Inquiry about API Purchase Plan for 5 Projects & High Daily Request Volume
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Hi everyone,
Our department is planning to integrate both the Point Forecast API and the Map Forecast API (with ECMWF model support) across 5 projects. Based on our estimates, the combined total request volume will be around 25,000 requests per day.
Before we proceed with the formal purchase application, we would like to ask the community or any official representatives here a few questions:
Given a daily volume of 25,000 requests, which license tier or subscription plan would be the most suitable for our use case?
For an annual subscription covering both the Point API and the Map API (including ECMWF), what would be the approximate price range?
If anyone here has experience with a similar usage scenario, we would greatly appreciate your insights on procurement strategies or negotiation tips.
We look forward to your responses and would also welcome any official guidance on how to move forward with this purchase.
Thanks in advance!
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@A-Happy-Lamb Hello, both API tiers have their own price and own limit. So, if you want to get both of them, you need to purchase two API licenses for 2 separate API keys (one for map, second one for Point forecast). Limit of sessions and price is set, more info on api.windy.com.
Regarding to ECMWF license, it is paid separately as well, but if your project is commercial one, you cannot get this license according to our terms of use.
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@Suty Thank you very much for your response. I would like to ask if you could kindly advise us on how we might negotiate an increase in the daily request limits. We have already tried reaching out to the official email address provided on the website, but unfortunately, we have not received a reply so far.
Additionally, we would like to inquire about the ECMWF license. In our case, we intend to use it solely for internal purposes. Would it be possible for us to obtain the ECMWF license under these circumstances?
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@A-Happy-Lamb Hello, I checked your one email few weeks ago and it was responded by our colleague. Did you get the answer?
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@Suty I apologize, but I don't feel I have received a clear and definitive answer to my questions. Could you please kindly provide us with a purchasing quotation and proposal based on our two specific requirements below?
Our requirements are as follows:
We need 25,000 requests per day. Which specific license or tier should we purchase to meet this demand?
What would be the total annual quotation for this daily request volume, specifically for the Point API + Maps API (including ECMWF) ?
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@A-Happy-Lamb Hi, all prices are available on api.windy.com. Increasing of the limit is then individually discussed, usually for the same price.
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@Suty So, when I am making a purchase, should I specify that I need to increase the limit?
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@A-Happy-Lamb Please share more info about the project where you want to increase the limit. Also more detailed info about the usecase for considering of the ECMWF license.
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A single API key is shared across multiple projects. Among them, the flood‑season heavy rainfall forecasting project requires approximately 20,000 API requests per day. The ECMWF license is for internal use only and not for external distribution.
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@A-Happy-Lamb I am sorry about missing information, please still share all the details at support@windy.com.
