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Ag-Analytics vs CeresAI

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Ag-Analytics

Agriculture

Agricultural data science and AI platform

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
CeresAI logo

CeresAI

Agriculture

Aerial and satellite crop imagery with per-acre pricing for permanent crops and irrigation

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Ag-Analytics the vendor's homepage as captured by the Internet Archive on 16 June 2019 offered the Profit Layers tool as a 30 day free trial then a monthly subscription billed at $0.01 per acre; this capture is over five years old and should be treated as historical, not current pricing; CeresAI per-acre pricing only pencils on high-value crops; on low-margin broadacre cereals the fee is hard to justify against free public satellite imagery.
  • They diverge on capability: Ag-Analytics covers Yield prediction, CeresAI covers Aerial multispectral capture.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Ag-Analytics and CeresAI actually diverge.

Attributes where Ag-Analytics and CeresAI differ
AttributeAg-AnalyticsCeresAI
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionPer acre per season
PlatformsWeb, ApiWeb, iOS, Android
Founded2015Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Agriculture).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Ag-Analytics

  • Yield prediction
  • Sustainability scoring
  • Risk assessment
  • Field boundaries
  • Weather analysis
  • USDA data
  • Satellite providers
  • Farm platforms

Only in CeresAI

  • Aerial multispectral capture
  • Thermal water stress
  • Irrigation fault detection
  • Nitrogen and chlorophyll
  • Pest and disease hotspots
  • Yield variability
  • Third-party integrations

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Ag-Analytics

  • Yield modelingnot CeresAI
  • Risk assessmentnot CeresAI
  • Sustainabilitynot CeresAI

CeresAI

  • An almond grower finding blocked emitters across thousands of trees without walking every rownot Ag-Analytics
  • A wine estate managing deficit irrigation block by block to hit a target fruit compositionnot Ag-Analytics
  • A farmland investment manager verifying tenant irrigation practice on ground it ownsnot Ag-Analytics
  • A citrus operation targeting nitrogen applications to the parts of a block that actually need itnot Ag-Analytics

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Ag-Analytics

  • The vendor's homepage as captured by the Internet Archive on 16 June 2019 offered the Profit Layers tool as a 30 day free trial then a monthly subscription billed at $0.01 per acre; this capture is over five years old and should be treated as historical, not current pricing

CeresAI

  • Per-acre pricing only pencils on high-value crops; on low-margin broadacre cereals the fee is hard to justify against free public satellite imagery.
  • Aerial capture runs on a scheduled cadence and is weather dependent, so it will not answer a question you need settled tomorrow and gaps happen in bad seasons.
  • Geographic coverage follows where the aircraft fly, which concentrates the service in California and a handful of other regions and leaves growers elsewhere on satellite-only products.
  • The company rebranded from Ceres Imaging to CeresAI, so older contracts, integrations and search results use the previous name and buyers checking references need to know both.
  • It flags problems but does not fix them; without an agronomist or manager committed to acting on every alert, the imagery becomes an expensive subscription nobody opens.

Pricing, plan by plan

Ag-Analytics

$29/month
  • API AccessFree
    • Custom pricing
    • API calls
    • Basic data
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Custom pricing
    • Unlimited calls
    • Premium data

CeresAI

On request
  • CeresAI$undefined/year
    • Priced per acre for a defined season of flights
    • Flight cadence and imagery types set the rate
    • Minimum acreage applies in most regions

Which should you pick?

Choose Ag-Analytics if

  • You need yield prediction.
  • You work on Web, Api.
  • You also want sustainability scoring.
Ag-Analytics review

Choose CeresAI if

  • You need aerial multispectral capture.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want thermal water stress.
CeresAI review

Questions people ask

Is Ag-Analytics or CeresAI better?
Neither clearly leads. Ag-Analytics starts at $29/month and CeresAI at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Ag-Analytics or CeresAI?
Ag-Analytics starts at $29/month and CeresAI at On request.
Does Ag-Analytics or CeresAI run on more platforms?
Ag-Analytics runs on Web, Api. CeresAI runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is Ag-Analytics best used for?
Ag-Analytics is most often used for yield modeling, risk assessment, sustainability. Of those, yield modeling and risk assessment are not what CeresAI is typically brought in for.
What can Ag-Analytics do that CeresAI cannot?
Ag-Analytics covers Yield prediction, Sustainability scoring, Risk assessment, Field boundaries. CeresAI covers Aerial multispectral capture, Thermal water stress, Irrigation fault detection, Nitrogen and chlorophyll.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

CeresAI: Is Ceres Imaging still trading?

Yes, under the name CeresAI following a rebrand in 2024. The aerial imagery service continues and the company has taken further funding since.

CeresAI: How is it priced?

By the acre for a season of imagery. The rate depends on crop, region and how many flights the programme includes.

CeresAI: Why pay for aircraft when satellites are free?

Resolution and thermal. Public satellite imagery cannot resolve individual trees or reliably detect a single blocked emitter; aerial thermal capture can.

CeresAI: Does it work on broadacre cereals?

Technically yes, commercially rarely. The per-acre fee is designed against permanent crop and irrigated margins.

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