Finnhub vs Open-Meteo

Finnhub8.4Visit Open-Meteo7.9Visit

Higher score Finnhub #4 in Apis Data Services 8.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Finnhub

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Open-Meteo #8 in Apis Data Services 7.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Open-Meteo

• Finnhub fits best

  Real-time stock data and financial fundamentals

• Open-Meteo fits best

  Developers needing free, open-source weather data

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Side by side

Feature	Finnhub 8.4/10 Visit ↗	Open-Meteo 7.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.4	7.9
Ranking	#4 in Apis Data Services	#8 in Apis Data Services
Best for	Real-time stock data and financial fundamentals	Developers needing free, open-source weather data
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Free plan	—
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Finnhub 1/3 · Open-Meteo 1/3
Historical data	✓	✓
Webhooks	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Official SDKs	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Monthly request limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Rate limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
API style	Rest	Not checked yet
Data coverage	Global	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Covers real-time stock prices and company fundamentals Includes estimates, alternative data, and company news Offers historical candles, WebSocket trades, forex, and crypto data	Forecasts, historical and climate data are available through HTTP APIs. Adds air-quality, marine-weather and geocoding APIs. Open-source services and a public endpoint that needs no API key.
Cons	Pricing and request limits are not detailed here API-focused, so it may not suit buyers seeking a ready-made app Coverage breadth may exceed the needs of a single-market use case	Free API use is limited to non-commercial purposes. Weather alerts are not part of the service. Support channels are documentation and community.
Our verdict	Finnhub provides financial data APIs for developers and businesses building market-data applications. Its coverage includes stock prices, company fundamentals, analyst estimates, alternative financial data, and company news. The service… Read the review →	Open-Meteo provides HTTP APIs for machine-readable weather and location data, aimed at developers who want to request information by coordinate. Its scope includes numerical forecasts, historical weather, climate data, air-quality… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Finnhub — where it wins

  • Covers real-time stock prices and company fundamentals
  • Includes estimates, alternative data, and company news
  • Offers historical candles, WebSocket trades, forex, and crypto data

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing and request limits are not detailed here
  • API-focused, so it may not suit buyers seeking a ready-made app
  • Coverage breadth may exceed the needs of a single-market use case

• Open-Meteo — where it wins

  • Forecasts, historical and climate data are available through HTTP APIs.
  • Adds air-quality, marine-weather and geocoding APIs.
  • Open-source services and a public endpoint that needs no API key.

  Where it doesn't

  • Free API use is limited to non-commercial purposes.
  • Weather alerts are not part of the service.
  • Support channels are documentation and community.

• Finnhub8.4/10 · Free plan

  Financial-data APIs spanning real-time prices, fundamentals, news, and historical market data.

  Visit FinnhubFull verdict →
• Open-Meteo7.9/10 · Free plan

  A no-key weather API for developers who need broad data coverage at no cost for non-commercial use.

  Visit Open-MeteoFull verdict →