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Account models
“Public” is free for live without an API key, from “Personal” onwards you need a subscription via PayPal
With the paid subscription models from “Personal” onwards, all the functions listed below can be explored for 14 days without risk.
For pricing, please take a look at the accounts section on the homepage.
| Public | Personal | Personal Plus | Professional | Professional Plus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count of planes/strings (1) | 1 | 1 | 2 (2) | 3 | 4 |
| Solar production forecast | X | X | X | X | X |
| Adjust forecast | - | X | X | X | X |
| Historic data | - | X | X | X | X |
| Clear sky data | - | - | - | X | X |
| Time windows | - | - | - | X | X |
| Weather forecast | - | - | - | X | X |
| Solar estimate chart | - | - | - | X | X |
| App (depends on estimate charts) | - | - | - | X | X |
| Data horizon | +1 day | +3 days | +3 days | +6 days | +6 days |
| Data resolution | 1 h | 30 min | 15 min | 15 min | 15 min |
| Rate limit (3) Calls per 60 min. | 12 calls per IP | 60 calls per API key | 60 calls per API key | 300 calls per API key | 600 calls per API key |
(1) Combine up to 4 planes in one API call. Applies to forecast, historic and clear sky data
(2) This is helpful if you have a east/west installation to fetch both planes in one API call
(3) The rate limit is rolling, i.e. not per hour on the clock but per last 60 minutes.
Please note that the forecasts are updated at the earliest every 15 min. due to the weather data used, so it makes no sense to query more often than every 15 min.!
It is technically not possible to change a subscription on PayPal. If you would like to change your subscription please:
- Cancel your current subscription
- Make a new subscription
Public
Best for users without loggers to get a quick idea about coming solar production
No registration (no API key) required and free for life.
Features
- One PVGIS database
- 1 plane per API call
- Forecast horizon: This and the next day
- Data resolution: 1 hour
If you like the service without an account registration, you can support me to cover the service costs.
Personal / Personal Plus
Best for users with loggers to integrate the data automatic
Registration with a valid email required, access with personal API key, free trial of 14 days.
Payable for 12 month in advance with PayPal subscription service, accept PayPal payments, credit cards and debit cards.
Features
- Combine 2 PVGIS databases
- 1 plane per API call for Personal, 2 planes per call for Personal Plus
- Historic solar production data based on historic irradiation data
- Forecast horizon: This and the next 3 days
- Data resolution: 30 minutes for Personal / 15 minutes for Personal Plus
Professional / Professional Plus
Best for business users with more than one plant and/or loggers to integrate the data automatic
Registration with a valid email required, access with personal API key, free trial of 14 days.
Payable for 12 month in advance with PayPal subscription service, accept PayPal payments, credit cards and debit cards.
Features
- Combine 3 PVGIS databases
- Combine up to 3 planes in one API call (4 for Profrssional Plus)
- Historic solar production data based on historic irradiation data
- Theoretical solar production data under clear sky conditions
- Forecast horizon: This and the next 6 days
- Data resolution: 15 minutes
Enterprise users
If you reach the rate limit with a Professional Plus, there are Pay-per-use plans for larger customers.
Costs
With an account, you help to cover the cost of
- Hosting and bandwidth
- Request costs for weather APIs
- Development of new features
- Support for the community