Most farms come to us from one of three places. Here's an honest look at the trade-offs of each.
| Spreadsheets & notes apps | General farm-management software | Microgreens Pro + AutoPilot | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backward scheduling from delivery date | Manual, easy to miscalculate | Rare, usually built for field crops | Built-in, per crop and blend |
| Germination / blackout / light-day grow chain | Not modeled | Not modeled | Native to how crops are defined |
| Orders, recurring orders & invoicing | Possible but manual | Usually included | Included, auto-adjusts on change |
| AI assistant grounded in your own data | — | Rare | Yes, live queries only — no generic guessing |
| Compliance & cleaning logs | Possible but manual | Sometimes, generic templates | Built for food-safety specifics |
| Real-time collaboration with your team | Hard to keep in sync | Usually included | Included |
| Built by people who farm microgreens | — | Usually not | Yes — see our team |
We're not going to pretend spreadsheets or general farm software can't work — plenty of farms run on them successfully. What we've found is that the moment you're juggling more than a handful of crops and a real delivery schedule, the manual backward-math and disconnected tools start costing real time and real money. That gap is exactly what we built this for.
Curious how a specific tool you're using today compares? Ask us directly — we're happy to give a straight answer, including when we're not the right fit yet.