Software · head to head
Spire Global Maritime vs exactEarth
Spire Global Maritime
Software
Satellite-powered maritime data and analytics
- From
- $500/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Spire Global Maritime now part of Kpler rather than Spire, and spire.com/maritime redirects into the Kpler site; exactEarth exactEarth's own homepage, as captured by the Internet Archive on 28 December 2021, carried a banner stating: 'We are happy to announce that exactEarth is now part of Spire Global,' confirming in the vendor's own words that exactEarth was absorbed into Spire (now sold as Kpler's spireMT product); no independent exactEarth pricing survives
- They diverge on capability: Spire Global Maritime covers Satellite AIS tracking, exactEarth covers Satellite AIS data.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Spire Global Maritime and exactEarth actually diverge.
| Attribute | Spire Global Maritime | exactEarth |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $500/month | $1000/month |
| Founded | 2012 | 2009 |
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Api, Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
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 Spire Global Maritime
- Satellite AIS tracking
- Global coverage
- Predictive analytics
- Dark vessel detection
- REST API
- Streaming API
- AWS S3
- Snowflake
Only in exactEarth
- Satellite AIS data
- Global vessel tracking
- Historical data archive
- Anomaly detection
- API
- Data feeds
- GIS platforms
Both cover
- Api support
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Spire Global Maritime
- Satellite and terrestrial AIS vessel trackingnot exactEarth
- Predicted destinations, ETAs and arrival eventsnot exactEarth
- Historical AIS going back more than ten yearsnot exactEarth
- Vessel particulars and ownership lookupsnot exactEarth
- Sanctions and insurance screening against vessel movementsnot exactEarth
exactEarth
No use cases recorded yet. See the exactEarth review.
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Spire Global Maritime
- Now part of Kpler rather than Spire, and spire.com/maritime redirects into the Kpler site
- Pricing is not published
- Sold as a data feed to be consumed through APIs, Snowflake, NMEA streams or FTP, so it needs engineering work before it is useful
exactEarth
- exactEarth's own homepage, as captured by the Internet Archive on 28 December 2021, carried a banner stating: 'We are happy to announce that exactEarth is now part of Spire Global,' confirming in the vendor's own words that exactEarth was absorbed into Spire (now sold as Kpler's spireMT product); no independent exactEarth pricing survives
Pricing, plan by plan
Spire Global Maritime
$500/month- Professional$2000/month
- Low-latency data
- Behavior analytics
- Predictive ETAs
exactEarth
$1000/month- Enterprise$5000/month
- Global AIS data
- Historical archive
- Custom analytics
Which should you pick?
Choose Spire Global Maritime if
- You need satellite ais tracking.
- You work on Api, Web.
- You also want global coverage.
Choose exactEarth if
- You need satellite ais data.
- You work on Api, Web.
- You also want global vessel tracking.
Questions people ask
- Is Spire Global Maritime or exactEarth better?
- Neither clearly leads. Spire Global Maritime starts at $500/month and exactEarth at $1000/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Spire Global Maritime or exactEarth?
- Spire Global Maritime starts at $500/month and exactEarth at $1000/month.
- Does Spire Global Maritime or exactEarth run on more platforms?
- Both run on Api, Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Spire Global Maritime best used for?
- Spire Global Maritime is most often used for satellite and terrestrial ais vessel tracking, predicted destinations, etas and arrival events, historical ais going back more than ten years, vessel particulars and ownership lookups. Of those, satellite and terrestrial ais vessel tracking and predicted destinations, etas and arrival events are not what exactEarth is typically brought in for.
- What can Spire Global Maritime do that exactEarth cannot?
- Spire Global Maritime covers Satellite AIS tracking, Global coverage, Predictive analytics, Dark vessel detection. exactEarth covers Satellite AIS data, Global vessel tracking, Historical data archive, Anomaly detection. Both handle Api support, Web support.