Agriculture · head to head
FarmWorks vs Halter
Halter
Agriculture
Solar collar virtual fencing and cow monitoring for dairy and beef grazing
- From
- 9.9/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: FarmWorks no pricing published on website - contact required; Halter the subscription is permanent and per head, so a 500 cow dairy carries a five-figure annual bill indefinitely and the collars become inert if it lapses; there is no owned-outright end state.
- They diverge on capability: FarmWorks covers Farm accounting, Halter covers Virtual fencing.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which FarmWorks and Halter actually diverge.
Identical on both: free tier (No), 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 FarmWorks
- Farm accounting
- Field records
- Livestock management
- Mapping
- Inventory tracking
- Trimble
- QuickBooks
- Farm equipment
Only in Halter
- Virtual fencing
- Remote shifting
- Heat detection
- Health alerts
- Pasture management
- Solar collars
- Exclusion zones
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
FarmWorks
- Retrofit precision agriculture equipment across any machinery brandnot Halter
- Field operation management and in-field platform planningnot Halter
- Agronomic data visualization with 20|20 analytics platformnot Halter
- Autonomous grain cart operations with OutRun technologynot Halter
Halter
- A 600 cow grazing dairy that shifts breaks twice daily and cannot recruit enough staff to do itnot FarmWorks
- A beef ranch fencing off riparian margins and wetlands without building physical fencenot FarmWorks
- A dairy replacing a separate heat detection collar system with one collar that also does fencingnot FarmWorks
- An operation running cell grazing on country where the cost of internal fencing exceeds the collar subscriptionnot FarmWorks
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
FarmWorks
- No pricing published on website - contact required
- NEXT Farming solution only available in Europe
- Retrofit technology requires local dealer support
- Compatibility tied to specific equipment and dealer network
Halter
- The subscription is permanent and per head, so a 500 cow dairy carries a five-figure annual bill indefinitely and the collars become inert if it lapses; there is no owned-outright end state.
- On-farm tower infrastructure is a separate up-front install cost that is not in the headline per-cow price, and terrain with hills or bush can require more towers than the initial quote assumed.
- Coverage is concentrated in New Zealand, Australia and parts of the United States; buyers elsewhere face no local support, no local install crew and uncertain regulatory acceptance of virtual fencing.
- Virtual fencing is not universally legal or accepted: some jurisdictions and some organic or welfare certification schemes restrict aversive stimulus devices, which can decide eligibility before price is even discussed.
- Total vendor lock-in on collar, towers, app and animal data means there is no second source for a replacement collar and no way to keep the fencing working if the commercial relationship ends.
Pricing, plan by plan
FarmWorks
$29/month- Accounting$499/year
- Farm accounting
- Reports
- Inventory
- Complete Suite$999/year
- All modules
- Mapping
- Livestock
Halter
9.9/month- Core$9.9/month
- Virtual fencing and remote shifting
- Per cow per month
- On-farm tower infrastructure charged separately
- Pro$undefined/month
- Everything in Core
- Heat detection and reproduction tools
- Health and behaviour alerts
- Unlimited$undefined/month
- Everything in Pro
- Full feature set for larger operations
- Pasture and residual management
Which should you pick?
Choose FarmWorks if
- You need farm accounting.
- You work on Web, Windows.
- You also want field records.
Choose Halter if
- You need virtual fencing.
- You work on iOS, Android, Web.
- You also want remote shifting.
Questions people ask
- Is FarmWorks or Halter better?
- Neither clearly leads. FarmWorks starts at $29/month and Halter at 9.9/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, FarmWorks or Halter?
- FarmWorks starts at $29/month and Halter at 9.9/month.
- Does FarmWorks or Halter run on more platforms?
- FarmWorks runs on Web, Windows. Halter runs on iOS, Android, Web.
- What is FarmWorks best used for?
- FarmWorks is most often used for retrofit precision agriculture equipment across any machinery brand, field operation management and in-field platform planning, agronomic data visualization with 20|20 analytics platform, autonomous grain cart operations with outrun technology. Of those, retrofit precision agriculture equipment across any machinery brand and field operation management and in-field platform planning are not what Halter is typically brought in for.
- What can FarmWorks do that Halter cannot?
- FarmWorks covers Farm accounting, Field records, Livestock management, Mapping. Halter covers Virtual fencing, Remote shifting, Heat detection, Health alerts.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
FarmWorks: How much do PTx precision agriculture solutions cost?
PTx does not publish pricing on their website. Contact information and dealer locators are available for pricing inquiries.
SourceHalter: Do I buy the collars or rent them?
In practice you are buying into a per-cow monthly subscription plus a one-time install for the towers. The collars are not useful without an active subscription.
FarmWorks: What equipment does PTx support?
PTx offers brand-agnostic retrofit solutions compatible with planters, seeders, drills, sprayers, fertilizer applicators, harvesters, and tillage equipment regardless of brand or model.
SourceHalter: What does it actually cost for 500 cows?
Starting from around NZ$9.90 per cow per month, that is roughly NZ$59,000 a year before the one-time tower infrastructure cost, and it recurs every year.
FarmWorks: Is NEXT Farming available worldwide?
No, NEXT Farming is only available in Europe. Other PTx solutions like Precision-IQ, 20|20, and OutRun are available in other regions.
SourceHalter: Can I finance it?
New Zealand dairy farmers can finance the install through ANZ, ASB, BNZ or Westpac over two years, and paying the subscription up front attracts a discount.
Halter: Does it replace heat detection collars?
Yes on the higher tiers. That is the main reason dairies justify the cost, because it removes a second per-cow system.
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