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Arable vs FieldView Plus

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Arable

Software

In-field crop intelligence platform

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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FieldView Plus

Software

Advanced digital agriculture by Climate

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Arable requires the Mark 3 field sensor, so it is a hardware deployment rather than a software subscription; FieldView Plus fieldView Plus starts at $649 per year while the Basic plan starts at $0.00 per year, so the useful analysis features are all paid
  • They diverge on capability: Arable covers Weather monitoring, FieldView Plus covers Field health imagery.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Arable and FieldView Plus actually diverge.

Attributes where Arable and FieldView Plus differ
AttributeArableFieldView Plus
PlatformsWeb, Ios, Android, HardwareWeb, Ios, Android
Founded20142006

Identical on both: starting price ($29/month), 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 Arable

  • Weather monitoring
  • Evapotranspiration
  • Chlorophyll index
  • Disease risk models
  • Growth stage tracking
  • Climate FieldView
  • Trimble
  • SSL

Only in FieldView Plus

  • Field health imagery
  • Nitrogen advisor
  • Seed scripts
  • Scouting app
  • Variable rate
  • CLAAS
  • Major equipment
  • SOC 2

Both cover

  • John Deere
  • Web support
  • Ios support
  • Android support

What people use each for

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

Arable

  • In-field weather and crop monitoring from a single sensornot FieldView Plus
  • Irrigation scheduling based on measured conditionsnot FieldView Plus
  • Water sustainability reporting for enterprise growersnot FieldView Plus
  • Weather risk management across dispersed fieldsnot FieldView Plus

FieldView Plus

  • Collecting planting, application and harvest data from the cab into the cloudnot Arable
  • Building variable rate seeding scripts for a planternot Arable
  • Comparing hybrid and field performance through yield analysis and field region reportsnot Arable
  • Scouting fields against satellite field health imagerynot Arable

Where each one falls short

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

Arable

  • Requires the Mark 3 field sensor, so it is a hardware deployment rather than a software subscription
  • Pricing is not published and goes through a sales conversation
  • Aimed at enterprise growers and advisors rather than smallholders

FieldView Plus

  • FieldView Plus starts at $649 per year while the Basic plan starts at $0.00 per year, so the useful analysis features are all paid
  • Seed Scripts, Enhanced Scripting, Yield Analysis, Field Region Reports, Image-Enhanced Scouting, Field Health Imagery, Manual Scripting, Grain Futures, RemoteView and CloudSync are all excluded from the Basic plan
  • Local on-farm support is excluded from the Basic plan
  • FieldView Drive hardware is a separate purchase and its price is not shown on the pricing page

Pricing, plan by plan

Arable

$29/month
  • Standard$1200/device/year
    • Weather data
    • Crop stress
    • Basic analytics
  • Premium$2400/device/year
    • Full analytics
    • Disease models
    • API access

FieldView Plus

$29/month
  • Plus$1199/year
    • Field health imagery
    • Nitrogen advisor
    • Seed scripts
  • Prime$1799/year
    • All Plus features
    • Advanced recommendations
    • Priority support

Which should you pick?

Choose Arable if

  • You need weather monitoring.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Hardware.
  • You also want evapotranspiration.
Arable review

Choose FieldView Plus if

  • You need field health imagery.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want nitrogen advisor.
FieldView Plus review

Questions people ask

Is Arable or FieldView Plus better?
Neither clearly leads. Arable starts at $29/month and FieldView Plus at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Arable or FieldView Plus?
Arable starts at $29/month and FieldView Plus at $29/month.
Does Arable or FieldView Plus run on more platforms?
Arable runs on Web, Ios, Android, Hardware. FieldView Plus runs on Web, Ios, Android.
What is Arable best used for?
Arable is most often used for in-field weather and crop monitoring from a single sensor, irrigation scheduling based on measured conditions, water sustainability reporting for enterprise growers, weather risk management across dispersed fields. Of those, in-field weather and crop monitoring from a single sensor and irrigation scheduling based on measured conditions are not what FieldView Plus is typically brought in for.
What can Arable do that FieldView Plus cannot?
Arable covers Weather monitoring, Evapotranspiration, Chlorophyll index, Disease risk models. FieldView Plus covers Field health imagery, Nitrogen advisor, Seed scripts, Scouting app. Both handle John Deere, Web support, Ios support, Android support.
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