Cost Estimate · WRF Viewer Modernization · Confidential

A modernization priced for PAGASA

A single-specialist engagement — delivered directly, and set well below the market rate for comparable interactive scientific-visualization work.

Fixed price · installed, hardened & operational

USD$100,000

One-time no recurring licence
runs on PAGASA hardware

A single, fixed figure — not a range to be negotiated down. It covers standing the complete viewer up in PAGASA's operations: installing the full system on PAGASA hardware, wiring it to operational model output, and hardening it for reliable day-to-day forecasting. Built and proven by the specialist who delivers it, and sized to a government meteorological budget.

How this price is set

Direct

Delivered by the specialist who built it — no agency or systems-integrator markup, which typically adds a 2–3× multiplier to work like this.

Proven

A complete, working viewer, proven on a live cloud-native data feed (Zarr) — the technology risk is already retired. This engagement stands it up in PAGASA's operations: full installation, integration, and operational hardening for reliable daily forecasting.

Continuity

Same team that already knows PAGASA's data, forecast cycles, and on-prem infrastructure — no ramp-up, no re-discovery.

Right-sized

Priced for a government agency, not a commercial buyer — the goal is a modern tool PAGASA can actually fund, not the market ceiling.

Where $100k sits vs. the market

This proposal — fixed$100,000

Comparable custom builds$130k – $250k+

$0$100k$200k$300k

Comparable = bespoke, interactive data-visualization / web-GIS builds using the same specialist stack (WebGL map rendering, custom tiling, real-time data). The lighter bar extends to ~$350k for fully government-accredited, on-prem-hardened scope. Market figures from 2024–2026 sources; large NOAA prime contracts (whole operational systems, not a single viewer) are excluded.

What's included

Full installation of the complete WRF Dynamic Viewer on PAGASA hardware
Integration with PAGASA's operational WRF model output
Operational hardening — reliability, performance & resilience for daily use
Forecaster documentation & hands-on handover
Post-deployment support & an iteration window to refine against forecaster feedback

Priced separately if wanted: additional sites/domains, extended support or SLA, and on-site forecaster training.

Market references

Custom interactive data-visualization projects (small–mid → large)$18k–$700k

Custom web-GIS / mapping apps, enterprise & real-time tier$150k–$350k+

Weather interactive-maps + real-time core (feature-priced)$80k–$140k

Specialist WebGL / deck.gl / D3 rate (2–4× generalist)$100–$200+/hr

Sources: 3iap (2024); Cleveroad / Carmatec (2026); MobileAppDaily (2026); index.dev / CloudSwitched (2026). Full source list available on request.