HelmOps vs Aquator Marine: 2026 Comparison
On paper Aquator Marine covers more than HelmOps: ISM and digital SMS modules, MLC rest hours and certificate alerts, crew rosters and rotation planning, planned maintenance with run-hour tracking, accounting with budgets, and charter management with APA. Its yacht plans run from a free Starter tier to Pro at $999 and its superyacht plans start at $2,500, but its own pages disagree on whether those prices are per year or per month. HelmOps has a narrower scope, with no ISM module, budgets or APA, and publishes monthly prices with a 30-day trial without a card, in English and Turkish. Choose Aquator for its ISM, SMS and charter finance modules; choose HelmOps for clear pricing and a quick trial.
Yacht and superyacht management software from Singapore
Aquator Marine pricing and product availability checked as of October 2026.
Feature Comparison
We compared both platforms on pricing, compliance, crew, charter, maintenance, finance and platforms. Aquator facts come from aquatormarine.com and its store listings, checked on 14 October 2026.
| Criterion | HelmOps | Aquator Marine |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | HelmOps prices are published at https://helmops.com/en/pricing: $79, $99 or $249 per month, 20% less billed annually. Every plan includes every feature; tiers differ only by vessel, owner and crew limits. 30-day free trial, no credit card required. | Yacht plans: Starter free (2 users), Essential $99, Advanced $299 and Pro $999, sized by boat length up to 80 ft; superyacht plans from $2,500 (Alpha, 24-35 m). The plan pages say per year and other pages say per month. |
| Compliance | Vessel documents and crew certificates alert the owner and captain at 90, 60 and 30 days, and MLC rest hours are recorded with a PDF export. No ISM or SMS module, drill records or incident reporting. | ✓ISM and compliance and digital SMS modules, ISM checklists, MLC rest hours and STCW certificate alerts at 90, 60 and 30 days. |
| Crew | Crew profiles, certificates, contracts and other crew documents, shift schedules and leave records. | ✓Crew lists, duty rosters, rotation planning with handover notes, leave and payslips. |
| Charter | Charter trips with itinerary days, checklists, a guest portal for dietary needs and preferences, and expenses linked to the trip; no APA module. | ✓Charter management with guest profiles, preferences and provisions, and a Charter P&L add-on with APA reconciliation, broker commissions and VAT. |
| Maintenance | Hour meters with readings, running-hours service intervals, due-soon and overdue alerts to the owner and captain, and calendar due dates. | Planned maintenance with equipment run-hour tracking and AI predictive maintenance. |
| Finance | Receipt scanning, categories, approvals and a cash ledger, with expenses linked to trips. Currencies are EUR, USD, GBP and TRY; no budgets. | ✓Accounting and finance module with budgets, expenses, invoices and multi-currency. |
| Platforms and Offline | Web and iOS; no Android store app. Expenses with receipt photos, maintenance logs, tasks, trips and cash entries recorded without a signal are queued on the device and sent when the connection returns. Inventory, hour-meter readings and crew certificates need a connection, as do screens not opened before. | ✓Web, iOS and Android; the site claims full functionality offline. The App Store app was last updated in March 2024. |
Pricing
HelmOps
HelmOps prices are published at https://helmops.com/en/pricing: $79, $99 or $249 per month, 20% less billed annually. Every plan includes every feature; tiers differ only by vessel, owner and crew limits. 30-day free trial, no credit card required.
Aquator Marine
Yacht plans: Starter free (2 users), Essential $99, Advanced $299 and Pro $999, sized by boat length up to 80 ft; superyacht plans from $2,500 (Alpha, 24-35 m). The plan pages say per year and other pages say per month.
Compliance
HelmOps
Vessel documents and crew certificates alert the owner and captain at 90, 60 and 30 days, and MLC rest hours are recorded with a PDF export. No ISM or SMS module, drill records or incident reporting.
Aquator Marine
ISM and compliance and digital SMS modules, ISM checklists, MLC rest hours and STCW certificate alerts at 90, 60 and 30 days.
Crew
HelmOps
Crew profiles, certificates, contracts and other crew documents, shift schedules and leave records.
Aquator Marine
Crew lists, duty rosters, rotation planning with handover notes, leave and payslips.
Charter
HelmOps
Charter trips with itinerary days, checklists, a guest portal for dietary needs and preferences, and expenses linked to the trip; no APA module.
Aquator Marine
Charter management with guest profiles, preferences and provisions, and a Charter P&L add-on with APA reconciliation, broker commissions and VAT.
Maintenance
HelmOps
Hour meters with readings, running-hours service intervals, due-soon and overdue alerts to the owner and captain, and calendar due dates.
Aquator Marine
Planned maintenance with equipment run-hour tracking and AI predictive maintenance.
Finance
HelmOps
Receipt scanning, categories, approvals and a cash ledger, with expenses linked to trips. Currencies are EUR, USD, GBP and TRY; no budgets.
Aquator Marine
Accounting and finance module with budgets, expenses, invoices and multi-currency.
Platforms and Offline
HelmOps
Web and iOS; no Android store app. Expenses with receipt photos, maintenance logs, tasks, trips and cash entries recorded without a signal are queued on the device and sent when the connection returns. Inventory, hour-meter readings and crew certificates need a connection, as do screens not opened before.
Aquator Marine
Web, iOS and Android; the site claims full functionality offline. The App Store app was last updated in March 2024.
When Aquator Marine Is the Better Choice
Choose Aquator Marine if you need ISM, SMS and MLC compliance modules, crew rotation planning, budgets, or APA and charter P&L in one product, or an Android app. Its superyacht plans also cover vessels from 24 m to over 100 m.
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