Maritime · ranked shortlist
Best Maritime software for Enterprise in 2026
20 approved maritime listings, ordered by published rating with the method stated below rather than assumed. Enterprise buyers rarely pay a published price. The listings here with an unpriced tier are the ones with a sales motion, and those are the ones that will quote.
- Tools ranked
- 20
- Entry price range
- $299-$150,000
- Publish a $0 plan
- 0 of 20
How this ranking is derived
The sort key
Published rating, highest first. Ties break on the number of ratings behind the score, then on product name so the order never depends on what the API happened to return first. That is the whole rule, there is no weighting, no score of our own, and nothing paid: no sponsored slot runs on these pages.
Where the ratings come from
No listing in this set carries a rating, so the order falls back to name. Those scores are aggregated from public sources rather than collected here, Softwr hosts no reviews of its own, which is also why no rating on this page is marked up as ours in structured data.
What the pool is
Approved maritime listings, capped at 20 per page; 20 came back for this one. It is not the whole market, and a tool being absent means we hold no record of it rather than that it failed a test. The unranked full set is on the maritime category page.
The ranking
Each entry lists why it sits where it sits, drawn from its own published rating and pricing.
- #1
Bearing AI
Highest rated hereMachine learning vessel performance models for voyage and commercial decisions, embedded in partner platforms
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Voyage Optimisation, vessel-performance, maritime, machine-learning
- #2
ChartCo
Integrated maritime compliance platform
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $600 a month, with no free plan.
- Billing
- subscription
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- compliance, charts, navigation, fleet-management
- #3
Danaos
Ship management suite covering purchasing, maintenance, crewing and safety in one database
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- ship-management, Planned Maintenance, procurement, crewing
- #4
DNV Maritime
Quality assurance and risk management
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Billing
- Model not published
- Tags
- classification, fleet-management, compliance, maritime
- #5
Dockwa
Marina reservation, management and boater marketplace software
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $299 a month, with no free plan.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- Per booking plus optional monthly modules
- Published tiers
- 2 tiers
- Tags
- Marina, Dockage, reservations, maritime
- #6
Harbour Assist
Marina, harbour and boatyard management software for United Kingdom and European operators
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Marina, Harbour, maritime, Berth Management
- #7
Helm Operations
Dispatch, maintenance, compliance and crewing software built for tug, barge and workboat fleets
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Towage, Workboat, fleet-management, dispatch
- #8
INTTRA
Ocean shipping network platform
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $1,000 a month, with no free plan.
- Billing
- transaction
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- shipping-network, e-booking, EDI, container-shipping
- #9
Kaleris
Terminal operating, yard, rail and vessel software assembled from acquired supply chain brands
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Terminal Operating System, Port Operations, Yard Management, supply-chain
- #10
Kongsberg Maritime
Complete maritime technology solutions
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $150,000 a month, with no free plan.
- Billing
- one-time
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- navigation, bridge-systems, automation, ECDIS
- #11
Kpler
Commodity market intelligence platform
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $2,500 a month, with no free plan.
- Billing
- subscription
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- commodity-trading, vessel-tracking, analytics, oil-gas
- #12
MarinaOffice
Windows-based marina management software with fuel, retail and service modules
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Marina, Boatyard, Yacht Club, Fuel Management
- #13
Molo
Cloud marina, boatyard and yacht club management with integrated payments
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Marina, Boatyard, Yacht Club, Marine
- #14
NAPA Fleet Intelligence
Vessel performance, emissions compliance and voyage optimisation built on NAPA hydrodynamic ship models
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- maritime, vessel-performance, Emissions, Voyage Optimisation
- #15
SpeedyDock
Dry stack, boat club and boat rental operations software with member launch scheduling
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Marina, Dry Stack, Boat Club, Boat Rental
- #16
Vortexa
Real-time seaborne energy cargo flow data sold as a subscription to a feed, not an application
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Commodity Data, energy-trading, Shipping Analytics, market-data
- #17
Wartsila Fleet Operations Solution
Integrated voyage planning, fleet performance and compliance reporting for shipowners
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Voyage Optimisation, Fleet Performance, maritime, Cii
- #18
ZeroNorth
Voyage optimisation, bunker procurement and emissions reporting for shipping, priced per vessel per module
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- maritime, Voyage Optimisation, Bunkering, Emissions
- #19
DNV Navigator Port
Port clearance and ship-to-shore reporting software that assembles the documents a vessel needs before arrival
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- maritime, Port Clearance, compliance, ship-management
- #20
Kongsberg Vessel Insight
Vessel data infrastructure and satellite connectivity sold as a per-vessel subscription
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- maritime, vessel-performance, Iiot, Fleet Data
What maritime software costs
Counted from the published pricing of the 20 listings on this page. A tool counts as free only where it publishes a $0 plan, an open-source licence or a starting price of zero.
- Cheapest paid plan
- $299Dockwa
- Median entry price
- $1,000across 5 priced
- Dearest entry price
- $150,000Kongsberg Maritime
Paid maritime plans in this set start anywhere from $299 a month for Dockwa to $150,000 for Kongsberg Maritime. The median entry price across the 5 tools that publish one is $1,000, half of them start below that figure and half above it.
Nothing in this category publishes a $0 plan, all 20 listings are paid from the first day.
15 of 20 keep at least one tier unpriced and sold by quote, which in practice means the number you end up paying at the top end is not on this page or on theirs.
