Greenhouse IoT Sensor and Controller Planner
Estimate how many controllers, climate sensors, water and fertigation sensors, valves and control groups your greenhouse needs from its area, compartments and equipment. Quantities only: no prices or budgets.
Greenhouse IoT Sensor and Controller Planner
Estimate how many controllers, climate sensors, water and fertigation sensors, valves and control groups your greenhouse needs from its area, compartments and equipment. Quantities only: no prices or budgets.
Estimate only — not a quotation. Outputs are indicative planning ranges based on the values you enter and typical commercial benchmarks. Real pricing, specifications and lead times vary by country, site conditions and supplier, and are confirmed only in written offers collected through a private RFQ.
1 hectare = 10,000 m².
Zones controlled separately.
Editable assumption; the integrator confirms it based on how uniform the climate is.
Detailed list
Control and supervision
| Item | Calculation rule | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Central supervisor / climate computer1 per site | 1 per site | 1 |
| Compartment controllers (climate zones)1 per compartment | 1 per compartment | 4 |
| Irrigation / fertigation controllers1 per fertigation unit | 1 per fertigation unit | 1 |
| Wireless IoT gateways1 per 1 compartment(s) | 1 per 1 compartment(s) | 4 |
Climate sensors
| Item | Calculation rule | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Aspirated temperature / humidity measuring boxes1 per 5000 m² of compartment, at least 1 per compartment | 1 per 5000 m² of compartment, at least 1 per compartment | 4 |
| Indoor PAR light sensors1 per compartment (if screens or lighting) | 1 per compartment (if screens or lighting) | 4 |
| Outdoor weather stationsnumber entered | number entered | 1 |
Water, irrigation and fertigation
| Item | Calculation rule | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| EC (conductivity) sensors2 per fertigation unit | 2 per fertigation unit | 2 |
| pH sensors2 per fertigation unit | 2 per fertigation unit | 2 |
| Flow meters1 per fertigation unit | 1 per fertigation unit | 1 |
| Sector solenoid valves1 per irrigation sector | 1 per irrigation sector | 8 |
| Tank or reservoir level sensors1 per tank or reservoir | 1 per tank or reservoir | 2 |
| Substrate sensors (water content, EC, temperature)1 per sector | 1 per sector | 8 |
| Drainage measuring stations1 per sector (substrate crops) | 1 per sector (substrate crops) | 8 |
Control groups to drive
| Item | Calculation rule | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Vent controls1 group per compartment | 1 group per compartment | 4 |
| Energy / shade screen controls1 group per compartment | 1 group per compartment | 4 |
| Cooling controls (pad & fan, fogging)1 group per compartment | 1 group per compartment | 4 |
Turn this estimate into a project brief
Send these figures to the greenhouse RFQ form. Your inputs and results are attached to the brief, a sourcing specialist reviews it, and only then are suitable suppliers or project partners approached.
Buying more than once? Save these project details to your buyer profile so your site, crop, budget and timeline are pre-filled on every future request.
Indicative only. Not financial advice, not agronomic advice, not engineering design. Final numbers require supplier, agronomist, engineer and local regulatory review.
Turn the list into a request for quotes
Attach the CSV file to your request so every integrator prices the same quantities. Free for buyers; no supplier is contacted before our team reviews the project. Projects from USD 250,000.
Request greenhouse quotes →Frequently asked questions
No. It shows quantities only: controllers, sensors, valves and control groups. No price, brand or budget is calculated; prices come from the integrators' quotes against your specification.
They are planning assumptions shown next to each line, and you can change them — for example the area covered by one measuring box. They do not replace the integrator's design, which sets the final positions and quantities for the greenhouse, crop and climate uniformity.
Attach it to your request for quotes so every integrator prices the same scope, and ask each one to flag any quantity they change and why. The service is free for buyers.
No. Quantities depend on area, compartments and equipment, not on the country. Local climate mainly changes which equipment you tick: cooling and shading in hot climates, heating and energy screens more often in cold ones.
Turning this estimate into a request? The greenhouse systems request builder lists what changes a quote — structure, cover, climate and installation scope — and opens a pre-filled request that our team reviews before any supplier is contacted.
Understanding the values
What each choice in this calculator means, and how the options differ in practice.
- Area and layout
- Hectares alone are not a specification. Block dimensions, corridors and packhouse share decide how much of the site actually produces.
- Scenario testing
- Change one assumption at a time and record the effect. The value of the tool is comparing scenarios, not the single first number.
