Maritime & Shipping · head to head
Clarksons vs DTN
Clarksons
Maritime & Shipping
World's leading shipbroker and data provider
- From
- $3000/month
- Rated
- -
DTN
Maritime & Shipping
Weather, markets, and agronomic intelligence
- From
- $50/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Clarksons uK government contract award notice on find-tender.service.gov.uk shows a Clarkson Research Services Limited data subscription contract valued at 6,500 GBP excluding VAT (7,800 GBP including VAT) for the period 1 November 2025 to 31 October 2026; DTN dTN's homepage names its Agriculture, Refined Fuels and Weather product hubs in detail but every pricing action across the site is a 'Talk With an Expert' CTA, with no edition names or figures published anywhere
- They diverge on capability: Clarksons covers Market intelligence, DTN covers Hyperlocal weather forecasts.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Clarksons and DTN actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Maritime & Shipping).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Clarksons
- Market intelligence
- Fleet database
- Freight rates
- Research reports
- API
- Excel add-in
- Data exports
Only in DTN
- Hyperlocal weather forecasts
- Commodity market data
- Severe weather alerts
- Agronomic insights
- Crop condition reports
- Historical data analysis
- Custom notifications
- Mobile applications
Both cover
- Web support
- Api support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Clarksons
No use cases recorded yet. See the Clarksons review.
DTN
- Weather planningnot Clarksons
- Market monitoringnot Clarksons
- Grain marketingnot Clarksons
- Risk managementnot Clarksons
- Spray timingnot Clarksons
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Clarksons
- UK government contract award notice on find-tender.service.gov.uk shows a Clarkson Research Services Limited data subscription contract valued at 6,500 GBP excluding VAT (7,800 GBP including VAT) for the period 1 November 2025 to 31 October 2026
DTN
- DTN's homepage names its Agriculture, Refined Fuels and Weather product hubs in detail but every pricing action across the site is a 'Talk With an Expert' CTA, with no edition names or figures published anywhere
Pricing, plan by plan
Clarksons
$3000/month- Shipping Intelligence Network$5000/month
- Market data
- Fleet database
- Research reports
DTN
$50/month- DTN Ag Weather$50/month
- Hyperlocal weather
- Hourly forecasts
- Radar & maps
- DTN ProphetX$150/month
- Weather + markets
- Commodity prices
- Futures & options
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- API access
- Custom integrations
- Historical data
Which should you pick?
Choose Clarksons if
- You need market intelligence.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want fleet database.
Choose DTN if
- You need hyperlocal weather forecasts.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- You also want commodity market data.
Questions people ask
- Is Clarksons or DTN better?
- Neither clearly leads. Clarksons starts at $3000/month and DTN at $50/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Clarksons or DTN?
- Clarksons starts at $3000/month and DTN at $50/month.
- Does Clarksons or DTN run on more platforms?
- Clarksons runs on Web, Api. DTN runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- What can Clarksons do that DTN cannot?
- Clarksons covers Market intelligence, Fleet database, Freight rates, Research reports. DTN covers Hyperlocal weather forecasts, Commodity market data, Severe weather alerts, Agronomic insights. Both handle Web support, Api support.