HelmOps vs Seahub: 2026 Comparison
Seahub is built for superyacht and commercial marine maintenance and says it is also used on yachts of 50 to 100 ft: maintenance due by days or hours to the next service, certificate renewals, hours of rest, documents and inventory, with onsite or remote setup and migration from Excel or another PMS. Its Prime, Select and Enterprise plans have no prices on the site, it has no finance module, and its website and App Store listing disagree on whether the current app works offline. HelmOps publishes its prices, adds expenses with receipt scanning and approvals and charter trips with a guest portal, and queues expenses, maintenance logs, tasks and trips offline on its iOS app.
Maintenance software for the superyacht and commercial marine industry
Seahub pricing and product availability checked as of October 2026.
Feature Comparison
We compared both platforms on target vessels, setup, pricing, maintenance, crew, expenses and offline use. Seahub facts come from seahubsoftware.com and its App Store listing, checked on 14 October 2026.
| Criterion | HelmOps | Seahub |
|---|---|---|
| Target Vessels | Captain-run private and charter yachts and small fleets; Enterprise has no vessel cap. | Superyacht and commercial marine; the vendor cites growing uptake on yachts of 50 to 100 ft. |
| Setup | A first-week checklist covers vessel details, crew invites, a first task and a first expense. Maintenance, inventory and crew lists import from CSV. Other files can be uploaded for the HelmOps team to import. | Onsite or remote setup services, including migration from Excel or another PMS. |
| 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. | Prime, Select and Enterprise plans; no prices on the site. |
| Maintenance | Hour meters with readings, running-hours service intervals, due-soon and overdue alerts to the owner and captain, and calendar due dates. | Maintenance due by days or hours to the next service. |
| Crew | Crew certificate expiry reminders at 90, 60 and 30 days, and MLC hours-of-rest records. | Certificate renewals and hours of rest. |
| Expenses | ✓Receipt scanning, categories, approvals and a cash ledger, with expenses linked to trips. | No finance or expense module. |
| Offline Use | ✓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. | The website describes offline access to documents and inventory in the mobile app; the App Store listing says the current version works online only. |
Target Vessels
HelmOps
Captain-run private and charter yachts and small fleets; Enterprise has no vessel cap.
Seahub
Superyacht and commercial marine; the vendor cites growing uptake on yachts of 50 to 100 ft.
Setup
HelmOps
A first-week checklist covers vessel details, crew invites, a first task and a first expense. Maintenance, inventory and crew lists import from CSV. Other files can be uploaded for the HelmOps team to import.
Seahub
Onsite or remote setup services, including migration from Excel or another PMS.
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.
Seahub
Prime, Select and Enterprise plans; no prices on the site.
Maintenance
HelmOps
Hour meters with readings, running-hours service intervals, due-soon and overdue alerts to the owner and captain, and calendar due dates.
Seahub
Maintenance due by days or hours to the next service.
Crew
HelmOps
Crew certificate expiry reminders at 90, 60 and 30 days, and MLC hours-of-rest records.
Seahub
Certificate renewals and hours of rest.
Expenses
HelmOps
Receipt scanning, categories, approvals and a cash ledger, with expenses linked to trips.
Seahub
No finance or expense module.
Offline Use
HelmOps
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.
Seahub
The website describes offline access to documents and inventory in the mobile app; the App Store listing says the current version works online only.
When Seahub Is the Better Choice
Choose Seahub when an engineering team runs maintenance on a superyacht or commercial vessel and wants vendor-led setup or migration from an existing PMS.
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