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Lindsay FieldNET vs PrecisionHawk

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Lindsay FieldNET

Agriculture

Remote pivot monitoring, control and irrigation scheduling that retrofits almost any electric pivot

From
$300/year
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
PrecisionHawk logo

PrecisionHawk

Agriculture

Enterprise drone and analytics platform

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Lindsay FieldNET the subscription is per pivot per year and permanent, so a thirty pivot farm carries roughly a five-figure annual bill on top of the retrofit hardware and never owns the capability outright.; PrecisionHawk no pricing information published on website
  • They diverge on capability: Lindsay FieldNET covers Pivot Watch, PrecisionHawk covers Autonomous flight.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Lindsay FieldNET and PrecisionHawk actually diverge.

Attributes where Lindsay FieldNET and PrecisionHawk differ
AttributeLindsay FieldNETPrecisionHawk
Starting price$300/year$29/month
Pricing modelPer pivot per year plus hardwaresubscription
FoundedUnknown2010

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), 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 Lindsay FieldNET

  • Pivot Watch
  • Pivot Control retrofit
  • Remote start and stop
  • FieldNET Advisor
  • Variable rate irrigation
  • Alerts and diagnostics
  • Multi-brand fleet view

Only in PrecisionHawk

  • Autonomous flight
  • Multispectral imagery
  • AI analysis
  • Prescription maps
  • Enterprise dashboard
  • DJI
  • senseFly
  • Major farm platforms

What people use each for

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

Lindsay FieldNET

  • A farm with Valley, Reinke and Zimmatic pivots that wants one app instead of three vendor systemsnot PrecisionHawk
  • An operation with pivots an hour apart where a physical check costs half a daynot PrecisionHawk
  • A grower under a water allocation that needs defensible scheduling to stay inside the limitnot PrecisionHawk
  • A manager who needs an alert the moment a pivot stops overnight rather than at dawnnot PrecisionHawk

PrecisionHawk

  • Crop scoutingnot Lindsay FieldNET
  • Damage assessmentnot Lindsay FieldNET
  • Enterprise analyticsnot Lindsay FieldNET

Where each one falls short

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

Lindsay FieldNET

  • The subscription is per pivot per year and permanent, so a thirty pivot farm carries roughly a five-figure annual bill on top of the retrofit hardware and never owns the capability outright.
  • The Pivot Control retrofit is around $1,700 a unit before installation, which on an older or low-value pivot can approach a meaningful fraction of what the machine is worth.
  • FieldNET Advisor is priced separately from control, so the scheduling intelligence that justifies the platform is an additional line item rather than part of the subscription.
  • Cellular coverage decides whether it works; pivots in a coverage hole get intermittent control and alerts, which is the worst possible failure mode for a system you have stopped driving out to check.
  • Support and installation run through Lindsay dealers, so a farm in a territory with a weak dealer gets slow retrofits and slow fault resolution regardless of what the platform can do.

PrecisionHawk

  • No pricing information published on website

Pricing, plan by plan

Lindsay FieldNET

$300/year
  • Pivot Watch$undefined/year
    • Monitoring only, no remote control
    • Lower annual subscription than control tiers
    • Device purchased per pivot
  • Pivot Control$300/year
    • Approximately $300 per pivot per year
    • Retrofit unit around $1,700 plus installation
    • Full remote start, stop, speed and endgun control
  • FieldNET Advisor$undefined/year
    • Irrigation scheduling and decision support
    • Priced separately on top of control subscription
    • Uses soil, crop stage and weather inputs

PrecisionHawk

$29/month
  • StandardFree
    • Custom pricing
    • Drone data
    • Basic analytics
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Custom pricing
    • Full platform
    • API access

Which should you pick?

Choose Lindsay FieldNET if

  • You need pivot watch.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want pivot control retrofit.
Lindsay FieldNET review

Choose PrecisionHawk if

  • You need autonomous flight.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want multispectral imagery.
PrecisionHawk review

Questions people ask

Is Lindsay FieldNET or PrecisionHawk better?
Neither clearly leads. Lindsay FieldNET starts at $300/year and PrecisionHawk at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lindsay FieldNET or PrecisionHawk?
Lindsay FieldNET starts at $300/year and PrecisionHawk at $29/month.
Does Lindsay FieldNET or PrecisionHawk run on more platforms?
Lindsay FieldNET runs on Web, iOS, Android. PrecisionHawk runs on Web, Ios, Android.
What is Lindsay FieldNET best used for?
Lindsay FieldNET is most often used for a farm with valley, reinke and zimmatic pivots that wants one app instead of three vendor systems, an operation with pivots an hour apart where a physical check costs half a day, a grower under a water allocation that needs defensible scheduling to stay inside the limit, a manager who needs an alert the moment a pivot stops overnight rather than at dawn. Of those, a farm with valley, reinke and zimmatic pivots that wants one app instead of three vendor systems and an operation with pivots an hour apart where a physical check costs half a day are not what PrecisionHawk is typically brought in for.
What can Lindsay FieldNET do that PrecisionHawk cannot?
Lindsay FieldNET covers Pivot Watch, Pivot Control retrofit, Remote start and stop, FieldNET Advisor. PrecisionHawk covers Autonomous flight, Multispectral imagery, AI analysis, Prescription maps.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Lindsay FieldNET: Does FieldNET only work with Zimmatic pivots?

No. FieldNET Pivot Control is built to retrofit almost any electric pivot, and mixed fleets of Valley, Reinke and Zimmatic machines run in one account.

PrecisionHawk: How much does PrecisionHawk cost?

PrecisionHawk does not publish pricing information on their website.

Source
Lindsay FieldNET: What does it cost per pivot?

Around $1,700 for a Pivot Control unit plus installation, then roughly $300 per pivot per year. Pivot Watch monitoring is cheaper on both.

Lindsay FieldNET: Is FieldNET Advisor included?

No. Advisor is the scheduling and decision support layer and is quoted separately from remote control.

Lindsay FieldNET: What happens if the cellular signal drops?

You lose remote control and alerting until it returns, which is why coverage should be checked at each pivot before committing.

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