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Earth & space data platforms
6 tools compared: how each is priced, where it runs, and what to consider instead.
| Tool | Pricing model | Free tier | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astropy Open-source Python library providing core tools astronomers use for data analysis, coordinates, units and file formats. | Open source + paid | Yes | Yes |
| Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem Free EU platform for the full Copernicus Sentinel satellite archive, with imagery down to 10m resolution and daily revisit. | Free | Yes | No |
| NASA Earthdata NASA's free portal to its full Earth-observing satellite archive, spanning decades of imagery, climate and atmospheric data. | Free | Yes | No |
| NOAA Open Data NOAA's free public archives of weather, climate, ocean and satellite data, from real-time feeds to century-scale climate records. | Free | Yes | No |
| Sentinel Hub Cloud API for satellite imagery (Sentinel, Landsat, Planet and more) with on-the-fly processing, now owned by Planet Labs. | Free tier + paid | Yes | No |
| USGS EarthExplorer USGS's free search and download portal for the Landsat archive and other US government aerial and satellite imagery. | Free | Yes | No |