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AgriWater vs Trimble Ag Software

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AgriWater

Agriculture & Farming

Smart irrigation management platform

From
$45/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Trimble Ag Software logo

Trimble Ag Software

Agriculture & Farming

Connected farm solutions for precision agriculture

From
$29/month
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; Trimble Ag Software agriculture.trimble.com now redirects to the PTx brand site, where PTx is described as bringing together PTx Trimble and Precision Planting and is stated to be a worldwide brand of AGCO Corporation
  • They diverge on capability: AgriWater covers Irrigation scheduling, Trimble Ag Software covers GPS guidance.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which AgriWater and Trimble Ag Software actually diverge.

Attributes where AgriWater and Trimble Ag Software differ
AttributeAgriWaterTrimble Ag Software
Starting price$45/month$29/month
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb, Ios, Android, Hardware
Founded20171978

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 Trimble Ag Software

  • GPS guidance
  • Variable rate prescriptions
  • Field mapping
  • Data management
  • Equipment connectivity
  • John Deere
  • CNH
  • AGCO

Both cover

  • 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 Trimble Ag Software
  • Water conservationnot Trimble Ag Software
  • Compliance reportingnot Trimble Ag Software
  • Remote monitoringnot Trimble Ag Software

Trimble Ag Software

  • Guidance, steering and machine control on farm equipment through Precision-IQnot AgriWater
  • Digital farm management and agronomic record keeping through FarmENGAGEnot AgriWater
  • Retrofitting autonomy to existing tractors with the OutRun kitnot 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

Trimble Ag Software

  • agriculture.trimble.com now redirects to the PTx brand site, where PTx is described as bringing together PTx Trimble and Precision Planting and is stated to be a worldwide brand of AGCO Corporation
  • No price is published for any PTx Trimble software; the site routes buyers to a dealer locator
  • NEXT Farming farm management software is available in Europe only

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

Trimble Ag Software

$29/month
  • Farmer Core$800/year
    • Field records
    • Basic mapping
    • Reports
  • Farmer Pro$2500/year
    • Variable rate
    • Full analytics
    • Connected equipment

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 Trimble Ag Software if

  • You need gps guidance.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Hardware.
  • You also want variable rate prescriptions.
Trimble Ag Software review

Questions people ask

Is AgriWater or Trimble Ag Software better?
Neither clearly leads. AgriWater starts at $45/month and Trimble Ag Software at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, AgriWater or Trimble Ag Software?
AgriWater starts at $45/month and Trimble Ag Software at $29/month.
Does AgriWater or Trimble Ag Software run on more platforms?
AgriWater runs on Web, Ios, Android. Trimble Ag Software 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 Trimble Ag Software is typically brought in for.
What can AgriWater do that Trimble Ag Software cannot?
AgriWater covers Irrigation scheduling, Soil moisture monitoring, Water usage tracking, Pump automation. Trimble Ag Software covers GPS guidance, Variable rate prescriptions, Field mapping, Data management. Both handle Web support, 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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