Tech partnership brings instant solar financing to homes across Australia
Australians can now finance solar installation seamlessly through OpenSolar and LoanOptions.ai’s new partnership
1 April 2025, Sydney: OpenSolar, the world’s leading solar design and proposal software, has partnered with Australia’s leading and award-winning loan matching technology provider, LoanOptions.ai, to make home energy upgrades simpler and more accessible for homeowners.
The partnership enables the thousands of solar businesses across the country which use OpenSolar to manage customer relationships and workflow to seamlessly offer financing to their customers.
Now, through a new ‘Financing Available’ widget embedded in OpenSolar proposals, customers can click through to LoanOptions.ai’s five-minute loan application, giving them instant access to competitive finance options from over 90+ lenders with no impact to their credit score. Until now, financing for solar installation has traditionally been handled separately from the design and proposal stage, limiting customer choice and making the process more complex.
With LoanOptions.ai’s direct-to-consumer model, customers get more transparent and competitive financing, while solar businesses provide additional choice, longer loan term offers as well as the ability for their clients to access increased loan amounts to help fund other home improvements simultaneously or consolidate other household debts to further improve the household budget.
“LoanOptions.ai was built to be adaptable across industries,” said LoanOptions.ai Founder and CEO Julian Fayad.
“Our new partnership with OpenSolar is a great example of how seamlessly our technology can be embedded across any industry to help businesses offer smarter, more accessible solutions to their customers. By integrating financing directly into the platforms businesses already use, we’re helping them offer more value to customers while removing traditional barriers to affordability.”
For solar businesses, offering finance options used to mean absorbing hefty dealer fees, increasing costs for both them and their customers—not to mention the time spent managing financing logistics. OpenSolar’s partnership with LoanOptions.ai flips this model, allowing businesses to offer financing without additional costs, saving valuable time and providing better rates for consumers to further drive down the costs of accessing green energy upgrades.
“Solar installers are at the forefront of Australia’s transition to clean energy, and partnerships like this make it easier for them to provide exceptional service to their customers,” said OpenSolar General Manager of Australia and New Zealand, Sophie Wright.
“LoanOptions.ai’s technology is a game-changer, not just for solar, but for any industry where financing is key to delivering the best customer experience.”
With Australia’s cost-of-living pressures rising, this partnership ensures more homeowners can afford to go solar without upfront costs, while businesses get a hassle-free financing solution that removes a common sales barrier.
About LoanOptions.ai
LoanOptions.ai is a market leading, award-winning, white-label loan matching technology provider and asset finance broker that simplifies and streamlines the personal, car, business, and equipment loan application process for borrowers and lenders.
With absolutely no impact on the customer’s credit score, LoanOptions.ai's AutoCompleteEngine (ACE) has reduced the loan application process to as little as five minutes and customer data entry by up to 80%. Its proprietary technology matches applicants with the best loans tailored to their specific financial situation from a panel of over 88+ lenders in Australia and New Zealand.
LoanOptions.ai has helped thousands of Australians & Kiwis get access to finance solutions that are right for them, ensuring they don’t pay any more in interest than they have to, and providing an unmatched service packed with innovative features to support their client’s financial literacy and health. This includes a loan tracker tool that helps clients track the status of their loan like tracking a pizza, and a bank statement analysis report following the application process with powerful insights into spending habits and personalised recommendations. It is also insanely fast, holding a record of money hitting a client’s account in 36 minutes from initial enquiry.
Its technology can be embedded onto other finance systems as a white-label product and has helped thousands of mortgage brokers diversify into asset finance and create additional revenue streams for advisers.
LoanOptions.ai was named the Finance Brokers Association of Australia’s Industry Supplier of The Year 2023, Technology Service Provider of the Year at the 2024 Australian Broking Awards, Service Provider of the Year and Asset Finance Brokerage of the Year at the 2024 Commercial Finance Awards. Founder and CEO Julian Fayad has also been named a finalist for Sydney Young Entrepreneur three years running.
For more information, please visit https://loanoptions.ai
About OpenSolar
OpenSolar is the world’s leading solar design and proposal software with the mission to scale solar globally by providing installers with innovative software technology and an equally innovative business offering – the world’s first entirely free-to-use design and sales platform. Over 25,000 solar installers in 160+ countries today use OpenSolar’s end-to-end platform to manage and grow their businesses all in one place with class-leading solar design accuracy, interactive custom proposals, and a portfolio of fully integrated financing options, hardware ordering, and industry products & services.
For more information, please visit https://www.opensolar.com/
