Agriculture & Farming · head to head
AgCode vs Arable
The short version
- Each has a real cost: AgCode pricing is not published; Arable requires the Mark 3 field sensor, so it is a hardware deployment rather than a software subscription
- They diverge on capability: AgCode covers Block management, Arable covers Weather monitoring.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which AgCode and Arable actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price ($29/month), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Agriculture & Farming).
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 AgCode
- Block management
- Labor tracking
- Harvest management
- Compliance
- Cost tracking
- QuickBooks
- Payroll systems
- Winery software
Only in Arable
- Weather monitoring
- Evapotranspiration
- Chlorophyll index
- Disease risk models
- Growth stage tracking
- Climate FieldView
- John Deere
- Trimble
Both cover
- SSL
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
AgCode
- Labour and equipment tracking for specialty crop farmsnot Arable
- Replacing paper-based field record keepingnot Arable
- Crop data capture and operational reportingnot Arable
- Profitability analysis by block or cropnot Arable
Arable
- In-field weather and crop monitoring from a single sensornot AgCode
- Irrigation scheduling based on measured conditionsnot AgCode
- Water sustainability reporting for enterprise growersnot AgCode
- Weather risk management across dispersed fieldsnot AgCode
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
AgCode
- Pricing is not published
- Aimed at specialty crop growers rather than row crop or livestock operations
Arable
- Requires the Mark 3 field sensor, so it is a hardware deployment rather than a software subscription
- Pricing is not published and goes through a sales conversation
- Aimed at enterprise growers and advisors rather than smallholders
Pricing, plan by plan
AgCode
$29/month- Vineyard$2000/year
- Block management
- Compliance
- Basic labor
- Enterprise$5000/year
- Full suite
- Harvest
- Integration
Arable
$29/month- Standard$1200/device/year
- Weather data
- Crop stress
- Basic analytics
- Premium$2400/device/year
- Full analytics
- Disease models
- API access
Which should you pick?
Choose AgCode if
- You need block management.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want labor tracking.
Choose Arable if
- You need weather monitoring.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Hardware.
- You also want evapotranspiration.
Questions people ask
- Is AgCode or Arable better?
- Neither clearly leads. AgCode starts at $29/month and Arable at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, AgCode or Arable?
- AgCode starts at $29/month and Arable at $29/month.
- Does AgCode or Arable run on more platforms?
- AgCode runs on Web, Ios, Android. Arable runs on Web, Ios, Android, Hardware.
- What is AgCode best used for?
- AgCode is most often used for labour and equipment tracking for specialty crop farms, replacing paper-based field record keeping, crop data capture and operational reporting, profitability analysis by block or crop. Of those, labour and equipment tracking for specialty crop farms and replacing paper-based field record keeping are not what Arable is typically brought in for.
- What can AgCode do that Arable cannot?
- AgCode covers Block management, Labor tracking, Harvest management, Compliance. Arable covers Weather monitoring, Evapotranspiration, Chlorophyll index, Disease risk models. Both handle SSL, Web support, Ios support, Android support.