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project44 vs Vortexa

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project44

Maritime

Leading supply chain visibility platform

From
$2500/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: project44 no pricing published; requires demo and direct sales contact to discuss costs; 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: project44 covers Real-time tracking, 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 project44 and Vortexa actually diverge.

Attributes where project44 and Vortexa differ
Attributeproject44Vortexa
Starting price$2500/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, Android, ApiWeb, Cloud, API
Founded2014Unknown

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 project44

  • Real-time tracking
  • AI ETAs
  • Exception management
  • Carrier performance
  • SAP TM
  • Oracle
  • Blue Yonder
  • Descartes

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.

project44

  • Shipment visibility and trackingnot Vortexa
  • Supply chain visibility platformnot Vortexa
  • Logistics monitoringnot Vortexa

Vortexa

  • A crude trading desk sizing a position on inferred cargo flows into a region before customs data confirms them weeks laternot project44
  • A shipowner assessing tonne-mile demand and ballast patterns to decide where to reposition vesselsnot project44
  • A refiner tracking competing product cargoes arriving into its market to anticipate margin pressurenot project44
  • A research team pulling flow data into Python models rather than reading a vendor dashboardnot project44

Where each one falls short

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

project44

  • No pricing published; requires demo and direct sales contact to discuss costs

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

project44

$2500/month
  • Intelligence$6000/month
    • AI-powered ETAs
    • Exception management
    • Analytics

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 project44 if

  • You need real-time tracking.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
  • You also want ai etas.
project44 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 project44 or Vortexa better?
Neither clearly leads. project44 starts at $2500/month and Vortexa at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, project44 or Vortexa?
project44 starts at $2500/month and Vortexa at On request.
Does project44 or Vortexa run on more platforms?
project44 runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Vortexa runs on Web, Cloud, API.
What is project44 best used for?
project44 is most often used for shipment visibility and tracking, supply chain visibility platform, logistics monitoring. Of those, shipment visibility and tracking and supply chain visibility platform are not what Vortexa is typically brought in for.
What can project44 do that Vortexa cannot?
project44 covers Real-time tracking, AI ETAs, Exception management, Carrier performance. Vortexa covers Cargo-level flow tracking, Multi-commodity coverage, Floating storage analytics, API, Excel and Python access.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

project44: How much does project44 cost?

project44 does not display pricing on its website. Prospective customers must contact the company or request a demo to receive pricing information and discuss specific business needs.

Source
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.

project44: How can I request a project44 demo?

Visit the project44 website and select 'Get a demo' or 'Contact Us' to arrange a demonstration and pricing discussion with the sales team.

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.

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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