The specification
The Schedule 7 rows a tool must produce for a quoted company, an unquoted company or an LLP.
On SECR reporting software.Software · a buyer’s guide to SECR tools
SECR software: the platforms, the shortlist and the demo
SECR software is a platform that turns your energy data into the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting section of the directors’ report.
17 vendors in this site’s registry say on their own pages that they support it; this page lists them in their own words and shows how to get from that list to the one you buy.
What the law requires a tool to output is on SECR reporting software.
Two pages, two jobs
Do you need the rules, or a product?
Most buyers need both, in that order: the rows first, then the product.
The rows are fixed by Schedule 7 to SI 2008/410 and differ by type of reporter, so write yours down before any demo.
The specification page builds that list for you; this page assumes you have it.
Buying for
SECR
SECR
The purchase
Who says they do it, how to cut the list, what to ask, what it costs and how the first year runs.
On this page.The platforms
Which platforms say they do SECR?
17 vendors of the 73 in this site’s registry make a SECR claim on their own pages, read 11 October 2026 and 30 September–1 October 2026.
They are listed alphabetically, which ranks nothing, each in its own words with a link to the page that says it.
United Kingdom
Altruistiq
Price: Enterprise level · TBD
United Kingdom
CarbonChain
Price: Enterprise level · TBD
United Kingdom
Climatise
“Generate SECR, CSRD, ISSB, and custom reports”
Price: Enterprise level · TBD
United Kingdom
Compare Your Footprint
Generate SECR-compliant reports, share with stakeholders, and track reduction progress year on year.
France
Deepki
Price: Enterprise level · TBD
United Kingdom
Ecologi
United Kingdom
EcoOnline
Price: Enterprise level · TBD
France
Greenly
A SECR product: “Optimise Compliance for Energy and Carbon Disclosure”
Price: Enterprise level · TBD
Merger with Normative announced, September 2026
United Kingdom
Ideagen
Generate audit-ready reports that meet CSRD, ASRS, IFRS, SECR & GHG Protocol standards.
Price: Enterprise level · TBD
Part of Hg since June 2022
United Kingdom
Net Zero Now
Price: Enterprise level · TBD
Part of Ecologi since February 2025
Sweden
Normative
“One-click reporting to support with CSRD, SECR, and other leading disclosures”
Price: Enterprise level · TBD
Merger with Greenly announced, September 2026
United States
Persefoni
A “SECR GHG Metrics Report”, a paid add-on to the free Pro plan
Price: Persefoni Pro “completely free”, single user; Advanced by quote
United Kingdom
Planet Mark
Price: Enterprise level · TBD
Joined Alcumus in 2023; its site now places it in Veriforce’s UK supply chain division
United Kingdom
Seedling
Reports “pre-formatted to spec” for PPN 006, B Corp, SECR and EcoVadis
Price: TBC
United Kingdom
Small99
Price: Small99 Hero is free for all small businesses to get started to take climate action.
Headquarters not stated on its site
Watershed
Answer a few questions, then “download a spreadsheet with all your electricity & carbon numbers”
Price: Enterprise level · TBD
Headquarters not stated on its site
Zevero
Quickly produce draft outputs for frameworks like CSRD, SECR, and CDP using your existing data.
Acquired, 2024 (buyer not named on its site)
17 vendors, alphabetically. Each line is the vendor’s own description, linked to the page it is on.
A vendor missing from this list may still do the work: put the question to it in writing.
The list is broad on purpose: it runs from tools built for small businesses to platforms built for groups with many sites, and each describes itself in its own way.
Several vendors also publish profiles on this site, linked from their names, with every claim they make across UK and EU reporting.
From the list to three
How do you get from 17 to three demos?
Start with what else the same tool must serve, because buying for SECR alone can mean buying twice.
A listed company faces UK SRS S2 on a comply-or-explain basis for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2027 under FCA PS26/19; a large undertaking may be in ESOS too.
Tick those duties in the tool beside this text and the list keeps only vendors whose own pages claim every one.
Then cut by the shape of your data: number of sites, whether energy arrives by meter feed or by bill, and whether mileage sits in an expenses system.
Three demos on your own data tell you more than ten on the vendor’s.
Your long list · from vendors’ own pages, read 11 October 2026 and 30 September–1 October 2026
Start: vendors whose own pages mention SECR (17). Tick what else the same tool must serve.
17 of 17 vendors make every claim you ticked.
- Altruistiq
- CarbonChain
- Climatise
- Compare Your Footprint
- Deepki
- Ecologi
- EcoOnline
- Greenly
- Ideagen
- Net Zero Now
- Normative
- Persefoni
- Planet Mark
- Seedling
- Small99
- Watershed
- Zevero
Alphabetical; the order ranks nothing. A claim is what a vendor says, not a test result.
