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AgriWater vs Awair

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AgriWater

Software

Smart irrigation management platform

From
$45/month
Rated
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Awair logo

Awair

Software

Smart indoor air quality monitor for healthy spaces

From
$149/one-time
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: AgriWater company status: AgriWater's parent company Puricare has ceased trading; current product availability and support status unclear; Awair a hardware purchase, with the Element at $299 before any software value
  • They diverge on capability: AgriWater covers Irrigation scheduling, Awair covers 5-factor monitoring.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which AgriWater and Awair actually diverge.

Attributes where AgriWater and Awair differ
AttributeAgriWaterAwair
Starting price$45/month$149/one-time
Pricing modelsubscriptionone-time
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidIos, Android, Hardware
Founded20172013

Identical on both: 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 AgriWater

  • Irrigation scheduling
  • Soil moisture monitoring
  • Water usage tracking
  • Pump automation
  • Weather forecasting
  • Valley Irrigation
  • Lindsay Zimmatic
  • Netafim

Only in Awair

  • 5-factor monitoring
  • Awair Score
  • Personalized tips
  • Historical trends
  • Smart displays
  • Alexa
  • Google Home
  • IFTTT

Both cover

  • Ios support
  • Android support

What people use each for

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

AgriWater

  • Irrigation optimizationnot Awair
  • Water conservationnot Awair
  • Compliance reportingnot Awair
  • Remote monitoringnot Awair

Awair

  • Indoor air quality monitoring at homenot AgriWater
  • Tracking CO2, humidity, temperature, VOCs and particulatesnot AgriWater
  • Workplace air quality monitoring across a building with Omninot AgriWater
  • Correlating air quality with sleep or productivitynot AgriWater

Where each one falls short

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

AgriWater

  • Company status: AgriWater's parent company Puricare has ceased trading; current product availability and support status unclear
  • Limited publicly available documentation and technical specifications

Awair

  • A hardware purchase, with the Element at $299 before any software value
  • The consumer Element tracks 5 environmental factors against 7 on the business Omni
  • Business deployments run on subscriptions, and Omni pricing is not published

Pricing, plan by plan

AgriWater

$45/month
  • Basic$45/month
    • Irrigation scheduling
    • Soil moisture data
    • Weather integration
  • Professional$125/month
    • All Basic features
    • Pump control
    • Water usage analytics
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Multi-site management
    • API access
    • Custom integrations

Awair

$149/one-time
  • Element$149/one-time
    • 5 air factors
    • Smart home integration
    • App access
  • Omni$299/one-time
    • Enterprise features
    • API access
    • Advanced analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose AgriWater if

  • You need irrigation scheduling.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want soil moisture monitoring.

Choose Awair if

  • You need 5-factor monitoring.
  • You work on Ios, Android, Hardware.
  • You also want awair score.

Questions people ask

Is AgriWater or Awair better?
Neither clearly leads. AgriWater starts at $45/month and Awair at $149/one-time, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, AgriWater or Awair?
AgriWater starts at $45/month and Awair at $149/one-time.
Does AgriWater or Awair run on more platforms?
AgriWater runs on Web, Ios, Android. Awair runs on Ios, Android, Hardware.
What is AgriWater best used for?
AgriWater is most often used for irrigation optimization, water conservation, compliance reporting, remote monitoring. Of those, irrigation optimization and water conservation are not what Awair is typically brought in for.
What can AgriWater do that Awair cannot?
AgriWater covers Irrigation scheduling, Soil moisture monitoring, Water usage tracking, Pump automation. Awair covers 5-factor monitoring, Awair Score, Personalized tips, Historical trends. Both handle Ios support, Android support.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

AgriWater: What is AgriWater technology?

AgriWater is a nature-based water treatment technology that accelerates regenerative outcomes in agriculture by increasing the effectiveness of existing irrigation water and creating favorable conditions for soil microbial activity. It is a compact water treatment system easily incorporated into existing water distribution networks.

Source
AgriWater: How widely has AgriWater been tested?

AgriWater has been scientifically researched and practically proven on over 300 operational farms in more than 10 countries on 4 continents, covering around 60,000 hectares of land and managing more than 400 billion litres of water per year.

AgriWater: Who developed AgriWater?

AgriWater was developed by R&D company Puricare as part of a suite of applications and services.

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