Illustrative project summary
1 ha multi-span tomato house
A new commercial entrant builds a first multi-span block with fertigation, insect screens and a basic climate computer.
1 ha · Multi-span polyhouse · Tomatoes
Indicative full greenhouse project CAPEX
USD 575K – USD 1.56M
Illustration only, not a real project or quotation. This is the structure, equipment and site-works budget for the example greenhouse, not the price of this calculator’s individual system, seeds or inputs, and not a result calculated from your entries. Excludes land, permits, packhouse, financing costs and working capital.
Based on the published commercial greenhouse cost benchmark. Written offers require a private project review; commercial projects start from USD 250K.
What can change the result?
This is a preliminary planning estimate based on the values you entered. The variables below usually move the outcome most, and should be confirmed with an agronomist, engineer and supplier offers before final design.
- Crop and cultivar — water, climate and support requirements differ per crop
- Growing area and layout — hectares alone are not a greenhouse specification
- Local climate: temperature, humidity, radiation and wind exposure
- Growing system (soil, substrate, hydroponic) and plant density
Questions this calculator answers
Typical buyer and investor searches this tool is built for, including the markets where we run the most commercial projects.
- commercial greenhouse construction cost per hectare for a commercial project
- commercial greenhouse construction cost for a 2-hectare project — India
- commercial greenhouse construction cost: indicative planning ranges — Kenya
- commercial greenhouse construction cost benchmarks for investors — Saudi Arabia
- commercial greenhouse construction cost under local market conditions — Mexico
- commercial greenhouse construction cost — what to specify in a supplier RFQ
Method and decision path
How to use this result in a commercial project
Use the result to test scope and compare scenarios. It is not a design, agronomic prescription, financing offer or supplier quotation.
1. Enter site evidence
Replace defaults with measured area, climate, water, energy, crop and commercial assumptions.
2. Test scenarios
Change one assumption at a time and record the effect on capacity, cost, demand or return.
3. Validate the duty
Ask the relevant agronomist, engineer or financial adviser to check the inputs and constraints.
4. Prepare a private RFQ
Carry the confirmed scope into a human-reviewed brief so written offers can be compared on the same basis.
Final specifications, performance, prices, supplier participation and timing depend on the site and written supplier responses; none is guaranteed by this calculator.
Plan the project around the numbers
A calculator output is a starting point. Pair it with the planning guides below to align timeline, irrigation, budget and risk before you launch an RFQ.
One private brief, specialist review, private supplier research and a like-for-like comparison.
Spec gaps, MOQ, delivery, Incoterms and evidence labels for seeds, greenhouses, irrigation, fertilizers and produce.
Month-by-month schedule from concept to first harvest across 9 stages.
Design principles for drip, pivot, fertigation and filtration on commercial projects.
How CAPEX, working capital and operating cost drive the project business case.
The ten most expensive planning and procurement pitfalls — and how to avoid them.
Procurement answers behind these numbers
A model output only holds if the scope, contract route and delivery terms match the assumptions. These reference answers cover the commercial decisions that move the figure.
- Turnkey EPC vs separate equipment packages
- What belongs in a greenhouse equipment specification
- Normal payment milestones in equipment contracts
- Which Incoterms to use for greenhouse and irrigation equipment
- How long a commercial greenhouse takes from order to handover
- What is normally the owner's scope on a greenhouse project
Running these numbers for a client project?
Agronomists, greenhouse and irrigation consultants use this calculator for feasibility, then hand the project to us for supplier shortlisting, RFQ preparation and quote comparison. You stay client-facing and we work through you.
Your client relationship stays with you — we work through you and never contact your client unless you ask.
Indicative only
- This tool is indicative only.
- It is not financial advice.
- It is not agronomic advice.
- It is not engineering design.
- Final numbers require supplier, agronomist, engineer and local regulatory review.
SeedMatch Group is an independent agricultural project sourcing and RFQ platform. We are not a farm, seed producer, fertilizer manufacturer, irrigation manufacturer, greenhouse builder, EPC contractor, lender or financial advisor. Supplier and project partner outreach is handled only after a commercial project brief is reviewed.
Supplier and manufacturer content is provided for research, transparency and discovery only. Buyers submit one project or RFQ to SeedMatch Group; our team validates and organises it, manages any suitable supplier or manufacturer outreach, and presents the responses through SeedMatch. There is no public directory of company identities, automatic matching, direct messaging or direct buyer-supplier contact.