HelmOps vs Floatist: 2026 Comparison
Floatist is built for charter companies and fleet operators: engine-hour tracking, extras and cost tracking, a guest app that works offline, 14 languages including Turkish, and a 4.5 Trustpilot rating from 15 reviews. It licenses per yacht per year at a quoted rate, and its terms set a minimum fee of €4,990 per customer per term. HelmOps publishes monthly prices with a 30-day trial without a card, and adds crew certificates, MLC rest hours, expense approvals and an iOS app. A charter company running a fleet will usually find Floatist the closer fit; a crewed yacht or a small operator can start on HelmOps without a quote.
Fleet and yacht management software for charter companies
Floatist pricing and product availability checked as of October 2026.
Feature Comparison
We compared both platforms on pricing, charter fleet work, maintenance, crew, platforms and languages. Floatist facts come from floatist.com and its Trustpilot page, checked on 14 October 2026.
| Criterion | HelmOps | Floatist |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing Model | ✓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. | Per yacht per year at a single quoted rate; the terms set a minimum licence fee of €4,990 per customer per term. Month-long trials are offered. |
| Charter Fleet Operations | Charter trips with itinerary days, pre-departure and post-arrival checklists, a guest portal and expenses linked to the trip. | ✓Built for charter companies and fleet operators, with extras and cost tracking and a guest app whose equipment manual is designed with bareboat charters in mind. |
| Maintenance | Hour meters with readings, running-hours service intervals, due-soon and overdue alerts to the owner and captain, and calendar due dates. | Engine-hour tracking. |
| Crew | ✓Crew certificate expiry reminders at 90, 60 and 30 days, and MLC hours-of-rest records. | No crew certificate or rest-hour tracking. |
| 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. | A progressive web app with no store apps; the guest app works offline, and no offline claim is made for the staff side. |
| Languages and Reviews | English and Turkish; no public reviews yet. | ✓14 languages, including Turkish; Trustpilot 4.5 from 15 reviews. |
Pricing Model
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.
Floatist
Per yacht per year at a single quoted rate; the terms set a minimum licence fee of €4,990 per customer per term. Month-long trials are offered.
Charter Fleet Operations
HelmOps
Charter trips with itinerary days, pre-departure and post-arrival checklists, a guest portal and expenses linked to the trip.
Floatist
Built for charter companies and fleet operators, with extras and cost tracking and a guest app whose equipment manual is designed with bareboat charters in mind.
Maintenance
HelmOps
Hour meters with readings, running-hours service intervals, due-soon and overdue alerts to the owner and captain, and calendar due dates.
Floatist
Engine-hour tracking.
Crew
HelmOps
Crew certificate expiry reminders at 90, 60 and 30 days, and MLC hours-of-rest records.
Floatist
No crew certificate or rest-hour tracking.
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.
Floatist
A progressive web app with no store apps; the guest app works offline, and no offline claim is made for the staff side.
Languages and Reviews
HelmOps
English and Turkish; no public reviews yet.
Floatist
14 languages, including Turkish; Trustpilot 4.5 from 15 reviews.
When Floatist Is the Better Choice
Choose Floatist if you run a charter company or fleet and want software built around charter fleet work, a guest app that works offline, staff working in many languages, and public reviews from other operators.
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