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Molo vs Q88

Molo logo

Molo

Maritime

Cloud marina, boatyard and yacht club management with integrated payments

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Q88 logo

Q88

Maritime

Tanker vessel information platform

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.; Q88 the Internet Archive's capture of Q88 LLC's corporate homepage on 19 February 2016 stated Q88.com had 75% of the world-wide tanker industry onboard and served over 1,000 clients across four named products (Q88.com, Q88Dry.com, Milbros.com, Q88VMS.com), with no price figure published for any; this is a 2016 capture and figures are dated.
  • They diverge on capability: Molo covers Space management, Q88 covers Vessel questionnaires.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Molo and Q88 actually diverge.

Attributes where Molo and Q88 differ
AttributeMoloQ88
Starting priceOn request$200/month
Pricing modelquotesubscription
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, Api
FoundedUnknown2001

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 Q88

  • Vessel questionnaires
  • Vetting support
  • Documentation management
  • Compliance tracking
  • Oil major systems
  • Chartering platforms
  • Fleet management
  • 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 Q88
  • A boatyard tracking labour and parts against each vessel so haul-out and repair margins are visiblenot Q88
  • A yacht club billing members for dockage, dining and store purchases on a single monthly accountnot Q88
  • A municipal waterfront needing auditable records of who occupied which berth and what was collectednot Q88

Q88

No use cases recorded yet. See the Q88 review.

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.

Q88

  • The Internet Archive's capture of Q88 LLC's corporate homepage on 19 February 2016 stated Q88.com had 75% of the world-wide tanker industry onboard and served over 1,000 clients across four named products (Q88.com, Q88Dry.com, Milbros.com, Q88VMS.com), with no price figure published for any; this is a 2016 capture and figures are dated.

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

Q88

$200/month
  • Vessel Manager$500/month
    • Q88 questionnaires
    • Vessel profiles
    • Documentation

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 Q88 if

  • You need vessel questionnaires.
  • You work on Web, Api.
  • You also want vetting support.
Q88 review

Questions people ask

Is Molo or Q88 better?
Neither clearly leads. Molo starts at On request and Q88 at $200/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Molo or Q88?
Molo starts at On request and Q88 at $200/month.
Does Molo or Q88 run on more platforms?
Molo runs on Web, iOS, Android. Q88 runs on Web, Api.
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 Q88 is typically brought in for.
What can Molo do that Q88 cannot?
Molo covers Space management, Service and repair, Integrated payments, Point of sale. Q88 covers Vessel questionnaires, Vetting support, Documentation management, Compliance tracking.

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.

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.

Molo: Who owns Molo?

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

Molo: Does it replace QuickBooks?

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

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