Weathercloud

What Weathercloud does

Weathercloud is a Barcelona-based, privately held SaaS company that operates a global network aggregating real-time weather data from personal and professional weather stations. Founded in 2012 by a team of entrepreneurs led by CEO and founder Marc Arazo, the platform connects more than 50 weather station models across roughly 20 hardware manufacturers (including Davis Instruments, AcuRite, Ambient Weather, Ecowitt, Fine Offset, and Netatmo) through 26 compatible software clients, ingesting their observations into a cloud database and exposing them via a real-time global map, dynamic plotting tools, social "follow" features, and embeds such as sticker widgets. Service tiers are freemium: a free Basic plan (3 devices, 10-minute updates, 12-month storage) and three paid annual subscriptions — Plus, Pro, and Premium — that progressively unlock unlimited devices, faster (1-minute) updates, longer or unlimited data retention, advanced alerts, and specialized vertical dashboards for marine, agriculture (evapotranspiration and frost), aviation, and webcam/time-lapse applications. A separate quote-based Custom Plans tier adds team management, device grouping, and customizable reports and dashboards for organizations. The company also runs a hardware sub-brand, Weathercloud Projects (weathercloud.online), offering proprietary dataloggers and weather monitoring systems designed to integrate with the main network. Revenue is generated almost entirely through self-serve annual subscription billing processed by Stripe, targeting individual weather enthusiasts as the primary persona, weather-dependent SMBs (hotels, ski resorts, windsurf spots) as a use case, and now enterprises via Custom Plans, with no disclosed external funding, a headcount in the 1–10 range, and GDPR-compliant data handling.

Name

Weathercloud

Legal name

Weathercloud

Website

https://weathercloud.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Weathercloud is a Barcelona-based SaaS platform that connects 50+ models of personal and professional weather stations globally, offering freemium and paid subscription tiers for enthusiasts, weather-dependent SMBs, and enterprises to share and analyze real-time and historical weather data in the cloud.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue (Premium Tiers): Weathercloud generates revenue through three paid subscription tiers: Plus, Pro, and Premium. These are billed as annual subscriptions with automatic renewal. The Basic plan is free with limited features (3 devices, 10-minute update interval, 12-month data storage). Paid tiers unlock unlimited devices, faster update intervals (1 minute), extended data storage (60 months to unlimited), private profiles, advanced reports, alerts, and specialized dashboards.
2. Freemium Model: Free Basic tier attracts users who can upgrade to paid plans for advanced features. The free tier includes 3 devices, basic data visualization, and CSV export capabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Weathercloud operates a global SaaS weather social network that connects personal and professional weather stations to a cloud platform for real-time data sharing, historical storage, dynamic plotting, and interactive visualization. Users link their weather devices to the platform, which then ingests, stores, and displays their data on a global map and in personalized dashboards. The service is offered through a free Basic tier and paid Plus, Pro, and Premium subscriptions that unlock faster update intervals, longer data retention, alerts, and specialized dashboards for marine, agricultural, aviation, and webcam applications.

Product overview

Weathercloud is a global network of weather stations that operates as a SaaS platform connecting personal and professional weather station hardware with cloud-based data aggregation and visualization services. The core product is the Weathercloud Basic free tier, while the service expands through paid subscriptions (Plus, Pro, Premium) that progressively unlock features including unlimited devices, faster data intervals (from 10 minutes down to 1 minute), extended cloud storage (12 to unlimited months), specialized weather dashboards (Marine, Agricultural ET, Agricultural Frost, Aviation, Webcam), advanced reports, custom alerts, team management, device grouping, and custom report/dashboard builders. The platform also encompasses Custom Plans for enterprise needs and the weathercloud.online sub-brand offering hardware dataloggers. The network supports 14 languages and integrates Stripe for payments, Google Analytics for analytics, and social media plugins for sharing. The platform uses its own internal API for data ingestion from connected devices but does not offer a public API for data retrieval.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Weathercloud Projects: Real-time weather monitoring solutions including high-performance dataloggers and weather monitoring systems for demanding applications. Visit weathercloud.online for more information.

Products and services

• Weathercloud Network A SaaS-based global weather social network that lets owners of personal or professional weather stations sync their devices to a cloud platform, share data in real time on a global map, store historical records, generate dynamic plots, follow other stations, and embed weather widgets on external sites. Targeted at individual weather enthusiasts, weather-dependent businesses, and anyone interested in exploring worldwide weather observations.
• Weathercloud Projects (weathercloud.online) A related hardware product line offering high-performance dataloggers and fully-customizable, expandable weather monitoring systems built on the technologies used in the Weathercloud network. Targeted at users with demanding applications who need professional-grade weather monitoring hardware that integrates with the main Weathercloud platform.
• Custom Plans

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationStripe is Weathercloud's payment processing partner, handling all credit card transactions for paid subscriptions. Weathercloud explicitly states they do not handle or store credit card information, delegating this to Stripe's secure payment platform. Stripe is used by major companies including X, Uber, and Shopify.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Tomorrow.io: Weather intelligence platform providing forecasting and analytics for businesses. Broad incumbent with overlapping weather data capabilities, though focused on enterprise forecasting rather than consumer station aggregation.
• AccuWeather: Major weather forecasting and data platform with consumer and enterprise offerings. Broad incumbent in the weather data space with significantly larger scale, brand recognition, and distribution.
• IBM Environmental Intelligence Suite: Enterprise weather and environmental data platform serving businesses and governments. Broad incumbent offering weather data as part of a broader environmental intelligence portfolio.

Direct peers

• Weather Underground: The most established personal weather station network with social features, community data sharing, and a global user base. Direct competitor to Weathercloud with a similar enthusiast focus, real-time map, and data contribution model.
• WeatherLink: Davis Instruments' weather station data platform offering cloud storage, visualization, and sharing for personal weather station owners. Direct competitor serving a similar user base with comparable device-to-cloud data flows.
• Ambient Weather: Weather station retailer and network with community features and cloud-based data sharing. Direct competitor with an overlapping target market of personal weather station owners and a comparable community-led growth approach.
• Netatmo: Smart weather station manufacturer with community data sharing and a cloud-based platform. Direct competitor with a similar device-to-cloud model and social features for weather data sharing among owners.
• PWSweather: Personal weather station network for sharing and exploring weather data from stations worldwide. Direct competitor with a similar community-driven approach and enthusiast user base.
• CWOP (Citizen Weather Observer Program): Citizen Weather Observer Program for sharing weather station data with the broader meteorological community. Direct competitor with a similar citizen-science ethos and station-based data contribution model.

Emerging players

• MeteoStat: Weather data aggregation platform providing historical observations from global stations. Emerging player with a comparable aggregation approach, though weighted toward historical rather than real-time data.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/weathercloud
• Facebookfacebook.com/weathercloudnetwork

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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