no demo call.

  • Does the door score read the homeowner's utility bill or roof?

    No, and we will not pretend it does. The score is built from signals like home value fit, buyer intent, new homeowner, and neighbor wins, and every factor is shown on the door, no black box. It does not read utility bills, shade reports, or panel layouts. Its job is to make sure the doorstep conversation happens at a house worth having it; the bill and the roof still get qualified by your rep with the homeowner, the way solar actually sells.

  • Is door to door solar still worth it in 2026?

    The market got harder, and honest software should say so. The Section 25D residential tax credit expired December 31, 2025, and 2026 US residential installations are forecast down 18 to 21%, while leases and PPAs still qualify (PV Tech, 2026, retrieved 2026-08-04). That is exactly why qualification now beats volume: fewer easy yeses means the crews that win are the ones knocking the right doors and keeping every callback alive. Nothing on this page guarantees results in that market or any other.

  • Does Canvass Pro work offline?

    Yes. Every knock logs in one tap on the device the instant it is tapped and syncs when there is signal, so a dead zone never costs you a door. Honesty requires the next sentence: SalesRabbit and SPOTIO also offer offline modes with auto-sync (their own feature pages, 2025 to 2026), so offline is table stakes in this category, not our moat. The difference is what you pay and what is included at that price.

  • How much does solar canvassing software cost?

    Canvass Pro publishes every price: $0 to start with the full scored map and offline logging, then $49 per seat a month on Pro ($41 on yearly), one seat is one person, cancel any time, 30 day money back. SalesRabbit publishes its prices too: Pro is $49 per user a month billed annually or $75 monthly, and scoring and weather are paid add-ons (DataGrid AI $19 to $31, Weather $19 to $31), so a scored, weather-aware seat stacks to $87 to $137 per user a month (salesrabbit.com/pricing, fetched 2026-08-04). SPOTIO hides its prices behind a demo call, states a 5 seat minimum, and offers no free trial or free plan; third-party estimates span roughly $25 to $129 per user a month depending on source and era and cannot be treated as fact (spotio.com/pricing fetched 2026-08-04; get-instamaps.com 2026-07-04; Capterra 2026 listing).

Free to start · no card · one seat is one person

The season peaks in July. Score your turf before it does.

Draw your territory, see every door scored 0 to 99 with the reasons shown, and log your first knock in the next two minutes. The scored map and offline logging are free forever; $49 a seat when the crew is ready to route. No demo call, no seat minimum, no contract.

Map your territory
Weighing a solar recruiter's pitch? Run the honest offer math → Or read the dated comparisons first: vs SalesRabbit → vs SPOTIO →