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title: "Switch Energy: Smart Metering in South Africa"
description: "Monitor and bill water & electricity in South Africa with smart meters, revenue collection, prepaid and invoice payments, bi-directional energy trading."
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# Switch Energy: Smart Metering in South Africa

Monitor and bill water & electricity in South Africa with smart meters, revenue collection, prepaid and invoice payments, bi-directional energy trading.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Energy & Utilities](/categories/energy-utilities)
- [Switch Energy](/switch-energy)

## Summary

Smart metering and energy trading for modern utilities

Smart metering and energy trading software and hardware for South African utilities, property managers, and developers, with managed services and white-label SaaS.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://www.switch.org.za/ |
| Tagline | Smart metering and energy trading for modern utilities |
| Primary country | South Africa |
| Platforms | Web, Android, iOS |
| Average rating |  |
| Published reviews | 0 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

Switch Energy is a South African smart metering and energy trading platform built for utility companies, property developers and managers, metering providers, and large power users that need accurate water and electricity measurement, utility administration, and billing support.

Key capabilities include:

- **End-to-end smart metering** for **water and electricity**, combining metering hardware with a **user-friendly management interface** for monitoring and utility administration
- **Utility management and revenue support**, including tools used for **revenue billing management and collection** in smart metering projects
- **Fully managed metering services** as well as **white-labelled SaaS** for organisations that want to offer metering and utility management under their own brand
- **Energy trading software** designed for South Africa’s evolving open energy market, supporting **bi-directional energy flows** and more complex transactions between multiple stakeholders

Available on **Web** (management platform), **iOS**, and **Android** (mobile app for end users).

Target users include **B2B customers** (utilities, property developers, property managers, metering companies, and large power users) and **end consumers** who use the mobile app to monitor consumption, manage accounts, and handle **invoice payment** and **prepaid** options.

Notable in the South African context, the company has delivered utility management projects such as **water metering and pressure monitoring** for the Transnet Ports Authority at the **Port of Durban**, using a **private LoRaWAN network** for security and uptime, and it was founded on academic research focused on energy trading and smart grid technology.

## Features

- [Energy & Utilities](/categories/energy-utilities): Category
- [B2B](/tags/b2b): Product feature or technology
- [IoT](/tags/iot): Product feature or technology
- [Smart Metering](/tags/smart-metering): Product feature or technology
- [White-label](/tags/white-label): Product feature or technology
- [South Africa](/countries/south-africa): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/switch-energy/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/switch-energy/reviews)
- [Transparency](/switch-energy/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/switch-energy)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)