Nothing you tick is stored or sent.
One company, start to finish
What does choosing look like for a typical unquoted group?
Company A is an illustration, not a client: an unquoted group above two of the three size limits, with twelve sites and a van fleet.
Its rows come from Part 7A: UK energy, emissions from gas, electricity and transport fuel, one ratio, the method and last year’s figures.
Its data is easy at the meters and hard at the edges: fuel cards are clean, but grey-fleet mileage lives in expense claims.
Because a large customer is asking for Scope 3, it ticks SECR and Scope 3 in the long-list tool, then asks each of three vendors to run one month of its own data.
The vendor that takes a mileage claim into the transport line in the demo, and keeps last year as disclosed, goes forward.
Company A, unquotedExplore
Company A, unquoted
Size
Over £36m turnover and 250 employees, so large under the two-of-three test.
Company A, unquoted
Data
Twelve sites on half-hourly meters, one van fleet on fuel cards, mileage in expenses.
Company A, unquoted
Rows owed
UK energy and emissions, transport fuel, one ratio, method, last year.
Company A, unquoted
Also coming
A customer asking for Scope 3 through a supplier questionnaire.
Company A, unquoted
Shortlist
Vendors claiming SECR and Scope 3, cut to three by data fit.
In the demo
What should you ask in a SECR demo?
Ask the vendor to work on your data, not theirs, and to show outputs rather than dashboards.
Each question beside this text is tied to the provision it comes from and says what a passing answer looks like.
The order matters: the finished directors’ report block first, because a tool that cannot produce it does not need the rest of the hour.
This site has tested no products
The questions test what a tool does for SECR; they do not score anyone, and passing them is not an approval.
SECR demo questions · tick the ones you need
The pass tests are our reading of the cited provisions.
Nothing you tick is stored or sent.
What it costs
What do SECR platforms publish about price?
Publish a price
5 of 17On their own pagesMean ongoing cost
£7,100A year, DESNZ evaluationInternal time
94 hoursA year, DESNZ evaluationMost SECR platforms quote rather than publish, which is normal for tools priced by sites and entities.
DESNZ’s evaluation gives the cost of the duty as a whole: a mean of about £7,100 a year and about 94 hours of staff time, with 56% paying for some outside help.
Use those as the comparison for any quote: software earns its place if it takes hours off that figure, not only if it is cheaper than a consultant.
The wider picture is on ESG software pricing.
Price, as publishedExplore
Price, as published
Publish a price or free tier
5 of the 17: Compare Your Footprint, Ecologi, Persefoni, Small99, Zevero.
Price, as published
Price on request
12 of the 17; usually set by sites, entities and modules.
Price, as published
Mean ongoing cost of SECR
About £7,100 a year per complier, all approaches.
Software or a spreadsheet
When is a spreadsheet the better buy?
A company with a handful of meters and one fleet can meet SECR with the published conversion factors and a well-kept workbook.
An unquoted company that used 40,000 kWh or less may state that instead of the figures, under ¶20D(7).
The calculator beside this text compares the hours a spreadsheet takes with what a platform costs, using your own numbers.
Small-business tools are compared on carbon accounting software for small businesses.
Platform against the way you work now
Current process £0 a year · quote £0 a year
Fill in all three to see the break-even hours.
Arithmetic on your own inputs.
The quote’s implementation, uplift and exit terms are in the three-year worksheet on the carbon reporting software page.
Nothing is stored or sent.
After you sign
How does the first SECR year run on a new platform?
- 01 / Inventory01
- 02 / Boundary02
Fix the group and the ratio
Which entities are in, and the denominator the directors chose. - 03 / Last year03
- 04 / Factors04
- 05 / Export05
Draft the directors’ report block
Figures, method and efficiency narrative, for board approval.
No official timetable exists for setting up SECR software; the order above is this site’s, built from the provisions it cites.
The full order of work for any platform is on ESG software implementation.
Your side, the vendor’s sideExplore
Your side, the vendor’s side
You
Meter list, bills, fuel cards, mileage, the boundary and the ratio.
Your side, the vendor’s side
Vendor
Connectors, factor sets by year, the calculation and the export.
Choose the SECR tool that produces your rows from your data, and lets you leave with it.
That is the whole test, and it fits in one demo.
In short
SECR software, in five facts
| Fact | What to do with it |
|---|---|
| 17 vendors say they do SECR | Start from their own words, linked on this page. |
| No SECR software is approved | Test the output in a demo, on your data. |
| 5 publish a price or free tier | Ask the rest for a written quote by sites and entities. |
| SECR costs about £7,100 a year on average | Judge any quote by the hours it saves. |
| Small estates may not need a platform | Run the break-even calculator first. |
Next: write down the rows your company owes on SECR reporting software, then bring them to three demos.
