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Growers Edge vs Soil Scout

Growers Edge logo

Growers Edge

Agriculture

Crop input financing and risk management

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Soil Scout logo

Soil Scout

Agriculture

Buried wireless soil sensors with a ten to twenty year battery and no cables to the surface

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Growers Edge no pricing published on website; contact sales required; Soil Scout sensors are unserviceable once buried, so a failed or drifting unit means excavation and the confidence you place in a single reading has no easy verification.
  • They diverge on capability: Growers Edge covers Input financing, Soil Scout covers Fully buried sensors.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Growers Edge and Soil Scout actually diverge.

Attributes where Growers Edge and Soil Scout differ
AttributeGrowers EdgeSoil Scout
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
Founded2011Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web), 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 Growers Edge

  • Input financing
  • Operating loans
  • Risk analytics
  • Market insights
  • Farm planning
  • Retailers
  • Lenders
  • Farm software

Only in Soil Scout

  • Fully buried sensors
  • Ten to twenty year battery
  • Underground radio
  • Dual depth sensing
  • Moisture, temperature and salinity
  • Soil Scout Hub
  • Web service API
  • Long base station range

What people use each for

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

Growers Edge

  • Farm operators seeking input financing and crop plan warranty products tied to farmland risk managementnot Soil Scout

Soil Scout

  • A golf course monitoring greens moisture where a surface-mounted probe would be hit by mowers and playnot Growers Edge
  • A stadium pitch under a closed roof where hand-held probing is impractical during the seasonnot Growers Edge
  • A research plot needing consistent multi-year soil data below cultivation depthnot Growers Edge
  • An irrigated field where a surface logger would not survive tillage or a spray boomnot Growers Edge

Where each one falls short

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

Growers Edge

  • No pricing published on website; contact sales required

Soil Scout

  • Sensors are unserviceable once buried, so a failed or drifting unit means excavation and the confidence you place in a single reading has no easy verification.
  • No pricing is published at all, which makes it hard to justify against commodity probes that quote openly, and per-sensor cost is well above the alternatives.
  • It measures but does not control, so tying moisture readings to actual irrigation decisions requires either manual interpretation or a separate integration project with the control system.
  • Underground radio range depends on soil type and moisture; heavy wet clay attenuates the signal and can force more base stations than the headline kilometre figure suggests.
  • The company is small and Finland-based, so outside its established golf and sports turf distribution the support, spares and installation expertise depend entirely on whether a competent local distributor exists.

Pricing, plan by plan

Growers Edge

$29/month
  • Input FinancingFree
    • Competitive rates
    • Flexible terms
    • Quick approval
  • Full PlatformFree
    • Financing
    • Risk tools
    • Analytics

Soil Scout

On request
  • Soil Scout$undefined/year
    • Sensors and base station quoted per site
    • Hub subscription terms quoted with the hardware
    • No individual sensor data plans required

Which should you pick?

Choose Growers Edge if

  • You need input financing.
  • You also want operating loans.
Growers Edge review

Choose Soil Scout if

  • You need fully buried sensors.
  • You also want ten to twenty year battery.
Soil Scout review

Questions people ask

Is Growers Edge or Soil Scout better?
Neither clearly leads. Growers Edge starts at $29/month and Soil Scout at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Growers Edge or Soil Scout?
Growers Edge starts at $29/month and Soil Scout at On request.
Does Growers Edge or Soil Scout run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Growers Edge best used for?
Growers Edge is most often used for farm operators seeking input financing and crop plan warranty products tied to farmland risk management. Of those, farm operators seeking input financing and crop plan warranty products tied to farmland risk management is not what Soil Scout is typically brought in for.
What can Growers Edge do that Soil Scout cannot?
Growers Edge covers Input financing, Operating loans, Risk analytics, Market insights. Soil Scout covers Fully buried sensors, Ten to twenty year battery, Underground radio, Dual depth sensing.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Growers Edge: What is Growers Edge's pricing model?

Growers Edge does not display pricing on their website. The company offers financial solutions including Crop Plan Warranty, Input Financing, Farm Mortgage and Operating Line Financing, and Land Portfolio Intelligence, but pricing requires direct contact.

Source
Soil Scout: How long do the sensors last?

Up to ten years for the Happi100 and up to twenty for the Hydra100, buried, with no battery replacement.

Growers Edge: How can I get a quote from Growers Edge?

Contact Growers Edge directly at (515) 726-3343, email [email protected], or use their contact form at https://www.growersedge.com/contact/

Source
Soil Scout: Do the sensors need mobile data plans?

No. Sensors transmit to a base station through the soil, and only the base station uses a cellular modem.

Soil Scout: Can it control irrigation directly?

No. It is a measurement and alerting system; controlling valves needs an integration with your irrigation controller through the API.

Soil Scout: What happens if a buried sensor fails?

You dig it up. There is no remote service option, which is the trade-off for having nothing above ground to damage.

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