Hardware
A tag in the ear, a station on the roof, no SIM card.
Stage two. Add it when the records are in and you know which animals you most want to watch.
(01) The tag
An ear tag that reports position, temperature and movement.
Fitted with a standard applicator. Sealed, so it survives the dip and the rain. About two and a half years on the built-in battery.
- Position
- GPS fix every 15 minutes, 5 m typical accuracy
- Temperature
- Skin temperature, 0.1 °C resolution
- Activity
- Resting, grazing, walking, running, from the motion sensor
- Battery
- About 2.5 years, sealed, level reported on every fix
- Radio
- LoRa, no SIM card, no airtime
- Housing
- Sealed, UV stable, fits a standard applicator
(02) The base station
One station on the farm covers up to 15 km.
Mount it high, on the water tower or the roof of the shed. It listens to every tag in range and needs one internet connection to reach the platform.
- Range
- Up to 15 km line of sight in open veld
- Capacity
- Thousands of tags per station
- Power
- Mains or a small solar panel with battery
- Uplink
- Ethernet, fibre, satellite, or a phone hotspot
- Integration
- Posts to the platform's telemetry endpoint with a farm API key
(03) No SIM card
The tags never touch the cell network.
A tag talks to the base station over LoRa, a low-power radio built for long distances and small messages. There is no SIM to register, no airtime to load, and no signal bar to worry about in the far camp. The base station is the only thing that needs the internet, and that can be fibre at the house, a satellite link, or a phone on the windowsill sharing its connection.
- Works where a phone shows no bars
- Battery level on every fix; an alert at 20 percent
- One fix every 15 minutes, buffered at the station if the uplink drops
(04) What it costs
Hardware is once off. The tag fee is monthly.
Every price is in Rand and includes VAT. The software tiers are on the pricing page.
Starter
A single farm keeping records.
Up to 50 animals
- Up to 50 animals
- Every record type
- Camps, groups and tags
- Alerts from manual readings
- One user
Professional
Most farmsA working farm with a team.
Up to 500 animals, then R 0,50 per animal per month
- Up to 500 animals, then R0.50 each
- Everything in Starter
- Smart tags and live map
- Up to ten people with roles
- Reports and certificates
- API key for your own integrations
Enterprise
A community, a co-op or a large operation.
Up to 5 000 animals, then R 0,25 per animal per month
- Up to 5 000 animals, then R0.25 each
- Everything in Professional
- Households and a Chief's view
- Validation workflow
- Unlimited people
- Priority support on WhatsApp
Pay for a year up front and you are charged for 10 months: 2 months free. Starter stays free up to 50 animals for as long as you use it.
Hardware
Once off per unit, plus a small monthly fee per tag that is switched on.
- Smart ear tag
- Once off. GPS, temperature, activity, 2.5 year battery.
- R 1 850
- Smart collar
- Once off. For horses, pigs and larger goats.
- R 2 400
- Base station
- Once off. Covers up to 15 km in open veld.
- R 9 500
- Per active tag
- Per month. Data and connectivity.
- R 25
Want a station on your farm?
Tell us where the farm is and how far the camps run. We will say how many stations it needs and what that costs.