There are three products from smartbedded UG that handle data from a locally connected weather station, namely Meteohub, Meteoplug and Meteobridge. This might look confusing, but apart from being connected to a weather station each of these does focus to a slightly different task. Table below tries to line out what they have in common and where the products differ.
| Feature | Meteohub | Meteoplug | Meteobridge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description in one sentence | stores and evaluates data from a connected weather station and uploads graphs and numerical data to a webserver and to predefined weather networks | transfers data of a connected weather station to a dedicated cloud service where data is stored and evaluated and presented in terms of interactice graphs and dashboards, rendered in flash or javascript | transfers data of a connected weather station to a set of predefined weather networks and can feed individual HTTP or MYSQL servers with weather data |
| SW pricing (as of February 2013) | 59 Euro, one time | 29 Euro, per 12 months | 49 Euro, one time |
| HW cost | starts at about 130 Euro (Sheevaplug, ALIX) | 35 Euro (TL-MR3020) | 35 Euro (TL-MR3020) |
| supported stations at a glance | Oregon, Davis Vantage/Vue, Davis Envoy8x, Rainwise, Peetbros, Lufft WS600, WSxxx, WS2300, Hideki, Nexus/IROX, WDE1, RFXCOM | same as Meteohub | Oregon, Davis Vantage/Vue, Rainwise, Peetbros, WSxxx, WS2300, Hideki, Nexus/IROX, WDE1 |
| can handle multiple stations in parallel? | yes | yes | no |
| generates graphs? | yes, via gnuplot (rendered as png) | yes, via amcharts (interactive in flash or javascrit) and gnuplot (rendered as png) | no, graphing is left to the feeded weather network |
| provides a dashboard? | yes, has a simple flash dashboard included and can feed WD-Live (flash) | yes, has freely configurable instruments via fusionwidgets in flash and javascript and a simplified WD-Live dashboard | no dashboard included |
| can smuggle weather data into documents? | yes, HTML pages | yes, HTML pages, tables and csv formats | emails and twitter messages can be filled with weather data |
| how is data provided? | graphs and html can be uploaded via FTP | graphs and html are provided via iframes | can uplod data to HTTP and MYSQL server |
| where is data stored? | locally on a flash media | remotely in the cloud service (manual up/download is supported) | remotely at the selected weather network |
| good for... | weather enthusiasts that want to have their data on their own equipment and don't hestitate to take a somehow larger HW invest for that. Meteohub can feed the Meteoplug cloud service, so best of both worlds is possible | weather enthusiasts that want a solution with minimal HW invest, easy to maintain from remote and who have adapted to the idea of having weather data in the cloud. Graphing features of the cloud service is significantly above what Meteohub can deliver. | junior weatehr observers that want a solution for bringing their data into one of the popular qweather networks with a minimum of cost, hassle and complexity. But also interesting as a building block for weather professionals looking for a solution on the client side. |