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Lloyd's List Intelligence vs Vortexa

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Lloyd's List Intelligence

Maritime

Maritime data and analytics

From
$1000/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Vortexa

Maritime

Real-time seaborne energy cargo flow data sold as a subscription to a feed, not an application

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Lloyd's List Intelligence enterprise-only pricing with no public rate card available; Vortexa cargo attribution is inference from AIS, imagery and pattern analysis, not measurement, so grade and volume figures carry an error band that matters if you size a position on them and the vendor cannot fully quantify it for every route.
  • They diverge on capability: Lloyd's List Intelligence covers Vessel database, Vortexa covers Cargo-level flow tracking.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Lloyd's List Intelligence and Vortexa actually diverge.

Attributes where Lloyd's List Intelligence and Vortexa differ
AttributeLloyd's List IntelligenceVortexa
Starting price$1000/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, Cloud, API
Founded1734Unknown

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 Lloyd's List Intelligence

  • Vessel database
  • Port intelligence
  • Ownership tracking
  • Market analysis
  • API
  • Data feeds
  • Analytics platforms
  • Web support

Only in Vortexa

  • Cargo-level flow tracking
  • Multi-commodity coverage
  • Floating storage analytics
  • API, Excel and Python access
  • Anywhere Freight Pricing
  • Satellite and AIS fusion

What people use each for

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

Lloyd's List Intelligence

  • Trade finance compliance and risk assessmentnot Vortexa
  • Counterparty and vessel due diligencenot Vortexa
  • Voyage and shipping risk managementnot Vortexa
  • Sanctions screening and trade-based money-laundering detectionnot Vortexa
  • Commodity market intelligencenot Vortexa

Vortexa

  • A crude trading desk sizing a position on inferred cargo flows into a region before customs data confirms them weeks laternot Lloyd's List Intelligence
  • A shipowner assessing tonne-mile demand and ballast patterns to decide where to reposition vesselsnot Lloyd's List Intelligence
  • A refiner tracking competing product cargoes arriving into its market to anticipate margin pressurenot Lloyd's List Intelligence
  • A research team pulling flow data into Python models rather than reading a vendor dashboardnot Lloyd's List Intelligence

Where each one falls short

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

Lloyd's List Intelligence

  • Enterprise-only pricing with no public rate card available
  • Requires subscription and contract with minimal transparency on costs
  • Limited public documentation on specific data retention policies

Vortexa

  • Cargo attribution is inference from AIS, imagery and pattern analysis, not measurement, so grade and volume figures carry an error band that matters if you size a position on them and the vendor cannot fully quantify it for every route.
  • What you buy is a feed rather than an application, so a firm without quantitative capability to consume it gets far less value than the subscription costs, and the terminal alone rarely justifies the price.
  • Pricing is by seat and by data scope with nothing published, so cost scales with how many analysts need access, which discourages exactly the broad internal distribution that would make the data useful.
  • It overlaps materially with other commodity flow subscriptions and price reporting services, and most desks that buy Vortexa are paying twice for a partly duplicated picture.
  • Coverage quality varies by trade and region; dark fleet activity, ship-to-ship transfers and sanctioned trades are the hardest cases and also the ones where accurate data is worth the most.

Pricing, plan by plan

Lloyd's List Intelligence

$1000/month
  • Professional$2500/month
    • Vessel database
    • Port intelligence
    • Ownership data

Vortexa

On request
  • Vortexa$undefined/year
    • Subscription priced by seat and by data scope
    • API, Excel add-in and Python SDK access licensed separately from terminal seats
    • Commodity coverage selectable, crude, products, LPG, LNG

Which should you pick?

Choose Lloyd's List Intelligence if

  • You need vessel database.
  • You work on Web, API.
  • You also want port intelligence.
Lloyd's List Intelligence review

Choose Vortexa if

  • You need cargo-level flow tracking.
  • You work on Web, Cloud, API.
  • You also want multi-commodity coverage.
Vortexa review

Questions people ask

Is Lloyd's List Intelligence or Vortexa better?
Neither clearly leads. Lloyd's List Intelligence starts at $1000/month and Vortexa at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lloyd's List Intelligence or Vortexa?
Lloyd's List Intelligence starts at $1000/month and Vortexa at On request.
Does Lloyd's List Intelligence or Vortexa run on more platforms?
Lloyd's List Intelligence runs on Web, API. Vortexa runs on Web, Cloud, API.
What is Lloyd's List Intelligence best used for?
Lloyd's List Intelligence is most often used for trade finance compliance and risk assessment, counterparty and vessel due diligence, voyage and shipping risk management, sanctions screening and trade-based money-laundering detection. Of those, trade finance compliance and risk assessment and counterparty and vessel due diligence are not what Vortexa is typically brought in for.
What can Lloyd's List Intelligence do that Vortexa cannot?
Lloyd's List Intelligence covers Vessel database, Port intelligence, Ownership tracking, Market analysis. Vortexa covers Cargo-level flow tracking, Multi-commodity coverage, Floating storage analytics, API, Excel and Python access.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Lloyd's List Intelligence: What real-time data does Lloyd's List Intelligence provide?

Lloyd's List Intelligence provides 100% fleet coverage with 200M+ daily vessel positions from real-time AIS data, Automatic Identification System (AIS) tracking, and vessel movement records across commercial fleets.

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Vortexa: Is Vortexa an application or a data feed?

Fundamentally a data feed. There is a web terminal, but the API, Excel add-in and Python SDK are how most subscribers actually use it.

Lloyd's List Intelligence: How accurate are Lloyd's List Intelligence predictions?

The platform's AI models predict destination with 70% accuracy, ETA to port within plus or minus 10 hours, and ETB within one to two hours for all commercial vessel types.

Source
Vortexa: Are the cargo volumes measured or estimated?

Estimated. Vortexa infers cargo, grade and volume from AIS, satellite imagery and pattern analysis. Treat the numbers as estimates with an error band.

Lloyd's List Intelligence: What AIS data sources does Lloyd's List Intelligence use?

Lloyd's List Intelligence combines terrestrial, shipborne, and satellite AIS data through their proprietary AIS SeaOrbis platform, launched in April 2025, validated by over 80 analysts.

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Vortexa: How is it priced?

By seat and by data scope, quoted annually. Redistribution and derived-data rights are negotiated separately and matter for internal use.

Vortexa: Does it cover LNG and LPG as well as oil?

Yes, alongside crude and refined products, though commodity scope affects what you pay.

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