The assessment
How it scores, by category
Market position
The data
All-in-one energy system
Presents storage and power conversion as one integrated product or product platform.
- Product role
- Battery modules, inverter functions and controls are packaged as one purchasing architecture.
- Published range
- 13.99–27.98 kWh
- Phase
- Single phase
- Backup boundary
- Installation-specific
What the documents establish
Published evidence, source-reviewed non-disclosure and unresolved questions remain separate from the product score.
Usable capacity
100% of this battery’s nominal capacity is usable, 13.99 kWh in the scored configuration.13.99 kWh usableScored configuration: SMILE-M10-S-INV with one SMILE-M-BAT-13.9P. Published range 13.99–27.98 kWh.
No reserve is withheld at the stated depth of discharge.
At a sourced 100% depth of discharge the usable and nominal figures are the same number, so no separate nominal capacity is stated.
Usable capacity sourceDepth-of-discharge sourceCapacity guarantee: minimum retained at year 10
No year-by-year capacity schedule is published for this product - the manufacturer guarantees only this end-of-term minimum, not a specific decline curve. Capacity figure based on the sourced usable capacity of the base configuration; modular systems scale with additional modules.
Blackout protection
72 / 100#20 of 90 batteriesWhole-home, seamless (<20ms)
The blackout score is a standalone benchmark of outage resilience only - it re-weights sourced specs already scored in this product’s pillars (backup tier, switchover, surge strength, backup power, off-grid recharge) and never affects the overall score. Dots show the full battery fleet; the marker is this product.
Verification & sources
Market context
Global evidencechange in the site menu
Global benchmark. This scorecard is benchmarked globally. A global score does not imply local availability, certification, warranty coverage, or installer compatibility.
Benchmark anchor. The score uses the 10 kW inverter and one current 13.99 kWh battery module, not the largest supported stack. Scored model: SMILE-M10-S-INV with one SMILE-M-BAT-13.9P · checked 2026-07-31. Evidence.
Sources & references · checked 2026-08-02
Strong evidence coverage
21 of 21 scored criteria link directly to a published source.
Values marked estimated, derived, or not found remain visible on the audit sheet and do not carry the same evidential weight as a linked source. Coverage measures direct links, not an independent guarantee that a claim is correct.
Record revision. AlphaESS SMILE-M8/9/10-S V00.04152026 and Australian warranty dated 30 January 2026
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Warranty summary10-year product warranty →
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- Archived copy of the primary sourcePDF ↗
- Warranty assuranceWarranty ↗
- Backup switching speedManufacturer ↗
- VPP & grid services readinessManufacturer ↗
Product record history
8 changes to this record · 78 products changed in this update
Confidence
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- high
State
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- reviewed_absence
Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0811/4470/9362/files/Datasheet_SMILE-M10_M9_M8-INV_V01_30.06.pdf?v=1783072362
Value
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- Reviewed 2026-08-25: no exact-product battery/DC round-trip efficiency with a complete measurement boundary was established in the reviewed primary source set. This is a scoped reviewed absence, not proof that the value has never been measured.
State
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- reviewed_absence
Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0811/4470/9362/files/Datasheet_SMILE-M10_M9_M8-INV_V01_30.06.pdf?v=1783072362
Value
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- Reviewed 2026-08-25: no exact-product cycle-life result to exactly 70% retained capacity was established in the reviewed primary source set. Warranty limits and other or unstated endpoints are not converted. This is a scoped reviewed absence.
Confidence
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- high
This is review.solar's publication history. It does not claim the product changed on the recorded date, and it excludes compatibility, system pairing, installation suitability and relative leaderboard prose. Open the complete JSON record.
Evidence timeline
Recorded verification events for this scorecard. These are evidence checks, not historical score snapshots.
- Core scorecard evidence checked
- AU market evidence checked
- Plain-language warranty summary checked
- Series benchmark evidence checked
Scored by Solar Analytica Research
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Our reading
Smile M10 scores 64, placing 35 of 74 in the Performance & Value class against a class average of 63.0. Its strongest scoring dimension is capacity & usability (86), above the class average of 83. Energy Ecosystem (52) is the dimension with the most room to move. Key specifications: LFP, 10.0 kW continuous output.