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title: "Enphase vs Fox ESS: Which is searched more in Australia?"
description: "Is Enphase or Fox ESS more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Solar inverter brands set in Australia. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Enphase vs Fox ESS: Which is searched more in Australia?

Is Enphase or Fox ESS more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Solar inverter brands set in Australia. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Enphase and Fox ESS
- **Competitive set**: Solar inverter brands
- **Market**: Australia
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Enphase Share of Search**: 3.9%
- **Fox ESS Share of Search**: 2.2%

## Is Enphase or Fox ESS more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Enphase had more branded searches than Fox ESS among solar inverter brands in Australia. Enphase had about 370 branded searches, while Fox ESS had 210. Enphase made up 3.9% of all solar inverter brand searches we track, and Fox ESS accounted for 2.2%.
- The lead changed hands 2 times in the 12 months ending September 2026: Fox ESS took it in November 2025, Enphase took it in January 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Enphase’s share of searches among solar inverter brands in Australia moved from 3.2% to 3.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 470 to 370.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Fox ESS’s share of searches among solar inverter brands in Australia moved from 2.6% to 2.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 390 to 210.

## Top solar inverter brands in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and one Google AI Overview, Enphase was mentioned in three out of four: in two of the three ChatGPT answers and in the Google AI Overview. Fox ESS did not appear in any of the four answers.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sungrow | 1st | 2 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 3 of 4 |
| Fronius | 2nd | 2 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 2 of 4 |
| Enphase | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 3 of 4 |
| GoodWe | 4th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 |
| SMA | 5th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 |
| SolarEdge | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 |
| Huawei | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 |
| Growatt | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 |
| Solis | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 |
| Fox ESS | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 |

## Every AI answer about solar inverter brands

- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best solar inverter in Australia?": 1. Sungrow, 2. Fronius, 3. GoodWe, 4. Enphase, 5. SolarEdge
- Asked ChatGPT "Which solar inverter brand is the most reliable?": 1. Fronius, 2. Sungrow, 3. Enphase, 4. SMA, 5. Huawei
- Asked ChatGPT "Should I get microinverters or a string inverter?": named none of the brands we track
- Searched Google, AI Overview "solar inverter": 1. Sungrow, 2. Enphase

Not named in any answer: Growatt, Solis and Fox ESS.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in Australia on October 27, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for Australia solar inverter brands in September 2026?

- In September 2026, SMA overtook Enphase to rank 6th among solar inverter brands in Australia, with 4.1% of the searches.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Fox ESS in Australia fell 46.2% over 12 measured months, from 390 to 210 in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Enphase in Australia fell 21.3% over 12 measured months, from 470 to 370 in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Enphase estimated searches | Enphase Share of Search | Enphase rank | Fox ESS estimated searches | Fox ESS Share of Search | Fox ESS rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 470 | 3.2% | 7 | 390 | 2.6% | 8 |
| Nov 2025 | 380 | 3% | 8 | 390 | 3% | 7 |
| Dec 2025 | 370 | 3.1% | 8 | 390 | 3.2% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 580 | 4% | 6 | 390 | 2.7% | 8 |
| Feb 2026 | 600 | 4.7% | 6 | 480 | 3.8% | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 870 | 6% | 6 | 480 | 3.3% | 8 |
| Apr 2026 | 870 | 6.4% | 6 | 480 | 3.5% | 8 |
| May 2026 | 710 | 6.1% | 6 | 260 | 2.2% | 9 |
| Jun 2026 | 870 | 8.5% | 6 | 210 | 2% | 9 |
| Jul 2026 | 650 | 6.2% | 6 | 260 | 2.5% | 8 |
| Aug 2026 | 430 | 3.8% | 6 | 210 | 1.9% | 8 |
| Sep 2026 | 370 | 3.9% | 7 | 210 | 2.2% | 8 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Enphase’s and Fox ESS’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Enphase**: Measured on the search terms “enphase inverter” and “enphase microinverter”, summed into one figure.
- **Fox ESS**: Measured on the search term “fox ess inverter”.

- [Enphase profile](/demand/au/brands/enphase)
- [Fox ESS profile](/demand/au/brands/fox-ess)
- [All solar inverter brands in Australia](/demand/au/categories/au-solar-inverter-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 10 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Enphase or Fox ESS more popular in search?

In September 2026, Enphase had more branded searches than Fox ESS among solar inverter brands in Australia. Enphase had about 370 branded searches, while Fox ESS had 210. Enphase made up 3.9% of all solar inverter brand searches we track, and Fox ESS accounted for 2.2%.

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