Full disclosure: this comparison is written by the team behind Broiler Base Mate. We've done our best to represent PoultryLog fairly based on their public website (accessed Feb 2026) — if anything's inaccurate, email appcovi2026@gmail.com and we'll correct it.
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Feature | Broiler Base Mate | PoultryLog |
|---|---|---|
| Daily shed walkthrough (mortality, culls, water) | ✓ Full | ✓ Full |
| AI docket scanning (Ingham's, Baiada, BPL) | ✓ Gemini Flash Vision, auto-detect mill | ✗ Manual entry |
| Live silo weight tracking | ✓ Per-silo balances, updates on every docket & reading | ◐ Basic silo stock updates |
| AI Weigh Birds (photo of scale) | ✓ Snap scale, AI reads weight | ✗ Manual entry |
| AI Count Chicks (tray photo) | ✓ | ✗ |
| AI Mort Sheet parser (photo → per-shed totals) | ✓ | ✗ |
| AI Farm Buddy (drop timing advisor) | ✓ Recommends per-shed drops | ✗ |
| Real-time FCR & cFCR | ✓ Live every day, matches processor formulas | ◐ Settlement-time trends |
| Cage rating & efficiency rating | ✓ Live calc | ✗ |
| One-tap branded End-of-Batch PDF email | ✓ Matches processor Excel layout | ◐ Basic export |
| Multi-farm Ops Manager dashboard | ✓ Included in Gold plan | ◐ Limited |
| In-app grower ↔ Ops Manager chat | ✓ | ✗ |
| PWA install (iOS + Android home screen) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Offline-queued sync (poor shed reception) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free trial | ✓ 30 days, no credit card | ◐ Contact for pricing |
| AUD monthly pricing | ✓ A$20 – $30/farm/month | ◐ On request |
| Built by an Aussie broiler grower | ✓ Jason Coverdale, 3rd-gen Baiada grower | ✓ |
Where PoultryLog is the right choice
PoultryLog is a solid mobile-first daily-walkthrough tool. If you only need morts, culls, water, weather and equipment checks — and your paperwork is otherwise managed on paper or in Excel — PoultryLog does that well and doesn't ask you to change how you handle dockets.
It's especially light if you don't want AI in your workflow.
Where Broiler Base Mate pulls ahead
1 · Kill the docket paperwork
The AI docket scanner reads Ingham's, Baiada and BPL Adelaide dockets from a phone photo — supplier, feed type, kg, docket number, silo destination — and drops the delivery straight into the End-of-Batch sheet. No typing.
2 · Live FCR, not batch-end FCR
Because dockets and silo readings flow in real-time, cFCR, cage rating and efficiency rating recompute every day. You catch a bad shed on day 12, not at settlement.
3 · One-tap branded End-of-Batch PDF
A branded navy/gold report — matching the processor Excel layout — is emailed to grower, integrator and auditor with a single tap. See the landing page for a preview.
4 · Multi-farm Ops Manager view
If you run more than one farm or supervise growers, the Gold plan includes a multi-farm dashboard, remote settings push and in-app grower chat.
Pricing head-to-head
| Broiler Base Mate | PoultryLog | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | A$20/farm/mo (Bronze) | Contact sales |
| Free trial | 30 days, no card | Not published |
| Multi-farm price | Included in Gold A$30/mo | Contact sales |
| Signup friction | Google sign-in, live in 1 minute | Sales enquiry |
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