Weather data & analytics · Visual Crossing Corporation
Visual Crossing
Weather data API and bulk-download service offering historical, forecast and current conditions with a usage-based free tier.
Visual Crossing provides a REST Timeline Weather API covering more than 50 years of global historical records plus a 15-day forecast, alongside bulk CSV/Excel downloads and a query-builder tool aimed at analysts who are not developers. Pricing scales from a genuinely free tier, through metered pay-as-you-go usage priced by a self-serve calculator, up to flat-fee Corporate and Enterprise plans with unlimited records and higher-tier data such as solar, wind and soil parameters. That low barrier to entry -- a usable free plan and a transparent calculator rather than a mandatory sales call -- is Visual Crossing's main differentiator from enterprise-only weather data vendors.
At a glance
| Vendor | Visual Crossing Corporation |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free tier + paid plans |
| Free tier | Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud |
| Open source | No |
| Best for | Analysts and researchers needing affordable, self-serve access to long historical weather records. |
Pricing
A free tier covers light usage; Professional, Metered, Corporate and Enterprise tiers scale up but are priced via a usage calculator or quote, not listed publicly.
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/month | 30,000 records/month, 1,000 records per query, 15-day forecast and 50+ years of history |
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget.
Features
- Timeline Weather API for history, current and 15-day forecast data
- 50+ years of historical weather records
- Bulk CSV/Excel data downloads and query builder
- Solar, wind, degree-day and soil data on higher tiers
- Self-serve cost calculator for metered usage
- Global location coverage
Profile last reviewed September 21, 2026