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Ag Leader AgFiniti / SMS vs Climate FieldView
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Capabilities
Ag Leader AgFiniti / SMS describes 3 of 10 capabilities (2 partial); Climate FieldView describes 4 (2 partial). They differ on ai assistant, grain marketing, inputs, weather, elevator / buyer connection. Both describe field maps & agronomy, equipment data, mobile app.
| Capability | Ag Leader AgFiniti / SMS | Climate FieldView |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant | ○ No | ? Unverified |
| Accounting | ○ No | ○ No |
| Grain marketing | ○ No | ◐ Partial |
| Field maps & agronomy | ● Yes | ● Yes |
| Inputs | ◐ Partial | ○ No |
| Labor & staff | ○ No | ○ No |
| 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).
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.
Price, data and ownership
| Ag Leader AgFiniti / SMS | Climate FieldView | |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Ag Leader Technology, Inc. | Climate LLC (Bayer AG (Bayer Crop Science)) |
| Category | equipment-machine data | field maps-agronomy |
| What the AI does | None | Unverified — AI level not assessed. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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 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. |
| Crops and regions | Crop-agnostic (row crops, yield monitoring origin); global via dealers; US-only soil survey import in SMS | US row crops (corn, soybeans, wheat and others); also sold in Canada, Brazil, Europe, Australia per regional sites |
| Farm size | Not published | Not published |
| Ownership | Private — private | Public company (subsidiary) — subsidiary of public |
| What else they sell | Equipment maker — part of equipment maker | Seed / chemical co. — part of input/seed-chem company |
| Headquarters | Ames, Iowa (US) | St. Louis, MO (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 (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 |
| Founded | 1992 | 2006 |
| Status | Active; AgFiniti and SMS both currently sold on agleader.com. | 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). |
| 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 Climate FieldView. Request a correction.