AlphaEarth vs Prithvi vs Clay: Pinned Embeddings Beat Per-Scene Fees
For annual 10 m scoring, AlphaEarth embeddings plus a few hundred of your own labels match a bespoke imagery pipeline. Pin the version, validate with a geographic buffer, and keep the per-scene vendor only for daily or sub-metre work.
October 10, 2026 · 13 min read