Buyer's guide · fleets of one to five ships
Planned maintenance software for one to five ships
A five-ship operator carries the same ISM obligations as a hundred-ship manager, with a fraction of the shore staff. Enterprise systems answer that with a quote and a six-month implementation. This page sets out what a fleet of this size genuinely needs, what it should refuse to pay for, and what Full Ahead Maritime costs — published, in euro, with no quote request.
What you actually need
- Equipment register with running hours and criticality, on the pilot ship's own terms
- Jobs by calendar and running hours, with overdue work on critical equipment shown the moment the list is opened
- Certificates for ISM, ISPS, SOLAS and MARPOL with expiry alerting in good time
- Evidence attached to the job it proves, so an audit is an export not an excavation
- Full offline operation — small ships have the worst connectivity of all
- Spares with lead times, because a single-ship operator has no sister vessel to rob
What you are overcharged for
- Per-user licensing that punishes you for letting the crew see their own jobs
- Mandatory implementation and configuration projects billed as professional services
- Modules for chartering, procurement and accounting a small owner will never open
- On-premise servers, VPN and an IT contractor to keep them alive
- Annual support uplifts negotiated by fleets a hundred times your size
Small-fleet pricing, in full
| Tier | Vessels | Monthly (EUR) | Users |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vessel | Up to 5 | €149 | Unlimited |
| Ocean | Up to 10 | €299 | Unlimited |
All prices in euro, annual billing discounted. Full detail and the larger tiers are on the pricing page and in the cost breakdown.
Start alongside your existing system
Every paid account starts with a 30-day parallel review alongside your existing system.
Common questions
Does a single-ship owner really need a PMS?
If the vessel is under ISM, the operator needs a maintained record of planned work and its supporting evidence. A spreadsheet can hold a plan; a PMS can also attribute completions, changes and evidence to the responsible account. The operator, auditor or inspector decides whether that record is sufficient.
What does a PMS cost for one to five ships?
Full Ahead Maritime Vessel is €149 per month for up to five vessels with unlimited users, and Ocean is €299 per month for up to ten. Enterprise systems typically start in the four-figure-per-month range with an implementation fee on top, which is why fleets of this size are so often left on spreadsheets.
Is there a free option for a single ship?
There is no free plan. Paid accounts start with a 30-day parallel review, and the Vessel subscription covers up to five ships with unlimited users.
Who maintains the system if we have no IT department?
Nobody on your side. There is no server, no install and no upgrade project — the browser always loads the current version, and it runs offline on the tablet or laptop already on board. That is the whole reason the small-fleet price can exist.
Talk to a Chief Engineer, not a sales desk
Talk to us
Tell us about your fleet — we'll reply with a straight answer.
Ask about migrating an existing PMS, offline operation at sea, class and flag audits, or what your fleet would actually cost. No sales sequence, no discovery call gate.
- Answer from a person, usually same working day
- Data migration from spreadsheets or legacy PMS
- Pricing in EUR, published — nothing hidden
Referenced evidence
A small professional fleet can examine a candidate PMS on one question: what does it keep when planned maintenance moves? The evidence object below sets out what to examine — with or without any product — and what Full Ahead Maritime itself preserves and does not claim.
When planned maintenance moves: what should the record preserve?
Every planned maintenance system lets a due date move. Fewer preserve the decision that moved it. This object sets out what the record should hold when maintenance is re-timed, and what is actually preserved in Full Ahead today.