Agriculture & Farming · head to head
Trimble Ag Software vs DroneDeploy
Trimble Ag Software
Agriculture & Farming
Connected farm solutions for precision agriculture
- From
- $29/month
- Rated
- -
DroneDeploy
Agriculture & Farming
Drone mapping and analytics for agriculture
- From
- $29/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Trimble Ag Software agriculture.trimble.com now redirects to the PTx brand site, where PTx is described as bringing together PTx Trimble and Precision Planting and is stated to be a worldwide brand of AGCO Corporation; DroneDeploy sold as annual subscriptions rather than monthly, at $1,908 a year for the agriculture plan
- They diverge on capability: Trimble Ag Software covers GPS guidance, DroneDeploy covers Automated flight planning.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Trimble Ag Software and DroneDeploy actually diverge.
| Attribute | Trimble Ag Software | DroneDeploy |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android, Hardware | Web, Ios, Android |
| Founded | 1978 | 2013 |
Identical on both: starting price ($29/month), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Agriculture & Farming).
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 Trimble Ag Software
- GPS guidance
- Variable rate prescriptions
- Field mapping
- Data management
- Equipment connectivity
- CNH
- AGCO
- Raven
Only in DroneDeploy
- Automated flight planning
- Orthomosaic maps
- NDVI analysis
- 3D modeling
- Progress tracking
- DJI
- Climate FieldView
- GDPR
Both cover
- John Deere
- SOC 2
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Trimble Ag Software
- Guidance, steering and machine control on farm equipment through Precision-IQnot DroneDeploy
- Digital farm management and agronomic record keeping through FarmENGAGEnot DroneDeploy
- Retrofitting autonomy to existing tractors with the OutRun kitnot DroneDeploy
DroneDeploy
- Mapping fields with drone imagery for crop health analysisnot Trimble Ag Software
- Producing stand counts and plant health indices from aerial surveysnot Trimble Ag Software
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Trimble Ag Software
- agriculture.trimble.com now redirects to the PTx brand site, where PTx is described as bringing together PTx Trimble and Precision Planting and is stated to be a worldwide brand of AGCO Corporation
- No price is published for any PTx Trimble software; the site routes buyers to a dealer locator
- NEXT Farming farm management software is available in Europe only
DroneDeploy
- Sold as annual subscriptions rather than monthly, at $1,908 a year for the agriculture plan
- Images per map are capped by plan, at 1,000 on Ag Lite and 3,000 on the general individual plan
- The Ag Lite plan is limited to the VARI index for RGB plant health rather than the full analysis set
- Ground capture processing is excluded from every published individual plan
- Team plans publish no price at all and require a custom quote
Pricing, plan by plan
Trimble Ag Software
$29/month- Farmer Core$800/year
- Field records
- Basic mapping
- Reports
- Farmer Pro$2500/year
- Variable rate
- Full analytics
- Connected equipment
DroneDeploy
$29/month- Individual$299/month
- Unlimited maps
- 3D models
- Basic analytics
- Business$599/month
- Team features
- NDVI analysis
- API access
Which should you pick?
Choose Trimble Ag Software if
- You need gps guidance.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Hardware.
- You also want variable rate prescriptions.
Choose DroneDeploy if
- You need automated flight planning.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want orthomosaic maps.
Questions people ask
- Is Trimble Ag Software or DroneDeploy better?
- Neither clearly leads. Trimble Ag Software starts at $29/month and DroneDeploy at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Trimble Ag Software or DroneDeploy?
- Trimble Ag Software starts at $29/month and DroneDeploy at $29/month.
- Does Trimble Ag Software or DroneDeploy run on more platforms?
- Trimble Ag Software runs on Web, Ios, Android, Hardware. DroneDeploy runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- What is Trimble Ag Software best used for?
- Trimble Ag Software is most often used for guidance, steering and machine control on farm equipment through precision-iq, digital farm management and agronomic record keeping through farmengage, retrofitting autonomy to existing tractors with the outrun kit. Of those, guidance, steering and machine control on farm equipment through precision-iq and digital farm management and agronomic record keeping through farmengage are not what DroneDeploy is typically brought in for.
- What can Trimble Ag Software do that DroneDeploy cannot?
- Trimble Ag Software covers GPS guidance, Variable rate prescriptions, Field mapping, Data management. DroneDeploy covers Automated flight planning, Orthomosaic maps, NDVI analysis, 3D modeling. Both handle John Deere, SOC 2, Web support, Ios support.