UtilityAPI
UtilityAPI
Weather, tariff & utility data · Web
Pricing USD 1.50 Per unit of usage Limited free allowance
Sept 2026
Comparison
SolarAnywhere vs Solcast
12 differences · 10 identical
SolarAnywhereClean Power Research, L.L.C.
- Entry price
- USD 500
- Charged
- Per unit of usage
- Free tier or trial
- Limited free allowance
- Named integrations
- 0
- Verified data points
- 17
SolcastSolcast
- Entry price
- Not publicly disclosed
- Charged
- Quote only
- Free tier or trial
- Limited free allowance
- Named integrations
- 5
- Verified data points
- 11
The differences that matter most
- Price published Published Not published
- Pricing model per-unit-usage quote-only
- Entry price 500 USD per location, 1-year access Not established
SolarAnywhere or Solcast?
They differ most on price published. SolarAnywhere publishes USD 500; Solcast publishes Not publicly disclosed. They use different pricing models, so those figures do not compare directly.
We do not name a winner. Below are 12 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
SolarAnywhere is priced per-unit-usage and Solcast is priced quote-only. These are different pricing models, so a single side-by-side figure would be misleading. Each is shown as its vendor states it.
SolarAnywhere
USD 500
500 USD per location, 1-year access
Per unit of usage
Solcast
Not publicly disclosed
Quote only
Prices are shown exactly as each vendor writes them and are never converted between currencies.
Where they differ
12 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
| Capability | SolarAnywhere | Solcast |
|---|---|---|
| Solar design & simulation | ||
| Horizon / far shading | Yes Verified | — Could not read |
| Named weather / irradiance data source | — Could not read | none Verified |
| Proposals & sales | ||
| E-signature | Yes Verified | — Not applicable |
| CRM & lead management | ||
| Sales reporting and forecasting | Advanced Verified | Not offered Verified |
| Monitoring & operations | ||
| Portfolio / fleet view | — Could not read | Advanced Verified |
| Integrations & extensibility | ||
| Named, documented integrations | 0 Verified | 5 Verified |
| Public API | Not offered Verified | — Could not read |
| Pricing & commercial terms | ||
| Price published | Published Verified | Not published Verified |
| Pricing model | per-unit-usage Verified | quote-only Verified |
| Entry price | 500 USD per location, 1-year access Verified | — Could not read |
| Currency | USD Verified | — Could not read |
| Market fit & availability | ||
| Geographic availability | US; global Verified | global Verified |
Scroll the table sideways to see both products. The capability column stays in place.
Where they are the same 10 data points
- Free tier
- Bankable / IE-accepted simulation report
- Loss and uncertainty modelling (P50/P90)
- Sub-hourly / 8760 output
- Product status
- C&I
- Residential
- Utility-scale
- Delivery model
- Web application
Which might suit you
Framed as requirements, not a verdict. Both descriptions come from the same data.
Consider SolarAnywhere 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 bankable irradiance with a paper trail: a resource analyst building a P50/P90, an asset manager benchmarking a fleet against "estimated actuals", a developer feeding PVsyst or RatedPower without manual file shuffling. It is not a design tool and not something an installer opens — it is the number that other people's design tools consume.
Full SolarAnywhere profileConsider Solcast if…
- you need it to connect to tools you already run (5 named)
- you work at utility scale
- your work is mostly residential
It is for whoever is *building* the thing an installer uses: a design tool, a monitoring platform, a trading desk, a grid operator, a resource analyst automating yield studies. It is not a tool a solar installer sits in front of. There is no drawing canvas, no proposal, no customer-facing output. If you are comparing Solcast against a design tool, you have made a category error.
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Frequently asked
What is the main difference between SolarAnywhere and Solcast?
They differ most on price published. In total we recorded 12 verified differences and 10 points where they are the same.
Which costs more, SolarAnywhere or Solcast?
SolarAnywhere is priced per-unit-usage and Solcast is priced quote-only. These are different pricing models, so a single side-by-side figure would be misleading. Each is shown as its vendor states it.
Is SolarAnywhere or Solcast 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