Agriculture · head to head
Cropin vs Tend
Cropin
Agriculture
Agri-intelligence platform for organisations running programmes across thousands of smallholder farms
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Tend
Agriculture
Crop planning and record keeping for small diversified market farms, priced in flat tiers rather than by acre
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Tend has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Cropin data quality depends on field agents entering records honestly and consistently, so an organisation without an existing extension network has to build one before the software returns anything useful.; Tend the free tier keeps only three years of history and 500 MB of storage, so a grower who stays on it loses the multi-season comparison that makes crop planning software worth having in the first place.
- They diverge on capability: Cropin covers Plot digitisation, Tend covers Visual crop planning.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Cropin and Tend actually diverge.
Identical on both: 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 Cropin
- Plot digitisation
- Field agent mobile app
- Satellite crop monitoring
- Yield prediction
- Traceability
- Farmer advisory
- Risk scoring
- Data hub
Only in Tend
- Visual crop planning
- Growing templates
- Crop library
- Task management
- Harvest and inventory tracking
- CSA and sales storefront
- Financial reporting
- AI credits
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Cropin
- A food company that must demonstrate where a crop was grown and under what practices, across thousands of contract growersnot Tend
- A bank or insurer that needs an independent view of yield and risk before lending against a harvestnot Tend
- A development programme reporting outcomes to a donor across multiple countries and cropsnot Tend
- A seed or input business tracking demonstration plots and field trial performance at scalenot Tend
Tend
- A three-acre market garden running weekly lettuce successions that needs the seeding calendar to generate itself from the harvest targetnot Cropin
- A cut-flower farm planning bed space against wedding orders months aheadnot Cropin
- A CSA operation managing 150 member shares alongside the planting plan that has to fill themnot Cropin
- A two-person farm replacing a spreadsheet and a whiteboard without paying a per-acre platform's minimumnot Cropin
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Cropin
- Data quality depends on field agents entering records honestly and consistently, so an organisation without an existing extension network has to build one before the software returns anything useful.
- Satellite-derived yield and health estimates degrade on small fragmented plots and during monsoon cloud cover, which is precisely where much of the customer base operates.
- It is not a tool for running a single farm, so an individual grower or estate evaluating it will find an enterprise programme platform with no meaningful single-farm workflow.
- Contracts are typically project shaped and tied to programme or donor funding, so the software can be switched off when a funding round ends rather than renewed on its merits.
- There is no equipment telemetry or machinery integration of consequence, so any customer that also runs a mechanised operation needs a second platform for that side of the business.
Tend
- The free tier keeps only three years of history and 500 MB of storage, so a grower who stays on it loses the multi-season comparison that makes crop planning software worth having in the first place.
- Data retention is a paid feature at every level below Ultimate, which is an unusual thing to meter: a farm that downgrades from Pro to Free after a bad year risks losing records it may need for organic certification audits.
- There is no machinery, telematics, soil sampling or variable-rate capability at all, so any operation that adds broadacre ground has to run a second platform rather than extend this one.
- AI features are metered in credits rather than included, and the allowances are small at the lower tiers, so the assistant becomes something you ration rather than rely on.
- The company is small and privately held with a narrow customer base, which means integrations outside payments and basic accounting are thin and a request for a connector to a regional distributor or certifier is unlikely to be built.
Pricing, plan by plan
Cropin
On request- Cropin Cloud$undefined/year
- Quoted per programme, by grower count and geography
- Field agent licences and implementation services quoted separately
- Satellite and imagery layers often priced by area monitored
Tend
Free- FreeFree
- 1 user
- 25 AI credits per month
- 3 years data retention
- Pro$30/month
- 5 users
- 500 AI credits per month
- 7 years data retention
- Ultimate$75/month
- Unlimited users
- 2,500 AI credits per month
- Unlimited data retention
- Enterprise$400/month
- Unlimited users
- 10,000+ AI credits per month
- 250 GB storage and up
Which should you pick?
Choose Cropin if
- You need plot digitisation.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want field agent mobile app.
Choose Tend if
- You need visual crop planning.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want growing templates.
Questions people ask
- Is Cropin or Tend better?
- Neither clearly leads. Cropin starts at On request and Tend at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Cropin or Tend?
- Tend has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Cropin and Free for Tend.
- Does Cropin or Tend run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- Can I use Tend for free?
- Yes. Tend has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Cropin starts at On request.
- What is Cropin best used for?
- Cropin is most often used for a food company that must demonstrate where a crop was grown and under what practices, across thousands of contract growers, a bank or insurer that needs an independent view of yield and risk before lending against a harvest, a development programme reporting outcomes to a donor across multiple countries and crops, a seed or input business tracking demonstration plots and field trial performance at scale. Of those, a food company that must demonstrate where a crop was grown and under what practices, across thousands of contract growers and a bank or insurer that needs an independent view of yield and risk before lending against a harvest are not what Tend is typically brought in for.
- What can Cropin do that Tend cannot?
- Cropin covers Plot digitisation, Field agent mobile app, Satellite crop monitoring, Yield prediction. Tend covers Visual crop planning, Growing templates, Crop library, Task management.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Cropin: Can an individual farm buy Cropin?
In practice no. It is sold to organisations managing many growers, and the pricing and implementation model assume programme scale.
Tend: Does Tend charge by the acre?
No. Pricing is flat by user count, and there are no acreage or crop limits on any tier including the free one. That is the main reason small growers pick it over broadacre platforms.
Cropin: Does it need field staff on the ground?
Yes for most deployments. Satellite layers supplement agent-collected data, they do not replace it.
Tend: Can Tend handle a CSA?
Yes, including member share management and a farm-stand storefront, though payment processing runs through a third party.
Cropin: Which regions is it strongest in?
India, South East Asia and Africa, where smallholder programmes are the dominant structure. Coverage in North America and Europe exists but the reference base is thinner.
Tend: Is it suitable for a 500 acre grain farm?
No. There is no machinery data, no prescription writing and no as-applied reporting. It is built for high-crop-count, low-acreage operations.
Cropin: Is pricing published?
No. Everything is quoted by grower count, geography and the modules taken.
Tend: What happens to my records if I cancel?
Export before you cancel. Retention limits apply per tier, and the free tier keeps three years, so downgrading is not a safe archive strategy.
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