Maritime & Shipping · head to head
NAVTOR vs Dataloy
NAVTOR
Maritime & Shipping
Digital navigation and maritime compliance
- From
- $200/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: NAVTOR specialized product focused only on maritime industry, not suitable for other domains; Dataloy dataloy has been rebranded as Sedna VMS ("Sedna Trade Voyage Management System (Dataloy)"); its own site publishes no pricing and every plan action is a Request a demo button, per Sedna's own site.
- They diverge on capability: NAVTOR covers Digital chart services, Dataloy covers Voyage planning.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which NAVTOR and Dataloy actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), 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 NAVTOR
- Digital chart services
- Passage planning
- Compliance management
- Fleet monitoring
- ECDIS systems
- Fleet management
- Classification societies
- Api support
Only in Dataloy
- Voyage planning
- Operations management
- Demurrage calculation
- Bunker planning
- ERP systems
- Accounting
- Market data
Both cover
- Web support
- Windows support
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
NAVTOR
- Specialized product focused only on maritime industry, not suitable for other domains
- Requires subscription to PRIMAR or IC-ENC chart sources
Dataloy
- Dataloy has been rebranded as Sedna VMS ("Sedna Trade Voyage Management System (Dataloy)"); its own site publishes no pricing and every plan action is a Request a demo button, per Sedna's own site.
Pricing, plan by plan
NAVTOR
$200/month- NavStation$500/month
- Digital charts
- Passage planning
- Compliance tools
Dataloy
$1500/month- VMS Pro$3000/month
- Voyage planning
- Operations
- Demurrage
Which should you pick?
Choose Dataloy if
- You need voyage planning.
- You work on Web, Windows.
- You also want operations management.
Questions people ask
- Is NAVTOR or Dataloy better?
- Neither clearly leads. NAVTOR starts at $200/month and Dataloy at $1500/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, NAVTOR or Dataloy?
- NAVTOR starts at $200/month and Dataloy at $1500/month.
- Does NAVTOR or Dataloy run on more platforms?
- NAVTOR runs on Web. Dataloy runs on Web, Windows.
- What can NAVTOR do that Dataloy cannot?
- NAVTOR covers Digital chart services, Passage planning, Compliance management, Fleet monitoring. Dataloy covers Voyage planning, Operations management, Demurrage calculation, Bunker planning. Both handle Web support, Windows support.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
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.
SourceNAVTOR: 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.
SourceNAVTOR: 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.
SourceNAVTOR: 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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