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Sea-Intelligence vs Vortexa

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Sea-Intelligence

Maritime

Container shipping market analysis

From
$300/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: Sea-Intelligence no pricing information published on website; 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: Sea-Intelligence covers Schedule reliability 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 Sea-Intelligence and Vortexa actually diverge.

Attributes where Sea-Intelligence and Vortexa differ
AttributeSea-IntelligenceVortexa
Starting price$300/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWebWeb, Cloud, API
Founded2010Unknown

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 Sea-Intelligence

  • Schedule reliability tracking
  • Market analysis
  • Capacity reports
  • Benchmarking
  • Data exports
  • Reports
  • Web support

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.

Sea-Intelligence

  • Forecasting freight rates and capacity across 19 major container trade lanesnot Vortexa
  • Benchmarking carrier schedule reliability against 12,000+ monthly vessel arrivalsnot Vortexa
  • Monitoring macro-economics and supply-demand shifts weekly for decision-makingnot Vortexa
  • Planning logistics operations based on actual vessel deployment schedulesnot Vortexa
  • Tracking transit times and performance metrics across container shipping industrynot Vortexa

Vortexa

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

Where each one falls short

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

Sea-Intelligence

  • No pricing information published on website
  • Requires direct contact with company for subscription details
  • Specific report subscription model not publicly described

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

Sea-Intelligence

$300/month
  • Sunday Spotlight$600/month
    • Weekly analysis
    • Schedule data
    • Benchmarking

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 Sea-Intelligence if

  • You need schedule reliability tracking.
  • You also want market analysis.
Sea-Intelligence 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 Sea-Intelligence or Vortexa better?
Neither clearly leads. Sea-Intelligence starts at $300/month and Vortexa at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Sea-Intelligence or Vortexa?
Sea-Intelligence starts at $300/month and Vortexa at On request.
Does Sea-Intelligence or Vortexa run on more platforms?
Sea-Intelligence runs on Web. Vortexa runs on Web, Cloud, API.
What is Sea-Intelligence best used for?
Sea-Intelligence is most often used for forecasting freight rates and capacity across 19 major container trade lanes, benchmarking carrier schedule reliability against 12,000+ monthly vessel arrivals, monitoring macro-economics and supply-demand shifts weekly for decision-making, planning logistics operations based on actual vessel deployment schedules. Of those, forecasting freight rates and capacity across 19 major container trade lanes and benchmarking carrier schedule reliability against 12,000+ monthly vessel arrivals are not what Vortexa is typically brought in for.
What can Sea-Intelligence do that Vortexa cannot?
Sea-Intelligence covers Schedule reliability tracking, Market analysis, Capacity reports, Benchmarking. Vortexa covers Cargo-level flow tracking, Multi-commodity coverage, Floating storage analytics, API, Excel and Python access.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Sea-Intelligence: How much do Sea-Intelligence reports cost?

Sea-Intelligence does not publish pricing for its reports on its website. Customers must contact the company directly to obtain subscription pricing and availability.

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.

Sea-Intelligence: What is Sea-Intelligence's pricing model?

Sea-Intelligence appears to use a custom subscription model for its analytical reports (Global Liner Performance, Sea-Intelligence Sunday Spotlight, Trade Capacity Outlook). Specific pricing requires direct contact.

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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