Maritime & Shipping · head to head
Q88 vs Kpler
Kpler
Maritime & Shipping
Commodity market intelligence platform
- From
- $2500/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: 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.; Kpler no self-serve signup; access requires requesting a demo or contacting sales
- They diverge on capability: Q88 covers Vessel questionnaires, Kpler covers Cargo flow tracking.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Q88 and Kpler 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 Q88
- Vessel questionnaires
- Vetting support
- Documentation management
- Compliance tracking
- Oil major systems
- Chartering platforms
- Fleet management
Only in Kpler
- Cargo flow tracking
- Trade analytics
- Price forecasting
- Fleet intelligence
- API
- Excel add-in
- Trading platforms
Both cover
- Web support
- Api support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Q88
No use cases recorded yet. See the Q88 review.
Kpler
- Commodity trade and arbitrage analysisnot Q88
- Vessel and fleet tracking for charterers and ownersnot Q88
- Container supply-chain ETA predictionnot Q88
- Sanctions and compliance screeningnot Q88
- Energy flow and inventory analysisnot Q88
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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.
Kpler
- No self-serve signup; access requires requesting a demo or contacting sales
- No pricing published at any tier on the vendor site
- Product is split across separately branded terminals (Commodity Terminal, Financial Flows, MarineTraffic), implying separate logins/contracts
Pricing, plan by plan
Q88
$200/month- Vessel Manager$500/month
- Q88 questionnaires
- Vessel profiles
- Documentation
Kpler
$2500/month- Professional$2500/month
- Real-time cargo tracking
- Trade flow analytics
- API access
Which should you pick?
Choose Q88 if
- You need vessel questionnaires.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want vetting support.
Choose Kpler if
- You need cargo flow tracking.
- You work on Web, API, iOS, Android.
- You also want trade analytics.
Questions people ask
- Is Q88 or Kpler better?
- Neither clearly leads. Q88 starts at $200/month and Kpler at $2500/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Q88 or Kpler?
- Q88 starts at $200/month and Kpler at $2500/month.
- Does Q88 or Kpler run on more platforms?
- Q88 runs on Web, Api. Kpler runs on Web, API, iOS, Android.
- What can Q88 do that Kpler cannot?
- Q88 covers Vessel questionnaires, Vetting support, Documentation management, Compliance tracking. Kpler covers Cargo flow tracking, Trade analytics, Price forecasting, Fleet intelligence. Both handle Web support, Api support.