Maritime · head to head
Danaos vs Navis N4
Danaos
Maritime
Ship management suite covering purchasing, maintenance, crewing and safety in one database
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Danaos sales, implementation and support are concentrated in Greece and Cyprus, so an owner elsewhere gets a thinner local bench and has to rely on remote support across time zones.; Navis N4 vendor domain redirects to Kaleris; no pricing published
- They diverge on capability: Danaos covers Planned maintenance, Navis N4 covers Vessel planning.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Danaos and Navis N4 actually diverge.
Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Maritime).
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 Danaos
- Planned maintenance
- Purchasing
- Inventory
- Crewing
- Safety and quality
- Dry-docking
- Budgeting
- Ship to shore replication
Only in Navis N4
- Vessel planning
- Yard management
- Gate operations
- Equipment management
- Port community systems
- Customs
- Shipping lines
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Danaos
- A Greek or Cypriot owner replacing a mix of legacy planned maintenance and purchasing systems with one databasenot Navis N4
- A third-party ship manager that must report vessel operating expenditure to multiple owners in a consistent structurenot Navis N4
- An owner whose procurement and maintenance data never reconcile because they sit in separate productsnot Navis N4
- A fleet needing full function on board when the satellite link is slow or intermittentnot Navis N4
Navis N4
No use cases recorded yet. See the Navis N4 review.
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Danaos
- Sales, implementation and support are concentrated in Greece and Cyprus, so an owner elsewhere gets a thinner local bench and has to rely on remote support across time zones.
- The suite is configuration-heavy, and a superintendent generally cannot change a maintenance form or approval route without vendor involvement, which turns small changes into chargeable requests.
- The architecture is traditional, with vessel-side installations replicating to shore, so the browser experience trails newer cloud entrants and IT carries software to maintain on every ship.
- Public documentation and product information are sparse, so a buyer cannot evaluate the product independently and is dependent on vendor demonstrations and reference calls.
- Because everything shares one database, partial adoption gives away most of the benefit and replacing a single module later means unpicking the whole suite rather than swapping a component.
Navis N4
- Vendor domain redirects to Kaleris; no pricing published
Pricing, plan by plan
Danaos
On request- WAVES$undefined/year
- Quoted by fleet size and modules licensed
- Vessel installations and shore server scoped separately
- Implementation, data migration and training charged as services
Navis N4
$50000/year- Professional$100000/year
- Full TOS
- Optimization
- Analytics
Which should you pick?
Choose Danaos if
- You need planned maintenance.
- You work on Windows, Web, On-premise.
- You also want purchasing.
Choose Navis N4 if
- You need vessel planning.
- You work on Web, Windows, Api.
- You also want yard management.
Questions people ask
- Is Danaos or Navis N4 better?
- Neither clearly leads. Danaos starts at On request and Navis N4 at $50000/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Danaos or Navis N4?
- Danaos starts at On request and Navis N4 at $50000/year.
- Does Danaos or Navis N4 run on more platforms?
- Danaos runs on Windows, Web, On-premise. Navis N4 runs on Web, Windows, Api.
- What is Danaos best used for?
- Danaos is most often used for a greek or cypriot owner replacing a mix of legacy planned maintenance and purchasing systems with one database, a third-party ship manager that must report vessel operating expenditure to multiple owners in a consistent structure, an owner whose procurement and maintenance data never reconcile because they sit in separate products, a fleet needing full function on board when the satellite link is slow or intermittent. Of those, a greek or cypriot owner replacing a mix of legacy planned maintenance and purchasing systems with one database and a third-party ship manager that must report vessel operating expenditure to multiple owners in a consistent structure are not what Navis N4 is typically brought in for.
- What can Danaos do that Navis N4 cannot?
- Danaos covers Planned maintenance, Purchasing, Inventory, Crewing. Navis N4 covers Vessel planning, Yard management, Gate operations, Equipment management.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Danaos: Is this the same company as the listed shipowner Danaos Corporation?
No. Danaos Management Consultants is the software business and a separate entity, although the names are shared and both are based in Piraeus.
Navis N4: How is Navis N4 priced?
Navis's website now redirects to Kaleris.com. The Kaleris website does not publish public pricing for its N4 container terminal operations software. Pricing appears to be available only through direct consultation with their sales team.
SourceDanaos: Does it run on board with poor connectivity?
Yes. Vessels run local installations that replicate to shore, which is a deliberate design choice for constrained satellite links.
Navis N4: How can I request a quote for Navis N4?
Interested organizations can request a demo or contact Kaleris directly through their 'Get a Demo' call-to-action on the website. Pricing quotes are customized based on operational requirements.
SourceDanaos: Can I license only the planned maintenance module?
Technically yes, but the value comes from the shared database linking maintenance, purchasing and budgets, so partial adoption is uncommon.
Danaos: Is pricing published?
No. Everything is quoted by fleet size and by the modules licensed.
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