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Climate FieldView vs Traction Ag
Both rows from the comparison table, set side by side. Nothing here is a recommendation; the facts are the vendors' own public statements, cited on each product page.
Capabilities
Climate FieldView describes 4 of 10 capabilities (2 partial); Traction Ag describes 5 (3 partial). They differ on accounting, field maps & agronomy, inputs, labor & staff, weather. Both describe equipment data, mobile app.
| Capability | Climate FieldView | Traction Ag |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant | ? Unverified | ? Unverified |
| Accounting | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Grain marketing | ◐ Partial | ◐ Partial |
| Field maps & agronomy | ● Yes | ◐ Partial |
| Inputs | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Labor & staff | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Weather | ● Yes | ○ No |
| Equipment data | ● Yes | ● Yes |
| Elevator / buyer connection | ◐ Partial | ◐ Partial |
| Mobile app | ● Yes | ● Yes |
Climate FieldView: Plus tier lists Yield Analysis, Seed Scripts/Enhanced Scripting, Field Health Imagery, Field Weather Forecast and Historical Weather, Grain Futures display, Digital Map Book, External API Connectivity. Equipment connectivity via FieldView Cab app/Drive plus partner listings for John Deere Operations Center, Ag Leader AgFiniti/SMS, CLAAS, CNH display adapter kit; grain/marketing partners listed include Combyne, Scale-Tec, Libra Harvest and Bushel Farm (third-party apps, not direct elevator integrations). iOS app on App Store.
Traction Ag: Core product is cloud farm accounting: multi-entity books, bank/credit-card sync via Plaid, cash and accrual reports, Schedule F and 1099s, land agreements, invoicing, payroll via Paylocity add-on. Grain: scale tickets, load tracking and crop/grain inventory in Plus; full grain contract/position/settlement management is in the enterprise 'Advanced Farm Management' suite. Field records: tillage, planting, application and harvest records with per-field profitability; machine integrations are John Deere Operations Center and Climate FieldView (no Case IH/AGCO listed); no imagery or agronomy modeling described. Inputs: seed, chemical and fertilizer inventory and prepay tracking. Labor: payroll integration, work orders and roles/permissions (enterprise and Sept 2026 update). Buyer/retailer: bill import from Keystone Cooperative and FS Billing; no grain buyer contract feeds named. Mobile: Traction Mobile on Apple App Store and Google Play. No AI assistant feature found on public pages.
Price, data and ownership
| Climate FieldView | Traction Ag | |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Climate LLC (Bayer AG (Bayer Crop Science)) | Traction Ag Inc. |
| Category | field maps-agronomy | whole-farm management |
| What the AI does | Unverified — AI level not assessed. | Unverified — AI level not assessed. |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Subscription |
| Published price | Basic: 'starts at $0.00/year'; Plus: 'starts at $649/year' — 'Prices per year, billed annually' (climate.com/pricing, accessed 2026-10-25). Prime tier not shown on US pricing page as of access date. | Basic $95/month or $950/year; Plus $195/month or $1,950/year; Pro $395/month or $3,950/year (yearly billing shown as 'save 15%'); no per-acre or per-entity charges listed; free trial offered. Enterprise 'Advanced Farm Management' pricing not published. Accessed 2026-10-25 at tractionag.com/pricing-and-plans. |
| Your data | Privacy Statement FAQ states 'Our customers own the customer farm data they provide to Climate LLC' and 'We will not sell your information', while personal information 'may' be shared with 'Bayer group affiliates' and farm data with service providers or partners the customer authorizes. | Traction's Ag Data Use Agreement (Trust Center) states 'Traction believes that you are the owner of Ag Data that originates from your farm, device, or equipment' and 'Traction will not sell or share your Ag Data to third parties without your consent'; anonymized aggregated benchmarking is on by default with an opt-out. |
| Crops and regions | US row crops (corn, soybeans, wheat and others); also sold in Canada, Brazil, Europe, Australia per regional sites | '100+ crop types' with customizable harvest units; U.S. (Midwest origin) and Australia; livestock tracking not supported per FAQ |
| Farm size | Not published | Not published |
| Ownership | Public company (subsidiary) — subsidiary of public | Private, investor-backed — VC-backed private (vendor: 'proudly independent and owned by farm investors'; $10M Series A May 2024 led by Cooperative Ventures, a CHS–GROWMARK joint venture, with Plymouth Growth; 2022 release described it as majority employee- and farmer-owned) |
| What else they sell | Seed / chemical co. — part of input/seed-chem company | Farm software co. — farm-software-only company (lead investor is a venture arm of two farmer-owned cooperatives) |
| Headquarters | St. Louis, MO (US) | Auburn, Indiana (US) |
| Built and supported | US-built (The Climate Corporation, founded San Francisco 2006); US phone/email/chat support and 'Local On-Farm Support' listed on US pricing page; sold in multiple countries | US-built ('Born in the Midwest'); US phone/live-chat/video support team (888-466-6080); also operates in Australia following the Conservis acquisition |
| Founded | 2006 | 2020 |
| Status | Active. Marketed as Climate FieldView by Climate LLC, a Bayer Crop Science company; US pricing page currently lists two tiers (Basic free, Plus $649/yr). | Active. Now the owner of both Conservis and Granular Business, marketed together as 'Advanced Farm Management'; vendor says it plans to fold that functionality into the core Traction Accounting product. Pricing page shows overlapping promotions (one dated 'expires December 19, 2025', another 'rest of 2026 free with yearly 2027 plan — expires Nov 15'). Founders not named on site; CEO Dustin Sapp named in 2024 funding coverage; team roots in Farm Works Software. |
| Confidence | partially verified | partially verified |
| Last reviewed | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 |
Prices are quoted as shown on the vendor page on the review date and change often. Sources with access dates are on each product page: Climate FieldView and Traction Ag. Request a correction.