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Farmbrite vs PrecisionHawk

Farmbrite logo

Farmbrite

Agriculture

Farm record keeping, livestock and crop management for small and mid-sized operations

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
PrecisionHawk logo

PrecisionHawk

Agriculture

Enterprise drone and analytics platform

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Farmbrite tiers are capped on active animal counts, so herd growth rather than headcount growth forces an upgrade, and a good calving season can push a farm into the next price band mid-year.; PrecisionHawk no pricing information published on website
  • They diverge on capability: Farmbrite covers Livestock records, PrecisionHawk covers Autonomous flight.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Farmbrite and PrecisionHawk actually diverge.

Attributes where Farmbrite and PrecisionHawk differ
AttributeFarmbritePrecisionHawk
Pricing modelPer month by farm and animal countsubscription
FoundedUnknown2010

Identical on both: starting price ($29/month), free tier (No), 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 Farmbrite

  • Livestock records
  • Grazing management
  • Crop and field planning
  • Farm accounting
  • Traceability
  • Team scheduling and timesheets
  • Inventory
  • Direct sales storefront

Only in PrecisionHawk

  • Autonomous flight
  • Multispectral imagery
  • AI analysis
  • Prescription maps
  • Enterprise dashboard
  • DJI
  • senseFly
  • Major farm platforms

What people use each for

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

Farmbrite

  • A family farm keeping treatment and withdrawal records that an organic or grass-fed certifier will inspectnot PrecisionHawk
  • A grazing operation planning pasture rotation and stocking rates without building another spreadsheetnot PrecisionHawk
  • A diversified market garden that sells direct and wants planning, harvest records and a small storefront in one placenot PrecisionHawk
  • A small ranch that needs individual animal history and genealogy but cannot justify an enterprise herd platformnot PrecisionHawk

PrecisionHawk

  • Crop scoutingnot Farmbrite
  • Damage assessmentnot Farmbrite
  • Enterprise analyticsnot Farmbrite

Where each one falls short

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

Farmbrite

  • Tiers are capped on active animal counts, so herd growth rather than headcount growth forces an upgrade, and a good calving season can push a farm into the next price band mid-year.
  • The plans are split into separate Livestock, Crop and Complete product lines, so an operation that starts on a crop plan and later adds stock pays the combined rate rather than a small increment.
  • The accounting module is built around United States Schedule F tax reporting, so farms elsewhere get bookkeeping with a tax output they cannot file.
  • There is no precision agriculture layer at all, meaning no machine telemetry, no variable-rate prescriptions and no yield-map import, so anyone running guidance hardware maintains a second platform alongside it.
  • Offline capability in the mobile app is limited, and record keeping in paddocks or sheds without signal ends up being written down and re-entered later, which is exactly the workflow the software is meant to remove.

PrecisionHawk

  • No pricing information published on website

Pricing, plan by plan

Farmbrite

$29/month
  • Livestock Essentials$29/month
    • Up to 300 active animals
    • Health, treatment and growth records
    • Genealogy and breeding
  • Complete Essentials$59/month
    • Crops and livestock together
    • Up to 300 active animals
    • Grazing management
  • Complete Performance$79/month
    • Up to 2,000 animals
    • Unlimited team members
    • Feed tracking and breeding performance
  • Complete Premium$109/month
    • 5,000 or more animals
    • Unlimited inventory and custom fields
    • Timesheets and audit tracking

PrecisionHawk

$29/month
  • StandardFree
    • Custom pricing
    • Drone data
    • Basic analytics
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Custom pricing
    • Full platform
    • API access

Which should you pick?

Choose Farmbrite if

  • You need livestock records.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want grazing management.
Farmbrite review

Choose PrecisionHawk if

  • You need autonomous flight.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want multispectral imagery.
PrecisionHawk review

Questions people ask

Is Farmbrite or PrecisionHawk better?
Neither clearly leads. Farmbrite starts at $29/month and PrecisionHawk at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Farmbrite or PrecisionHawk?
Farmbrite starts at $29/month and PrecisionHawk at $29/month.
Does Farmbrite or PrecisionHawk run on more platforms?
Farmbrite runs on Web, iOS, Android. PrecisionHawk runs on Web, Ios, Android.
What is Farmbrite best used for?
Farmbrite is most often used for a family farm keeping treatment and withdrawal records that an organic or grass-fed certifier will inspect, a grazing operation planning pasture rotation and stocking rates without building another spreadsheet, a diversified market garden that sells direct and wants planning, harvest records and a small storefront in one place, a small ranch that needs individual animal history and genealogy but cannot justify an enterprise herd platform. Of those, a family farm keeping treatment and withdrawal records that an organic or grass-fed certifier will inspect and a grazing operation planning pasture rotation and stocking rates without building another spreadsheet are not what PrecisionHawk is typically brought in for.
What can Farmbrite do that PrecisionHawk cannot?
Farmbrite covers Livestock records, Grazing management, Crop and field planning, Farm accounting. PrecisionHawk covers Autonomous flight, Multispectral imagery, AI analysis, Prescription maps.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Farmbrite: Does Farmbrite charge per user?

Not on most tiers. Essentials caps team members at five or ten depending on the plan, and Performance and Premium allow unlimited team members. Cost is driven by animal count instead.

PrecisionHawk: How much does PrecisionHawk cost?

PrecisionHawk does not publish pricing information on their website.

Source
Farmbrite: Can it replace a precision agriculture platform?

No. There is no equipment telemetry, prescription writing or yield-map import, so it sits alongside those tools rather than replacing them.

Farmbrite: Is there a discount for new farmers?

Yes. Farmbrite publishes discounts of up to 50 percent for three years for new farmers and up to 65 percent for non-profits.

Farmbrite: Can I run both crops and livestock?

Yes, on the Complete plans. The separate Livestock and Crop plans only cover their own side.

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