Dockwa pricingKongsberg Maritime pricingKongsberg Maritime plans
How these vendors bill
The billing model each of the 20 maritime listings publishes, counted. Two tools at the same headline price are not the same purchase if one of them charges per seat.
- quote
- 14
- subscription
- 2
- one-time
- 1
- Per booking plus optional monthly modules
- 1
- transaction
- 1
Separately, 15 of 20 publish at least one tier with no price attached. Those are sold by quote, so the top of the ladder is negotiable, and unknowable, until you talk to sales.
What “Maritime” covers in practice
The subject tags that recur across these 20 listings, with the number of tools carrying each. A category label is a filing decision; this is the closer read of what is actually filed under it.
- maritime13
- Marina5
- Voyage Optimisation4
- Boatyard3
- compliance3
- Emissions3
- fleet-management3
- vessel-performance3
- navigation2
- reservations2
- ship-management2
- shipping2
Carried by a single tool: analytics, Bunkering, container-shipping, Dry Stack, Fleet Data, Marine, Point Of Sale, supply-chain. If one of those is the reason you are here, the category page is the wrong lens, go straight to that product.
How to choose between them
Four things the numbers above should change about your shortlist.
Budget for day one, because nothing here is free
No listing in this category publishes a $0 plan, and the cheapest way in is $299 a month with Dockwa. That changes how you evaluate: ask for a trial in writing before you shortlist, and treat any tool you cannot try as a tool you cannot verify.
Read the spread before you read the features
$299 to $150,000 is a $149,701 spread on entry price alone, and a spread that wide is never about polish, it is about who the vendor built for. Tools at the bottom of this ladder are priced for one person or a small team; tools near $150,000 are priced for a department with a procurement process. Decide which of those you are before you compare capability, or you will shortlist four tools that were never competing for the same buyer.
The billing model matters more than the headline number
This category splits across 5 billing models: quote on 14 listings, subscription on 2, and 3 other arrangements across the rest. A per-user price and a flat subscription at the same headline figure are not the same purchase, the first one grows with headcount and the second does not. Multiply by your real team size before you compare two numbers side by side.
Compare maritime tools directly
Every pairing below is a full comparison: the same checklist applied to both, so a gap in one is a gap in the other.
- Bearing AI vs ChartCo
- ChartCo vs Danaos
- Danaos vs DNV Maritime
- DNV Maritime vs Dockwa
- Dockwa vs Harbour Assist
- Harbour Assist vs Helm Operations
- Helm Operations vs INTTRA
- INTTRA vs Kaleris
Go straight to the numbers
- Bearing AIpricingalternatives
- ChartCopricingalternatives
- Danaospricingalternatives
- DNV Maritimepricingalternatives
- Dockwapricingalternatives
- Harbour Assistpricingalternatives
Questions people ask about maritime software
Answered from the listings on this page, and nowhere else.
- How is this maritime ranking decided?
- Mechanically. The 20 approved maritime listings on this page are sorted by their published rating, highest first, with the number of ratings behind each score as the tie-break and the product name as a final tie-break so the order is stable. Those ratings are aggregated from public sources, not collected from Softwr readers, this site hosts no reviews, so the order is a summary of what is already published elsewhere, not a verdict of our own. Nothing on this page is paid placement.
- Is this list re-ordered for enterprise?
- No, and it would be dishonest to imply otherwise. The catalogue records no data about which team sizes or roles each tool suits, so the ranking is the same published-rating order as the unsegmented list. What the enterprise framing changes is which of the figures below matter most. Enterprise buyers rarely pay a published price. The listings here with an unpriced tier are the ones with a sales motion, and those are the ones that will quote.
- How much does maritime software cost?
- Across the 20 maritime tools listed here, paid plans start between $299 and $150,000 a month, with a median entry price of $1,000. The most expensive single tier published in the category is $150,000 a month (Kongsberg Maritime).
- What is the cheapest maritime software?
- Among the ones that charge, Dockwa has the lowest published entry price at $299 a month. Cheapest and best value are different questions: check which tier the capability you need actually appears in before you compare starting prices.
- Is there free maritime software?
- Not in this set. None of the 20 maritime tools listed here publishes a $0 plan, and the cheapest paid entry is $299 a month. Some vendors offer time-limited trials, which are listed on each product page rather than here.
- How is maritime software usually billed?
- quote (14), subscription (2), one-time (1), Per booking plus optional monthly modules (1), plus 1 less common arrangements, counted across the 20 listings on this page. The distinction that costs money is per-seat versus flat: a per-user plan at the same headline price scales with your headcount and a flat subscription does not. 15 of 20 tools also keep at least one tier unpriced and sold by quote.
- What does maritime software actually cover?
- The 20 tools on this page do not describe themselves the same way. The subject tags they carry most often are maritime (13), marina (5), voyage optimisation (4), boatyard (3), compliance (3). That spread is the honest answer to what the category means in practice: it is not one product shape, and two tools filed under maritime may overlap on very little.
- How many maritime tools are listed on Softwr?
- 20 approved maritime listings appear on this page, including Bearing AI, ChartCo, Danaos, DNV Maritime. Each links to a full breakdown with its pricing tiers and plan detail, and the category can be filtered by price and sorted by rating above. You can also read the shortlist view at /best/maritime, which ranks the same set by published rating.
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Neighbouring categories
Adjacent in the same taxonomy, not a ranking.