FarmKeep's answer

FarmKeep stands out as one of the only all-in-one farm management apps built specifically for small-scale farms, homesteads, and hobby farmers—not just large commercial operations. It supports over 1,200 species and breeds, handles mixed animal and crop operations, and offers features like automatic gestation/incubation calculators, pedigree tracking, financial dashboards, and multi-member task coordination, all optimized for mobile and offline use. FarmKeep is simple enough for 4-H families and powerful enough for diversified farm businesses.

Split Fee's answer:

Split Fee is the first purpose-built platform for split fee recruitment in the UK. Instead of relying on LinkedIn groups, WhatsApp messages, and manual agreements, agencies upload their candidates and vacancies and the platform automatically matches them across agencies.

Candidate identities are revealed gradually; anonymised at first, then progressively disclosed as both sides accept, so agencies can collaborate without the risk of circumvention.

FarmKeep's answer

FarmKeep was designed with the realities of small and diversified farms in mind—where spreadsheets, notebooks, and memory are still the norm. Unlike other software built for industrial-scale farming, FarmKeep focuses on flexibility, simplicity, and affordability. It's ideal for farms that juggle multiple animal species, homegrown products, seasonal breeding, and evolving priorities. And with features like team collaboration, intuitive record keeping, and a mobile-first design, users can manage everything right from the field.

Split Fee's answer:

Most "split fee networks" are just directories or social groups where agencies post and hope someone responds. Split Fee is an actual matching engine. It scores candidate-vacancy pairs, handles the legal agreements (non-circumvention, self-billing), automates invoicing and fee splits, and manages the entire placement lifecycle from match to payment. Everything that normally requires trust, phone calls, and spreadsheets is handled by the platform.

FarmKeep's answer

Our primary audience includes homesteaders, hobby farmers, 4-H families, youth ag programs, and small-scale ranchers. Many are family-run farms or individuals seeking a more sustainable, intentional lifestyle outside of the industrial food system. They’re tech-savvy enough to want a digital tool but need something intuitive, customizable, and budget-friendly.

Split Fee's answer:

UK recruitment agencies; from boutique firms with a handful of consultants to mid-sized agencies with specialist sector coverage. Any agency that has either strong candidates without the right vacancies, or client vacancies they can't fill from their own candidate pool. Split Fee turns those dormant assets into placements.

FarmKeep's answer

FarmKeep was born out of the founders' own journey to grow their own food and build a sustainable lifestyle on a farm. Along the way, they discovered a vibrant community of farmers and homesteaders—creative, resourceful, and committed—but underserved by modern tools. Frustrated by spreadsheets and fragmented apps, they decided to build the tool they wished they had, gathering feedback from real farmers to create a system that fits the way small farms actually work.

Split Fee's answer:

Abbie, our founder, knew that although split fee arrangements have existed in recruitment for decades, the process has always been manual: find a partner agency, negotiate terms, trust them with your candidate data, chase invoices. Most agencies avoid it because the overhead and risk outweigh the reward. Abbie built Split Fee to remove that friction entirely, with automated matching, progressive identity disclosure, built-in legal agreements, and automated billing, making split placements as straightforward as direct ones.

FarmKeep's answer

FarmKeep is built using a modern tech stack including Swift, Kotlin, Compose, Firebase, MongoDB and Segment. The platform is mobile-first and cloud-based. We prioritize data privacy, performance, and seamless syncing across devices.

Split Fee's answer:

A next-generation serverless platform, built for AWS.

FarmKeep's answer

FarmKeep is trusted by a growing network of homesteaders, hobby farms, youth ag programs, and family ranches across the U.S. We support individual farmers raising everything from chickens and goats to ostriches and alpacas, as well as multi-acre farms managing dozens to hundreds of animals and staff. Many of our earliest customers have grown with us—shaping the product through direct feedback and farm-tested insights.