Maritime · head to head
Molo vs ShipNet
Molo
Maritime
Cloud marina, boatyard and yacht club management with integrated payments
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
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.; ShipNet no pricing information published online
- They diverge on capability: Molo covers Space management, ShipNet covers Technical management.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Molo and ShipNet 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 Molo
- Space management
- Service and repair
- Integrated payments
- Point of sale
- Mobile apps
- Accounting integration
Only in ShipNet
- Technical management
- Crew management
- Procurement
- Accounting
- ERP systems
- Payroll
- 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 ShipNet
- A boatyard tracking labour and parts against each vessel so haul-out and repair margins are visiblenot ShipNet
- A yacht club billing members for dockage, dining and store purchases on a single monthly accountnot ShipNet
- A municipal waterfront needing auditable records of who occupied which berth and what was collectednot ShipNet
ShipNet
- Fleet operations and compliance management for shipping companiesnot Molo
- Profitability tracking across vessel operations and charteringnot Molo
- Technical asset management and vessel maintenance schedulingnot Molo
- Commercial voyage and chartering operations managementnot Molo
- Marine financial accounting and reporting integrationnot Molo
- Dry docking and vessel maintenance project 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.
ShipNet
- No pricing information published online
- Requires demo request to obtain pricing details
- Targets large shipping operators with 150+ customers globally
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
ShipNet
$400/month- Professional$1000/month
- Technical management
- Crewing
- Procurement
Which should you pick?
Choose Molo if
- You need space management.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want service and repair.
Choose ShipNet if
- You need technical management.
- You work on Web, Windows.
- You also want crew management.
Questions people ask
- Is Molo or ShipNet better?
- Neither clearly leads. Molo starts at On request and ShipNet at $400/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Molo or ShipNet?
- Molo starts at On request and ShipNet at $400/month.
- Does Molo or ShipNet run on more platforms?
- Molo runs on Web, iOS, Android. ShipNet runs on Web, Windows.
- 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 ShipNet is typically brought in for.
- What can Molo do that ShipNet cannot?
- Molo covers Space management, Service and repair, Integrated payments, Point of sale. ShipNet covers Technical management, Crew management, Procurement, Accounting.
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.
ShipNet: How much does Shipnet cost?
Shipnet does not publish pricing on their website. Interested customers must request a demo to receive pricing information from their sales team.
SourceMolo: 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.
ShipNet: Who uses Shipnet?
Shipnet serves over 150 shipping companies across 31 countries, including major operators like Golar LNG, Wilson, and COSCO Shipping. The platform is described as built by mariners for mariners.
SourceMolo: Who owns Molo?
Storable, a software group whose primary market is self-storage.
ShipNet: What modules does Shipnet offer?
Shipnet provides eight integrated solution modules: Safety, Technical, Analytics, Commercial, Financial, Procurement, Dry Docking, and Shipnet ONE for unified ecosystem management.
SourceMolo: Does it replace QuickBooks?
No. It handles receivables and invoicing and exports to accounting.
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