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AgriWater vs Teralytic

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AgriWater

Agriculture

Smart irrigation management platform

From
$45/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Teralytic logo

Teralytic

Agriculture

Wireless soil probe reading NPK at three depths, sold as an annual per-probe service rather than a sensor

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

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; Teralytic the company is reported at around six employees, so if it stops trading the buried probes become inert hardware, which is the single biggest risk in a multi-year soil sensing deployment.
  • They diverge on capability: AgriWater covers Irrigation scheduling, Teralytic covers Wireless NPK sensing.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which AgriWater and Teralytic actually diverge.

Attributes where AgriWater and Teralytic differ
AttributeAgriWaterTeralytic
Starting price$45/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
Founded2017Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), 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 AgriWater

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

Only in Teralytic

  • Wireless NPK sensing
  • Three-depth profile
  • Soil respiration and aeration
  • Long-range radio uplink
  • Cloud analytics
  • Above-ground sensing
  • API access
  • Multi-field deployment view

What people use each for

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

AgriWater

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

Teralytic

  • A research trial that needs continuous nitrogen readings between sampling dates rather than two lab tests a seasonnot AgriWater
  • A vegetable grower on sandy ground where leaching after rain makes a fortnightly lab test worthlessnot AgriWater
  • An almond or vine operation tracking salinity build-up under drip irrigationnot AgriWater
  • An agronomist validating a variable-rate nitrogen prescription against in-ground readingsnot 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

Teralytic

  • The company is reported at around six employees, so if it stops trading the buried probes become inert hardware, which is the single biggest risk in a multi-year soil sensing deployment.
  • No current pricing is published and reported figures have moved between roughly 300 and 500 US dollars per probe per year, so a buyer cannot model the cost of a hundred-probe deployment without a quote.
  • The subscription is mandatory for the probe to report at all, so the up-front hardware payment buys nothing durable and a lapsed account means a field full of dead instruments.
  • In-field NPK sensing is scientifically contested and readings need interpretation against soil type and calibration, so agronomists will not treat the numbers as interchangeable with a lab test and many will insist on both.
  • Spatial coverage is the unsolved problem: a probe measures one point, soil varies over metres, and covering a field properly multiplies both the hardware and the annual subscription by the number of zones you care about.

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

Teralytic

On request
  • Teralytic Soil Probe$undefined/year
    • Probe purchased or supplied with an annual per-probe subscription
    • Subscription covers hardware, network, software and analytics
    • Reported figures have ranged from roughly 300 to 500 USD per probe per year

Which should you pick?

Choose AgriWater if

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

Choose Teralytic if

  • You need wireless npk sensing.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want three-depth profile.
Teralytic review

Questions people ask

Is AgriWater or Teralytic better?
Neither clearly leads. AgriWater starts at $45/month and Teralytic at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, AgriWater or Teralytic?
AgriWater starts at $45/month and Teralytic at On request.
Does AgriWater or Teralytic run on more platforms?
AgriWater runs on Web, Ios, Android. Teralytic runs on Web, iOS, Android.
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 Teralytic is typically brought in for.
What can AgriWater do that Teralytic cannot?
AgriWater covers Irrigation scheduling, Soil moisture monitoring, Water usage tracking, Pump automation. Teralytic covers Wireless NPK sensing, Three-depth profile, Soil respiration and aeration, Long-range radio uplink.

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
Teralytic: Can I buy the probe without a subscription?

No. The probe reports through Teralytic’s network into its cloud, and without an active subscription it does not deliver data.

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.

Teralytic: Does it replace lab soil tests?

No. It gives continuous in-season trend data. Most agronomists will still want lab results for absolute nutrient values and for compliance records.

AgriWater: Who developed AgriWater?

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

Teralytic: How much does it cost?

Teralytic does not publish current pricing. Reported figures have ranged from roughly 300 to 500 US dollars per probe per year including hardware and connectivity.

Teralytic: How many probes does a field need?

That depends on soil variability. One probe represents one point, so a field with several distinct soil zones needs one per zone to be meaningful.

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