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EasyFarm vs Farmers Business Network
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
EasyFarm describes 1 of 10 capabilities (3 partial); Farmers Business Network describes 5 (1 partial). They differ on ai assistant, accounting, grain marketing, inputs, labor & staff, equipment data, elevator / buyer connection, mobile app.
| Capability | EasyFarm | Farmers Business Network |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Accounting | ● Yes | ○ No |
| Grain marketing | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Field maps & agronomy | ◐ Partial | ◐ Partial |
| Inputs | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Labor & staff | ◐ Partial | ○ No |
| Weather | ? Unverified | ? Unverified |
| Equipment data | ○ No | ? Unverified |
| Elevator / buyer connection | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Mobile app | ◐ Partial | ● Yes |
EasyFarm: Accounting: single-entry farm bookkeeping (one entry updates all books; no month-close or posting), check writing, inventory in dollars and quantities, tax and bank reports, cost centers in higher editions. Agronomy: crop and field production records with inputs tracked by field, crop, farm and enterprise (Pro Crops and above); no maps or imagery described. Labor: payroll included from the Plus edition up. Mobile: a secondary review (Fit Small Business, 2025) describes an Android-only 'EasyFarmHand' companion app sold separately with no bookkeeping features; the vendor shop page does not list it. Weather/markets/news: one vendor testimonial mentions a 'newest version' with markets, weather and news, but no vendor feature page describes this. No equipment, elevator or AI integrations described.
Farmers Business Network: Norm is FBN's AI advisor for agronomy/farm-management questions (FBN calls it a proprietary LLM; site warns 'Norm can make mistakes'). FBN Direct sells crop protection, fertilizer, seed, animal health, feed and supplies direct-to-farm. FBN Crop Marketing lets members 'review local bids, manage contracts, scale tickets, and even receive payments' with grain buyers. FBN Finance offers land loans, operating lines 'of up to $5 million', equipment loans. Agronomy analytics are benchmarking/seed-performance insights from member data rather than a full field-mapping tool.
Price, data and ownership
| EasyFarm | Farmers Business Network | |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Vertical Solutions, Inc. | Farmer's Business Network, Inc. |
| Category | accounting-financials | input purchasing |
| What the AI does | None | Generic assistant — Norm answers agronomy and farm-management questions; FBN's pages do not state that it reads a member's own records. |
| Pricing model | One-time license | Free |
| Published price | Vendor shop (accessed 2026-10-25): EasyFarm Lite $800.00; EasyFarm Plus $900.00; EasyFarm Pro Crops $1,100.00; EasyFarm Pro Livestock $1,100.00; EasyFarm Premier $1,400.00; EasyFarm Premier Plus $1,550.00; EasyFarm Platinum $1,600.00; add-ons: Accounts Receivable Module $350.00, Co-op Inventory Management $159.00, Oil & Sales Royalty $250.00. Vendor shop page does not state whether these are one-time or recurring; a 2025 third-party review describes them as one-time fees. | 'Membership is free.' 'Fees may apply for certain product and service offerings other than FBN membership.' (fbn.com, accessed 2026-10-25). Norm pricing not published. |
| Your data | Not published | FBN states 'all data provided to FBN always remains the data of the farmer contributing it' and 'FBN has never — and will never — sell member data', nor share it with seed or input companies; member data is anonymized and used in aggregated analytics. |
| Crops and regions | Crops, livestock and dairy production records; US farms and ranches (vendor does not list specific crops or states). | US and Canada; 117,000+ member farms, 187M acres (July 2025 release); row crops and livestock |
| Farm size | Not published | Not published |
| Ownership | Private — private | Private, investor-backed — VC-backed private |
| What else they sell | Farm software co. — farm-software-only company | Ag retailer / fintech — part of ag retailer/fintech |
| Headquarters | Lisbon, ND (US) | San Francisco, CA (US) |
| Built and supported | US-built, US support (phone support (800) 396-3279 and [email protected]; vendor states an annual support fee applies under a support contract after the included period) | US-built; US and Canada support (online, phone, on-farm per fbn.com) |
| Founded | 1993 | 2014 |
| Status | Active. Vendor domain easyfarm.com redirects to easyfarm.farm (site last modified 2025-08-28 per page metadata). Desktop (locally installed) product sold in seven editions plus add-ons. | Active. July 2025 raise tied to expanding Norm AI into crop marketing, finance and risk management. |
| 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: EasyFarm and Farmers Business Network. Request a correction.