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GAMAYA vs METER Group ZENTRA

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GAMAYA

Agriculture

Sugarcane and vineyard agronomic intelligence from satellite imagery and crop models

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
METER Group ZENTRA logo

METER Group ZENTRA

Agriculture

Research-grade soil, plant and atmosphere sensors with the ZENTRA Cloud data platform

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: GAMAYA the product is now effectively sugarcane specific, so growers of anything other than cane or grapes will find little of the original broad crop coverage left.; METER Group ZENTRA hardware costs several times what commodity soil probes cost, so a farm that only needs a rough irrigation trigger is paying for calibration accuracy it will never use.
  • They diverge on capability: GAMAYA covers CanaSight, METER Group ZENTRA covers TEROS soil sensors.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which GAMAYA and METER Group ZENTRA actually diverge.

Attributes where GAMAYA and METER Group ZENTRA differ
AttributeGAMAYAMETER Group ZENTRA
Pricing modelquotePer device subscription
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android

Identical on both: starting price (On request), 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 GAMAYA

  • CanaSight
  • CanaTrace
  • AquaView
  • Satellite crop monitoring
  • Yield forecasting
  • Vineyard analytics
  • Mill-scale reporting

Only in METER Group ZENTRA

  • TEROS soil sensors
  • Water potential measurement
  • ZL6 data loggers
  • ZENTRA Cloud
  • Threshold alerts
  • Open API
  • ATMOS weather stations

What people use each for

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

GAMAYA

  • A Brazilian sugarcane mill maximising certified CBIOs per hectare under RenovaBionot METER Group ZENTRA
  • A large cane estate forecasting sugar content to sequence harvest blocks correctlynot METER Group ZENTRA
  • An irrigated cane operation in southern Africa targeting water where the crop is actually stressednot METER Group ZENTRA
  • A wine group monitoring vineyard blocks across multiple estates from one interfacenot METER Group ZENTRA

METER Group ZENTRA

  • A university soil physics group that needs measurements defensible enough for peer reviewnot GAMAYA
  • An irrigation district accounting for water applied and lost across a schemenot GAMAYA
  • A vineyard managing deficit irrigation from water potential rather than volumetric moisture alonenot GAMAYA
  • An environmental consultancy monitoring a remediation or drainage site where the data may be contestednot GAMAYA

Where each one falls short

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

GAMAYA

  • The product is now effectively sugarcane specific, so growers of anything other than cane or grapes will find little of the original broad crop coverage left.
  • The 2024 merger with Terraview means the company, product line and roadmap differ substantially from the Gamaya that raised money as a hyperspectral imaging startup, and older references describe a business that no longer exists.
  • Much of the commercial value is tied to Brazil's RenovaBio scheme, so a change in CBIO prices or programme rules would cut the return calculation directly and is entirely outside the vendor's control.
  • No pricing is published at any tier, and with an enterprise sales motion aimed at mills, a single grower has little chance of a fast or cheap engagement.
  • As a small European company selling into Brazil, India and southern Africa, local support depth and language coverage are stretched, and implementation depends on partners rather than the vendor.

METER Group ZENTRA

  • Hardware costs several times what commodity soil probes cost, so a farm that only needs a rough irrigation trigger is paying for calibration accuracy it will never use.
  • ZENTRA Cloud is a per-device subscription, so a large sensor network carries a recurring bill that grows linearly with every probe added and is easy to underestimate at design stage.
  • The three-year subscription bundled with the ZL6 Pro means the renewal decision arrives exactly when a typical research grant has ended, which is how long-running datasets get abandoned.
  • METER sells measurement rather than recommendations; there is no irrigation scheduling engine, so someone has to turn the numbers into decisions or buy a second platform that will.
  • Installation quality dominates results with soil sensors, and a badly installed TEROS probe produces confidently wrong data, so the accuracy you paid for depends on field technique the vendor cannot supply.

Pricing, plan by plan

GAMAYA

On request
  • GAMAYA$undefined/year
    • Quoted by hectares under management
    • Product selection between CanaSight, CanaTrace and AquaView
    • Enterprise agreements with mills and large estates

METER Group ZENTRA

On request
  • ZENTRA Cloud$undefined/year
    • Priced per activated device, pay for what you use
    • Three year subscription included with the ZL6 Pro logger
    • Cellular data included in the device subscription

Which should you pick?

Choose GAMAYA if

  • You need canasight.
  • You also want canatrace.
GAMAYA review

Choose METER Group ZENTRA if

  • You need teros soil sensors.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want water potential measurement.
METER Group ZENTRA review

Questions people ask

Is GAMAYA or METER Group ZENTRA better?
Neither clearly leads. GAMAYA starts at On request and METER Group ZENTRA at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, GAMAYA or METER Group ZENTRA?
GAMAYA starts at On request and METER Group ZENTRA at On request.
Does GAMAYA or METER Group ZENTRA run on more platforms?
GAMAYA runs on Web. METER Group ZENTRA runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is GAMAYA best used for?
GAMAYA is most often used for a brazilian sugarcane mill maximising certified cbios per hectare under renovabio, a large cane estate forecasting sugar content to sequence harvest blocks correctly, an irrigated cane operation in southern africa targeting water where the crop is actually stressed, a wine group monitoring vineyard blocks across multiple estates from one interface. Of those, a brazilian sugarcane mill maximising certified cbios per hectare under renovabio and a large cane estate forecasting sugar content to sequence harvest blocks correctly are not what METER Group ZENTRA is typically brought in for.
What can GAMAYA do that METER Group ZENTRA cannot?
GAMAYA covers CanaSight, CanaTrace, AquaView, Satellite crop monitoring. METER Group ZENTRA covers TEROS soil sensors, Water potential measurement, ZL6 data loggers, ZENTRA Cloud.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

GAMAYA: Is Gamaya still in business?

Yes. Gamaya merged with Terraview in July 2024 and the combined company trades as GAMAYA from Winterthur, Switzerland.

METER Group ZENTRA: Is ZENTRA Cloud included with the loggers?

A three-year subscription is included with the ZL6 Pro. Other loggers require a separate per-device subscription.

GAMAYA: What crops does it cover?

Sugarcane primarily, with grapes from the Terraview side. The broad multi-crop hyperspectral ambition of the earlier company is gone.

METER Group ZENTRA: Do I need a separate cellular data plan?

No. Cellular data is covered within the device subscription rather than billed as a separate SIM contract.

GAMAYA: What is CanaTrace for?

Streamlining RenovaBio certification in Brazil, where increased certified CBIOs per hectare have a directly monetisable value.

METER Group ZENTRA: Will it tell me when to irrigate?

No. METER provides measurement, not scheduling recommendations. You either interpret the data yourself or feed it into a scheduling platform.

GAMAYA: What does it cost?

Nothing is published. It is quoted by hectares under management and sold mainly to mills and large estates.

METER Group ZENTRA: Why is it more expensive than commodity soil probes?

Individual sensor calibration and documented measurement physics, which is what makes the data hold up in research, regulatory and legal contexts.

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