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AgriWater vs Growers Edge

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AgriWater

Agriculture & Farming

Smart irrigation management platform

From
$45/month
Rated
-
Growers Edge logo

Growers Edge

Agriculture & Farming

Crop input financing and risk management

From
$29/month
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; Growers Edge pricing is not published for its Crop Plan Warranty, input financing, or farm mortgage products; buyers must contact the company directly for terms
  • They diverge on capability: AgriWater covers Irrigation scheduling, Growers Edge covers Input financing.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which AgriWater and Growers Edge actually diverge.

Attributes where AgriWater and Growers Edge differ
AttributeAgriWaterGrowers Edge
Starting price$45/month$29/month
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded20172011

Identical on both: 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 AgriWater

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

Only in Growers Edge

  • Input financing
  • Operating loans
  • Risk analytics
  • Market insights
  • Farm planning
  • Retailers
  • Lenders
  • Farm software

Both cover

  • Web support

What people use each for

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

AgriWater

  • Irrigation optimizationnot Growers Edge
  • Water conservationnot Growers Edge
  • Compliance reportingnot Growers Edge
  • Remote monitoringnot Growers Edge

Growers Edge

  • Farm operators seeking input financing and crop plan warranty products tied to farmland risk managementnot 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

Growers Edge

  • Pricing is not published for its Crop Plan Warranty, input financing, or farm mortgage products; buyers must contact the company directly for terms

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

Growers Edge

$29/month
  • Input FinancingFree
    • Competitive rates
    • Flexible terms
    • Quick approval
  • Full PlatformFree
    • Financing
    • Risk tools
    • 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 Growers Edge if

  • You need input financing.
  • You also want operating loans.

Questions people ask

Is AgriWater or Growers Edge better?
Neither clearly leads. AgriWater starts at $45/month and Growers Edge at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, AgriWater or Growers Edge?
AgriWater starts at $45/month and Growers Edge at $29/month.
Does AgriWater or Growers Edge run on more platforms?
AgriWater runs on Web, Ios, Android. Growers Edge runs on Web.
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 Growers Edge is typically brought in for.
What can AgriWater do that Growers Edge cannot?
AgriWater covers Irrigation scheduling, Soil moisture monitoring, Water usage tracking, Pump automation. Growers Edge covers Input financing, Operating loans, Risk analytics, Market insights. Both handle Web 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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