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Farmers Edge vs MyJohnDeere

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Farmers Edge

Agriculture & Farming

Global leader in digital agriculture

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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MyJohnDeere

Agriculture & Farming

Connected farm management by John Deere

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); MyJohnDeere myJohnDeere is now branded John Deere Operations Center; access to the actual platform (myjohndeere.deere.com) requires an Okta single sign-on login with no public trial or pricing path, per the vendor's own marketing page and login redirect.
  • They diverge on capability: Farmers Edge covers Satellite imagery, MyJohnDeere covers Equipment connectivity.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Farmers Edge and MyJohnDeere actually diverge.

Attributes where Farmers Edge and MyJohnDeere differ
AttributeFarmers EdgeMyJohnDeere
Founded20051837

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

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

Only in MyJohnDeere

  • Equipment connectivity
  • Operations Center
  • Field analyzer
  • AutoTrac
  • Climate FieldView
  • Granular
  • Raven

Both cover

  • Variable rate
  • 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 MyJohnDeere
  • Carbon programsnot MyJohnDeere
  • Data analyticsnot MyJohnDeere

MyJohnDeere

  • Equipment managementnot Farmers Edge
  • Data integrationnot Farmers Edge
  • Precision farmingnot 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)

MyJohnDeere

  • MyJohnDeere is now branded John Deere Operations Center; access to the actual platform (myjohndeere.deere.com) requires an Okta single sign-on login with no public trial or pricing path, per the vendor's own marketing page and login redirect.

Pricing, plan by plan

Farmers Edge

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

MyJohnDeere

$29/month
  • BasicFree
    • Equipment connectivity
    • Basic data
    • JDLink
  • Premium$1200/year
    • Full Operations Center
    • Advanced analytics
    • Prescriptions

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 MyJohnDeere if

  • You need equipment connectivity.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want operations center.
MyJohnDeere review

Questions people ask

Is Farmers Edge or MyJohnDeere better?
Neither clearly leads. Farmers Edge starts at $29/month and MyJohnDeere at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Farmers Edge or MyJohnDeere?
Farmers Edge starts at $29/month and MyJohnDeere at $29/month.
Does Farmers Edge or MyJohnDeere 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 MyJohnDeere is typically brought in for.
What can Farmers Edge do that MyJohnDeere cannot?
Farmers Edge covers Satellite imagery, Weather stations, Carbon credits, Soil sampling. MyJohnDeere covers Equipment connectivity, Operations Center, Field analyzer, AutoTrac. Both handle Variable rate, SOC 2, ISO 27001, Web support.
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