Farmhand comparison
$29/mo flat. $1 on standard orders, 2.5% on subscriptions and made-to-order.
Lower base price, lower percentage, standard Stripe processing.
30-day free trial, no credit card, no sales call.
$3,948
per year
AcreTrail Standard
$5,010
per year
Farmhand Business
200-member dairy herd share at $10K/mo. About $1,062 less per year on AcreTrail.
Both manage farm orders and subscriptions. Farmhand is a managed service with virtual assistants and done-for-you marketing. AcreTrail is self-serve software with a flat fee. Here's an honest look at where each one fits.
Last updated: May 21, 2026
Where the two platforms overlap, where they don't.
| Feature | AcreTrail | Farmhand |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly base price | $9 to $59 | $80 to $200 |
| Service fee on individual / one-time orders | $1 flat per order | 3% of every sale |
| Service fee on subscriptions / herd share | 2.5% of subscription revenue | 3% of subscription revenue |
| Credit card processing | Stripe standard (2.9% + $0.30) | 4% (1% above Stripe) |
| Free trial | ✓ 30 days, no credit card | Demo / sales call required |
| Customer-facing branded mobile app (App Store + Play Store) | ✓ Pro plan | Branded website only |
| Herd share program management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Subscriptions with vacation holds + skips | ✓ | ✓ |
| Made-to-order / custom cuts queue | ✓ | Not advertised |
| Bottle deposit tracking | Workaround via Stripe credits | ✓ Built-in |
| Delivery route optimization | Basic | ✓ Multi-driver |
| Proof of delivery (GPS photos) | No | ✓ |
| SMS / push broadcasts | ✓ Included | ✓ |
| Virtual assistant handling member service | No | ✓ 7 days a week |
| Done-for-you marketing campaigns | No | ✓ |
| 1:1 business coaching | No | ✓ Pro tier |
| Setup fee | None | None |
| Annual contract | No, monthly | No, monthly |
The math, with a real-sized farm example.
AcreTrail per individual order
$1 flat
Farmhand per sale
3% + 4% card
Monthly subscription, no setup fee, no annual commitment.
Plus $1 flat per standard catalog order, 2.5% on herd share subscriptions and made-to-order purchases. Standard Stripe processing applies on top (2.9% + $0.30).
All plans include a free 30-day trial with no credit card.
Monthly, plus a service fee and card processing markup.
Plus 4% on credit card payments (1% above standard Stripe), 1% on ACH, 0% offline.
No setup fee, no contract. Confirm current pricing at farmhand.partners/pricing.
$10,000/mo in herd share subscriptions, plus 50 ad hoc orders at $25 average = $1,250/mo. Stripe processing applies on both platforms, so we leave it out of the comparison.
| Platform | Base | Subscription fee | Ad hoc fee | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AcreTrail Standard | $29 | $250 (2.5% × $10K) | $50 ($1 × 50) | $329 | $3,948 |
| AcreTrail Pro | $59 | $250 | $50 | $359 | $4,308 |
| Farmhand Business | $80 | $300 (3% × $10K) | $38 (3% × $1,250) | $418 | $5,010 |
| Farmhand Business Pro | $200 | $300 | $38 | $538 | $6,450 |
At this scale, AcreTrail Standard runs about $1,062/year less than Farmhand Business. The gap grows on Farmhand's Business Pro tier ($2,142/year less on AcreTrail Pro) and on credit card sales (Farmhand's 4% vs Stripe's 2.9%). It narrows if you'd actually use Farmhand's virtual assistant and marketing services, since AcreTrail doesn't include those.
Farmhand isn't just software, it's a managed-service relationship. If those services are what you actually want, the higher price tag becomes reasonable. Specifically:
If any of those would actually change your week-to-week work, Farmhand earns its price. We'd rather tell you that than pretend we cover everything.
Most farms can move over in a weekend. We import your member list, product catalog, and active subscription cadences from a CSV export. You set your delivery schedule and pickup locations, and your customers get an invite to the new app.
Common reasons farms move:
I'm a software developer in southwest Washington. I'm also a customer of a dairy farm here that runs local deliveries. They were drowning in text-message orders, so I built AcreTrail.
Now I run it for them, and for any other small farm that wants a flat-fee tool that doesn't punish growth. If you sign up, you'll talk to me, not a support queue.
Adam Nelson, founder · Coral Cove Software, LLC
Want to talk before signing up? Book 15 min → or text me at (360) 207-5673.
Most member requests (skip a week, change delivery date, update payment method) are self-serve in AcreTrail, so the volume of questions hitting you directly is usually lower than expected. The ones that do reach you (refunds, custom arrangements, questions about your products) are conversations a virtual assistant would have had to route to you anyway. If you'd really rather not handle any of it, Farmhand's the better fit.
Their account information transfers from the CSV export, but they'll create a new password and re-authorize payment in AcreTrail (passwords and saved cards can't legally move across platforms). We'll walk through the member-side messaging with you so it feels smooth on their end.
We have SMS and push broadcasts (announce a new product, a delivery delay, a sale) and email transactional messaging. We don't do done-for-you campaign creation, flyer design, or social graphics. If marketing service hours are why you'd pay for Farmhand, that's a real reason to stay with them.
Not a first-class feature today. Farms that need to track deposits typically price the bottle into the product and issue Stripe credits when bottles come back. Farmhand has a built-in deposit ledger; if that's mission-critical, they're the better tool.
The honest answer: AcreTrail is software, not a managed service. There's no virtual assistant team to fund, no marketing studio, no business coaches. If you don't want those services, you shouldn't pay for them. If you do, Farmhand is a fair price for what they deliver.
Tell us about your farm and we'll set up your 30-day free trial. No credit card. Live in 24 hours.
Or email me directly at contact@acretrail.com
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