Agriculture & Farming · head to head
DroneDeploy vs xarvio Digital Farming
DroneDeploy
Agriculture & Farming
Drone mapping and analytics for agriculture
- From
- $29/month
- Rated
- -
xarvio Digital Farming
Agriculture & Farming
Digital crop optimization from BASF
- From
- $29/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: DroneDeploy sold as annual subscriptions rather than monthly, at $1,908 a year for the agriculture plan; xarvio Digital Farming xarvio is a BASF digital-farming brand (confirmed via BASF's own analytics tagging on the site) sold as separate named modules, including FIELD MANAGER and FIELD MANAGER for Grapes, with no online pricing published for any module on the vendor's own site.
- They diverge on capability: DroneDeploy covers Automated flight planning, xarvio Digital Farming covers Disease identification.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which DroneDeploy and xarvio Digital Farming actually diverge.
| Attribute | DroneDeploy | xarvio Digital Farming |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | subscription | freemium |
| Founded | 2013 | 2014 |
Identical on both: starting price ($29/month), free tier (No), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), 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 DroneDeploy
- Automated flight planning
- Orthomosaic maps
- NDVI analysis
- 3D modeling
- Progress tracking
- DJI
- Climate FieldView
- SOC 2
Only in xarvio Digital Farming
- Disease identification
- Spray timing
- Variable rate maps
- Satellite monitoring
- Weather integration
- CLAAS
- Trimble
- ISO 27001
Both cover
- John Deere
- GDPR
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
DroneDeploy
- Mapping fields with drone imagery for crop health analysisnot xarvio Digital Farming
- Producing stand counts and plant health indices from aerial surveysnot xarvio Digital Farming
xarvio Digital Farming
- Disease managementnot DroneDeploy
- Spray optimizationnot DroneDeploy
- Crop monitoringnot DroneDeploy
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
DroneDeploy
- Sold as annual subscriptions rather than monthly, at $1,908 a year for the agriculture plan
- Images per map are capped by plan, at 1,000 on Ag Lite and 3,000 on the general individual plan
- The Ag Lite plan is limited to the VARI index for RGB plant health rather than the full analysis set
- Ground capture processing is excluded from every published individual plan
- Team plans publish no price at all and require a custom quote
xarvio Digital Farming
- xarvio is a BASF digital-farming brand (confirmed via BASF's own analytics tagging on the site) sold as separate named modules, including FIELD MANAGER and FIELD MANAGER for Grapes, with no online pricing published for any module on the vendor's own site.
Pricing, plan by plan
DroneDeploy
$29/month- Individual$299/month
- Unlimited maps
- 3D models
- Basic analytics
- Business$599/month
- Team features
- NDVI analysis
- API access
xarvio Digital Farming
$29/month- Scouting (Free)Free
- Disease identification
- Weed ID
- Pest ID
- Field Manager$3/hectare/year
- Spray timing
- Zone management
- Satellite imagery
Which should you pick?
Choose DroneDeploy if
- You need automated flight planning.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want orthomosaic maps.
Choose xarvio Digital Farming if
- You need disease identification.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want spray timing.
Questions people ask
- Is DroneDeploy or xarvio Digital Farming better?
- Neither clearly leads. DroneDeploy starts at $29/month and xarvio Digital Farming at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, DroneDeploy or xarvio Digital Farming?
- DroneDeploy starts at $29/month and xarvio Digital Farming at $29/month.
- Does DroneDeploy or xarvio Digital Farming run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is DroneDeploy best used for?
- DroneDeploy is most often used for mapping fields with drone imagery for crop health analysis, producing stand counts and plant health indices from aerial surveys. Of those, mapping fields with drone imagery for crop health analysis and producing stand counts and plant health indices from aerial surveys are not what xarvio Digital Farming is typically brought in for.
- What can DroneDeploy do that xarvio Digital Farming cannot?
- DroneDeploy covers Automated flight planning, Orthomosaic maps, NDVI analysis, 3D modeling. xarvio Digital Farming covers Disease identification, Spray timing, Variable rate maps, Satellite monitoring. Both handle John Deere, GDPR, Web support, Ios support.