Maritime · head to head
Danaos vs Shone
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.; Shone shone Automation was acquired by Bedrock Ocean Exploration in April 2022 and the product is no longer sold under the Shone name
- They diverge on capability: Danaos covers Planned maintenance, Shone covers Autonomous navigation.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Danaos and Shone 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 Shone
- Autonomous navigation
- Collision avoidance
- Sensor fusion
- Decision support
- Bridge systems
- ECDIS
- Radar
- AIS
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 Shone
- A third-party ship manager that must report vessel operating expenditure to multiple owners in a consistent structurenot Shone
- An owner whose procurement and maintenance data never reconcile because they sit in separate productsnot Shone
- A fleet needing full function on board when the satellite link is slow or intermittentnot Shone
Shone
No use cases recorded yet. See the Shone 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.
Shone
- Shone Automation was acquired by Bedrock Ocean Exploration in April 2022 and the product is no longer sold under the Shone name
- shone.io no longer resolves
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
Shone
$3000/month- Professional$8000/month
- Autonomous navigation
- Collision avoidance
- Bridge integration
Which should you pick?
Choose Danaos if
- You need planned maintenance.
- You work on Windows, Web, On-premise.
- You also want purchasing.
Choose Shone if
- You need autonomous navigation.
- You work on Maritime vessels.
- You also want collision avoidance.
Questions people ask
- Is Danaos or Shone better?
- Neither clearly leads. Danaos starts at On request and Shone at $3000/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Danaos or Shone?
- Danaos starts at On request and Shone at $3000/month.
- Does Danaos or Shone run on more platforms?
- Danaos runs on Windows, Web, On-premise. Shone runs on Maritime vessels.
- 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 Shone is typically brought in for.
- What can Danaos do that Shone cannot?
- Danaos covers Planned maintenance, Purchasing, Inventory, Crewing. Shone covers Autonomous navigation, Collision avoidance, Sensor fusion, Decision support.
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.
Shone: What does Shone's autonomous technology do?
Shone retrofits ships with autonomous technologies to improve safety, security and crew quality of life. The system provides assistance through situational awareness and course recommendations, which reduces watchkeeper fatigue and helps prevent accidents.
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.
Shone: How does Shone detect surrounding vessels?
Shone's proprietary detection algorithm is based on data gathered from ship sensors including AIS, radar and GPS, with additional cameras installed on board for computer vision capabilities.
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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