Automate Your Utility Management – Accurate, Reliable & Compliant
Smart Utility Billing & Metering Solutions Across South Africa
Over 30 Years of Expertise in Utility Bill Production and Smart Meter Management
Smart Utility Billing Solutions for South Africa’s Residential, Commercial & Mixed-Use Properties
- No more estimated bills
- Immediate identification of meter tampering or leakage/wastage
- Full compliance with municipal standards
- Increased energy and water efficiency
- Faster query resolution and tenant satisfaction
Our intelligent systems support prepaid and postpaid billing, real-time consumption tracking, and remote meter reading for electricity, water, and gas—helping you recover costs, eliminate billing disputes, and identify issues like leaks, tampering, or excess usage before they escalate.
Saub’s advanced AMR (Automated Meter Reading) technology, smart water meters, AI software systems and smart electricity meters provide 30-minute interval data—eliminating estimated bills, manual meter readings, and billing errors. Real-time consumption data empowers landlords, tenants, and body corporates to detect leaks, prevent tampering, and optimize utility usage.
Reliable and fast utility billing solutions for multi-property facilities that require:
- Large/Bulk Municipal electricity and water supplies
- Generator electricity supplies
- Solar electricity supplies
- Power wheeling administration
- Water reclamation or purifying supplies
- HVAC Chilled Water Billing
- Heat pump resources and hot water billing
- Gas bottle banks and distribution network
- Retail Tenants
- Residential Tenants
- Common area recoveries
- Industrial Tenants
What Is Smart Metering?
Smart metering is the modern way to measure electricity, water, and gas usage with advanced digital meters that communicate consumption data automatically. Unlike outdated analogue meters, smart electricity and water meters send real-time usage data via GSM, Wi-Fi, or radio frequency networks, eliminating the need for manual readings.
These meters provide real-time utility tracking—usually at 30-minute intervals—giving property managers and tenants detailed insights into consumption through an easy-to-access online dashboard. With this data, users can spot high-usage appliances, water leaks, or unusual patterns and adjust their habits proactively to save costs and reduce waste.
Smart meters are compatible with both post-paid billing (monthly invoicing) and STS-compliant prepaid utility systems, allowing for flexible billing setups. Many models support two-way communication, which enables remote disconnection or reconnection and dynamic tariff management, such as switching to cheaper off-peak electricity rates.
With energy prices rising and resource conservation becoming a national priority, smart metering in South Africa is now a must-have. New residential estates, apartment complexes, and commercial developments are increasingly installing smart meters as standard, offering tenants transparent billing, control over consumption, and a smarter way to manage utilities.
Smart Utility Solutions for Property Managers & HOAs
Smart Water Meters
Smart Electricity Meters
Meter Auditing and Verification
Utility Management
Bulk Metering & Sub-Metering Solutions
LPU (Remote) meter reading
Affordable Utility Bill Production with Smart Meter Financing Solutions
What our clients can expect from SAUB
Our Smart Metering & Utility Management Expertise
How We Help You Save & Optimize Utilities
While nationwide manual meter reading services are available, we recommend installing smart meters for remote, real-time data collection every 10 minutes. This includes detailed metrics like usage patterns and supply types.
Our clients benefit from personalized support with a dedicated data acquisition engineer and billing specialist who understand their unique premises and requirements. Backed by Screamer Telecoms’ skilled field technicians, we provide nationwide technical support to maintain and troubleshoot smart utility meter systems.
Fully Automated Utility Billing Solutions for Smarter Property Management
Automated utility billing—powered by smart metering, prepaid systems, and cloud-based platforms—is a fully managed service offered by SAUB to streamline utility management for residential estates, commercial buildings, and mixed-use developments across South Africa.
This all-in-one service tackles the long-standing challenges of manual meter reading, tenant disputes, billing inaccuracies, and revenue loss. By implementing real-time data transmission, remote meter reading, and automated tariff application, SAUB ensures transparent, accurate, and effortless utility billing—no matter the property size or type.
Whether for a gated estate ensuring fair utility allocation, a commercial complex aiming to recover utility costs, or a council modernizing infrastructure, SAUB’s solution is scalable, accurate, and user-friendly.