Frequently asked
SECR software, answered
What is SECR software?
Software that turns a company’s energy data into the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting figures for its directors’ report: energy in kWh, emissions, at least one intensity ratio, the method and last year’s figures.
What the law requires of the output is set out on our SECR reporting software page; this page is about choosing a product.
Which software does SECR?
In this site’s registry, 17 vendors say on their own pages that they support SECR, read 11 October 2026 and 30 September–1 October 2026.
They are listed on this page alphabetically, each in its own words and linked.
Others may do the work without saying so; ask them in writing.
What is the best SECR software?
This site has tested no product and names no best.
The right tool is the one that produces your type of company’s Schedule 7 rows from your own data in a demo, keeps last year as disclosed, and lets you leave with your records.
How much does SECR software cost?
Most vendors on the list do not publish a price.
Compare Your Footprint, Ecologi, Persefoni, Small99, Zevero publish a price or a free tier on their own pages.
DESNZ’s evaluation put the mean ongoing cost of complying with SECR at about £7,100 a year, all approaches included.
Do we need SECR software at all?
Not always.
An unquoted company is in SECR only if it exceeds two of £36 million turnover, £18 million balance sheet and 250 employees, and with a few meters and one fleet a spreadsheet and the published factors often do the job.
Software pays back on multi-site estates and complex groups.
Is any software SECR-compliant or approved?
No. There is no approval scheme for SECR software, and the duty is the company’s.
Treat “compliant” as a claim and check it against the output.
How long does it take to set up SECR software?
No official figure exists, and vendors set their own timetables.
The work is mostly on your side: listing meters, bills, fuel cards and mileage claims, choosing a boundary and a ratio, and loading last year as disclosed.
Can SECR software also do UK SRS or ESOS?
Some vendors say so on their own pages; the long-list tool on this page keeps only vendors that claim every duty you tick.
UK SRS applies to listed companies on a comply-or-explain basis for periods from 1 January 2027 under FCA PS26/19, and reaches Scope 3, which SECR does not.
Who owns the data in SECR software?
You do, but the vendor holds it as a processor.
UK GDPR requires a written processor contract with set terms, including what happens to the data at the end; read those terms before you sign.
Does SECR software need assurance features?
SECR needs no assurance.
The auditor’s duty under section 496 is to say whether the directors’ report is consistent with the accounts, so a working an auditor can follow is still worth having.
Is a standard SECR template coming?
Not decided.
DESNZ’s 2026 post-implementation review lists a standardised template among candidate areas for a planned consultation; be careful with any product sold against a template that does not yet exist.
Sources
Primary sources
Every requirement on this page traces to a provision listed here.
Vendor descriptions are cited to each vendor’s own page.
Checked against 16 sources fromlegislation.gov.ukGOV.UK (DESNZ, Defra)GOV.UK (DESNZ)GHG Protocol (WRI, WBCSD)GHG ProtocolInformation Commissioner’s Office
- legislation.gov.ukSI 2008/410, Schedule 7
What any SECR tool has to produce, quoted and unquoted.
- legislation.gov.ukSI 2008/410, Schedule 7 Part 7 — quoted companies
Worldwide figures, UK and offshore proportions.
- legislation.gov.ukSI 2008/410, Schedule 7 Part 7A — unquoted companies
UK figures, transport fuel, the 40,000 kWh relief.
- legislation.gov.ukSI 2008/410, Schedule 7 ¶20B — the large-company test
Two of £36m turnover, £18m balance sheet, 250 employees.
- legislation.gov.ukSI 2008/1911, regulation 12B
The LLP energy and carbon report.
- GOV.UK (DESNZ, Defra)Environmental Reporting Guidelines, including SECR requirements
The government’s SECR guidance.
- GOV.UK (DESNZ)Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2026
Published 11 June 2026.
- GOV.UK (DESNZ)2026 conversion factors methodology paper
Factors follow the activity year.
- GOV.UK (DESNZ)Government conversion factors for company reporting
One set a year.
- GOV.UK (DESNZ)Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting regulations: evaluation
19,900 in scope; £7,100 mean ongoing cost; about 94 hours.
- GOV.UK (DESNZ)2026 post-implementation review of the SECR regulations
A standard template is a candidate for consultation, not a decision.
- legislation.gov.ukCompanies Act 2006, section 496
The auditor’s consistency opinion on the directors’ report.
- GHG Protocol (WRI, WBCSD)Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard
Completeness, consistency, transparency.
- GHG ProtocolTechnical assistance: when to recalculate
Restating prior years.
- Information Commissioner’s OfficeUK GDPR: what needs to be included in a processor contract
The terms that govern a software vendor holding your data.
- Financial Conduct AuthorityPS26/19 — UK SRS reporting by listed companies
Comply or explain for periods from 1 January 2027.