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Comparing irrigation platforms?

Start with what's already in your dirt.

AgWaterAI begins with the probes you already own, and your agronomist reviews the weekly irrigation order. In-ground sensor readings and field measurements provide evidence for block-level irrigation review. Check whether it works with your probes and how your adviser reviews the order.

12,000+ stem water potential (SWP) readings, 4,000+ of them on blocks with their own soil probe logging that day (through Oct 6, 2026).

Start on your own sensors.

The trial converts to the paid plan unless you cancel in writing by the deadline.

Platform, on your existing probes: free for 90 days from when your probe data connects. Then $20 per acre per year, 20-acre minimum: the paid plan starts on Day 91 unless you cancel in writing by Day 88. For October to December signups, the free period ends on March 31 or 90 days after your probes start sending usable data, whichever is later.

No credit card.

What to ask any provider, and our answer.

AgWaterAI
What to ask another provider
Hardware you must buy
Supported probes you already own. IrriMAX is self-serve. For other sensor brands our team checks feed access and handles the connection.
Do I have to buy your sensors, or can you read the probes I own?
Works with Sentek, METER, Irrometer, AquaSpy
Platform uses your own probes after we confirm the connection
Can you connect my exact probe models and data feeds?
Software price
$20/acre/year (Platform) or $80/acre/year Managed with CCA field service
What is the all-in cost per acre, hardware and service together?
Trial and billing
A paid subscription begins automatically under the trial terms unless you cancel by the stated deadline. Platform, on your existing probes: free for 90 days from when your probe data connects. Then $20 per acre per year, 20-acre minimum: the paid plan starts on Day 91 unless you cancel in writing by Day 88. For October to December signups, the free period ends on March 31 or 90 days after your probes start sending usable data, whichever is later.
When does billing start, and does the hardware install come first?
SGMA allocation tracking
Built in: allocation vs usage estimator, allocation reports with signed reading summaries behind them, penalty exposure estimate. A monthly meter record with dated totals and missing readings flagged, in the form a GSA reviewer asks for. Your GSA decides what it accepts. Meter records for GSA review
Does it track my use against my GSA allocation, and on what accounting basis?
Grant filing help (EQIP)
Yes. We prepare your EQIP practice 449 application packet at no cost; you file as the applicant. The California cutoff for fiscal year 2027 funding is November 6, 2026 at 5 PM Pacific. NRCS decides every award.
Will you help prepare my EQIP application?
Prescriptive pump hours
A weekly draft water order per block; your adviser makes the call. Tested against the trees, not against another model. In a pre-registered replay, the Monday list cut severe missed stress weeks from 31 to 2 over 79 Mondays at the same number of SWP readings. See the Monday list case study
Who reviews and approves the irrigation order, and what tests back the model?

The right column lists questions to ask any other provider. Verify each platform's terms, pricing, and data policy directly with the vendor.

Fair questions

  • Do I have to replace my existing soil moisture probes to use AgWaterAI?

    No. Platform uses supported probes you already own, after we confirm the connection. IrriMAX is self-serve. Our team checks feed access for other brands.

  • How is AgWaterAI different from hardware-first platforms?

    We first check whether your probes can connect. Then we bring their readings, field checks and draft irrigation plan into one workflow. Your adviser reviews the plan and makes the call. The allocation view uses your GSA allocation and meter or pump records. Metered use is labeled measured; use calculated from pump records is labeled estimated. Your GSA sets the evidence required for its reports and appeals.

  • Will the AI be accurate on my farm from day one?

    On blocks it had never seen on our longest-running orchard, a soil-and-weather model ranked stress far above the seasonal calendar, and one SWP reading improved it. On a second farm it had never seen, in one season, the same model ranked the season’s stress above a seasonal calendar before any reading, and the farm’s own readings led from the first one. One season is not proof; a second is under way. Your adviser’s readings remain the measurement of record. Once the required records connect, the trained models give your adviser crop-stress and applied-water estimates to review.