SoilMate

SoilMate is a pay-per-use geoanalytics web service that runs ready-made AI and index models on satellite imagery. A user draws an area of interest in the browser portal or submits it through a REST API, picks an analytics model and dates, and receives mapped results: rasters, GeoJSON polygons and area statistics.

The catalogue covers agriculture (NDVI index, Crop Type, Plot boundary, Blooming index, Moisture index), forestry (deforestation/afforestation detection, Net Forest Carbon Sequestration) and general analytics (Oil leak, Basic Objects), plus a LandUse/LandCover option that displays Esri's 10 m Sentinel-2 land-cover layer for a chosen year. Most models work on Sentinel-2 optical imagery at 10 m per pixel. Crop Type combines 10 to 30 Sentinel-1 radar and Sentinel-2 scenes over a four-month season and is offered for the United States and Europe. Plot boundary covers the United States, Europe, the Mediterranean and Australia, and Net Forest Carbon Sequestration covers Europe only; the other Sentinel-based models are offered worldwide. Net Forest Carbon Sequestration estimates biomass from Sentinel-2 with the 3-PG forest growth model and compares carbon between two years as a basis for carbon-removal certification. Oil leak flags persistent near-surface moisture anomalies consistent with hydrocarbon contamination. Basic Objects detects buildings, vehicles, aircraft and vessels on a single Planet SkySat scene from the user's own Planet order.

Satellite models are priced from $5 per km² (LandUse/LandCover) to $200 per km² (forest carbon), for areas up to 1,000 km² (Basic Objects runs on one 36 km² SkySat scene), with stated thematic accuracies of about 87–98%. The service launched in open test mode in July 2023 with a free one-month trial. SoilMate also builds custom models on request. The catalogue additionally lists a Stone detection model, priced at $250 per km², that works on tractor-camera video rather than satellite imagery.