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Ag Leader AgFiniti / SMS vs Clevis
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.
Owner's product on this page. The owner of Intelligent Acre also owns Clevis AI, Inc. Clevis's row uses only its public website and documents, exactly like Ag Leader AgFiniti / SMS's. Full disclosure.
Capabilities
Ag Leader AgFiniti / SMS describes 3 of 10 capabilities (2 partial); Clevis describes 7 (3 partial). They differ on ai assistant, accounting, grain marketing, labor & staff, weather, elevator / buyer connection. Both describe field maps & agronomy, equipment data, mobile app.
| Capability | Ag Leader AgFiniti / SMS | Clevis Owner's product |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Accounting | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Grain marketing | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Field maps & agronomy | ● Yes | ● Yes |
| Inputs | ◐ Partial | ◐ Partial |
| Labor & staff | ○ No | ◐ Partial |
| Weather | ◐ Partial | ● Yes |
| Equipment data | ● Yes | ● Yes |
| Elevator / buyer connection | ○ No | ◐ Partial |
| Mobile app | ● Yes | ● Yes |
Ag Leader AgFiniti / SMS: AgFiniti: field mapping, yield analysis, real-time prescriptions, remote view/control of Ag Leader InCommand displays, combining maps from third-party displays; Essentials tier syncs files with John Deere Operations Center, Climate FieldView and 'CNH third-party applications', plus an AgFiniti API. SMS Basic/Advanced desktop: 'File processing from most precision ag displays', crop plans, guidance lines, prescriptions, prescription budget tool, weather history, Sentinel satellite imagery, profit/loss mapping and multi-year analysis (Advanced). Inputs 'partial' = prescriptions/budget tool, not purchasing. Weather 'partial' = weather history in SMS. Mobile: AgFiniti Mobile for iPad and AgFiniti apps on App Store / Google Play; SMS Mobile for field data collection. Ag Leader is primarily a precision-ag display/hardware maker (about 75% aftermarket, 25% OEM sales per Farm Equipment, 2024).
Clevis: AI assistant answers questions from the farm's own records (fields, contracts, books); accounting covers income/expense by field, receipt/invoice scanning, QuickBooks import, Schedule-F-style reporting is not stated; grain marketing shows local cash bids, basis/futures tracking, contracts and price alerts; field maps include CLU boundaries, NDVI timelines, SSURGO soil zones and yield layers; 'The Shed' tracks equipment, inputs, land and 'hired work' (no dedicated labor/payroll module); weather: features page lists 'field weather' by location and 'weather for your fields' in the daily SMS morning brief. Equipment: John Deere Operations Center sync and Case IH import stated. Elevator: displays posted local cash bids but names no specific elevator or buyer integrations. Mobile: iOS app on the App Store (seller Clevis AI, Inc., v1.10.4 updated Oct 15); Android app 'Clevis AI' on Google Play (developer Clevis AI, Inc., updated Oct 14, 2026); SMS morning brief.
Price, data and ownership
| Ag Leader AgFiniti / SMS | Clevis | |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Ag Leader Technology, Inc. | Clevis AI, Inc. |
| Category | equipment-machine data | whole-farm management |
| What the AI does | None | Acts on your records — Vendor describes the assistant as answering from the farm's own fields, contracts and books. |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Subscription |
| Published price | AgFiniti: free tier ('FREE', create an account); AgFiniti Essentials '$420' per year ('Prices shown in USD'), includes 6000 acres and 250 GB cloud storage; Prescriptions and Multi-Year Analysis license '$0.35/ac'. SMS Basic '$995' one-time plus '$280 yearly maintenance fee'; SMS Advanced '$2,995' one-time plus '$815 yearly maintenance fee'; SMS Mobile price not listed. All from agleader.com, accessed 2026-10-25. | Pro plan: $89/month list (page metadata also shows $699/year; no annual price in page body), shown as $69/month 'special price through the Fall'; includes up to 1,000 acres; additional acres $0.15/acre/month on monthly billing, or on annual billing $1.20/acre/year for acres 1,001–3,000 and $0.90/acre/year up to 5,000; 30-day free trial (card required). Accessed 2026-10-25 at clevis.ai/pricing (clevis.ai/choose-plan serves the same pricing block). |
| Your data | Ag Leader's 'Puts YOU in Control of Your Data' page states 'the grower owns the data, period', that data stays private unless the grower chooses to share it with third parties, and that Ag Leader does not sell seed or chemicals or lease farmland and so has no commercial motive to profit from grower data ('you're always in control'); the AgFiniti data privacy policy page itself could not be fetched on 2026-10-25. | Privacy Policy (effective March 11, 2026) says 'Farm data you provide to Clevis AI remains your property' and 'we will not sell or broker your individually identifiable farm data to third parties'; aggregated, de-identified data may be used for AI model training with an opt-out in account settings. |
| Crops and regions | Crop-agnostic (row crops, yield monitoring origin); global via dealers; US-only soil survey import in SMS | Corn, soybean and wheat; 'American' / U.S. farms, examples from central Illinois; 'more crops planned' (vendor) |
| Farm size | Not published | Not published |
| Ownership | Private — private | Private — private (site states it is 'independent' with 'no seed, equipment, or retail money'; no investors named; Delaware corporation per Terms) |
| What else they sell | Equipment maker — part of equipment maker | Farm software co. — farm-software-only company |
| Headquarters | Ames, Iowa (US) | Champaign, Illinois (US) |
| Built and supported | US-built ('American-made brand'), family-owned; worldwide dealer network with offices in the Netherlands, Australia and Brazil; US product support | US-built ('Built in Illinois'); US phone support listed ((217) 249-1138) and 'live human phone support' |
| Founded | 1992 | 2025 |
| Status | Active; AgFiniti and SMS both currently sold on agleader.com. | Active. Founder Preston Schrader is named on the vendor's About page. Terms note that features with third-party costs (e.g., John Deere Operations Center connection) are excluded from the free trial and start billing immediately. Only Champaign, Illinois appears in public documents; no street address is published. |
| Confidence | 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: Ag Leader AgFiniti / SMS and Clevis. Request a correction.