Meteored

Spain · www.daswetter.com · 4 vendors

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Last updated 2026-08-16 · revision 7

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Migration Readiness: 6/10

Assessed by AI based on technology stack characteristics (cloud-native vs legacy, containerization, microservices), regulatory environment, data residency requirements, financial stability, and vendor lock-in risks. The score ranges from 0-10, where higher scores indicate better readiness for technology migration.

Meteored exhibits a medium level of migration readiness. The company's tech stack is a key strength, appearing modern and distributed with a focus on APIs, mobile applications, and a network of portals. This architecture is generally more adaptable to cloud migration compared to monolithic legacy systems. The use of widely adopted platforms from vendors like Google, Apple, and Microsoft for various services and distribution channels suggests that established migration paths and tools are likely available. The implied diversity of vendor services (18 services) also indicates a lower risk of extreme vendor lock-in compared to relying on a very limited number of specialized providers. However, significant challenges arise from the regulatory environment and data residency requirements. The 'High' risk associated with GDPR compliance and the need to ensure data of EU residents is processed within the EU/EEA or with appropriate safeguards will add considerable complexity, cost, and planning effort to any migration initiative. Similarly, the lack of SOC2 and ISO 27001 certifications means that establishing these controls would need to be integrated into a migration strategy. A major impediment is the unknown financial stability, as the ability to fund a potentially costly and complex migration project cannot be assessed without revenue concentration and growth history data. While vendor diversity is moderate, dependencies on major platform ecosystems could still present platform-specific migration challenges.

Compliance

8 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.

Spanish LOPDGDD — Partially Compliant

As a Spanish-incorporated company (ALPRED S.L., Murcia, Spain), Meteored is directly subject to Spain's national data protection law (LOPDGDD), which complements and supplements GDPR. Risk is HIGH for the same reasons as GDPR, with additional Spanish-specific requirements: (1) The AEPD (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos) is the lead supervisory authority and has been active in enforcement; (2) Spanish law includes specific provisions on digital rights, employee data, and minors' data (under-14 consent threshold); (3) The company's terms of service explicitly prohibit use by minors under 14 without parental consent, which aligns with LOPDGDD Article 7; (4) The AEPD has issued significant fines to digital advertising companies in recent years.

Evidence: https://www.daswetter.com/privacy.html, https://www.daswetter.com/impressum.html

Digital Services Act — Assessment Required

The EU Digital Services Act (DSA) applies to 'online platforms' and 'online intermediary services' operating in the EU. Meteored's community/MeteoPix feature (user-generated content sharing) and its advertising-based model may bring it within DSA scope as an 'online platform'. Risk is MEDIUM because: (1) If Meteored qualifies as an online platform under DSA, it must comply with transparency requirements for advertising, content moderation, and algorithmic systems; (2) The company's terms of service include detailed UGC (user-generated content) provisions (Section 14 - Community/MeteoPix), suggesting active platform functionality; (3) DSA enforcement began in February 2024 for Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and applies to all platforms from February 2024; (4) Meteored is unlikely to qualify as a VLOP (45M+ EU users threshold) but standard platform obligations apply.

Evidence: https://www.daswetter.com/impressum.html, https://www.daswetter.com/privacy.html

SOC 2 (source) — Assessment Required

Meteored operates a B2B weather API platform (Meteored Business / dashboard.meteored.com) that provides data services to enterprise customers. SOC 2 is not legally mandated but is increasingly required by enterprise customers as a condition of procurement, particularly in the US and EU markets. Risk is MEDIUM because: (1) Enterprise API customers may contractually require SOC 2 Type II reports as evidence of security controls; (2) Without SOC 2 certification, Meteored may face barriers to enterprise sales in regulated industries; (3) The company processes large volumes of user data including location data, which increases the importance of demonstrating security controls; (4) Competitors in the weather data API space (e.g., The Weather Company, Tomorrow.io) typically hold SOC 2 certifications, creating competitive pressure.

Evidence: https://dashboard.meteored.com/catalog/api, https://www.daswetter.com/impressum.html

Financials

Financial Resilience Score: 6/10

Meteored (ALPRED S.L.) is a privately held Spanish SME operating consumer weather portals and B2B meteorological data services across multiple countries. While specific financial figures are not publicly disclosed and could not be verified in this session, qualitative indicators suggest moderate resilience. The company has a 20+ year operating history, has grown to more than 70 employees, and operates a diversified portfolio of national-brand weather sites across roughly 10 countries in Europe and Latin America, reducing single-market dependency. Revenue diversification spans digital advertising, mobile app monetization (including subscriptions), a B2B API platform (Meteored Business), and licensed media products for TV and press. This diversification, combined with the recent pivot toward paid data services, provides some structural resilience against pure advertising cyclicality. However, as an SME with a single HQ in Almendricos (Murcia) and no access to public capital markets, balance-sheet resilience depends on retained earnings and bank financing. Key risks include heavy exposure to digital advertising cycles, dependency on Google Search and app-store distribution channels, intense competition from tech giants (Apple Weather, Google Weather, AccuWeather, IBM's The Weather Company), and emerging pressure from generative AI that may reduce direct site visits. The February 2026 Terms of Use update explicitly banning LLM training use signals active management of this risk. Without access to statutory filings from Registro Mercantil de Murcia, a definitive financial resilience score cannot be established.

Key strengths: 20+ year operating history with established brands in Spanish-speaking world (tiempo.com) and Germany (daswetter.com), Geographic diversification across ~10 country sites in Europe and Latin America, Revenue diversification across web advertising, mobile app monetization, B2B API services, and media licensing, In-house team of 70+ meteorologists, physicists, engineers and journalists, Uses ECMWF numerical weather model as base data source, Active B2B pivot via Meteored Business API platform reducing pure ad dependence

Risk factors: Heavy exposure to digital advertising cyclicality and ad-tech intermediation pressures, Traffic dependency on Google Search algorithms and app-store distribution policies, Competition from tech giants (Apple, Google, AccuWeather, IBM Weather Company), Generative AI/LLM scraping threat potentially reducing direct site visits, SME scale with no access to public capital markets, Operational concentration in single HQ location (Almendricos, Murcia), GDPR/DMA consent-management regulation pressure on ad revenue

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