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Why Sustainly Is Your Smarter Choice for Scalable, AI-Powered LCA?
- Traditional life cycle assessment (LCA) tools are often slow, complex, and built for experts—making them inaccessible to most product teams and sustainability managers. The steep learning curve and setup burden mean many organizations never adopt them.
- Yet today’s landscape demands better: EU CSRD, product carbon regulations, and climate risk disclosures require fast, transparent, and scalable environmental metrics.
- Sustainly was built to democratize credible LCA. Our AI-powered platform makes environmental impact modeling accessible to non-experts—without compromising on rigor. Whether you’re generating EPDs, running comparative assessments, or reporting to corporate standards, Sustainly delivers speed, traceability, and confidence.
Why Sustainly Outperforms Traditional LCA Software?
Sustainly redefines life cycle assessment (LCA) by combining AI automation, methodological rigor, and enterprise-grade scalability—making credible LCA accessible to modern teams. AI-Enabled Modeling at Scale- Automatically generate LCA models using your existing operational, material, and product data—scale across product lines and iterate in real time.
- Simplify every step—from selecting datasets to adding waste streams and updating metadata—with intelligent guidance built into your workflow.
- Generate compliant EPD tables, maintain full traceability, and ensure EN 15804 alignment for verified reporting.
- Support EF 3.1, IPCC 2021, ReCiPe 2016, and multiple allocation methods for credible, standards-aligned assessments.
- Access the EU Environmental Footprint database and integrate Ecoinvent for high-resolution modeling and regional specificity.
- Maintain metadata, conduct audits, and centralize your data into a single source of truth—ensuring trust and reproducibility at scale.
- Enable multi-user access, connect via API, and integrate seamlessly with PLM and ERP systems for scalable deployment.
- Freely access LCA tutorials, datasets, and examples aligned with academic standards for classroom, research and independent study.
An LCA Software for Every Sustainability Role
| Use case | Who benefits | What they achieve |
|---|---|---|
| Product development & design | Engineers, designers, product teams | Run comparative LCAs early in design to minimize environmental impacts |
| Sustainability / ESG teams | Sustainability leads, consultants | Create product-level footprints, monitor supplier impacts, report to standards |
| Certification & EPD issuance | Verifiers, certifiers, product groups | Generate standardized EPD tables, manage documentation and verifiers |
| Large scale LCAs | Enterprise | Scale LCAs across thousands of SKUs, integrate into ERP/PLM, automate workflows |
| Education & learning | Students, academics, new LCA learners | Learn and experiment with real LCA models, methods, and data |
| Marketing & communication | Marketing teams | Share messages with confidence, including publishing carbon footprints |
| Customer engagement | Sales teams | Easily access impact information and share it with customers |
| Investor reporting & positioning | Start-up founders | Report to investors and position their product |
How Can Sustainly Help You Build and Report LCAs Faster?
1
Data Ingestion
- Import material, process, supplier, and operational data via spreadsheet, API, or integration.
2
Model Generation
- AI + templated logic convert inputs into a structured life cycle model.
3
Impact Calculation
- Choose methods (e.g. EF, IPCC, ReCiPe), allocation approach, and compute results.
4
Iterate & Compare
- Explore design variants, supply chain choices, or sensitivity analyses.
5
Reporting & Communication
- Export dashboards, EPD tables, or summaries. Invite verifiers or export data sets.
6
Maintenance
- Centralized data management ensures easy updates across products.
2025 Best LCA Tools
| Feature | Sustainly | Ecochain Mobius | SimaPro | GaBi (LCA for Experts) | Earthster | One Click LCA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target user | Cross-industry; individuals, teams & enterprises | Product design & manufacturing | Experts & consultants across industries | Sustainability experts & product teams | All products; supply chain & manufacturing | Construction & infrastructure professionals |
| AI features | AI-assisted modelling & data collection | None | None; advanced modelling | None; comprehensive modelling | No AI; real-time & parameter-based LCA | AI mapping & data integration |
| Speed & scalability | Generate thousands of LCAs quickly | Quick product-level LCA & scenarios | Manual; slower | Manual; slower | Fast & scalable | Generate design scenarios quickly |
| Databases | EF database; optional Ecoinvent | Ecoinvent & NMD | Ecoinvent, Agri-footprint, AGRIBALYSE | 20,000+ datasets; DEKRA-verified | Ecoinvent, USEEIO, user-shared | Ecoinvent, EPDs, more |
| Impact assessment methods | EF 3.1, IPCC 2021, ReCiPe 2016 | Unspecified | ReCiPe, EF, IPCC, Aware, USEtox | Method agnostic | ReCiPe 2016, EF 3.1, TRACI, IPCC 2021 | EN15804 |
| Allocation & EPD frameworks | Cut-off, EN 15804 | EPD/PCF reporting | PEF & EPD support | EPD & decarbonization tools | ISO compliance; simulations | 80+ certification compliance; automated EPD |
| Integration / API | API, PLM & ERP connectors; SSO/2FA | Not highlighted | No | No | API integration & no-code uploads | BIM & tool integrations |
| Ease of use | Beginner-friendly, scalable to experts | Simple interface | Complex; for seasoned experts | Expert users | User-friendly; intuitive | For experienced practitioners in construction |
| Cloud based | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Starting price | €0/year (free plan) | €3,300/year | €6,100/year | €1,500/year (one-time) | €2,880/year | On request |
| Unique features | AI modelling and co-pilot | Hotspot & scenario analysis | Scenario & uncertainty analysis | Strong industry databases | Supplier/BOM uploads; collaborative | AI verifies & suggests improvements |