Software · head to head
AgriWater vs CropX
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; CropX the platform depends on CropX in-field hardware, including soil sensors, evapotranspiration sensors, weather stations and telemetry devices
- They diverge on capability: AgriWater covers Soil moisture monitoring, CropX covers Soil moisture sensing.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which AgriWater and CropX actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), 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
- Soil moisture monitoring
- Water usage tracking
- Pump automation
- Weather forecasting
- Lindsay Zimmatic
- Weather services
- Data encryption
- Secure IoT
Only in CropX
- Soil moisture sensing
- Salinity monitoring
- Root zone analysis
- Weather integration
- Lindsay
- GDPR
- Hardware support
Both cover
- Irrigation scheduling
- Valley Irrigation
- Netafim
- SSL
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
AgriWater
- Irrigation optimizationnot CropX
- Water conservationnot CropX
- Compliance reportingnot CropX
- Remote monitoringnot CropX
CropX
- Scheduling irrigation from continuous soil moisture sensor readingsnot AgriWater
- Monitoring disease risk and crop nutrition against in-field weather datanot AgriWater
- Combining sensor, weather and satellite data in a single farm management systemnot 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
CropX
- The platform depends on CropX in-field hardware, including soil sensors, evapotranspiration sensors, weather stations and telemetry devices
- Pricing is by quote only, with no rate, minimum or named cost driver published; the site offers only a demo request handled by a local sales team
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
CropX
$29/month- Basic$250/sensor/year
- Soil moisture
- Temperature
- Basic analytics
- Advanced$500/sensor/year
- Full analytics
- Irrigation recommendations
- API access
Which should you pick?
Choose AgriWater if
- You need soil moisture monitoring.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want water usage tracking.
Choose CropX if
- You need soil moisture sensing.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Hardware.
- You also want salinity monitoring.
Questions people ask
- Is AgriWater or CropX better?
- Neither clearly leads. AgriWater starts at $45/month and CropX at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, AgriWater or CropX?
- AgriWater starts at $45/month and CropX at $29/month.
- Does AgriWater or CropX run on more platforms?
- AgriWater runs on Web, Ios, Android. CropX runs on Web, 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 CropX is typically brought in for.
- What can AgriWater do that CropX cannot?
- AgriWater covers Soil moisture monitoring, Water usage tracking, Pump automation, Weather forecasting. CropX covers Soil moisture sensing, Salinity monitoring, Root zone analysis, Weather integration. Both handle Irrigation scheduling, Valley Irrigation, Netafim, SSL.
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.
SourceAgriWater: 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.