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FarmCommand vs Lindsay FieldNET

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FarmCommand

Agriculture

Precision agriculture command center

From
$75/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Lindsay FieldNET

Agriculture

Remote pivot monitoring, control and irrigation scheduling that retrofits almost any electric pivot

From
$300/year
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • They diverge on capability: FarmCommand covers Field mapping & boundaries, Lindsay FieldNET covers Pivot Watch.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which FarmCommand and Lindsay FieldNET actually diverge.

Attributes where FarmCommand and Lindsay FieldNET differ
AttributeFarmCommandLindsay FieldNET
Starting price$75/month$300/year
Pricing modelsubscriptionPer pivot per year plus hardware
Founded2016Unknown

Identical on both: 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 FarmCommand

  • Field mapping & boundaries
  • Variable rate technology
  • Yield mapping
  • Equipment tracking
  • Weather integration
  • John Deere
  • Case IH
  • AGCO

Only in Lindsay FieldNET

  • Pivot Watch
  • Pivot Control retrofit
  • Remote start and stop
  • FieldNET Advisor
  • Variable rate irrigation
  • Alerts and diagnostics
  • Multi-brand fleet view

What people use each for

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

FarmCommand

  • Variable rate applicationnot Lindsay FieldNET
  • Yield optimizationnot Lindsay FieldNET
  • Equipment managementnot Lindsay FieldNET
  • Field planningnot Lindsay FieldNET

Lindsay FieldNET

  • A farm with Valley, Reinke and Zimmatic pivots that wants one app instead of three vendor systemsnot FarmCommand
  • An operation with pivots an hour apart where a physical check costs half a daynot FarmCommand
  • A grower under a water allocation that needs defensible scheduling to stay inside the limitnot FarmCommand
  • A manager who needs an alert the moment a pivot stops overnight rather than at dawnnot FarmCommand

Where each one falls short

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

FarmCommand

Nothing recorded yet. See the FarmCommand review.

Lindsay FieldNET

  • The subscription is per pivot per year and permanent, so a thirty pivot farm carries roughly a five-figure annual bill on top of the retrofit hardware and never owns the capability outright.
  • The Pivot Control retrofit is around $1,700 a unit before installation, which on an older or low-value pivot can approach a meaningful fraction of what the machine is worth.
  • FieldNET Advisor is priced separately from control, so the scheduling intelligence that justifies the platform is an additional line item rather than part of the subscription.
  • Cellular coverage decides whether it works; pivots in a coverage hole get intermittent control and alerts, which is the worst possible failure mode for a system you have stopped driving out to check.
  • Support and installation run through Lindsay dealers, so a farm in a territory with a weak dealer gets slow retrofits and slow fault resolution regardless of what the platform can do.

Pricing, plan by plan

FarmCommand

$75/month
  • Basic$75/month
    • Field mapping
    • Basic analytics
    • Weather data
  • Professional$150/month
    • All Basic features
    • Variable rate prescriptions
    • Satellite imagery
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Custom solutions
    • API access
    • Dedicated support

Lindsay FieldNET

$300/year
  • Pivot Watch$undefined/year
    • Monitoring only, no remote control
    • Lower annual subscription than control tiers
    • Device purchased per pivot
  • Pivot Control$300/year
    • Approximately $300 per pivot per year
    • Retrofit unit around $1,700 plus installation
    • Full remote start, stop, speed and endgun control
  • FieldNET Advisor$undefined/year
    • Irrigation scheduling and decision support
    • Priced separately on top of control subscription
    • Uses soil, crop stage and weather inputs

Which should you pick?

Choose FarmCommand if

  • You need field mapping & boundaries.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want variable rate technology.
FarmCommand review

Choose Lindsay FieldNET if

  • You need pivot watch.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want pivot control retrofit.
Lindsay FieldNET review

Questions people ask

Is FarmCommand or Lindsay FieldNET better?
Neither clearly leads. FarmCommand starts at $75/month and Lindsay FieldNET at $300/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, FarmCommand or Lindsay FieldNET?
FarmCommand starts at $75/month and Lindsay FieldNET at $300/year.
Does FarmCommand or Lindsay FieldNET run on more platforms?
FarmCommand runs on Web, Ios, Android. Lindsay FieldNET runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is FarmCommand best used for?
FarmCommand is most often used for variable rate application, yield optimization, equipment management, field planning. Of those, variable rate application and yield optimization are not what Lindsay FieldNET is typically brought in for.
What can FarmCommand do that Lindsay FieldNET cannot?
FarmCommand covers Field mapping & boundaries, Variable rate technology, Yield mapping, Equipment tracking. Lindsay FieldNET covers Pivot Watch, Pivot Control retrofit, Remote start and stop, FieldNET Advisor.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Lindsay FieldNET: Does FieldNET only work with Zimmatic pivots?

No. FieldNET Pivot Control is built to retrofit almost any electric pivot, and mixed fleets of Valley, Reinke and Zimmatic machines run in one account.

Lindsay FieldNET: What does it cost per pivot?

Around $1,700 for a Pivot Control unit plus installation, then roughly $300 per pivot per year. Pivot Watch monitoring is cheaper on both.

Lindsay FieldNET: Is FieldNET Advisor included?

No. Advisor is the scheduling and decision support layer and is quoted separately from remote control.

Lindsay FieldNET: What happens if the cellular signal drops?

You lose remote control and alerting until it returns, which is why coverage should be checked at each pivot before committing.

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