Churnkey, Climate Corporation, and Cradlepoint are three purpose-built platforms for three entirely different buyers — a SaaS retention team, a farm…
Tiered subscription, priced by monthly churn volume · From $250/month, billed yearly (Starter plan)
Best for: SaaS companies that want a self-serve, billing-integrated tool to intercept cancellations with retention offers and dunning recovery.
Tiered subscription (such as FieldView Plus) plus optional FieldView Drive hardware purchase; exact public pricing is not published and varies by region and dealer · From Not publicly disclosed; FieldView offers a free basic tier alongside paid subscription tiers sold through Bayer's dealer network
Best for: Farm operations that want to collect and act on yield, planting, spraying, and soil health data through Bayer's dealer network.
Subscription-based NetCloud service plans bundled with hardware, sold primarily through partners and resellers with quote-based enterprise pricing · From Reseller-quoted subscription and hardware pricing; publicly listed NetCloud plan pricing has ranged from roughly 28.50 USD to over 1,000 USD depending on plan tier, term length, and hardware
Best for: Enterprise IT and network teams that need cloud-managed cellular routers and SD-WAN for branch or IoT connectivity.
| Churnkey | Climate Corporation | Cradlepoint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary category | CRM | CRM | CRM |
| Rating | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Pricing model | Tiered subscription, priced by monthly churn volume | Tiered subscription (such as FieldView Plus) plus optional FieldView Drive hardware purchase; exact public pricing is not published and varies by region and dealer | Subscription-based NetCloud service plans bundled with hardware, sold primarily through partners and resellers with quote-based enterprise pricing |
| Starting price | $250/month, billed yearly (Starter plan) | Not publicly disclosed; FieldView offers a free basic tier alongside paid subscription tiers sold through Bayer's dealer network | Reseller-quoted subscription and hardware pricing; publicly listed NetCloud plan pricing has ranged from roughly 28.50 USD to over 1,000 USD depending on plan tier, term length, and hardware |
| Free plan | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Free trial | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Platforms | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Team collaboration | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| AI features | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Public API | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
Only Churnkey publishes a clear starting price
Churnkey's Starter plan is listed at $250/month billed yearly, scaled by monthly churn volume. Climate Corporation offers a free basic FieldView tier but doesn't publish its paid tier pricing, and Cradlepoint's NetCloud plans are reseller-quoted, even though public pricing has been observed ranging from roughly $28.50 to over $1,000 depending on tier, term, and hardware.
Churnkey, Climate Corporation, Cradlepoint
Two of the three are subsidiaries of much larger companies
Climate Corporation operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayer within its Crop Science division, and Cradlepoint operates as part of Ericsson's enterprise business after a roughly $1.1 billion acquisition in 2020. Churnkey, by contrast, is an independent, VC-backed company (TinySeed, CreativeCo Capital) with no parent corporation.
Climate Corporation, Cradlepoint, Churnkey
Hardware dependency separates Cradlepoint and Climate Corporation from Churnkey
Cradlepoint's NetCloud service is sold bundled with routers and adapters — it's inseparable from physical hardware. Climate Corporation's FieldView software has an optional hardware component (FieldView Drive) but a usable free software tier. Churnkey is pure software with no hardware dependency at all, integrating instead with billing systems like Stripe and Chargebee.
Cradlepoint, Climate Corporation, Churnkey
Churnkey reports specific, quantified outcomes
Churnkey cites churn reductions of up to 54 percent and payment recovery rates as high as 89 percent for customers using its dunning and retention-offer features — a level of quantified outcome reporting that isn't present in the data available for Climate Corporation or Cradlepoint.
Churnkey
| Feature | Churnkey | Climate Corporation | Cradlepoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published starting price | Available | Limited | Limited |
| Free tier available | Unavailable | Available | Not documented |
| Hardware purchase required or bundled | Unavailable | Limited | Available |
| Feature | Churnkey | Climate Corporation | Cradlepoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| SaaS subscription churn and retention automation | Available | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Precision farming / field data analytics | Unavailable | Available | Unavailable |
| Cellular/5G edge networking and SD-WAN | Unavailable | Unavailable | Available |
| Feature | Churnkey | Climate Corporation | Cradlepoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owned by a larger parent corporation | Unavailable | Available | Available |
| Independent, venture-backed company | Available | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Billing platform integrations documented (e.g. Stripe, Chargebee) | Available | Not documented | Not documented |
Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.
No individual plan breakdown documented yet.
No individual plan breakdown documented yet.
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No. Churnkey is SaaS subscription retention software, Climate Corporation is a precision agriculture platform owned by Bayer, and Cradlepoint is cellular and 5G edge networking hardware owned by Ericsson. They serve completely different buyers and don't compete for the same budget.
Churnkey has the clearest published entry price at $250/month billed yearly for its Starter plan. Climate Corporation offers a free basic FieldView tier but doesn't publish paid pricing, and Cradlepoint's NetCloud plans are quoted through resellers, with observed public pricing ranging from roughly $28.50 to over $1,000 depending on tier and hardware.
Not necessarily. Climate FieldView offers a free basic software tier, with the FieldView Drive hardware device being an optional purchase alongside paid subscription tiers, sold through Bayer's dealer network.
It's subscription-based. Cradlepoint's NetCloud service plans are bundled with routers and adapters and sold primarily through partners and resellers on a quote basis, though publicly observed pricing has ranged from about $28.50 to over $1,000 depending on plan tier, contract term, and hardware included.
Churnkey is an independent company backed by investors including TinySeed and CreativeCo Capital. Climate Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayer's Crop Science division. Cradlepoint operates as part of Ericsson's enterprise business following a roughly $1.1 billion acquisition in 2020.
Read the full Churnkey review · Read the full Climate Corporation review · Read the full Cradlepoint review