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Drewry vs NAPA

Drewry logo

Drewry

Maritime & Shipping

Maritime research and consulting

From
$1000/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
NAPA logo

NAPA

Maritime & Shipping

Ship design and operational excellence

From
$5000/year
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Drewry the World Container Index is described as free but still requires an account to read, and full access depends on subscription rights; NAPA the Internet Archive's capture of NAPA's homepage on 1 January 2020 named six distinct maritime software products, NAPA Loading Computer, NAPA Emergency Computer, NAPA Logbook, NAPA Fleet Intelligence, NAPA Voyage Optimization and ClassNK-NAPA GREEN, with no price figure published for any.
  • They diverge on capability: Drewry covers Market research, NAPA covers Ship design.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Drewry and NAPA actually diverge.

Attributes where Drewry and NAPA differ
AttributeDrewryNAPA
Starting price$1000/month$5000/year
Pricing modelsubscriptionone-time
PlatformsWebWindows, Web
Founded19701989

Identical on both: 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 Drewry

  • Market research
  • Forecasting
  • Benchmarking
  • Advisory services
  • Data exports
  • Custom reports

Only in NAPA

  • Ship design
  • Stability calculation
  • Voyage optimization
  • Performance monitoring
  • CAD systems
  • Fleet management
  • Weather routing
  • Windows support

Both cover

  • Web support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Drewry

  • Tracking container freight rate movements through the weekly World Container Indexnot NAPA
  • Supporting shipping and supply chain research with published rate assessmentsnot NAPA

NAPA

No use cases recorded yet. See the NAPA review.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Drewry

  • The World Container Index is described as free but still requires an account to read, and full access depends on subscription rights
  • No subscription price is published anywhere on the index pages
  • The container index publishes weekly, so it is not a source for daily rate movement

NAPA

  • The Internet Archive's capture of NAPA's homepage on 1 January 2020 named six distinct maritime software products, NAPA Loading Computer, NAPA Emergency Computer, NAPA Logbook, NAPA Fleet Intelligence, NAPA Voyage Optimization and ClassNK-NAPA GREEN, with no price figure published for any.

Pricing, plan by plan

Drewry

$1000/month
  • Research Subscription$3000/month
    • Market reports
    • Forecasts
    • Data access

NAPA

$5000/year
  • Fleet Intelligence$15000/year
    • Voyage optimization
    • Performance monitoring
    • Analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose Drewry if

  • You need market research.
  • You also want forecasting.
Drewry review

Choose NAPA if

  • You need ship design.
  • You work on Windows, Web.
  • You also want stability calculation.
NAPA review

Questions people ask

Is Drewry or NAPA better?
Neither clearly leads. Drewry starts at $1000/month and NAPA at $5000/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Drewry or NAPA?
Drewry starts at $1000/month and NAPA at $5000/year.
Does Drewry or NAPA run on more platforms?
Drewry runs on Web. NAPA runs on Windows, Web.
What is Drewry best used for?
Drewry is most often used for tracking container freight rate movements through the weekly world container index, supporting shipping and supply chain research with published rate assessments. Of those, tracking container freight rate movements through the weekly world container index and supporting shipping and supply chain research with published rate assessments are not what NAPA is typically brought in for.
What can Drewry do that NAPA cannot?
Drewry covers Market research, Forecasting, Benchmarking, Advisory services. NAPA covers Ship design, Stability calculation, Voyage optimization, Performance monitoring. Both handle Web support.
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