name: Open-Meteo Plans and Pricing
description: >-
  Open-Meteo offers a free non-commercial tier with no API key required and
  three commercial subscription tiers (Standard, Professional, Enterprise)
  billed at fixed monthly rates with no per-call overage charges. Paid plans
  provide dedicated server infrastructure, commercial use rights, higher
  monthly call budgets, and access to extended APIs not available on the free
  tier. All plans can be upgraded, downgraded, or cancelled at any time via
  the customer portal. Billing is processed through Stripe.
specificationVersion: '0.1'
plans:
  - name: Free (Non-Commercial)
    description: >-
      Open access for non-commercial use with no API key required, no sign-up,
      and no credit card. Intended for personal projects, educational use,
      open research, and non-profit websites without advertising. Commercial
      use is strictly prohibited under this tier.
    url: https://open-meteo.com/en/pricing
    price: 0.00
    currency: USD
    billingCycle: none
    commercialUse: false
    rateLimits:
      - name: Calls per minute
        limit: 600
        unit: requests/minute
      - name: Calls per hour
        limit: 5000
        unit: requests/hour
      - name: Calls per day
        limit: 10000
        unit: requests/day
      - name: Calls per month
        limit: 300000
        unit: requests/month
    apis:
      - Weather Forecast API
      - Marine Weather API
      - Air Quality API
      - Elevation API
      - Flood API
      - Geocoding API
    notes: >-
      Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Attribution required. Rate limits are
      shared across the public free-tier infrastructure and may vary during
      high-demand periods.

  - name: API Standard
    description: >-
      Commercial subscription providing access to core weather APIs on
      dedicated server infrastructure with no daily rate limit and a 1 million
      call monthly budget. Includes an API key and a dedicated API endpoint.
    url: https://open-meteo.com/en/pricing
    price: 29.00
    currency: USD
    billingCycle: monthly
    commercialUse: true
    rateLimits:
      - name: Calls per month
        limit: 1000000
        unit: requests/month
    apis:
      - Weather Forecast API
      - Marine Weather API
      - Air Quality API
      - Elevation API
      - Flood API
      - Geocoding API
    features:
      - Dedicated API nodes
      - Commercial use licence
      - Customer-prefixed API endpoint
      - API key authentication
      - 99.9% uptime target
    notes: >-
      Historical Weather, Ensemble Forecast, Climate Change, Seasonal Forecast,
      and Satellite Radiation APIs are not included in this plan.

  - name: API Professional
    description: >-
      Commercial subscription extending the Standard plan with access to
      advanced research-grade APIs including historical reanalysis, ensemble
      probabilistic forecasts, climate projections, seasonal outlooks, and
      satellite-derived solar radiation data. Provides a 5 million call
      monthly budget on dedicated servers.
    url: https://open-meteo.com/en/pricing
    price: 99.00
    currency: USD
    billingCycle: monthly
    commercialUse: true
    rateLimits:
      - name: Calls per month
        limit: 5000000
        unit: requests/month
    apis:
      - Weather Forecast API
      - Marine Weather API
      - Air Quality API
      - Elevation API
      - Flood API
      - Geocoding API
      - Historical Weather API
      - Ensemble API
      - Climate Change API
      - Seasonal Forecast API
      - Satellite Radiation API
    features:
      - Dedicated API nodes
      - Commercial use licence
      - Customer-prefixed API endpoint
      - API key authentication
      - 99.9% uptime target
      - Access to all extended APIs

  - name: API Enterprise
    description: >-
      Custom enterprise tier for organizations requiring more than 50 million
      API calls per month, bespoke data integrations, SLA-backed uptime, and
      priority support. Pricing is negotiated directly with the Open-Meteo team.
    url: https://open-meteo.com/en/pricing
    price: custom
    currency: USD
    billingCycle: monthly
    commercialUse: true
    rateLimits:
      - name: Calls per month
        limit: 50000000
        unit: requests/month
        notes: Minimum 50M; exact limit negotiated per contract
    apis:
      - All APIs included in Professional plan
    features:
      - All Professional plan features
      - Custom solutions and integrations
      - Priority support
      - Negotiated SLA
    contact: info@open-meteo.com