Verdigris

Verdigris is a cloud platform for detailed electrical monitoring, energy analytics, and facility control. It is best suited to data centers, commercial buildings, and industrial sites with technical operations teams and connected building systems. Its circuit-level visibility and forecasting are compelling for complex facilities, while custom pricing and an infrastructure-heavy setup make it less suitable for small, simple premises.

Overview

Smart Current Transformers measure electricity at building, equipment, or phase level, with analysis performed at the edge before results flow into the cloud. That produces readings for watts, voltage, current, power factor, energy-use heatmaps, demand peaks, power quality, and building-power forecasts. The level of detail goes beyond utility-bill reporting: Verdigris says it can separate device signatures on one circuit, identify motor problems, and detect equipment faults.

Data-center operators get a particularly specific use case. Verdigris positions granular measurements for finding stranded capacity and managing the power implications of growing AI workloads. The same data can support commercial and industrial facility teams that need to understand where demand is rising and which equipment is responsible.

The service is entirely cloud-based, runs continuously in a browser, and requires no desktop software installation. Energy data is limited to authorized customer accounts and is not shared without consent. Verdigris completed a SOC 2 Type II compliance audit in 2024, which is a meaningful security consideration for organizations connecting operational systems.

Key features

Analytics and forecasting

Cloud analytics combine consumption, demand peaks, power-quality measurements, and end-use views. Forecasts cover both energy use and building power, giving operations teams a basis for capacity planning rather than merely a historical dashboard.

Automation and controls

Adaptive Automation uses energy, weather, and building signals to forecast demand and adjust HVAC operation. That makes the platform more relevant to facilities pursuing peak-demand management and efficiency through active control; it is more involved than a monitoring-only product.

Building integration and API access

BACnet/IP and Modbus/TCP connect Verdigris with building-management systems. A rebuilt integration agent passes the BACnet Testing Laboratories conformance suite and a Modbus conformance test, strengthening the case for standards-based deployments. The API exposes property and asset data plus time-series energy, power, voltage, current, power factor, and other measurements. Users can export data as CSV or send metrics through the documented Python pusher to Prometheus-compatible remote-write systems, including Prometheus, Grafana Cloud, Mimir, and Thanos.

Installation and mobile workflow

The mobile app supports gateway discovery, circuit mapping, installation validation, and BACnet/Modbus configuration. Those tools address the practical commissioning work required by a metered, integrated deployment, rather than leaving setup entirely to a browser interface.

Pricing

Verdigris uses paid, custom pricing. Product pages direct prospective customers to request a demo, and no subscription amount, seat allowance, usage quota, trial period, or renewal term is published. This approach fits organizations that expect a scoped facility deployment and can evaluate a quotation, but it prevents straightforward budget comparison for smaller buyers.

Platforms

Verdigris provides web access, Android and iOS mobile apps, and an API. Its cloud delivery is browser-based and available 24/7, while the API and CSV export support integration with external analytics and operational tools.

Who it's for

Choose Verdigris when electrical visibility must extend to circuits, phases, and individual equipment, especially in data centers managing capacity or AI-related load growth. It also fits commercial and industrial operators that already use BACnet/IP or Modbus/TCP building systems and want forecasting, diagnostics, HVAC automation, and programmatic data access in one service.

It is a weaker fit for a small site seeking a basic consumption report, a buyer that needs a published self-serve price, or an organization unwilling to undertake metering and systems integration.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Circuit-, equipment-, and phase-level measurements support fault detection and stranded-capacity analysis.
• Pros: Forecasting and Adaptive Automation connect energy insight to HVAC and peak-demand decisions.
• Pros: BACnet/IP, Modbus/TCP, API, CSV, and Prometheus-compatible export cover both building controls and external observability.
• Pros: SOC 2 Type II audit completion and restricted account access address important operational-data concerns.
• Cons: Custom pricing with no stated trial, quotas, or terms makes initial cost and purchasing fit hard to assess.
• Cons: The platform's value depends on metering, gateway commissioning, and integration work that simpler facilities may not need.

Alternatives

Enertiv is worth choosing when a free portfolio diagnostic using read-only ESPM data is a useful starting point, while still retaining Android, iOS, web, and API options.

FTW suits users seeking free, self-hosted software for private household use, with community support and Linux, web, and API access.

BEMServer is the alternative for teams that want free AGPL-3.0 open-source software and can take responsibility for installation, configuration, and maintenance.

Honeywell Forge fits buyers wanting a broad enterprise product family across web, mobile, desktop, Linux, and API environments, with product-specific licensing.

KERO is another paid option with Android, iOS, web, and API platforms.

Spacewell is a paid alternative offering separate workplace, energy, and asset products, including an Energy plan with customized data points and unlimited admin users.

Arcadia Platform is an enterprise paid platform for buyers prepared to contact the vendor for a demo.

CIM PEAK suits portfolio deployments priced by data points, with no user limit per building and partner and portfolio discounts.

Verdict

Verdigris is a strong choice for technically mature facility operators that need circuit-level electrical intelligence, forecasting, diagnostics, and standards-based control integration. Look elsewhere if transparent pricing, a lightweight setup, or a free and self-hosted starting point matters more than deep operational visibility.