Aclima alternatives

3 tools to consider instead of Aclima, shown against it.

Aclima Clarity PurpleAir OpenAQ
Vendor Aclima, Inc. Clarity Movement Co. PurpleAir, Inc. OpenAQ (nonprofit)
Pricing model Quote only Quote only Free tier + paid plans Open source + paid options
Free tier No No Yes Yes
Deployment Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
Open source No No No Yes (MIT)
Best for City, state and utility agencies needing hyperlocal pollution data for regulatory and environmental-justice programs. Government agencies and industrial sites building dense outdoor sensor networks without wired power or Wi-Fi. Communities, schools and individuals wanting an affordable, real-time local air quality readout, with awareness that readings need calibration against regulatory monitors. Researchers, journalists and developers who need one free, global API for air quality data instead of stitching together national sources.
Pricing

Custom contracts with government agencies, utilities and research partners; no public pricing.

Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.

Sold as a hardware-plus-service contract to agencies and enterprises; no public pricing.

Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.

Sensor map and API access are free; revenue comes from one-time hardware purchases rather than subscriptions.

Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.

Free public API and open data archives; funded by grants and donations, not subscriptions.

Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.

Features
  • Mobile sensor-equipped vehicle fleets
  • Fixed monitoring stations
  • Block-by-block pollution mapping
  • Multi-pollutant sensing (NO2, PM2.5, black carbon, GHGs)
  • Environmental-justice exposure analytics
  • Regulatory reporting support (e.g. AB 617)
  • Cloud dashboards and data delivery
  • Solar-powered, cellular outdoor sensor nodes
  • Multi-pollutant sensing (PM, NO2, and more)
  • Machine-learning sensor calibration
  • Cloud dashboard and alerting
  • Source attribution analytics
  • Network deployment and maintenance service
  • Public data feed to OpenAQ
  • Outdoor and indoor PM sensors
  • Free real-time public sensor map
  • Public API for sensor data
  • Temperature and humidity readings
  • EPA PM2.5 correction factor support
  • Wi-Fi connected, cloud-uploaded readings
  • Wide embedding in fire and air-quality apps
  • Aggregated government and low-cost sensor data
  • 100+ countries, tens of thousands of stations
  • Free public REST API
  • Bulk historical data archives
  • PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, O3, CO coverage
  • Per-station metadata on source and instrument type
  • Open-source platform code

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