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CeresAI vs Conservis

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CeresAI

Agriculture

Aerial and satellite crop imagery with per-acre pricing for permanent crops and irrigation

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
Conservis logo

Conservis

Agriculture

Comprehensive farm management for row crops

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: CeresAI per-acre pricing only pencils on high-value crops; on low-margin broadacre cereals the fee is hard to justify against free public satellite imagery.; Conservis acquired by TELUS Agriculture and Rabobank in July 2021, so it is now part of a larger agriculture portfolio
  • They diverge on capability: CeresAI covers Aerial multispectral capture, Conservis covers Field & crop planning.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which CeresAI and Conservis actually diverge.

Attributes where CeresAI and Conservis differ
AttributeCeresAIConservis
Pricing modelPer acre per seasonsubscription
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, Ios, Android, Api
FoundedUnknown2009

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), 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 CeresAI

  • Aerial multispectral capture
  • Thermal water stress
  • Irrigation fault detection
  • Nitrogen and chlorophyll
  • Pest and disease hotspots
  • Yield variability
  • Third-party integrations

Only in Conservis

  • Field & crop planning
  • Input management
  • Activity tracking
  • Financial management
  • Inventory control
  • Equipment tracking
  • Harvest tracking
  • Custom reporting

What people use each for

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

CeresAI

  • An almond grower finding blocked emitters across thousands of trees without walking every rownot Conservis
  • A wine estate managing deficit irrigation block by block to hit a target fruit compositionnot Conservis
  • A farmland investment manager verifying tenant irrigation practice on ground it ownsnot Conservis
  • A citrus operation targeting nitrogen applications to the parts of a block that actually need itnot Conservis

Conservis

  • Farm ERP covering the business rather than the agronomynot CeresAI
  • Grain contract managementnot CeresAI
  • Crop planning and budgeting against actualsnot CeresAI
  • Work order management across an operationnot CeresAI
  • Reporting plans versus actuals for lenders and partnersnot CeresAI

Where each one falls short

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

CeresAI

  • Per-acre pricing only pencils on high-value crops; on low-margin broadacre cereals the fee is hard to justify against free public satellite imagery.
  • Aerial capture runs on a scheduled cadence and is weather dependent, so it will not answer a question you need settled tomorrow and gaps happen in bad seasons.
  • Geographic coverage follows where the aircraft fly, which concentrates the service in California and a handful of other regions and leaves growers elsewhere on satellite-only products.
  • The company rebranded from Ceres Imaging to CeresAI, so older contracts, integrations and search results use the previous name and buyers checking references need to know both.
  • It flags problems but does not fix them; without an agronomist or manager committed to acting on every alert, the imagery becomes an expensive subscription nobody opens.

Conservis

  • Acquired by TELUS Agriculture and Rabobank in July 2021, so it is now part of a larger agriculture portfolio

Pricing, plan by plan

CeresAI

On request
  • CeresAI$undefined/year
    • Priced per acre for a defined season of flights
    • Flight cadence and imagery types set the rate
    • Minimum acreage applies in most regions

Conservis

On request
  • Standard$undefined/year
    • Field management
    • Activity tracking
    • Basic reporting
  • Professional$undefined/year
    • Everything in Standard
    • Financial management
    • Inventory control
  • Enterprise$undefined/year
    • Everything in Professional
    • Multi-entity management
    • API access

Which should you pick?

Choose CeresAI if

  • You need aerial multispectral capture.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want thermal water stress.
CeresAI review

Choose Conservis if

  • You need field & crop planning.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
  • You also want input management.
Conservis review

Questions people ask

Is CeresAI or Conservis better?
Neither clearly leads. CeresAI starts at On request and Conservis at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, CeresAI or Conservis?
CeresAI starts at On request and Conservis at On request.
Does CeresAI or Conservis run on more platforms?
CeresAI runs on Web, iOS, Android. Conservis runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
What is CeresAI best used for?
CeresAI is most often used for an almond grower finding blocked emitters across thousands of trees without walking every row, a wine estate managing deficit irrigation block by block to hit a target fruit composition, a farmland investment manager verifying tenant irrigation practice on ground it owns, a citrus operation targeting nitrogen applications to the parts of a block that actually need it. Of those, an almond grower finding blocked emitters across thousands of trees without walking every row and a wine estate managing deficit irrigation block by block to hit a target fruit composition are not what Conservis is typically brought in for.
What can CeresAI do that Conservis cannot?
CeresAI covers Aerial multispectral capture, Thermal water stress, Irrigation fault detection, Nitrogen and chlorophyll. Conservis covers Field & crop planning, Input management, Activity tracking, Financial management.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

CeresAI: Is Ceres Imaging still trading?

Yes, under the name CeresAI following a rebrand in 2024. The aerial imagery service continues and the company has taken further funding since.

CeresAI: How is it priced?

By the acre for a season of imagery. The rate depends on crop, region and how many flights the programme includes.

CeresAI: Why pay for aircraft when satellites are free?

Resolution and thermal. Public satellite imagery cannot resolve individual trees or reliably detect a single blocked emitter; aerial thermal capture can.

CeresAI: Does it work on broadacre cereals?

Technically yes, commercially rarely. The per-acre fee is designed against permanent crop and irrigated margins.

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