# RETScreen Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 RETScreen Software Review 2026: Features, Reviews, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on August 24, 2025

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RETScreen

## What is RETScreen?

RETScreen empowers professionals and decision-makers to rapidly identify, assess and optimize the technical and financial viability of potential clean energy projects. This decision intelligence software platform also allows managers to easily measure and verify the actual performance of their facilities and helps find additional energy savings/production opportunities. RETScreen Expert, an advanced premium version of the software, is available in Viewer mode completely free-of-charge.

## What is RETScreen used for?

[Energy Management](https://www.capterra.com/energy-management-software/)

Top alternative

Featured

Overall rating

Based on 2 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

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Neutral

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Negative

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Starting price

CA$869

Flat Rate, Per Year

Free trial  
not available

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### RETScreen

4.5 (2)

VS.

[4.6 (15)](https://www.capterra.com/p/253749/Gazebo/#reviews)

Starting Price

CA$869

Flat Rate, Per Year

Starting Price

$2400

Flat Rate, Per Year

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

5.0 (2)

Ease Of Use

4.6 (31)

Value For Money

5.0 (2)

Value For Money

4.4 (15)

Customer Service

5.0 (1)

Customer Service

4.3 (15)

## RETScreen alternatives

[nPro](https://www.capterra.com/p/265263/nPro/)

[4.5 (31)](https://www.capterra.com/p/265263/nPro/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

97%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/265263/nPro/)

Highest Rated

[Sunvoy](https://www.capterra.com/p/275485/Sunvoy/)

[5.0 (1)](https://www.capterra.com/p/275485/Sunvoy/#reviews)

Starting price

$95.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

100%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/275485/Sunvoy/)

[Energy Manager Online](https://www.capterra.com/p/128362/Energy-Manager-Online/)

[4.0 (2)](https://www.capterra.com/p/128362/Energy-Manager-Online/#reviews)

Starting price

$1.50

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

100%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/128362/Energy-Manager-Online/)

[Elipse Software](https://www.capterra.com/p/209592/Elipse-Software/)

[4.5 (2)](https://www.capterra.com/p/209592/Elipse-Software/#reviews)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

100%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/209592/Elipse-Software/)

## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Benchmarking

Compare key metrics for the business against prominent players in the industry

Emissions Monitoring

Monitor emissions and environmental data trends and measure the impact on climate and community health

Greenhouse Gas Tracking

Track, calculate, and report on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

Load Management

Manage the supply and flow of electricity across the network

Risk Management

Process of identifying, evaluating, mitigating, addressing and reporting on potential risks or uncertainties

Weather Normalization Reporting

Track and measure the impact of weather on energy consumption

RETScreen 6 features

Compare key metrics for the business against prominent players in the industry

Monitor emissions and environmental data trends and measure the impact on climate and community health

Track, calculate, and report on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

Manage the supply and flow of electricity across the network

Process of identifying, evaluating, mitigating, addressing and reporting on potential risks or uncertainties

Track and measure the impact of weather on energy consumption

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Features

4.5 (2)

4.5

Based on 2 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

5.0 (2)

Free Version

Basic

CA$869.00

Flat Rate,Per Year

Value for money

5.0 (2)

5.0

Based on 2 reviews

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

5.0 (1)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

5.0 (1)

5.0

Based on 1 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.5

Based on 2 reviews

Filter by rating

5(1)

4(1)

3(0)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

BS

Bahador S.

Student

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

### "One of a kind"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 14, 2020

Definitely I recommend RETScreen to students and professionals in energy industry. It's a convenient tool when it comes to energy and environmental analysis of projects. Also, it can be used for feasibility studies at no cost.

Pros

It's very user friendly and easy to use. Also, its energy systems library and features are very comprehensive. The benchmarking strategy which RETScreen is using is not very common and it is because of the valuable resources RETScreen provides to the user (i.e. technical and economic information about variety of projects around the world)

Cons

It seems that the economic section of the software could be improved. For instance, the pricing for some of the equipment doesn't fit the reality and it requires more frequent updates.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

MA

Musse A.

Professor/Researcher

Higher Education

### "RES suitability in Sarawak, Malaysia Environment"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

June 25, 2019

Very good software in RES.

Pros

I think is the best software I have checked so far, by the way I have been following up this software since 2004 and I have account in their website and that's why I frequently get emails.

Cons

Comprehensive RES applications with quality features and many options of usability.

Reasons for choosing RETScreen

It is comprehensive software for all renewable energy resources assessments, analysis and its maturity.

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