The best home battery under € 1,500 in 2026 in the Netherlands

• Does not matter10, 10 models
• Yes, on the roof10, 10 models
• Yes, a balcony set10, 10 models
• No panels9, 9 models
• Not yet, they are coming10, 10 models

A battery keeps what your panels make in the day for the evening. A balcony set needs a battery made for it, and without panels a battery charges from the grid, so we keep only models that can.

• Does not matter10, 10 models
• I plug it in myself9, 9 models
• An installer10, 10 models
• Not decided yet10, 10 models

A plug-in battery goes into a wall socket, and some need an electrician only for more power. A larger system is connected to the fuse box by an installer.

• Does not matter10, 10 models
• Indoors2, 2 models
• In a shed or garage9, 9 models
• Outdoors2, 2 models

Indoors every battery will do. In an unheated shed or garage it has to charge below freezing or warm itself, and outdoors it needs a model made for it, rated IP65 or better.

• Does not matter10, 10 models
• Up to 2,500 kWh10, 10 models
• 2,500 to 4,000 kWh9, 9 models
• 4,000 to 6,000 kWh9, 9 models
• More than 6,000 kWh8, 8 models

A rough guide to the size: up to 2,500 kWh a year any battery helps, up to 4,000 about 3.75 kWh of storage, up to 6,000 about 6 and above that about 9. We leave out only systems that cannot grow to that size.

• Does not matter10, 10 models
• Any backup power7, 7 models
• Backs up house circuits0, 0 models

What keeps working in a power cut, as the maker states it: one socket on the battery, or circuits in the house.

• Does not matter10, 10 models
• Under 1,200 W6, 6 models
• 1,200 to 2,500 W3, 3 models
• Over 2,500 W0, 0 models

The continuous AC output the maker states, which sets how many appliances run on the battery at once.

• all shops10, 10 models
• Dutch shops10, 10 models
• Dutch-language shops, including foreign10, 10 models

Lowest price at every shop that delivers to the Netherlands, VAT and delivery included. * = delivery cost and VAT estimated for a foreign shop.

• Does not matter10, 10 models
• 5% & up0, 0 models
• 20% & up0, 0 models
• 30% & up0, 0 models
• 50% & up0, 0 models

Below what the same shop usually asked in the 30 days before, at a shop we followed on all those days.

• Does not matter10, 10 models
• Alexa0, 0 models
• Google Home0, 0 models
• Apple HomeKit0, 0 models
• SmartThings0, 0 models
• Home Assistant0, 0 models
• Matter0, 0 models

Based on the voice assistants and Matter support the maker lists. A model that lists none of them is left out.