Solar inverter prices - Updated June 2025
Hybrid inverters can connect solar panels AND a battery.
All hybrid prices below include the inverter's consumption meter.
Those that say 'backup' include in-built blackout protection instead of an additional backup box.
All inverters include a WIFI dongle.
No installation costs are included.
5kW hybrid single phase inverters
SAJ H2-V2, meter, backup, $1,815
Growatt MIN-XH, meter, $1,870
Goodwe EH, meter, backup, $2,055
iStore 50001PH, meter, $2,090
Sungrow SH5.0RS, meter, backup, $2,475
SolarEdge Home Hub, meter, 15x optimisers, $3,400
Fronius Primo GEN24Plus, meter, $3,420
5kW hybrid three phase inverters.
SAJ H2-T2, meter, backup, $2,365
iStore 5000-3PH, meter, $2,395
Goodwe ET, meter, backup, $2,785
Fronius Symo GEN24Plus, meter, $3,040
Sungrow SH5.0RT, meter, backup,$3,630
6kW hybrid three phase inverters.
SAJ H2-T2, meter, backup, $2,530
iStore 6000-3PH, meter, $2,575
Fronius Symo GEN24Plus, meter, $3,335
8kW hybrid three phase inverters.
SAJ H2 T2, meter, backup, $2,915
Fronius Symo GEN24Plus, meter, $4,025
10kW hybrid three phase inverters.
SAJ H2 T2, meter, backup, $3,355
Goodwe ET, meter, backup, $3,930
iStore IS-HYB-10000-3PH, meter, $4,280
Sigenergy Sigenstor 10T-X, meter, $Ask us
Sungrow SH10RT, meter, backup, $4,520
Fronius Symo GEN24Plus, meter, $5,555
15kW hybrid three phase inverters.
Goodwe ET, meter, backup, $4,825
Sigenergy Sigenstor 15T-X, meter, $Ask us
iStore IS-HYB-15000-3PH, meter, $5,325
Sungrow SH15T, meter, backup, $6,155
Various 'solar only', not battery capable inverters
Consumption/smart meter not included unless stated 'meter'.
5kW single phase
Growatt MIN-X,$1,045
Goodwe DNS G3,$1,210
Goodwe MS, 3x MPPTs, $1,505
Sungrow SG5.0RS ADA, 3 x MPPTs, meter, $1,815
SMA SunnyBoy AV41, $2,035
Fronius Primo GEN24, 1 phase, 5kW, $2,465
5kW three phase
Growatt MOD-X, $1,485
Goodwe DT, $1,540
Sungrow SH5.0RT, $1,870
SMA Tripower AV40, $2,310
10kW three phase inverters
SAJ R5, $2,135
Goodwe SDT, $2,515
Sungrow SG10RT, $2,915
SMA Tripower AV40, $3,245
Fronius Symo GEN24, $4,125
About some of the inverter brands/models above...
iStore hybrid 5kW and 6kW single and three phase inverters connect to iStore batteries.
iStore have just released 8kW, 10kW, 12kW, 15kW (and larger) three phase hybrid inverters.
Excellent quality equipment, reliable and feature rich.
iStore are a 12 year old Australian company with locally provided warranties and technical/service support.
Inverters, optimisers, batteries, backup boxes all manufactured under an OEM agreement with Huawei.
Like all the other brands, iStore do not sell directly to the public, only to installers/retailers/wholesalers.
iStore inverters are relatively inexpensive for such a top quality product, but their battery is not budget priced.
You can see battery pricing for most of these inverter brands, including iStore here.
Fronius hybrid inverter (GEN24Plus) models connect to BYD HVM batteries.
European-made inverters.
Everyone would prefer that Fronius made their own batteries, but for now, they don't.
The lowest 'oversizing' limit of any inverter on the hybrid market, just 150% with a battery.
So a 5kW Fronius and battery can have no more than 7.5kW of panels.
The majority (but not all) of the other brands allow 200% or more oversizing.
That high oversizing is important to charge largish batteries.
No-one in Fronius has ever explained why their limit is so low, despite frequent asking.
The best I've heard is "Excessive oversizing can reduce the life expectancy of an inverter".
Fronius manufacture to the highest standards, and are very reliable.
Fronius support is, when needed, excellent, using qualified engineers instead of call centre operators.
Sigenergy have burst onto the hybrid inverter and battery scene with, in some ways, a game-changing product.
I haven't listed the prices here as Sigenergy have asked me not to.
What I can say though is that the introductory prices they have launched with are very attractive.
You can read more about them on our review page.
Sungrow hybrid inverters (any model prefixed SH), work with Sungrow SBR, SBH and BYD HVM batteries.
Inverter consumption meter and backup capability included as standard with Sungrow hybrid inverters.
This, and a relatively inexpensive Sungrow battery makes this a very good 'middle' option between 'budget' and 'premium'
Goodwe hybrid inverters work with Goodwe Lynx Home F G2 and BYD batteries (and others).
Budget brand.
Very similar 'feature' proposition to Sungrow with included meter, backup and a 'cheapish' simple LFP battery.
The 15-25kW Goodwe ET models have 2x independent battery ports and unbalanced load support in backup.
The Goodwe F G2 battery goes up to 28.8kWh per stack and 8 stacks in parallel are possible giving 230kWh of storage !
The EH single phase hybrid is now superseded by the EHB.
SAJ hybrids cover a large range, especially with three phase.
Obviously pricing is good as it's the lowest in almost every category.
If I have a concern specifically about SAJ, it's simply that this brand is exclusive to just one wholesaler.
Granted, its a large National wholesaler who have been around twelve years.
Growatt are a reasonably long established (2010) budget brand.
In my opinion Growatt are the best of the budget brands for a couple of reasons.
By budget I include SAJ, Goodwe, SolaX, Alpha ESS, VoltX/Neovolt and many others.
There's a LOT more budget brands than top quality ones, which is true for almost everything not just solar.
Growatt support in WA is good as they have 2 Growatt techs in residence at Canning Vale wholesaler, Go Solar.
Their new high voltage APX battery shares the optimisers and parallel connection features found in the top brands.
Unfortunately, despite Growatt being our very first inverter brands back in 2011, we rarely buy them now.
I said that Growatt are the best of the budget brands and I genuinely mean it.
The problem is that all budget brands fail far more often that the better brands.
That means we have more service call outs which adds up and often eliminates any profits made at time of sale.
SMA are a German brand.
They have a new single phase hybrid inverter out now and whilst it works with BYD batteries they also have their own battery coming soon.
SMA are trying to fight back after what seemed to me like a hiatus for years away from the cut-throat Australian solar market.
I will 'watch and wait' for others to trail-blaze and see how this new SMA inverter and battery goes before we start re-selling SMA.
We got a little burned by them and their apparent cost-saving moves into Chinese solar, so I'm wary.
I suspect this new SMA inverter and battery are Chinese-made which may dilute the enthusiasm for such a famous German brand.
If anyone has definitive information on this 'country of manufacture' question, please let me know.
Unique Western Australia inverter limitations.
There are many more inverters than those listed above, but I believe most of the best-sellers in Australia are listed here.
As Western Australia (our home turf) does not allow anything larger than a 5kW single phase solar inverter, I have not
listed any 6kW, 8kW, 10kW single phase inverters, but most if not all the brands above have these larger models.
The same applies to three phase. Our limit is 15kW. The Eastern States typically can go to twice that size.
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This review was written by Andrew MacKeith, Solar4Ever Perth service manager since 2011.
Solar4Ever is located in Morley (Perth), WA 6062
