Tango Energy Alternative | Nectar

Nectar outperforms Tango (formerly WatchWire) with superior parsing accuracy, broader utility provider coverage, and real-time data completeness visibility. While Tango bundles utility management as one module in a sprawling workplace management suite, Nectar is laser-focused on delivering the most accurate, complete utility data available.

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Tango is a workplace and real estate management suite covering lease administration, space planning, facilities, and more. Utility tracking is one feature among many, which is the defining characteristic of suite software: broad coverage, and depth concentrated wherever the vendor’s core market demanded it.

For utility data that usually means capture at summary level, limited visibility into which bills have actually been processed, and analytics sufficient for a dashboard but not for rate optimization or error detection.

Nectar does one thing. More than 7,000 provider connections globally, every line item parsed at 99.2% accuracy with human QA on flagged bills, interval data alongside bills, continuous completeness tracking, and an audit trail from every value to its source document.

Challenge

Workplace management suites spread resources across dozens of features: utility data accuracy suffers.

Solution

Nectar's entire platform is purpose-built for utility data. Every engineering resource is focused on parsing accuracy, provider coverage, and data completeness, resulting in 99.2% accuracy.

Challenge

Limited visibility into which bills have been processed and which data gaps remain.

Solution

Nectar's data completeness view shows a real-time coverage timeline for every site, account, and meter, with one-click actions to fill any gap.

Challenge

Bundled tools offer broad but shallow features, no deep utility data analytics.

Solution

Nectar provides deep line-item analytics, rate comparisons, benchmarking, and carbon reporting exports: purpose-built depth that bundled suites can't match.

The cost of breadth

Suite consolidation is a legitimate strategy: fewer contracts, one support relationship, shared user management. The cost is that no individual component is as capable as a specialist, and utility data is usually well down the list of features competing for a suite roadmap.

The test is whether the utility module can answer the questions you actually need answered: which meters are missing data for this period, why did this site’s cost rise when consumption did not, and where is the bill behind this number. If it cannot, the consolidation saving is being paid for somewhere else.

Where Nectar fits

Choose a suite when consolidation across lease, space, and facilities is the priority and utility reporting is light. Choose Nectar when utility data has become a real obligation: line-item accuracy, visible completeness, and provenance are not things a broad suite module is built to deliver.

Frequently asked questions

Can Nectar coexist with a workplace suite?

Yes. Nectar handles collection, parsing, completeness, and reporting output, and exports data for the suite to consume, so the suite keeps its lease, space, and facilities workflows.

What does Nectar not do?

Lease administration, space planning, work orders, and facilities management are all outside our scope. We are a utility data layer, not a workplace platform.

How do we know which bills have been processed?

The completeness view shows expected versus collected periods at site, account, and meter level continuously, with one-click actions to close a gap, rather than a processing status you request.

Does Nectar support rate optimization?

Yes, and it depends on line-item parsing: demand, supply, delivery, taxes, and fees are separated so charges can be reconciled against the applicable tariff and errors surfaced as they occur.

One platform for every utility decision

Utility bill management, energy cost management and procurement, and sustainability reporting in one system, shared by energy, finance, operations, and sustainability teams.

Nectar utility bill management — utility data management feature

Utility bill management

Every bill for every utility, waste, and telecom account collected, parsed at the line-item level, and tracked against its expected date.

Automated bill collectionData completenessAudit trailAI agent and smart reports
Nectar sustainability reporting and benchmarks — utility data management feature

Sustainability reporting and benchmarks

Audit-ready data for ESG reporting, site benchmarks, ENERGY STAR sync, and exports to carbon accounting platforms.

BenchmarksENERGY STAR Portfolio ManagerESG and carbon integrationsWaste and recycling
Nectar bill audit, bill pay, and ap — utility data management feature

Bill audit, bill pay, and AP

Errors caught before payment, past overcharges recovered, and validated bills paid on time or delivered to your AP system.

Utility bill auditsHistorical bill auditUtility bill paymentsAP and ERP integration
Nectar energy cost management and procurement — utility data management feature

Energy cost management and procurement

Tariff and rate optimization, demand management, and procurement advisory. Customers typically save 3 to 5% of annual utility spend.

Tariff and rate optimizationDemand managementProcurement advisoryBudgeting and forecasts

Loved by customers in every industry

Customer Stories
Featured

How Thomas Foods automated more than 90% of its utility data collection

Thomas Foods International uses Nectar to collect and organize utility data across its US facilities, replacing manual bill downloads and spreadsheet entry.

“Using Nectar has significantly streamlined the process of gathering and analyzing our utility data. The platform just works!”
Jonathan R., Sustainability Director at Thomas Foods Int., USA — Nectar customer

Jonathan R.

Sustainability Director, Thomas Foods Int., USA

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Stanwich Energy Boosts Client Value with Nectar's Utility Data Solution

Stanwich Energy announces a new partnership with Nectar to enhance the customer experience through advanced, AI-powered utility data services.

“Partnering with Nectar's AI-driven platform has been groundbreaking, allowing us to tackle changes faster and skip the outdated, painful integration required by other solutions. Having the right information is the first step, and Nectar is exactly what we have been looking for to make that happen.”
Matt Shaw, Managing Director at Stanwich Energy — Nectar customer

Matt Shaw

Managing Director, Stanwich Energy

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Jeremy Pike, Sustainability Leader at Idaho Milk Products — Nectar customer

Jeremy Pike

Sustainability Leader, Idaho Milk Products

“Thanks to Nectar's innovative solution, we can accurately assess our environmental impact, becoming a pioneer in sustainability among our peers.”

John O'Connell, CEO and Founder at Stanwich Energy — Nectar customer

John O'Connell

CEO and Founder, Stanwich Energy

“Nectar enables faster insights, smarter forecasting, and more accurate budget tracking. It also strengthens our ability to deliver on key sustainability goals by providing real-time visibility into usage and emissions.”

Matt Greening, Founder and Director at Nettzero — Nectar customer

Matt Greening

Founder and Director, Nettzero

“Nectar serves as a reliable and cost-effective technology solution to extract, store, and analyse sustainability data leading to enhanced reporting capabilities and streamlined workflows.”

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