Residents and tenants benefit from full transparency and control, while property owners enjoy reduced admin, fewer disputes, and improved cost recovery. With real-time data and automated workflows, SAUB transforms utilities from a liability into a strategic asset—saving time, reducing losses, and enabling sustainable utility use.
Features and technologies that make SAUB’s utility billing service a market leader
Full-Service Utility Management by SAUB
SAUB doesn’t just provide the software—we manage the entire platform for you. From smart meter data collection and remote meter reading to automated bill generation, prepaid token management, and accurate municipal tariff application, our team ensures every part of your utility billing is taken care of.
Real-Time Data and Monitoring
Smart meters send data in near real-time (typically every 30 minutes). Managers and tenants can access live usage dashboards to track consumption patterns, detect leaks, and avoid billing disputes. For example, if electricity spiked at midnight or water ran continuously in a vacant unit, the system flags it instantly—enabling proactive action and cost-saving decisions.
Cloud-Based Billing Software
SAUB’s cloud-hosted billing platform handles all backend processing—applying tariffs, calculating bills, and storing data securely. It’s accessible 24/7 from any device and integrates easily with accounting software, enabling error-free invoicing and reconciliation. There’s no need for in-house IT or manual backups—SAUB takes care of system maintenance, updates, and data protection.
No Infrastructure? No Problem.
Because SAUB actively manages the platform, there’s no need for in-house technical staff or IT infrastructure—we handle updates, data security, and daily operations. Our system also integrates seamlessly with accounting software, ensuring error-free reconciliations and transparent cost recovery.
Alerts and Fault Detection
Scalability and Flexibility
Remote Meter Reading
Our system eliminates the need for manual meter checks. With AMR (Automatic Meter Reading) technology and built-in communication modules (cellular, RF, or IoT), meter data is collected remotely and automatically. This ensures accurate, timely readings every billing cycle—with zero human error and no need for on-site visits.
Mobile and Web Portal Access
We offer user-friendly web and mobile apps for both property managers and tenants. Managers get full admin control, while tenants can check balances, buy prepaid tokens, and view their usage. Notifications via SMS, email, or app alerts ensure residents stay informed—like low balance warnings or outage alerts.
Automated Billing & Invoicing
SAUB’s automated billing solution enables both prepaid and postpaid utility billing, tailored to suit any property type. In postpaid setups, tenants receive itemized monthly invoices with accurate usage data, tariff breakdowns, and historical comparisons. For prepaid configurations, the platform tracks all token purchases and consumption, making it easy to generate detailed statements when required. The billing engine handles block tariffs, time-of-use pricing, and other complex municipal billing structures, ensuring full alignment with local utility regulations and accurate cost allocation.
Payment Integration & STS Prepaid Vending
Analytics and Reporting
Onsite Support & Maintenance
Beyond the software, SAUB provides full technical support, including:
Nationwide meter installations (electricity, water, and gas)
Partnerships with certified electricians and plumbers
Training for on-site staff
Direct liaison with municipalities to resolve billing issues or meter approvals
This ensures your billing system isn’t just deployed—it’s supported by experts every step of the way.
What sets us apart
We partner with a network of accredited electricians, gas technicians, and plumbers across South Africa to provide comprehensive support services. Our billing administrators maintain strong relationships with municipalities nationwide, ensuring fast turnaround times on municipal inquiries handled on behalf of our clients. challenges.
Our clients love us
We rely on SAUB for utility audits of our town buildings. The operational and behavioral inefficiencies they identified helped us save nearly 10%—without any upfront investment in new equipment.
Liam Thompson
As a building manager, we trust SAUB for our utility billing and smart metering needs. The detailed insights provided by the smart meters have helped us optimize our consumption, reduce costs, and improve overall sustainability. The SAUB team is always responsive and goes the extra mile to ensure our systems are running smoothly. We couldn’t ask for a better partner in managing our utilities.
Aarav Naidoo
SAUB is a leading specialist in automated utility bill management and smart metering solutions, providing expert advice, software, and services to large and medium-sized businesses and complexes across South Africa.
SAUB handles our utility billing, account management, and everything in between. Their service is outstanding, consistently going above and beyond our agreement to provide exceptional support.
Thando Mokoena