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Molo vs NAVTOR

Molo logo

Molo

Maritime

Cloud marina, boatyard and yacht club management with integrated payments

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
NAVTOR logo

NAVTOR

Maritime

Digital navigation and maritime compliance

From
$200/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Molo pricing is not published and is quoted by business size, so a small marina cannot establish affordability without a sales process and has no benchmark for the quote.; NAVTOR specialized product focused only on maritime industry, not suitable for other domains
  • They diverge on capability: Molo covers Space management, NAVTOR covers Digital chart services.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Molo and NAVTOR actually diverge.

Attributes where Molo and NAVTOR differ
AttributeMoloNAVTOR
Starting priceOn request$200/month
Pricing modelquotesubscription
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb
FoundedUnknown2011

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 Molo

  • Space management
  • Service and repair
  • Integrated payments
  • Point of sale
  • Mobile apps
  • Accounting integration

Only in NAVTOR

  • Digital chart services
  • Passage planning
  • Compliance management
  • Fleet monitoring
  • ECDIS systems
  • Fleet management
  • Classification societies
  • Web support

What people use each for

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

Molo

  • A three hundred slip marina wanting seasonal contracts, transient bookings and winter storage in one system rather than three spreadsheetsnot NAVTOR
  • A boatyard tracking labour and parts against each vessel so haul-out and repair margins are visiblenot NAVTOR
  • A yacht club billing members for dockage, dining and store purchases on a single monthly accountnot NAVTOR
  • A municipal waterfront needing auditable records of who occupied which berth and what was collectednot NAVTOR

NAVTOR

  • Planning routes with weather integration and ENC chartsnot Molo
  • Monitoring vessel emissions and UK ETS regulatory compliancenot Molo
  • Replacing paper logbooks with digital navigational recordsnot Molo
  • Connecting onboard systems with shore-based fleet managementnot Molo

Where each one falls short

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

Molo

  • Pricing is not published and is quoted by business size, so a small marina cannot establish affordability without a sales process and has no benchmark for the quote.
  • Payment processing is integrated, which means the card rate is negotiated inside a software deal rather than shopped against a standalone merchant provider, and marinas rarely check it.
  • Molo is now part of Storable, a group whose main business is self-storage software, so marine-specific development competes for attention with a much larger adjacent market.
  • Accounting is receivables and invoicing with exports rather than a full general ledger, so most operators still run QuickBooks alongside and reconcile between the two.
  • Adoption depends on dock and yard staff using mobile apps in poor connectivity and rough conditions, and marinas consistently report that getting seasonal staff to record work reliably is the hard part of the implementation.

NAVTOR

  • Specialized product focused only on maritime industry, not suitable for other domains
  • Requires subscription to PRIMAR or IC-ENC chart sources

Pricing, plan by plan

Molo

On request
  • Molo$undefined/month
    • Space and contract management
    • Service and repair work orders
    • Point of sale and integrated payments

NAVTOR

$200/month
  • NavStation$500/month
    • Digital charts
    • Passage planning
    • Compliance tools

Which should you pick?

Choose Molo if

  • You need space management.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want service and repair.
Molo review

Choose NAVTOR if

  • You need digital chart services.
  • You also want passage planning.
NAVTOR review

Questions people ask

Is Molo or NAVTOR better?
Neither clearly leads. Molo starts at On request and NAVTOR at $200/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Molo or NAVTOR?
Molo starts at On request and NAVTOR at $200/month.
Does Molo or NAVTOR run on more platforms?
Molo runs on Web, iOS, Android. NAVTOR runs on Web.
What is Molo best used for?
Molo is most often used for a three hundred slip marina wanting seasonal contracts, transient bookings and winter storage in one system rather than three spreadsheets, a boatyard tracking labour and parts against each vessel so haul-out and repair margins are visible, a yacht club billing members for dockage, dining and store purchases on a single monthly account, a municipal waterfront needing auditable records of who occupied which berth and what was collected. Of those, a three hundred slip marina wanting seasonal contracts, transient bookings and winter storage in one system rather than three spreadsheets and a boatyard tracking labour and parts against each vessel so haul-out and repair margins are visible are not what NAVTOR is typically brought in for.
What can Molo do that NAVTOR cannot?
Molo covers Space management, Service and repair, Integrated payments, Point of sale. NAVTOR covers Digital chart services, Passage planning, Compliance management, Fleet monitoring.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Molo: What does Molo cost?

Not published. It is quoted by business size, so ask for the monthly figure and the payment processing rate together.

NAVTOR: What are Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs)?

ENCs are official digital charts used for maritime navigation. NAVTOR distributes ENCs from PRIMAR and IC-ENC in S-63 format and NAVTOR SENC format, covering over 15,800 official charts.

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Molo: Does it handle boatyard work orders?

Yes. Estimates, work orders, jobs and parts inventory are core rather than an add-on, which is unusual in this category.

NAVTOR: What is NAVTOR's PAYS pricing model?

PAYS (Pay As You Sail) charges vessels only for the chart cells they pass through during a voyage, while allowing navigators free access to any ENC for planning purposes before sailing.

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Molo: Who owns Molo?

Storable, a software group whose primary market is self-storage.

NAVTOR: What is NavStation used for?

NavStation is NAVTOR's voyage planning software that integrates official ENC charts with overlays of navigational data to assist in route planning and voyage optimization.

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Molo: Does it replace QuickBooks?

No. It handles receivables and invoicing and exports to accounting.

NAVTOR: What platforms does NAVTOR serve?

NAVTOR focuses on the maritime shipping industry, serving vessel operators, fleet managers, and navigation professionals with e-Navigation solutions and digital logbooks.

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