Software · head to head
FarmLogs vs AgriWater
The short version
- Only FarmLogs has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: FarmLogs farm management plans are billed annually and cap at 20,000 acres, with larger operations required to contact sales for custom pricing; AgriWater company status: AgriWater's parent company Puricare has ceased trading; current product availability and support status unclear
- They diverge on capability: FarmLogs covers Field mapping & boundaries, AgriWater covers Irrigation scheduling.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which FarmLogs and AgriWater actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
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 FarmLogs
- Field mapping & boundaries
- Activity tracking & logging
- Satellite imagery analysis
- Crop health monitoring
- Weather & rainfall data
- Yield tracking
- Input cost tracking
- Profit/loss analysis
Only in AgriWater
- Irrigation scheduling
- Soil moisture monitoring
- Water usage tracking
- Pump automation
- Weather forecasting
- Valley Irrigation
- Lindsay Zimmatic
- Netafim
Both cover
- SSL
- Data encryption
- Cloud deployment
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
FarmLogs
- Tracking farm operations, rainfall history and profit and loss under the FarmLogs product, now sold as Bushel Farmnot AgriWater
AgriWater
- Irrigation optimizationnot FarmLogs
- Water conservationnot FarmLogs
- Compliance reportingnot FarmLogs
- Remote monitoringnot FarmLogs
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
FarmLogs
- Farm management plans are billed annually and cap at 20,000 acres, with larger operations required to contact sales for custom pricing
- Machine data connections are a separate add-on costing $999 per year on top of the $599 per year Essentials plan
AgriWater
- Company status: AgriWater's parent company Puricare has ceased trading; current product availability and support status unclear
- Limited publicly available documentation and technical specifications
Pricing, plan by plan
FarmLogs
Free- FreeFree
- Field mapping
- Basic activity tracking
- Weather insights
- Essentials$20/month
- Everything in Free
- Satellite imagery
- Crop health monitoring
- Premium$50/month
- Everything in Essentials
- Advanced analytics
- Profit & loss tracking
AgriWater
$45/month- Basic$45/month
- Irrigation scheduling
- Soil moisture data
- Weather integration
- Professional$125/month
- All Basic features
- Pump control
- Water usage analytics
- EnterpriseFree
- Multi-site management
- API access
- Custom integrations
Which should you pick?
Choose FarmLogs if
- You need field mapping & boundaries.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want activity tracking & logging.
Choose AgriWater if
- You need irrigation scheduling.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want soil moisture monitoring.
Questions people ask
- Is FarmLogs or AgriWater better?
- Neither clearly leads. FarmLogs starts at Free and AgriWater at $45/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, FarmLogs or AgriWater?
- FarmLogs has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for FarmLogs and $45/month for AgriWater.
- Does FarmLogs or AgriWater run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- Can I use FarmLogs for free?
- Yes. FarmLogs has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. AgriWater starts at $45/month.
- What is FarmLogs best used for?
- FarmLogs is most often used for tracking farm operations, rainfall history and profit and loss under the farmlogs product, now sold as bushel farm. Of those, tracking farm operations, rainfall history and profit and loss under the farmlogs product, now sold as bushel farm is not what AgriWater is typically brought in for.
- What can FarmLogs do that AgriWater cannot?
- FarmLogs covers Field mapping & boundaries, Activity tracking & logging, Satellite imagery analysis, Crop health monitoring. AgriWater covers Irrigation scheduling, Soil moisture monitoring, Water usage tracking, Pump automation. Both handle SSL, Data encryption, Cloud deployment, Web support.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
AgriWater: What is AgriWater technology?
AgriWater is a nature-based water treatment technology that accelerates regenerative outcomes in agriculture by increasing the effectiveness of existing irrigation water and creating favorable conditions for soil microbial activity. It is a compact water treatment system easily incorporated into existing water distribution networks.
SourceAgriWater: How widely has AgriWater been tested?
AgriWater has been scientifically researched and practically proven on over 300 operational farms in more than 10 countries on 4 continents, covering around 60,000 hectares of land and managing more than 400 billion litres of water per year.
AgriWater: Who developed AgriWater?
AgriWater was developed by R&D company Puricare as part of a suite of applications and services.