Instead of FTW
FTW alternatives
FTW coordinates supported solar systems, batteries, and car chargers from different brands in a home. Its Energyplan weighs charging needs, electricity prices, tariffs, solar and household forecasts, battery state, and efficiency. FTW Core checks plans against site and equipment limits, while local fallback control can continue when the planner is unavailable. It runs on a user's Linux host, Docker setup, or Raspberry Pi, with API and Home Assistant access, automated utility-data import, forecasting, and advanced monitoring. The community edition is free and open source for private household use.
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Enertiv
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1Commercial real estate sustainability reporting — Enertiv focuses on commercial portfolios, tenant utility data, ESG reporting, and decarbonization rather than home device coordination.
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BEMServer
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1Open-source modular building energy management — BEMServer aggregates building, weather, occupant, and contextual data with fault diagnosis and forecasting modules instead of coordinating home chargers and batteries.
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Honeywell Forge
Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+4Industrial and regulated operations — Honeywell Forge connects enterprise assets for real-time operational insights, automated processes, inspections, and compliance across industrial and regulated environments.
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KERO
Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1Managed commercial energy monitoring and audits — KERO delivers service-based modules for live commercial monitoring, EECA 2024 reporting, demand response, load balancing, and equipment integrations.
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Spacewell
Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1Workplace and facility operations — Spacewell combines workplace planning, occupancy, maintenance, asset workflows, and building-energy analytics, beyond FTW's residential energy control.
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Verdigris
Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1Granular electrical intelligence for facilities — Verdigris uses Smart Current Transformers and edge analysis for building, equipment, or phase-level electrical intelligence, with cloud forecasts and HVAC automation.
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Arcadia Platform
Paid APIWebEnterprise utility data and tariff analysis — Arcadia centralizes utility bills, emissions, and interval data across providers in more than 50 countries, adding tariff, solar, and storage analysis.
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OpenEMS
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 9
RETScreen
Free plan Windows - 10
EnergyElephant
Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+1 - 11
GridPoint Intelligence
Free trial AndroidiPhoneWeb - 12
EnergyCAP
Paid APIMacWeb+1 - 13
ABB Nsight
Paid APIWeb - 14
CIM PEAK
Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb - 15
EcoStruxure IT
Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb - 16
OpenBlue Central Utility Plant Optimization
Paid APISelf-hostedWeb+1 - 17
Johnson Controls OpenBlue Net Zero
Paid Web - 18
PowerHud
Paid API - 19
Wia
Paid APIWeb - 20
UtilityDataManager
Paid Web - 21
ABB Ability OPTIMAX
Paid Web - 22
Rockwell Automation Finite Scheduler
Paid API - 23
IBM Envizi
Paid Web - 24
Siemens Industrial Energy Management
Paid Web
Readers may still seek alternatives because FTW is an early 0.x beta, requires a working site meter and confirmed main-fuse rating for active control, and offers best-effort community help without service commitments. Its supported device models, firmware, and verified functions vary, and guided migration of old settings and history is not ready. The alternatives differ sharply: some target commercial portfolios, industrial operations, or building workplaces rather than homes; others add regulatory reporting, maintenance, tenant data, or broad utility coverage. Compare deployment, control depth, integrations, reporting, mobile access, and whether a paid service suits your site.