Urbio models building energy demand and solar potential for cities and utilities across Europe. baseray covers Romania and Czechia building by building, with the building’s facts, dated panel checks and the company at the address.
One record per building in Romania and Czechia: use, floors and construction year, height and volume, a dated solar panel check, a heat card and the company registered at the address.
Countries
Romania, Czechia
Price
Free plan; paid from €39 a month
UR
Urbio
Building energy data
Urbio’s Urban Data Factory merges building, energy, climate and cost data in a browser geoportal: footprint, height, floors, year, use, PV and solar potential, and heating, hot water and cooling demand.
Countries
Europe; countries not listed
Price
Data packs from €490; platform from €2,400 a year
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Side by side. What baseray and Urbio show for a building.
Features of baseray and Urbio
Feature
baseray
UR Urbio
Romania
baseray Yes
UR Urbio ? Not stated “Anywhere in Europe”; countries not listed
Czechia
baseray Yes
UR Urbio ? Not stated “Anywhere in Europe”; countries not listed
Use, floors and year per building
baseray Yes Where known, for buildings in both countries
UR Urbio Yes Use, floors, year and floor area
Building height
baseray Yes Measured or estimated, always labelled
UR Urbio Yes
Existing solar panels detected
baseray In part Where the model has read the roof; the rest show as not checked
UR Urbio In part PV systems listed; method not stated
Date of the photo behind each check
baseray Yes
UR Urbio ? Not stated
Roof solar sizing (kWp, yield)
baseray In part Where the roof has been modelled
UR Urbio Yes
Heat demand
baseray Yes
UR Urbio Yes Heating, hot water and cooling demand
Company linked to the building
baseray In part Registered office at the building’s exact official address, never shown as ownership
UR Urbio ? Not stated
Contact people (phone, email)
baseray No
UR Urbio ? Not stated
Company financials
baseray No
UR Urbio ? Not stated
CSV export
baseray Yes Clay-ready columns
UR Urbio Yes XLSX, SHP and GeoJSON
API
baseray Yes
UR Urbio Yes
ChatGPT and Claude connector
baseray Yes MCP connector
UR Urbio ? Not stated
Built-in outreach
baseray No
UR Urbio ? Not stated
Urbio: read from its own pages on 7 Oct 2026. “Not stated” means its pages do not say; it may still offer it.
Where each is stronger. Said plainly, both ways.
UR
Where Urbio is stronger
Heating, hot water and cooling demand, with the heating system type.
Data packs for any municipality or region in Europe.
Energy cost and carbon for each building.
Where baseray is stronger
The company registered at each building’s address.
Existing panels checked on dated aerial photos, with the date shown.
Self-serve plans from free, paid per building.
Which to choose. It depends on where you sell and what you need for each building.
UR
Choose Urbio if
You plan heat or energy for a city, a utility or a portfolio and need demand modelling across European countries.
Choose baseray if
You sell to buildings in Romania or Czechia and need to know who is registered there and what is on the roof.
On 7 October 2026 its pages say it is available anywhere in Europe and do not list countries. It offers a free account with a sample of about 2,000 buildings, so you can check your area.
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Does Urbio link companies to buildings?
Its pages do not mention company data on 7 October 2026. baseray links a company only when its registered office is the building’s exact official address.
Urbio is a trademark of its owner. This page compares published facts and is not endorsed by Urbio. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.