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Farmers Edge vs FieldView Plus

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Farmers Edge

Agriculture

Global leader in digital agriculture

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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FieldView Plus

Agriculture

Advanced digital agriculture by Climate

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Farmers Edge farmers Edge priced its FarmCommand platform per acre rather than per seat, with tiers from $1.50 CAD per acre for basic imagery-only monitoring up to $6.00 CAD per acre for variable rate fertility prescriptions, meaning cost scales directly with farm size rather than user count (archived pricing page, 5 April 2020); 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: Farmers Edge covers Satellite imagery, FieldView Plus covers Field health imagery.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Farmers Edge and FieldView Plus actually diverge.

Attributes where Farmers Edge and FieldView Plus differ
AttributeFarmers EdgeFieldView Plus
Founded20052006

Identical on both: starting price ($29/month), pricing model (subscription), 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 Farmers Edge

  • Satellite imagery
  • Weather stations
  • Carbon credits
  • Soil sampling
  • Major equipment brands

Only in FieldView Plus

  • Field health imagery
  • Nitrogen advisor
  • Seed scripts
  • Scouting app
  • Major equipment

Both cover

  • Variable rate
  • John Deere
  • CLAAS
  • SOC 2
  • ISO 27001
  • Web support
  • Ios support
  • Android support

What people use each for

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

Farmers Edge

  • Precision agriculturenot FieldView Plus
  • Carbon programsnot FieldView Plus
  • Data analyticsnot FieldView Plus

FieldView Plus

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

Where each one falls short

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

Farmers Edge

  • Farmers Edge priced its FarmCommand platform per acre rather than per seat, with tiers from $1.50 CAD per acre for basic imagery-only monitoring up to $6.00 CAD per acre for variable rate fertility prescriptions, meaning cost scales directly with farm size rather than user count (archived pricing page, 5 April 2020)

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

Farmers Edge

$29/month
  • FarmCommandFree
    • Custom pricing
    • Satellite imagery
    • Variable rate
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Custom pricing
    • Carbon programs
    • Full suite

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 Farmers Edge if

  • You need satellite imagery.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want weather stations.
Farmers Edge 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 Farmers Edge or FieldView Plus better?
Neither clearly leads. Farmers Edge starts at $29/month and FieldView Plus at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Farmers Edge or FieldView Plus?
Farmers Edge starts at $29/month and FieldView Plus at $29/month.
Does Farmers Edge or FieldView Plus run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Farmers Edge best used for?
Farmers Edge is most often used for precision agriculture, carbon programs, data analytics. Of those, precision agriculture and carbon programs are not what FieldView Plus is typically brought in for.
What can Farmers Edge do that FieldView Plus cannot?
Farmers Edge covers Satellite imagery, Weather stations, Carbon credits, Soil sampling. FieldView Plus covers Field health imagery, Nitrogen advisor, Seed scripts, Scouting app. Both handle Variable rate, John Deere, CLAAS, SOC 2.
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