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Alternatives to Windy
23 weather tools sit alongside Windy in this directory. Below is what separates each from Windy on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 14
- Cheaper to start
- 10
- Windy starts at
- Free, then $5.99/month
Why people look past Windy
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Windy has a free tier, and starts at $5.99/month against a category median of $149/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Superior accuracy with proprietary RealFeel technology
- Starts $4 a month cheaper, at $1.99/month.
- 3 tiers to Windy's 2.
Fast animated weather radar at your fingertips
- Starts $5.99 a month cheaper, at Free.
America's most trusted weather source with real-time forecasts
- Starts $24 a year dearer, at $29.99/year.
Fastest weather alerts with live conditions
Priced and rated the same as Windy on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Free browser-based satellite weather and storm tracking, no account or install
- Sold on a Free, no account required model rather than freemium.
- 1 tier to Windy's 2.
World's largest air quality information platform
- Starts $5.99 a month cheaper, at Free.
Every Windy alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windy (this page) | Free, then $5.99/month | Freemium | 2 | |
| AccuWeatherSuperior accuracy with proprietary RealFeel technology | Free, then $1.99/month | - | 3 | vs Windy |
| MyRadarFast animated weather radar at your fingertips | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Windy |
| The Weather ChannelAmerica's most trusted weather source with real-time forecasts | Free, then $29.99/year | - | 2 | vs Windy |
| WeatherBugFastest weather alerts with live conditions | Free | - | 2 | vs Windy |
| Zoom Earth | Free | Free, no account required | 1 | vs Windy |
| AirVisual | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Windy |
| EPA AirNow | Free | Free | - | vs Windy |
| Hello Weather | Free | - | 2 | vs Windy |
| Ambient Weather Network | Free | Free | 1 | vs Windy |
| Carrot Weather | Free | - | 3 | vs Windy |
| Foreca | Free | - | 2 | vs Windy |
| Climate FieldView | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs Windy |
| Aeris Weather | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Windy |
| Apple Weather (Dark Sky) | Free | Free | 1 | vs Windy |
| Gro Intelligence | $29/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Windy |
| BreezoMeter | Free | Quote | 1 | vs Windy |
| Awair | $149/one-time | One-time | 2 | vs Windy |
| ClearAg | Free | Quote | 1 | vs Windy |
| DTN Weather | On request | Quote | - | vs Windy |
| Atmotube | $179/one-time | One-time | 1 | vs Windy |
| Airveda | 7999/one-time | One-time | 2 | vs Windy |
| IQAir | $399/one-time | - | 4 | vs Windy |
| Baron Weather | Free | Quote | 1 | vs Windy |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Windy badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (14)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- AccuWeather , Free, then $1.99/month
- MyRadar , Free
- The Weather Channel , Free, then $29.99/year
- WeatherBug , Free
- Zoom Earth , Free
- AirVisual , Free
- EPA AirNow , Free
- Hello Weather , Free
Cheaper than Windy (10)
Entry price under Windy's $5.99/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- AccuWeather , Free, then $1.99/month
- MyRadar , Free
- AirVisual , Free
- Ambient Weather Network , Free
- Climate FieldView , Free
- Aeris Weather , Free
- Apple Weather (Dark Sky) , Free
- BreezoMeter , Free
What you would be giving up
Windy is most often brought in for weather analysis, flight planning, wind pattern analysis, meteorological research. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Windy is broadly right and the question is cost, the Windy pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Weather category lists everything the directory holds, and best weather tools ranks them.
Windy runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Windy alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Windy?
- 23 other weather tools are listed in this directory, led by AccuWeather, MyRadar, The Weather Channel, WeatherBug. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Windy?
- 14 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: AccuWeather, MyRadar, The Weather Channel, WeatherBug, Zoom Earth.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Windy?
- Yes. 10 of the alternatives below start under Windy's $5.99/month: AccuWeather at Free, then $1.99/month, MyRadar at Free, AirVisual at Free, Ambient Weather Network at Free.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Windy?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Windy has a free tier, and starts at $5.99/month against a category median of $149/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Windy?
- Windy is most often brought in for weather analysis, flight planning, wind pattern analysis, meteorological research. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Windy?
- None of the weather tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Windy alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Weather, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Windy against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Windy covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every weather tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Weather category, 23 tools beside Windy. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.