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Ag Leader vs FieldView Plus

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Ag Leader

Software

Precision agriculture technology leader

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
FieldView Plus logo

FieldView Plus

Software

Advanced digital agriculture by Climate

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Ag Leader mostly hardware: displays, GPS receivers, steering systems and planter components, with the software layered on top; FieldView Plus fieldView Plus starts at $649 per year while the Basic plan starts at $0.00 per year, so the useful analysis features are all paid
  • They diverge on capability: Ag Leader covers GPS guidance, FieldView Plus covers Field health imagery.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Ag Leader and FieldView Plus actually diverge.

Attributes where Ag Leader and FieldView Plus differ
AttributeAg LeaderFieldView Plus
Pricing modelone-timesubscription
PlatformsHardware, Web, IosWeb, Ios, Android
Founded19922006

Identical on both: starting price ($29/month), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

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 Leader

  • GPS guidance
  • Yield monitoring
  • Variable rate application
  • Field mapping
  • Data management
  • SMS
  • Ag Leader SMS
  • AgFiniti

Only in FieldView Plus

  • Field health imagery
  • Nitrogen advisor
  • Seed scripts
  • Scouting app
  • Variable rate
  • John Deere
  • CLAAS
  • Major equipment

Both cover

  • Web support
  • Ios support

What people use each for

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

Ag Leader

  • Precision planting and application controlnot FieldView Plus
  • Yield monitoring at harvestnot FieldView Plus
  • Automated steering and guidancenot FieldView Plus
  • Farm data management through AgFinitinot FieldView Plus
  • Field mapping and record keeping with SMS softwarenot FieldView Plus

FieldView Plus

  • Collecting planting, application and harvest data from the cab into the cloudnot Ag Leader
  • Building variable rate seeding scripts for a planternot Ag Leader
  • Comparing hybrid and field performance through yield analysis and field region reportsnot Ag Leader
  • Scouting fields against satellite field health imagerynot Ag Leader

Where each one falls short

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

Ag Leader

  • Mostly hardware: displays, GPS receivers, steering systems and planter components, with the software layered on top
  • Pricing is not published and goes through dealers
  • The software is tied to Ag Leader equipment rather than being machine agnostic

FieldView Plus

  • FieldView Plus starts at $649 per year while the Basic plan starts at $0.00 per year, so the useful analysis features are all paid
  • Seed Scripts, Enhanced Scripting, Yield Analysis, Field Region Reports, Image-Enhanced Scouting, Field Health Imagery, Manual Scripting, Grain Futures, RemoteView and CloudSync are all excluded from the Basic plan
  • Local on-farm support is excluded from the Basic plan
  • FieldView Drive hardware is a separate purchase and its price is not shown on the pricing page

Pricing, plan by plan

Ag Leader

$29/month
  • InCommand 800$3500/one-time
    • GPS guidance
    • Yield monitoring
    • Variable rate
  • InCommand 1200$5500/one-time
    • Advanced guidance
    • Full mapping
    • Multi-hybrid planting

FieldView Plus

$29/month
  • Plus$1199/year
    • Field health imagery
    • Nitrogen advisor
    • Seed scripts
  • Prime$1799/year
    • All Plus features
    • Advanced recommendations
    • Priority support

Which should you pick?

Choose Ag Leader if

  • You need gps guidance.
  • You work on Hardware, Web, Ios.
  • You also want yield monitoring.
Ag Leader review

Choose FieldView Plus if

  • You need field health imagery.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want nitrogen advisor.
FieldView Plus review

Questions people ask

Is Ag Leader or FieldView Plus better?
Neither clearly leads. Ag Leader starts at $29/month and FieldView Plus at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Ag Leader or FieldView Plus?
Ag Leader starts at $29/month and FieldView Plus at $29/month.
Does Ag Leader or FieldView Plus run on more platforms?
Ag Leader runs on Hardware, Web, Ios. FieldView Plus runs on Web, Ios, Android.
What is Ag Leader best used for?
Ag Leader is most often used for precision planting and application control, yield monitoring at harvest, automated steering and guidance, farm data management through agfiniti. Of those, precision planting and application control and yield monitoring at harvest are not what FieldView Plus is typically brought in for.
What can Ag Leader do that FieldView Plus cannot?
Ag Leader covers GPS guidance, Yield monitoring, Variable rate application, Field mapping. FieldView Plus covers Field health imagery, Nitrogen advisor, Seed scripts, Scouting app. Both handle Web support, Ios support.
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