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Clevis vs John Deere Operations Center

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 John Deere Operations Center's. Full disclosure.

Capabilities

Clevis describes 7 of 10 capabilities (3 partial); John Deere Operations Center describes 3 (2 partial). They differ on ai assistant, accounting, grain marketing, inputs, weather, elevator / buyer connection. Both describe field maps & agronomy, equipment data, mobile app.

CapabilityClevis Owner's productJohn Deere Operations Center
AI assistant ● Yes ◐ Partial
Accounting ● Yes ○ No
Grain marketing ● Yes ○ No
Field maps & agronomy ● Yes ● Yes
Inputs ◐ Partial ○ No
Labor & staff ◐ Partial ◐ Partial
Weather ● Yes ? Unverified
Equipment data ● Yes ● Yes
Elevator / buyer connection ◐ Partial ? Unverified
Mobile app ● Yes ● Yes

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.

John Deere Operations Center: Connects field, machine and operator data (tillage, seeding, spraying, harvest) from JDLink-connected Deere machines; non-Deere or unconnected machines can be added and the platform is described as usable 'regardless of type, size, or brand'. 'JD' AI assistant answers natural-language questions over the farm's own Operations Center data; in a limited US Early Access Program as of Sept 2026, broader rollout planned later in 2026, included at no extra charge; a separate 'Help AI' for equipment setup launched Aug 2025. Operator/labor is partial (operator performance comparisons, access permissions, not payroll). Third-party 'Connections' let farmers grant access to connected software companies and advisors (e.g., Ag Leader AgFiniti and PTx FarmENGAGE list Operations Center connections). Mobile: Operations Center Mobile and Equipment Mobile apps (iOS/Android).

Price, data and ownership

ClevisJohn Deere Operations Center
CompanyClevis AI, Inc.Deere & Company
Categorywhole-farm managementequipment-machine data
What the AI doesActs on your records — Vendor describes the assistant as answering from the farm's own fields, contracts and books.Acts on your records — 'JD' assistant answers questions over the farm's own Operations Center data; limited US Early Access as of Sept 2026.
Pricing modelSubscriptionFree
Published pricePro 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).Free account; 'Access to Operations Center is free and JDLink Connectivity is available at no cost' (Deere dealer RDO Equipment, 2025-01-15; confirmed by The Robot Report 2026-09-01 and Western Producer 2026-09-30). Premium services (e.g., Operations Center PRO Service) carry paid licenses; amounts not published on pages accessed 2026-10-25.
Your dataPrivacy 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.Deere's data principles page states farm data 'belongs to you', that 'You control your farm data', that Deere does not sell farm data, and that farmers choose which third parties receive data and can stop that flow at any time; Deere uses farm data and aggregated, anonymized data to provide insights. John Deere Operations Center is listed as Ag Data Transparent certified.
Crops and regionsCorn, soybean and wheat; 'American' / U.S. farms, examples from central Illinois; 'more crops planned' (vendor)Crop-agnostic machine/field data platform; offered in North America and globally (US, Canada, Europe, etc.)
Farm sizeNot publishedNot published
OwnershipPrivate — private (site states it is 'independent' with 'no seed, equipment, or retail money'; no investors named; Delaware corporation per Terms)Public company — public
What else they sellFarm software co. — farm-software-only companyEquipment maker — part of equipment maker
HeadquartersChampaign, Illinois (US)Moline, Illinois (US)
Built and supportedUS-built ('Built in Illinois'); US phone support listed ((217) 249-1138) and 'live human phone support'US-headquartered equipment maker; Operations Center offered globally, US dealer-network support
Founded20251837
StatusActive. 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.Active. 'JD' AI assistant announced ~Sept 1, 2026 (Early Access, US). Deere.com product/FAQ/data pages are JavaScript-rendered and could not be fetched directly; the Canadian mirror of the data principles page was readable.
Confidencepartially verifiedpartially verified
Last reviewed2026-10-252026-10-25

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: Clevis and John Deere Operations Center. Request a correction.