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Clevis vs Traction Ag
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 Traction Ag's. Full disclosure.
Capabilities
Clevis describes 7 of 10 capabilities (3 partial); Traction Ag describes 5 (3 partial). They differ on ai assistant, grain marketing, field maps & agronomy, inputs, labor & staff, weather. Both describe accounting, equipment data, mobile app.
| Capability | Clevis Owner's product | Traction Ag |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant | ● Yes | ? Unverified |
| Accounting | ● Yes | ● Yes |
| Grain marketing | ● Yes | ◐ Partial |
| Field maps & agronomy | ● Yes | ◐ Partial |
| Inputs | ◐ Partial | ● Yes |
| Labor & staff | ◐ Partial | ● Yes |
| Weather | ● Yes | ○ No |
| Equipment data | ● Yes | ● Yes |
| Elevator / buyer connection | ◐ Partial | ◐ Partial |
| 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.
Traction Ag: Core product is cloud farm accounting: multi-entity books, bank/credit-card sync via Plaid, cash and accrual reports, Schedule F and 1099s, land agreements, invoicing, payroll via Paylocity add-on. Grain: scale tickets, load tracking and crop/grain inventory in Plus; full grain contract/position/settlement management is in the enterprise 'Advanced Farm Management' suite. Field records: tillage, planting, application and harvest records with per-field profitability; machine integrations are John Deere Operations Center and Climate FieldView (no Case IH/AGCO listed); no imagery or agronomy modeling described. Inputs: seed, chemical and fertilizer inventory and prepay tracking. Labor: payroll integration, work orders and roles/permissions (enterprise and Sept 2026 update). Buyer/retailer: bill import from Keystone Cooperative and FS Billing; no grain buyer contract feeds named. Mobile: Traction Mobile on Apple App Store and Google Play. No AI assistant feature found on public pages.
Price, data and ownership
| Clevis | Traction Ag | |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Clevis AI, Inc. | Traction Ag Inc. |
| Category | whole-farm management | whole-farm management |
| What the AI does | Acts on your records — Vendor describes the assistant as answering from the farm's own fields, contracts and books. | Unverified — AI level not assessed. |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Subscription |
| Published price | 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). | Basic $95/month or $950/year; Plus $195/month or $1,950/year; Pro $395/month or $3,950/year (yearly billing shown as 'save 15%'); no per-acre or per-entity charges listed; free trial offered. Enterprise 'Advanced Farm Management' pricing not published. Accessed 2026-10-25 at tractionag.com/pricing-and-plans. |
| Your data | 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. | Traction's Ag Data Use Agreement (Trust Center) states 'Traction believes that you are the owner of Ag Data that originates from your farm, device, or equipment' and 'Traction will not sell or share your Ag Data to third parties without your consent'; anonymized aggregated benchmarking is on by default with an opt-out. |
| Crops and regions | Corn, soybean and wheat; 'American' / U.S. farms, examples from central Illinois; 'more crops planned' (vendor) | '100+ crop types' with customizable harvest units; U.S. (Midwest origin) and Australia; livestock tracking not supported per FAQ |
| Farm size | Not published | Not published |
| Ownership | Private — private (site states it is 'independent' with 'no seed, equipment, or retail money'; no investors named; Delaware corporation per Terms) | Private, investor-backed — VC-backed private (vendor: 'proudly independent and owned by farm investors'; $10M Series A May 2024 led by Cooperative Ventures, a CHS–GROWMARK joint venture, with Plymouth Growth; 2022 release described it as majority employee- and farmer-owned) |
| What else they sell | Farm software co. — farm-software-only company | Farm software co. — farm-software-only company (lead investor is a venture arm of two farmer-owned cooperatives) |
| Headquarters | Champaign, Illinois (US) | Auburn, Indiana (US) |
| Built and supported | US-built ('Built in Illinois'); US phone support listed ((217) 249-1138) and 'live human phone support' | US-built ('Born in the Midwest'); US phone/live-chat/video support team (888-466-6080); also operates in Australia following the Conservis acquisition |
| Founded | 2025 | 2020 |
| Status | 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. | Active. Now the owner of both Conservis and Granular Business, marketed together as 'Advanced Farm Management'; vendor says it plans to fold that functionality into the core Traction Accounting product. Pricing page shows overlapping promotions (one dated 'expires December 19, 2025', another 'rest of 2026 free with yearly 2027 plan — expires Nov 15'). Founders not named on site; CEO Dustin Sapp named in 2024 funding coverage; team roots in Farm Works Software. |
| 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: Clevis and Traction Ag. Request a correction.