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AgriSync vs Soil Scout

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AgriSync

Agriculture

Connect farmers with expert support instantly

From
$49/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Soil Scout logo

Soil Scout

Agriculture

Buried wireless soil sensors with a ten to twenty year battery and no cables to the surface

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: AgriSync acquired by John Deere, and agrisync.com no longer resolves, so it is no longer sold as an independent product; Soil Scout sensors are unserviceable once buried, so a failed or drifting unit means excavation and the confidence you place in a single reading has no easy verification.
  • They diverge on capability: AgriSync covers Video support, Soil Scout covers Fully buried sensors.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which AgriSync and Soil Scout actually diverge.

Attributes where AgriSync and Soil Scout differ
AttributeAgriSyncSoil Scout
Starting price$49/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded2014Unknown

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 AgriSync

  • Video support
  • Ticket management
  • Customer portal
  • Knowledge base
  • Remote diagnostics
  • John Deere
  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot

Only in Soil Scout

  • Fully buried sensors
  • Ten to twenty year battery
  • Underground radio
  • Dual depth sensing
  • Moisture, temperature and salinity
  • Soil Scout Hub
  • Web service API
  • Long base station range

What people use each for

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

AgriSync

  • Video support calls between farmers and equipment advisorsnot Soil Scout
  • Turning field support requests into tickets with a workflownot Soil Scout
  • Escalating and re-routing issues across a dealer networknot Soil Scout
  • Reusing recorded solutions across repeat problemsnot Soil Scout

Soil Scout

  • A golf course monitoring greens moisture where a surface-mounted probe would be hit by mowers and playnot AgriSync
  • A stadium pitch under a closed roof where hand-held probing is impractical during the seasonnot AgriSync
  • A research plot needing consistent multi-year soil data below cultivation depthnot AgriSync
  • An irrigated field where a surface logger would not survive tillage or a spray boomnot AgriSync

Where each one falls short

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

AgriSync

  • Acquired by John Deere, and agrisync.com no longer resolves, so it is no longer sold as an independent product
  • Built around advisor-to-farmer support rather than farm record keeping, so it does not replace a farm management system

Soil Scout

  • Sensors are unserviceable once buried, so a failed or drifting unit means excavation and the confidence you place in a single reading has no easy verification.
  • No pricing is published at all, which makes it hard to justify against commodity probes that quote openly, and per-sensor cost is well above the alternatives.
  • It measures but does not control, so tying moisture readings to actual irrigation decisions requires either manual interpretation or a separate integration project with the control system.
  • Underground radio range depends on soil type and moisture; heavy wet clay attenuates the signal and can force more base stations than the headline kilometre figure suggests.
  • The company is small and Finland-based, so outside its established golf and sports turf distribution the support, spares and installation expertise depend entirely on whether a competent local distributor exists.

Pricing, plan by plan

AgriSync

$49/month
  • Starter$49/month
    • Video calling
    • Screen sharing
    • Basic support tickets
  • Growth$149/month
    • Unlimited team members
    • Customer portal
    • Analytics
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Custom branding
    • API access
    • Priority support

Soil Scout

On request
  • Soil Scout$undefined/year
    • Sensors and base station quoted per site
    • Hub subscription terms quoted with the hardware
    • No individual sensor data plans required

Which should you pick?

Choose AgriSync if

  • You need video support.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want ticket management.
AgriSync review

Choose Soil Scout if

  • You need fully buried sensors.
  • You also want ten to twenty year battery.
Soil Scout review

Questions people ask

Is AgriSync or Soil Scout better?
Neither clearly leads. AgriSync starts at $49/month and Soil Scout at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, AgriSync or Soil Scout?
AgriSync starts at $49/month and Soil Scout at On request.
Does AgriSync or Soil Scout run on more platforms?
AgriSync runs on Web, Ios, Android. Soil Scout runs on Web.
What is AgriSync best used for?
AgriSync is most often used for video support calls between farmers and equipment advisors, turning field support requests into tickets with a workflow, escalating and re-routing issues across a dealer network, reusing recorded solutions across repeat problems. Of those, video support calls between farmers and equipment advisors and turning field support requests into tickets with a workflow are not what Soil Scout is typically brought in for.
What can AgriSync do that Soil Scout cannot?
AgriSync covers Video support, Ticket management, Customer portal, Knowledge base. Soil Scout covers Fully buried sensors, Ten to twenty year battery, Underground radio, Dual depth sensing.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Soil Scout: How long do the sensors last?

Up to ten years for the Happi100 and up to twenty for the Hydra100, buried, with no battery replacement.

Soil Scout: Do the sensors need mobile data plans?

No. Sensors transmit to a base station through the soil, and only the base station uses a cellular modem.

Soil Scout: Can it control irrigation directly?

No. It is a measurement and alerting system; controlling valves needs an integration with your irrigation controller through the API.

Soil Scout: What happens if a buried sensor fails?

You dig it up. There is no remote service option, which is the trade-off for having nothing above ground to damage.

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