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GAMAYA vs Planet Labs

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GAMAYA

Agriculture

Sugarcane and vineyard agronomic intelligence from satellite imagery and crop models

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
Planet Labs logo

Planet Labs

Weather

Daily satellite imagery for environmental monitoring

From
On request
Rated
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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.; Planet Labs planet publishes no price for its monitoring subscriptions: no rate per square kilometre, no minimum area and no commitment length appears on the product page
  • They diverge on capability: GAMAYA covers CanaSight, Planet Labs covers Daily satellite imagery.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which GAMAYA and Planet Labs actually diverge.

Attributes where GAMAYA and Planet Labs differ
AttributeGAMAYAPlanet Labs
PlatformsWebWeb, Api
CategoryAgricultureWeather
FoundedUnknown2010

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

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 Planet Labs

  • Daily satellite imagery
  • Change detection
  • Agriculture monitoring
  • Forest tracking
  • Climate data
  • API access
  • GIS platforms
  • Cloud services

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 Planet Labs
  • A large cane estate forecasting sugar content to sequence harvest blocks correctlynot Planet Labs
  • An irrigated cane operation in southern Africa targeting water where the crop is actually stressednot Planet Labs
  • A wine group monitoring vineyard blocks across multiple estates from one interfacenot Planet Labs

Planet Labs

  • Daily satellite imagery monitoring of a defined area of interestnot GAMAYA
  • Detecting change in land use, agriculture and infrastructure over timenot GAMAYA
  • Feeding satellite imagery into analytics and machine learning pipelinesnot 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.

Planet Labs

  • Planet publishes no price for its monitoring subscriptions: no rate per square kilometre, no minimum area and no commitment length appears on the product page
  • Access is sold only through a subscription scaled by sales to the customer's stated needs, so there is no self service purchase
  • Every pricing route on the page is a contact sales button

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

Planet Labs

On request
  • ExplorerFree
    • Limited imagery
    • Basic tools
    • Entry tier
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Full archive
    • API access
    • Custom analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose GAMAYA if

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

Choose Planet Labs if

  • You need daily satellite imagery.
  • You work on Web, Api.
  • You also want change detection.
Planet Labs review

Questions people ask

Is GAMAYA or Planet Labs better?
Neither clearly leads. GAMAYA starts at On request and Planet Labs at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, GAMAYA or Planet Labs?
GAMAYA starts at On request and Planet Labs at On request.
Does GAMAYA or Planet Labs run on more platforms?
GAMAYA runs on Web. Planet Labs runs on Web, Api.
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 Planet Labs is typically brought in for.
What can GAMAYA do that Planet Labs cannot?
GAMAYA covers CanaSight, CanaTrace, AquaView, Satellite crop monitoring. Planet Labs covers Daily satellite imagery, Change detection, Agriculture monitoring, Forest tracking.

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.

Planet Labs: How can I access Planet Labs satellite imagery pricing?

Planet Labs offers flexible and transparent pricing but does not publish rates on their public website. Visit planet.com/pricing/, contact their sales team via the Contact Sales link, or log into the Planet Insights Platform to view pricing.

Source
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.

GAMAYA: What is CanaTrace for?

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

GAMAYA: What does it cost?

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

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