7.6. Pricing

How much does an OCENS Everon account cost?
 
There are three options:
 
  • Postpaid: You pay an annual fee of $49 to maintain an account and then a small content fee for each download.
  • Prepaid Unlimited: You pay a fixed fee for a fixed period of time for an unlimited number of downloads.
  • There are two prepaid flavors:
  • Met: Unlimited access to ‘met’ data such as wind, pressure, precipitation, lifted index, CAPE and others. We include wave data in the met category
  • Met and Ocean: Unlimited access to all the met data in (a) plus ocean data such as sea temperature, ocean currents, sea surface height, thermocline and mixed layer depth.
 
What are the content fees associated with Postpaid plan downloads?
 
If you choose this plan your credit card will be billed monthly for your weather file downloads according to the following schedule; per file:
 Met data includes wind, waves, surface pressure, 500 mb height, precipitation, cloud cover, lifted index, CAPE, and air temperature.
• Class 1: 1 day Met: 30 cents
• Class 2: 2 day Met: 35 cents
• Class 3: 3 day Met: 40 cents
• Class 4: 4 day Met: 45 cents
• Class 5: 5 day Met: 50 cents
• Class 6: 6 day Met: 60 cents
• Class 7: 7 day Met: 70 cents
 
  Ocean data includes ocean currents, sea surface and sub-surface temperature, sea surface height, and sea surface currents. All of these products are considered Class 10 products.
 • Class 10: SST/Sub-SST/Thermocline/SSH//SSC/MLD: $5.00 to $9.00 depending on # of days.
 
What is your pricing for SAGA Explorer Unlimited Met plans?
 
Unlimited GRIB Met plans include unlimited access to wind, wave, surface pressure, 500mb height, precipitation, cloud cover, lifted index, CAPE, and air temperature.
• 1 month $45*
• 3 month $75*
• 6 month $120*
• 12 months $180*
  *Downloads of Class 10 ocean products are NOT included in your Unlimited GRIB Met plan and will be charged separately at $5 per piece downloaded.
 
What is your pricing for SAGA Explorer Unlimited Met and Ocean plans?
 
Unlimited GRIB Met and Ocean data plans include all Met data (see above) as well as ocean currents, sea surface temperature, sea surface height, sea surface salinity, mixed layer depth and chlorophyll.
• 1 month $100
• 3 month $225
• 6 month $420
• 12 month $750
 
Can I download ocean data even if I have only signed up under an Unlimited Met plan?
 
Yes. Ocean data are classified as Class 10 products. Class 10 products are priced at $5 to $9 per product. You will be billed separately at $5 to $9 per download when downloading a Class 10 ocean product within an Unlimited Met-only subscription.