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Comparison

Meteonorm vs UtilityAPI

18 differences · 7 identical

MeteonormMeteotest AG
Entry price
Not publicly disclosed
Charged
Quote only
Free tier or trial
No free tier or trial
Named integrations
0
Verified data points
12
UtilityAPIUtilityAPI
Entry price
USD 1.50
Charged
Per unit of usage
Free tier or trial
Limited free allowance
Named integrations
2
Verified data points
11

The differences that matter most

  • Price published Not published Published
  • Pricing model quote-only per-unit-usage
  • Free tier Not offered free-tier-limited

All 18 differences ↓

Meteonorm or UtilityAPI?

They differ most on price published. Meteonorm publishes Not publicly disclosed; UtilityAPI publishes USD 1.50. They use different pricing models, so those figures do not compare directly.

We do not name a winner. Below are 18 differences drawn from the same sourced dataset that powers both product pages.

Verified against the vendor’s own pages.

Pricing

These cannot be compared on a single number

Meteonorm is priced quote-only and UtilityAPI is priced per-unit-usage. These are different pricing models, so a single side-by-side figure would be misleading. Each is shown as its vendor states it.

Meteonorm

Not publicly disclosed

Quote only

UtilityAPI

USD 1.50

1.50 USD per meter per month of data

Per unit of usage

Prices are shown exactly as each vendor writes them and are never converted between currencies.

Where they differ

18 differences, ordered by how much they are likely to matter — pricing transparency first, then capabilities the vendor explicitly confirms or denies.

Legend Verified Vendor claim Not offered Not found Could not read
Differences between Meteonorm and UtilityAPI
Capability Meteonorm UtilityAPI
Solar design & simulation
Loss and uncertainty modelling (P50/P90) Advanced Verified — Could not read
Named weather / irradiance data source advanced Verified — Not applicable
Sub-hourly / 8760 output Yes Verified — Could not read
Terrain / topography modelling Advanced Verified — Could not read
Proposals & sales
Incentive and rebate calculation — Could not read Advanced Verified
Savings / bill-offset calculation — Could not read — Not found
Project & field operations
Automated customer updates — Could not read Yes Verified
Mobile field app Yes Verified — Could not read
Monitoring & operations
Production monitoring — Could not read Advanced Verified
Integrations & extensibility
Named, documented integrations 0 Verified 2 Verified
Public API — Could not read Not offered Verified
Pricing & commercial terms
Price published Not published Verified Published Verified
Pricing model quote-only Verified per-unit-usage Verified
Free tier Not offered Verified free-tier-limited Verified
Entry price — Could not read 1.50 USD per meter per month of data Verified
Currency — Could not read USD Verified
Market fit & availability
Geographic availability global Verified US Verified
Target buyer — Could not read developer; sales-org Verified

Scroll the table sideways to see both products. The capability column stays in place.

Where they are the same 7 data points
  • Product status
  • C&I
  • Residential
  • Utility-scale
  • Delivery model
  • Web application
  • E-signature

Which might suit you

Framed as requirements, not a verdict. Both descriptions come from the same data.

Consider Meteonorm if…

  • you work at utility scale
  • your work is mostly residential

It is for whoever needs the weather file that goes *into* a simulation: an engineer running PVsyst, a building physicist running IDA ICE, a developer automating TMY generation across a pipeline. It is not a design tool, not a proposal tool, and — crucially for anyone reading an old comparison — no longer primarily a perpetual-licence desktop program.

Full Meteonorm profile

Consider UtilityAPI if…

  • you need a price you can plan against before talking to sales
  • you work at utility scale
  • your work is mostly residential

It is for whoever needs a specific customer's *real* consumption with that customer's consent — a proposal tool sizing a system, a financier underwriting a PPA, a storage developer modelling demand charges, a programme administrator qualifying a rebate. It is not a tariff engine, not a rate calculator, and not a solar tool. It will tell you exactly what a customer used and was billed; it will not tell you what a different rate would have cost them.

Full UtilityAPI profile

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Frequently asked

What is the main difference between Meteonorm and UtilityAPI?

They differ most on price published. In total we recorded 18 verified differences and 7 points where they are the same.

Which costs more, Meteonorm or UtilityAPI?

Meteonorm is priced quote-only and UtilityAPI is priced per-unit-usage. These are different pricing models, so a single side-by-side figure would be misleading. Each is shown as its vendor states it.

Is Meteonorm or UtilityAPI better?

We do not name a winner. Both are described from the same verified data, and which suits you depends on your requirements — the differences above are the facts; the choice is yours.

Last verified

Vendors change pricing and features without notice. Check the vendor’s own page before deciding.

This comparison is generated from the feature database, not written by hand. A pair is only published when the data holds at least five stateable differences — which is why 281 candidate pairs were refused. How comparisons are built