Microsoft Aurora vs NVIDIA Earth-2 vs WeatherNext vs ECMWF AIFS

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Microsoft Aurora
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NVIDIA Earth-2
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WeatherNext
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ECMWF AIFS
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Microsoft Aurora
microsoft.com
Aurora is a Microsoft Research foundation model of the atmosphere, with 1.3 billion parameters, that predicts global weather patterns and atmospheric processes such as air pollution.
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Competitor NVIDIA Earth-2
nvidia.com
This system tackles weather forecasting with AI models that replace traditional physics simulations
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Competitor WeatherNext
deepmind.google
Weather predictions arrive faster than traditional forecasting models—and they don't sacrifice accuracy
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Competitor ECMWF AIFS
ecmwf.int
ECMWF AIFS is the Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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38.5Mvisits/mo
4.4Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▲ 3.1%
▼ 13.3%
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6-month growth
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+34.1%
-24.4%
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Global rank web
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#903
#18,508
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Avg. last 3 months
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38.3M
5.2M
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Bounce rate lower is better
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34%
68%
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Pages / visit
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6.3
1.6
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Visit duration
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3m 43s
1m 07s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 73% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 34%
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Microsoft AuroraNVIDIA Earth-2WeatherNextECMWF AIFS
09.8M19.7M29.5M39.4MNVIDIA Earth-2 · 39.4MNVIDIA Earth-2 · 36.3MNVIDIA Earth-2 · 28.7MNVIDIA Earth-2 · 36.2MNVIDIA Earth-2 · 34MNVIDIA Earth-2 · 39MNVIDIA Earth-2 · 37.4MNVIDIA Earth-2 · 38.5MWeatherNext · 6.6MWeatherNext · 6.4MWeatherNext · 5.6MWeatherNext · 5.9MWeatherNext · 4.7MWeatherNext · 6.7MWeatherNext · 6.1MWeatherNext · 5.1MWeatherNext · 4.4M1M10M100MNVIDIA Earth-2 · 39.4MNVIDIA Earth-2 · 36.3MNVIDIA Earth-2 · 28.7MNVIDIA Earth-2 · 36.2MNVIDIA Earth-2 · 34MNVIDIA Earth-2 · 39MNVIDIA Earth-2 · 37.4MNVIDIA Earth-2 · 38.5MWeatherNext · 6.6MWeatherNext · 6.4MWeatherNext · 5.6MWeatherNext · 5.9MWeatherNext · 4.7MWeatherNext · 6.7MWeatherNext · 6.1MWeatherNext · 5.1MWeatherNext · 4.4MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
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Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Predictions
Research & AnalyticsAI Predictions
Research & AnalyticsAI Predictions
Development & CodeResearch & AnalyticsAI PredictionsOpen Source AI Models
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
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Weather forecasting
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