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MeteoGroup vs Planet Labs

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MeteoGroup

Software

Europe's leading commercial weather business

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Planet Labs

Software

Daily satellite imagery for environmental monitoring

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: MeteoGroup the vendor's own domain (meteogroup.com), as captured by the Internet Archive on 29 December 2021, redirects to and displays DTN's own corporate site listing DTN's weather and agriculture product lines (ClearAg, WeatherSentry, ProphetX), confirming in the vendor's own pages that MeteoGroup now operates under the DTN brand with no independent MeteoGroup pricing surviving; no dollar figures were found on the DTN page; Planet Labs planet publishes no price for its monitoring subscriptions: no rate per square kilometre, no minimum area and no commitment length appears on the product page
  • They diverge on capability: MeteoGroup covers European forecasts, Planet Labs covers Daily satellite imagery.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which MeteoGroup and Planet Labs actually diverge.

Attributes where MeteoGroup and Planet Labs differ
AttributeMeteoGroupPlanet Labs
PlatformsWeb, Api, BroadcastWeb, Api
Founded19862010

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in MeteoGroup

  • European forecasts
  • Media graphics
  • Energy trading
  • Transportation weather
  • Agriculture insights
  • Broadcast systems
  • Energy platforms
  • Fleet management

Only in Planet Labs

  • Daily satellite imagery
  • Change detection
  • Agriculture monitoring
  • Forest tracking
  • Climate data
  • API access
  • GIS platforms
  • Cloud services

Both cover

  • Web support
  • Api support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

MeteoGroup

  • Professional Worknot Planet Labs
  • Content Creationnot Planet Labs

Planet Labs

  • Daily satellite imagery monitoring of a defined area of interestnot MeteoGroup
  • Detecting change in land use, agriculture and infrastructure over timenot MeteoGroup
  • Feeding satellite imagery into analytics and machine learning pipelinesnot MeteoGroup

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

MeteoGroup

  • The vendor's own domain (meteogroup.com), as captured by the Internet Archive on 29 December 2021, redirects to and displays DTN's own corporate site listing DTN's weather and agriculture product lines (ClearAg, WeatherSentry, ProphetX), confirming in the vendor's own pages that MeteoGroup now operates under the DTN brand with no independent MeteoGroup pricing surviving; no dollar figures were found on the DTN page

Planet Labs

  • Planet publishes no price for its monitoring subscriptions: no rate per square kilometre, no minimum area and no commitment length appears on the product page
  • Access is sold only through a subscription scaled by sales to the customer's stated needs, so there is no self service purchase
  • Every pricing route on the page is a contact sales button

Pricing, plan by plan

MeteoGroup

On request
  • EnterpriseFree
    • European coverage
    • Media solutions
    • Energy forecasting

Planet Labs

On request
  • ExplorerFree
    • Limited imagery
    • Basic tools
    • Entry tier
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Full archive
    • API access
    • Custom analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose MeteoGroup if

  • You need european forecasts.
  • You work on Web, Api, Broadcast.
  • You also want media graphics.
MeteoGroup review

Choose Planet Labs if

  • You need daily satellite imagery.
  • You work on Web, Api.
  • You also want change detection.
Planet Labs review

Questions people ask

Is MeteoGroup or Planet Labs better?
Neither clearly leads. MeteoGroup starts at On request and Planet Labs at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, MeteoGroup or Planet Labs?
MeteoGroup starts at On request and Planet Labs at On request.
Does MeteoGroup or Planet Labs run on more platforms?
MeteoGroup runs on Web, Api, Broadcast. Planet Labs runs on Web, Api.
What is MeteoGroup best used for?
MeteoGroup is most often used for professional work, content creation. Of those, professional work and content creation are not what Planet Labs is typically brought in for.
What can MeteoGroup do that Planet Labs cannot?
MeteoGroup covers European forecasts, Media graphics, Energy trading, Transportation weather. Planet Labs covers Daily satellite imagery, Change detection, Agriculture monitoring, Forest tracking. Both handle Web support, Api support.
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