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Davis Instruments WeatherLink vs FieldView Plus

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Davis Instruments WeatherLink

Agriculture

Cloud service for Davis weather stations, priced per device per month with a genuinely usable free tier

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
FieldView Plus logo

FieldView Plus

Agriculture

Advanced digital agriculture by Climate

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Davis Instruments WeatherLink has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Davis Instruments WeatherLink pricing is per device, so a grower with a dozen stations pays a dozen subscriptions, and at Pro+ that is over 1,200 US dollars a year in software on top of hardware that already cost several thousand.; 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: Davis Instruments WeatherLink covers Per-station cloud dashboards, FieldView Plus covers Field health imagery.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Davis Instruments WeatherLink and FieldView Plus actually diverge.

Attributes where Davis Instruments WeatherLink and FieldView Plus differ
AttributeDavis Instruments WeatherLinkFieldView Plus
Starting priceFree$29/month
Pricing modelPer device per monthsubscription
Free tierYesNo
FoundedUnknown2006

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 Davis Instruments WeatherLink

  • Per-station cloud dashboards
  • Custom charting
  • Data export
  • Shareable public links
  • Third-party uploads
  • Mobilize agricultural views
  • Integrated pest management models
  • Network map

Only in FieldView Plus

  • Field health imagery
  • Nitrogen advisor
  • Seed scripts
  • Scouting app
  • Variable rate
  • John Deere
  • CLAAS
  • Major equipment

What people use each for

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

Davis Instruments WeatherLink

  • An orchard running frost protection that needs one-minute temperature data to decide when to start wind machinesnot FieldView Plus
  • A vineyard driving disease models from on-site rather than airport weathernot FieldView Plus
  • A research station exporting long historical records from several instrumentsnot FieldView Plus
  • A grower sharing a public station page with neighbours and a spray contractornot FieldView Plus

FieldView Plus

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

Where each one falls short

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

Davis Instruments WeatherLink

  • Pricing is per device, so a grower with a dozen stations pays a dozen subscriptions, and at Pro+ that is over 1,200 US dollars a year in software on top of hardware that already cost several thousand.
  • The free tier only uploads to third parties every 15 minutes, which is too coarse for frost protection and short-interval spray decisions, so the tier that exists is not the tier a commercial grower can use.
  • Davis directs bulk device management to a sales conversation rather than publishing a volume discount, so large networks cannot budget from the public rate card.
  • Three-year commitments are the only way to reach the lower per-device rate, which locks a grower into a platform for longer than a station deployment plan often survives.
  • The hardware is durable enough to outlive several software generations, and owners of older Vantage stations have repeatedly had to buy new data loggers or gateways to stay compatible with the current cloud, turning a maintenance-free instrument into a recurring purchase.

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

Davis Instruments WeatherLink

Free
  • BasicFree
    • Data viewing and export
    • Custom charting and network map
    • Mobile app access
  • Pro$3.95/month
    • Per device, billed annually
    • 3.35 USD per device per month on a 3 year plan
    • 6 shareable links
  • Pro+$8.95/month
    • Per device, billed annually
    • 7.65 USD per device per month on a 3 year plan
    • 10 shareable links

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 Davis Instruments WeatherLink if

  • You need per-station cloud dashboards.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want custom charting.
Davis Instruments WeatherLink 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 Davis Instruments WeatherLink or FieldView Plus better?
Neither clearly leads. Davis Instruments WeatherLink starts at Free and FieldView Plus at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Davis Instruments WeatherLink or FieldView Plus?
Davis Instruments WeatherLink has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Davis Instruments WeatherLink and $29/month for FieldView Plus.
Does Davis Instruments WeatherLink or FieldView Plus run on more platforms?
Davis Instruments WeatherLink runs on Web, iOS, Android. FieldView Plus runs on Web, Ios, Android.
Can I use Davis Instruments WeatherLink for free?
Yes. Davis Instruments WeatherLink has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. FieldView Plus starts at $29/month.
What is Davis Instruments WeatherLink best used for?
Davis Instruments WeatherLink is most often used for an orchard running frost protection that needs one-minute temperature data to decide when to start wind machines, a vineyard driving disease models from on-site rather than airport weather, a research station exporting long historical records from several instruments, a grower sharing a public station page with neighbours and a spray contractor. Of those, an orchard running frost protection that needs one-minute temperature data to decide when to start wind machines and a vineyard driving disease models from on-site rather than airport weather are not what FieldView Plus is typically brought in for.
What can Davis Instruments WeatherLink do that FieldView Plus cannot?
Davis Instruments WeatherLink covers Per-station cloud dashboards, Custom charting, Data export, Shareable public links. FieldView Plus covers Field health imagery, Nitrogen advisor, Seed scripts, Scouting app.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Davis Instruments WeatherLink: Is WeatherLink free?

There is a permanently free Basic tier with charting and export, but third-party uploads run only every 15 minutes and there are no shareable links.

Davis Instruments WeatherLink: What does the paid tier actually add?

Faster upload intervals, five minutes on Pro and one minute on Pro+, plus shareable public links. The faster cadence is what matters for frost and spray timing.

Davis Instruments WeatherLink: Is pricing per account or per station?

Per device. Every station you own needs its own subscription.

Davis Instruments WeatherLink: Can I get the data out via an API?

Yes, Davis publishes a WeatherLink API, but practical use depends on your account tier and station model, so confirm before designing around it.

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