Comparison
How Full Ahead compares.
Ship management software tends to fall into two camps: heavyweight enterprise suites that take months to roll out, and spreadsheets that take minutes to start and years to untangle. Full Ahead is built for the fleet in between.
| Capability | Full Ahead | Legacy fleet platforms | Spreadsheets & email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Yes | Quote on request | Yes |
| Typical time to first vessel live | Same day | Months | Immediate but manual |
| Dedicated IT resource required | No | Yes | No |
| ISM / ISPS / SOLAS / MARPOL register | Yes | Yes | Manual |
| Planned maintenance (running hours & calendar) | Yes | Yes | Manual |
| EEXI / CII continuous rating | Yes | Often an add-on | No |
| EU ETS cost accrual | Yes | Often an add-on | No |
| Tamper-evident audit log | Yes | Yes | No |
| AI route & fuel recommendations | Yes | Varies | No |
| Pricing scales with fleet size | Yes | Per-vessel licences | Yes |
| Cancel or change plan yourself | Yes | Annual contract | Yes |
Comparison describes general product categories rather than any single named vendor. Capabilities of individual platforms vary by edition and contract.
Transparent from day one
Every plan and price is published. No discovery call required to find out what it costs.
Live in a day, not a quarter
Add a vessel and it is seeded with the full statutory register and maintenance skeleton instantly.
Compliance included, not bolted on
Statutory registers, planned maintenance and carbon reporting sit in one dataset with one audit trail.