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Carbon Aware Computing (bluehands) vs Electricity Maps
Carbon Aware Computing (bluehands) vs Electricity Maps: Open-source .NET libraries that move workloads to grid hours with more renewable power.…
Carbon-Aware Computing · both listings verified
| Field | Carbon Aware Computing (bluehands) Open-source .NET libraries that move workloads to grid hours with more renewable power. | Electricity Maps Per-country grid signals sold by the year: carbon intensity, carbon-free energy share and wholesale prices, hourly. |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free | Subscription |
| Pricing published | Public pricing | Public pricing |
| Starting price | Free | EUR 4,500 / year |
| Licensing | Open source | Proprietary |
| Pricing details | MIT licensed and free for private, open-source and commercial software; the libraries and data are unrestricted. | Per country per year at hourly granularity: carbon intensity €6,000, carbon-free energy share and renewable share €4,500 each, total load and net load €4,500 each, and an all grid signals bundle at €18,000 that the page prices as saving €3,000 versus buying separately. |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Assets covered | ||
| Platforms | On-premise, Cloud, API | Web, API |
| Region support | Global, EU, UK | Global, EU, US |
| Compliance | Not stated | Not stated |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Last verified | 2026-10-27 | 2026-10-27 |
Editor's take on Carbon Aware Computing (bluehands)
Fits .NET teams that want to schedule background jobs into cleaner grid hours with a NuGet package and a Hangfire extension rather than building the logic themselves. Data comes through the Green Software Foundation's Carbon Aware SDK, with forecasts for Germany and the UK sourced from Energy-Charts and National Grid ESO. The trade-off is coverage and scope: forecast regions are limited to the data sources named, it schedules workloads but does not measure what they consume, and no dashboard or reporting layer is included. Teams outside .NET, or needing global region coverage, should look at other SDKs.
Read the Carbon Aware Computing (bluehands) listingEditor's take on Electricity Maps
One of the few grid data products with prices on the page, which makes it easy to scope: the carbon intensity signal costs €6,000 per country per year, the carbon-free and renewable share signals €4,500 each, and the all grid signals bundle is €18,000. That framing suits a buyer comparing a build against a licence, and the 14-day trial without payment details lowers the cost of testing coverage in the markets that matter. The limits are the pricing unit, per country, and the history window, three months of trailing data in real time, so a long backtest needs a separate arrangement. Methodology is published, which is the first thing to read.
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