Agriculture & Farming · head to head
CattleMax vs AgriWater
AgriWater
Agriculture & Farming
Smart irrigation management platform
- From
- $45/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: CattleMax priced by active animal count, so the bill grows with the herd rather than with usage; AgriWater company status: AgriWater's parent company Puricare has ceased trading; current product availability and support status unclear
- They diverge on capability: CattleMax covers Individual animal records, AgriWater covers Irrigation scheduling.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which CattleMax and AgriWater actually diverge.
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 CattleMax
- Individual animal records
- Breeding management
- Calving records
- Health & treatment tracking
- Weight management
- EPD/genetic data
- Custom reporting
- Photo management
Only in AgriWater
- Irrigation scheduling
- Soil moisture monitoring
- Water usage tracking
- Pump automation
- Weather forecasting
- Valley Irrigation
- Lindsay Zimmatic
- Netafim
Both cover
- SSL
- Cloud deployment
- Web support
- Ios support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
CattleMax
- Cow-calf herd records and reproduction trackingnot AgriWater
- Weights, treatments and performance history per animalnot AgriWater
- Registered cattle records for breed association reportingnot AgriWater
- Unlimited users on one operation's accountnot AgriWater
AgriWater
- Irrigation optimizationnot CattleMax
- Water conservationnot CattleMax
- Compliance reportingnot CattleMax
- Remote monitoringnot CattleMax
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
CattleMax
- Priced by active animal count, so the bill grows with the herd rather than with usage
- The Registered plan costs more than Commercial at every band, from $16 against $12 a month
- Operations above 2,000 animals move to custom pricing
- Support is Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm Central only
- Cows and calves count separately toward the animal limit
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
Pricing, plan by plan
CattleMax
$99/year- Starter$99/year
- Up to 50 head
- Basic animal records
- Calving records
- Standard$199/year
- Up to 200 head
- Breeding management
- Health records
- Professional$399/year
- Unlimited animals
- Advanced genetics
- EPD tracking
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
Which should you pick?
Choose CattleMax if
- You need individual animal records.
- You work on Web, Windows, Ios, Android.
- You also want breeding management.
Choose AgriWater if
- You need irrigation scheduling.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want soil moisture monitoring.
Questions people ask
- Is CattleMax or AgriWater better?
- Neither clearly leads. CattleMax starts at $99/year and AgriWater at $45/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, CattleMax or AgriWater?
- CattleMax starts at $99/year and AgriWater at $45/month.
- Does CattleMax or AgriWater run on more platforms?
- CattleMax runs on Web, Windows, Ios, Android. AgriWater runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- What is CattleMax best used for?
- CattleMax is most often used for cow-calf herd records and reproduction tracking, weights, treatments and performance history per animal, registered cattle records for breed association reporting, unlimited users on one operation's account. Of those, cow-calf herd records and reproduction tracking and weights, treatments and performance history per animal are not what AgriWater is typically brought in for.
- What can CattleMax do that AgriWater cannot?
- CattleMax covers Individual animal records, Breeding management, Calving records, Health & treatment tracking. AgriWater covers Irrigation scheduling, Soil moisture monitoring, Water usage tracking, Pump automation. Both handle SSL, Cloud deployment, Web support, Ios 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.
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.