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Agrivi vs SMARTBOW

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Agrivi

Agriculture

Smart farm management system

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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SMARTBOW

Agriculture

Ear tag cow monitoring with real-time indoor location, from Zoetis

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Agrivi no public pricing information disclosed on vendor website; SMARTBOW real-time location depends on receivers covering the whole barn plus an on-farm server, so the install is a building project and the price bears no relation to what a simple activity collar costs.
  • They diverge on capability: Agrivi covers Production planning, SMARTBOW covers Real-time location.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Agrivi and SMARTBOW actually diverge.

Attributes where Agrivi and SMARTBOW differ
AttributeAgriviSMARTBOW
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWindows, Web, iOS, Android
Founded2013Unknown

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 Agrivi

  • Production planning
  • Task management
  • Inventory tracking
  • Financial analysis
  • Crop database
  • Weather services
  • Satellite imagery
  • GDPR

Only in SMARTBOW

  • Real-time location
  • Heat detection
  • Rumination monitoring
  • Health alerts
  • On-farm server
  • Individual baselines
  • Herd software integration

What people use each for

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

Agrivi

  • Farm management record keeping across fields, inputs and field activitiesnot SMARTBOW
  • Supply chain traceability from farm to food processornot SMARTBOW
  • Integrating IoT sensor and machinery data into a farm data platformnot SMARTBOW
  • Agri-input companies and public sector bodies engaging growers digitallynot SMARTBOW

SMARTBOW

  • A 1,500 cow freestall barn where finding a flagged animal by eye takes twenty minutesnot Agrivi
  • A dairy replacing visual heat detection with per-animal oestrus alerts to tighten calving intervalsnot Agrivi
  • A herd manager wanting rumination-based early warning of displaced abomasum or metritisnot Agrivi
  • A vet practice using behavioural data to audit transition cow management across client herdsnot Agrivi

Where each one falls short

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

Agrivi

  • No public pricing information disclosed on vendor website
  • Customers must book a meeting with sales team to discuss pricing
  • No pricing tiers, plan names, or trial option details available

SMARTBOW

  • Real-time location depends on receivers covering the whole barn plus an on-farm server, so the install is a building project and the price bears no relation to what a simple activity collar costs.
  • It is an indoor system; a grazing or partly grazed herd loses the location capability that is the main reason to choose it over cheaper monitoring.
  • Ear tags are consumable and go missing with the tag, so the running cost includes replacements at a rate that depends on how rough your handling facilities are.
  • Zoetis ownership means a pharmaceutical company holds continuous behavioural data on every animal alongside your treatment records, and the integration roadmap favours other Zoetis products.
  • Nothing is published on price, and sales run through veterinary and dealer channels, so comparing it against DeLaval, Nedap or CowManager requires several quotes and there is no reference list price.

Pricing, plan by plan

Agrivi

$29/month
  • Essential$29/month
    • 5 fields
    • Basic tracking
    • Weather
  • Professional$99/month
    • Unlimited fields
    • Full analytics
    • API access

SMARTBOW

On request
  • SMARTBOW$undefined/year
    • Ear tags priced per animal
    • Barn receiver infrastructure and on-farm server quoted per building
    • Installation and commissioning quoted separately

Which should you pick?

Choose Agrivi if

  • You need production planning.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want task management.
Agrivi review

Choose SMARTBOW if

  • You need real-time location.
  • You work on Windows, Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want heat detection.
SMARTBOW review

Questions people ask

Is Agrivi or SMARTBOW better?
Neither clearly leads. Agrivi starts at $29/month and SMARTBOW at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Agrivi or SMARTBOW?
Agrivi starts at $29/month and SMARTBOW at On request.
Does Agrivi or SMARTBOW run on more platforms?
Agrivi runs on Web, Ios, Android. SMARTBOW runs on Windows, Web, iOS, Android.
What is Agrivi best used for?
Agrivi is most often used for farm management record keeping across fields, inputs and field activities, supply chain traceability from farm to food processor, integrating iot sensor and machinery data into a farm data platform, agri-input companies and public sector bodies engaging growers digitally. Of those, farm management record keeping across fields, inputs and field activities and supply chain traceability from farm to food processor are not what SMARTBOW is typically brought in for.
What can Agrivi do that SMARTBOW cannot?
Agrivi covers Production planning, Task management, Inventory tracking, Financial analysis. SMARTBOW covers Real-time location, Heat detection, Rumination monitoring, Health alerts.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Agrivi: How is Agrivi priced?

Agrivi does not publish pricing details publicly. Organizations interested in the platform must book a meeting with the Agrivi sales team to discuss pricing tailored to their specific agricultural operation needs.

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SMARTBOW: What does SMARTBOW do that other activity monitors do not?

Real-time indoor location. It tells you where the flagged cow physically is, not just that she is behaving abnormally.

Agrivi: Is there a free trial available for Agrivi?

Agrivi does not disclose trial or evaluation options on their public website. Customers must contact the sales team directly to inquire about trial access or platform evaluation capabilities.

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SMARTBOW: Does it work on grazing herds?

Poorly. Location depends on barn-mounted receivers, so animals out at pasture fall outside the system's coverage.

SMARTBOW: Who owns it?

Zoetis, which also owns Valley Agricultural Software and DairyComp. The technology came from Smartbow GmbH in Austria.

SMARTBOW: Is it cloud based?

Analysis runs on an on-farm server rather than in the cloud, which keeps it working during an internet outage but makes the server your responsibility.

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