Herdwatch 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview
Pricing and Plans
Features
User Reviews

Overview

Herdwatch

4.4

(19)

Pricing

Starting at €79.00 per year

About Herdwatch

Herdwatch is a farming management application fully integrated with the department of agriculture. From farm maps to breeding, weight management and compliance, this app will revolutionize the way businesses farm. Features include market information, department inspection, compliance reports, weight, breeding, and animal reports, watch board, and more.

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Herdwatch Pricing and Plans

Starting price: €79.00 per year

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

€79.00

per user, per year

No plan information available

Herdwatch Features

Popular features found in Farm Management
Built-in Accounting
Crop/Livestock Management
Inventory Management
Labor Management
More features of Herdwatch
Contract/License Management
CRM
Feed Management
Field Mapping
Order Processing
Pricing Management
Production Tracking
Supplier Management
Traceability

Herdwatch User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

42%

53%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.4

Value for money

3.8

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

3.9

Have you used Herdwatch and would like to share your experience with others?

Oliver P.

Verified reviewer

Farming

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2023

Market leader for cattle management s/w

Support, in-app and on-line, is responsive and clear.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

There is very little at you might want to do in a beef enterprise that HerdWatch doesn't facilitate, record and manage.

Cons:

There is a progressive roadmap for development to broaden the capability of HerdWatch into land management and financial performance aspects. In the future, it will have greater application for management of agri-environment schemes.

Reasons for switching to Herdwatch

mobile (and desktop) architecture - cloud based

Timmie T.

Verified reviewer

Farming

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2023

Herdwatch

Detailed history for each animal and ability to get due dates etc for Calving, repeats etc at any stage of the day.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The history and tracking of animal medication. The Ancestral and calving performance of all animals in my herd

Cons:

Getting a message to check the daily watchboard when there are none

Caroline C.

Verified reviewer

Farming

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2022

Herdwatch

Overall i am happy with the app, i have been using it for less than 6 months so still have a lot to learn about it and to discover more of the features

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like that the information can be fed into and from other apps. The main features i use are the feed management and the remedy management and find these useful for tracking

Cons:

One particular area that i find difficult to use is the spray feature

John H.

Verified reviewer

Farming

Self-Employed

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2023

JHreview

Very good

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Information all in one place, and very good reports available for the likes of bord bia audit

Cons:

It would be great if you could select the features you use most frequently and have a home screen that they could be kept in

Bridget O.

Verified reviewer

Farming

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2021

Herdwatch is adaptable to the needs of individual farming businesses

Great for performance recording and med records to meet farm assurance requirements. Especially the fact that expiry dates on withdrawal periods are worked out automatically.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Weight recording is a doddle and the whole herd can be recorded on one page.

Cons:

That when recording meds such as wormer where doses are calculated depending on weight there is a cattle have to be entered in batches according to their weight which is time consuming.

Jackie B.

Verified reviewer

Farming

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2020

Keeping our medicine book up together and all other paperwork

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The stress free programme, easy to adapt. No complications. You can monitor everything even using your phone when out about on farm. Don’t have to write any info down it can be put straight on to phone. Because so much TB paperwork now with tracers I keep them in there groups and send info direct to vets no writing ear numbers down it’s just perfect

Cons:

Nothing really. I just think it’s brilliant. If in difficulty HW are there to help you

Reasons for choosing Herdwatch

A rep came to our door and it was just self explanatory

Reasons for switching to Herdwatch

HW does everything so simple

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for rating Herdwatch 5 stars, it means a lot to us.

Replied October 2020

Denis C.

Verified reviewer

Farming

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2020

Herdwatch

Overall I find it great for Bord boa/Dept of ag compliance. Next gen was a step forward but at the price it would want to be as good as it is

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The compliance record keeping. The withdrawal period reminders. Ease of access on phone to feed/spraying records.

Cons:

I find the breeding section confusing and have stopped using the heat reminder as my old style wall chart is more to my style. Has been disappointing trying to record vet visits eg not recognising products

Vendor Response

Thank you for your 4 star overall rating, and we note your comments about the breeding section, which have been passed on to our product team - again thanks for the feedback, this is so important to us.

Replied October 2020

Dermot M.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2022

Good app

Saves time

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Breeding section. Heats and repeats. Weight recording

Cons:

Adding a stock bull but I figured it out eventually. It wasn’t actually too bad.

Nigel J.

Verified reviewer

Dairy

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

Herdwatch Review

The App has greatly improved recently with the ironing out of some previously irritating faults. Am now very happy with it.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to load, easy to understand. Generally very slick.

Cons:

Not great for generating to-do lists. These are still good to have sometimes.

Reasons for choosing Herdwatch

Saw it being demonstrated at the Dairy Tech Event some years ago. Was impressed with what I saw. Next Gen is 10x better than that version was back then.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your 5 star review, we appreciate your feedback, it's what keeps us going and innovating for farmers

Replied January 2021

Lara R.

Verified reviewer

Farming

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2020

Good and easy to use 99% of time

Easy to use.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very easy to use and the update has made it even better

Cons:

Please do t have your down time 7.30-8 pm as this is the time my husband gets indoors for the day abd I quickly try and update all the calves he’s tagged.

Reasons for choosing Herdwatch

Saw a write up in farmers weekly

Reasons for switching to Herdwatch

Old fashioned not on Phone

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for the 5 star rating and the feedback, which we always take on board. Just to explain, that downtime between 7.30 and 8pm is not a Herdwatch issue, it's a BCMS (Government System) window which they use to update their records nightly, and during that time their systems may be unavailable - which we have no control over. I hope this helps. Thanks again.

Replied October 2020

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