# Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) vs Stormglass API (slim)

> Met Office Weather DataHub scores 45.5 (E) to Stormglass's 39.9 (E) for weather forecasts. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) scores 45.5 (E) on agent readiness against Stormglass API's 39.9 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Stormglass API leads on schema & documentation and agent ergonomics. Both do weather forecasts.

- Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific): E 45.5, rank #863 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/met-office-datahub.min.md
- Stormglass API: E 39.9, rank #914 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stormglass.min.md
- Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific), good for Best when a UK answer has to come from the national weather service, and when the licence to republish matters. Ahead on Reliability, 48 against 34; Security & auth, 66 against 44; Payments & pricing, 30 against 25; Transparency & trust, 62 against 45. Also Free to start without a card.
- Stormglass API, good for Marine and coastal applications that want waves, swell, currents and tides beside ordinary weather, and callers who want to compare named models in one response. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 40 against 32; Agent ergonomics, 65 against 53.

| Category | Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) | Stormglass API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 48 | 34 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 32 | 40 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 53 | 65 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 15 | 15 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 45 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Met Office Weather DataHub (Site Specific) | Stormglass API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Met Office | Storm Glass AB |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://data.hub.api.metoffice.gov.uk/sitespecific/v0/point` | `https://api.stormglass.io/v2` |
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause (utilities) | Proprietary service under Storm Glass AB's Terms and Conditions. The Free and Small plans are not for commercial use |
| Last release | none | 2026-02-26 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-04-03 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |