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Connecterra
Sensor-agnostic dairy data platform, billed on average yearly herd size rather than per sensor
As of 1 September 2026, Connecterra's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Connecterra started as a cow-collar company and abandoned the hardware. Softwr lists it under Agriculture. Connecterra is made by Connecterra B.V., available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What Connecterra does
Connecterra is an Amsterdam data platform for dairy that pulls together feeding systems, milking equipment, sensor collars and herd records into one analysis layer. The current product set is Analytics, a Copilot that writes plain-language operational summaries, decision support that tracks the financial effect of a change, collaboration tools for sharing a farm view with advisors, and a data API for agribusiness customers. It reads from EZfeed, GEA DairyPlan, Lely and others rather than shipping its own sensors. The change that matters is the pivot. Connecterra originally sold Ida as an activity collar with software attached, competing directly with Allflex, Nedap and the parlour manufacturers. It dropped the hardware and repositioned as the layer above them, and in 2023 tied itself to Datamars, a livestock identification group. Commercially this makes Connecterra the option for a farm that has already bought collars and does not want to buy them again, and it makes the vendor dependent on the goodwill of the equipment makers whose data it reads. Buyers split three ways: individual dairies, nutritionists and vets who need a view across client farms, and agribusinesses buying API access to aggregated herd data. Billing is on average yearly herd size, with quoted pricing above roughly 5,000 cows and for enterprises, and advisors get a free referral tier covering up to three connected farms. Nothing is published as a number, which is the main friction in evaluating it.
What people use it for
- A dairy that already owns activity collars and wants better analysis without replacing 400 collars
- A nutritionist who needs one view across a dozen client herds instead of a dozen vendor logins
- A processor or co-operative pulling herd emissions data through an API for supply-chain reporting
- A farm running a Lely robot and a separate feeding system that wants one combined cow picture
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Connecterra.
- Nothing is published as a number: billing is on average yearly herd size but no rate is given at any tier, so a farm cannot estimate the cost before entering a sales process.
- Connecterra depends entirely on other companies’ data: if a milking or feeding manufacturer restricts its API or prices access, the platform loses a data source it does not control and the farm loses part of its dashboard.
- The company abandoned its own sensor hardware, which was the original product, so farms that bought Ida collars early found the strategy they invested in discontinued underneath them.
- Billing on average yearly herd size means a farm that grows mid-contract is charged retrospectively on a number it did not agree at signing, which surprises operations in an expansion phase.
- It is a small venture-backed Dutch company in a market where the deep-pocketed incumbents are equipment makers who can bundle analytics free with hardware, so the independent layer is structurally the easiest line for a farm to cut.
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What people choose instead of Connecterra
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
- ConnecterravsNedap Livestock Management
Nedap Livestock Management: Proven sensing hardware if you have not yet bought collars
- ConnecterravsAgriWebb
AgriWebb: Records and compliance rather than sensor analytics
Pricing
What Connecterra costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Farmer
On request
- Billed on average yearly herd size
- Analytics, Copilot and decision support
- No custom integration fee charged to farmers
- Quoted individually above roughly 5,000 cows
Farm Advisor
On request
- For nutritionists, vets and consultants
- Multi-farm view across clients
- Custom pricing for organisations with 10 or more staff
Referral
On request
- Free advisor access to up to 3 connected farms
- Intended as a route in for consultants
Enterprise
On request
- Data API access
- Aggregated herd data for agribusiness
- Customised contract
Capabilities
Features
Analytics
Cross-system dairy dashboards built from feeding, milking and sensor data already on the farm
Copilot
Plain-language daily and weekly operational summaries generated from the farm data
Decision support
Tracks the measured effect of a management change rather than only reporting the metric
Advisor collaboration
Nutritionists and vets get a shared view of client farms, free for up to three
Data integration
Connectors into EZfeed, GEA DairyPlan, Lely and other on-farm systems
Data API
Enterprise access to aggregated and per-farm data for agribusiness customers
Emissions and sustainability reporting
Herd-level footprint metrics for processors asking for them
Multi-farm benchmarking
Comparison across a group of farms for advisors and integrators
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Do I need to buy Connecterra sensors?
No. The company discontinued its own collars and now reads data from sensors and systems you already have.
How is it priced?
On average yearly herd size, quoted rather than published, with separate farmer, advisor and enterprise tiers.
Is there a free option?
Only the referral tier for advisors covering up to three connected farms. There is no free farmer tier.
What happened to Ida?
Ida was the original collar and app. The hardware was dropped and the intelligence became the platform sold today.
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