CropBuddy vs FarmLogs: Which Farm Management App Wins in 2026?

Comparisons · 2026-05-20 · 8 min read

Side-by-side comparison of CropBuddy and FarmLogs (now Bushel Farm) across pricing, field mapping, task management, weather, and team features.

Choosing farm management software is a long-term commitment — once your fields, history, and team are loaded in, switching is painful. This guide compares CropBuddy and FarmLogs (now rebranded as Bushel Farm after the 2022 acquisition) so you can pick the right tool for the next 5+ years.

TL;DR

CropBuddy is the better fit if you want a modern, mobile-first interface, free pricing during public beta, and integrated team / task management out of the box. FarmLogs / Bushel Farm leans toward grain marketing and contract tracking on top of the basic scouting and rainfall layer it's been known for since 2012.

Pricing

CropBuddy is free during public beta. There is no credit card, no per-acre fee, no per-user fee — every feature is unlocked while we finish hardening the platform.

FarmLogs (Bushel Farm) uses a tiered model that has changed several times since the Bushel acquisition. As of mid-2026, the entry tier is per-acre and the marketing tier (Bushel Farm Plus) layers contract and grain-balance management. Expect ~$2–$5 per acre per year for the full feature set.

Field mapping

Both products draw field boundaries on satellite imagery and calculate acreage. CropBuddy uses Mapbox with Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery for NDVI / NDWI overlays, with no acreage cap on the free tier. FarmLogs has a long history of rainfall and growing-degree-day overlays per field, which is its strongest historical feature.

If you need rainfall heatmaps per field for years past, FarmLogs has the longer historical dataset. If you need fresh satellite-imagery vegetation indices and a fast mobile draw experience, CropBuddy wins.

Task management & team

This is where the products diverge most. CropBuddy ships with a real task system — subtasks, recurring rules, multi-assignee, equipment linkage, and a role-based team module (Owner / Manager / Worker). You can hand the phone to a seasonal worker and they only see their assigned tasks.

FarmLogs historically focused on the operator working alone — its task and scouting layer is lighter. If multiple workers need to coordinate inside one platform, CropBuddy is purpose-built for it.

Weather

CropBuddy pulls hyper-local forecasts from Open-Meteo per mapped field, with severe-weather alerts. FarmLogs' rainfall tracker is one of its oldest features and is still solid — but doesn't go beyond rainfall and basic forecasts into severe-weather alerting.

Inventory & equipment

CropBuddy includes seed / fertilizer / fuel / harvest inventory with auto-deduction from logged tasks, plus an equipment module with maintenance scheduling and calendar conflict detection. FarmLogs (Bushel Farm) does not include first-class inventory or equipment modules — its strength is contracts and grain inventory tied to Bushel's elevator network.

Verdict

• Pick CropBuddy if you want one app for fields, tasks, team, equipment, inventory, and weather, with no per-acre fee in 2026.
• Pick FarmLogs / Bushel Farm if your primary need is grain-marketing and you already sell into Bushel-connected elevators.

Try CropBuddy free — it takes about 5 minutes to map your first field and invite a worker.