Kongsberg Vessel Insight vs SupaMaritime: An Honest Comparison
Two different kinds of product: vessel sensor-data infrastructure on one side, operational records software on the other.
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Kongsberg Vessel Insight, from Kongsberg Digital in Norway, is a vessel-to-cloud data infrastructure: it collects sensor, machinery and operational data from ships and makes it available in the cloud for analytics and performance applications.
SupaMaritime, built by SupaSailing S.L. in Palma de Mallorca, is a set of separate web apps for commercial operators. Ferry and Merchant cover planned maintenance and work orders by calendar or running hours, the equipment register and onboard inventory, defects, crew certificates with expiry alerts, hours of rest checked against MLC and STCW limits, and ISM, ISPS, SOLAS or MARPOL records. Agent covers the port-agency side: port calls, PDA/FDA disbursement accounts, crew changes and deliveries. Each module is its own app with its own database, hosted in the UK (London) with application servers in Paris, under a GDPR Data Processing Agreement. Ferry and Merchant have a free plan and a Pro plan at €199 per vessel per month plus VAT; Agent is quoted on request.
The question is less which one is better than which problem you are solving. If you need machinery and sensor data from your vessels for performance, fuel, emissions or condition monitoring, that is Vessel Insight's field and SupaMaritime does not cover it. If you need a place where crews and the office run planned maintenance, crew certificates, hours of rest and compliance records, that is what SupaMaritime Ferry and Merchant do. SupaMaritime has no public API or webhooks for these modules, no on-premise option and no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification, and it does not do predictive maintenance, emissions reporting (CII, EEXI, FuelEU, EU MRV), voyage planning or chartering.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Kongsberg Vessel Insight | SupaMaritime |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting in the EU and UK | — | Yes |
| GDPR Data Processing Agreement | — | Yes |
| SOC 2 Type II certification | — | No |
| ISO 27001 certification | — | No |
| Row-level security | — | Yes |
| Multi-factor authentication (MFA) | — | Yes |
| Public REST API | Yes | No |
| Webhooks | — | No |
| Roles and permissions | Yes | Yes |
| Activity log | — | Partial |
| Runs in the web browser | Yes | Yes |
| Usable on phones and tablets | — | Yes |
| Cloud software (SaaS) | Yes | Yes |
| On-premise / self-hosting | — | No |
| Published prices | — | Partial |
| Ferries: maintenance, crew and compliance | No | Yes |
| Merchant ships: maintenance, crew and compliance | No | Yes |
| Port agency: port calls and PDA/FDA | No | Yes |
| Predictive / condition-based maintenance | Yes | No |
| Hours of rest (MLC / STCW) | No | Yes |
| ISM / ISPS records, audits and drills | No | Yes |
| CII / EEXI tracking | Yes | No |
| FuelEU / EU MRV reporting | Yes | No |
| Weather routing | — | No |
| Voyage estimation and chartering | — | No |
| Free plan | — | Partial |
Public information as of mid-2026; please verify the latest with each vendor.
When Kongsberg Vessel Insight is the better choice
Kongsberg Vessel Insight is the better choice when your priority is sensor and machinery data: streaming data from instrumented vessels to the cloud and feeding performance, fuel and emissions analytics or condition-based maintenance. SupaMaritime does not connect to onboard sensors, does not do predictive or condition-based maintenance and does not produce emissions reports.
When SupaMaritime is the better choice
SupaMaritime can fit better when what you need is day-to-day operational records rather than sensor data: planned maintenance and work orders, onboard inventory, defects, crew certificates, MLC/STCW hours of rest and ISM, ISPS, SOLAS or MARPOL records for ferries and merchant ships, or port calls and PDA/FDA disbursement accounts for a port agency. The two products address different needs, and there is no integration between them.
Coming from Kongsberg Vessel Insight? Tell us before you switch.
Tell us what you use in Kongsberg Vessel Insight today. We look at your data first, then quote migration and training up front and write them into your order form, so you know the scope and the price before anything starts.
- A review of the data you keep in Kongsberg Vessel Insight
- Import of the records you want to keep, if you want it
- Training for your team, if you want it
- Your data exportable at any time as CSV, JSON or XLSX
Frequently asked questions
Are Kongsberg Vessel Insight and SupaMaritime the same kind of product?
No. Vessel Insight collects sensor and operational data from vessels into the cloud for analytics. SupaMaritime is operational software where people record maintenance, inventory, crew certificates, hours of rest and compliance records. They solve different problems.
Does SupaMaritime do predictive maintenance or emissions reporting?
No. SupaMaritime schedules planned maintenance by calendar or by running hours entered in the app; it does not read onboard sensors and does not do predictive or condition-based maintenance. It does not calculate CII or EEXI and does not produce FuelEU or EU MRV reports.
How much does SupaMaritime cost?
Ferry and Merchant have a free plan with the dashboard, up to 50 contacts, 10 inventory items and 10 documents, no credit card required. Pro costs €199 per vessel per month plus VAT (€2,388 per vessel per year) and includes 5 crew seats per vessel; larger fleets can ask for a custom quote. Agent has no free plan and is quoted on request.
Where is SupaMaritime data hosted and how is it secured?
Application servers are in Paris and the Ferry, Merchant and Agent databases are in London, UK, which has an EU adequacy decision. A GDPR Data Processing Agreement is part of the terms every customer accepts. Data is encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest by the hosting providers, access is role-based and scoped by organisation and vessel with row-level security, and multi-factor authentication is available. Databases are backed up daily and backups are kept for 7 days. SupaMaritime does not hold SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification.
Can SupaMaritime connect to Kongsberg Vessel Insight?
There is no standard connector and no public API for Ferry, Merchant or Agent. You can export data from SupaMaritime as CSV, JSON or XLSX, and files in their original format, at any time, and you have at least 30 days after the contract ends to retrieve it, with no export fee. Importing data from another system, onboarding and training are provided only if your order form includes them.
Look at the Ferry, Merchant and Agent modules, or contact us with the workflows you run in Kongsberg Vessel Insight today. We will tell you plainly which ones SupaMaritime covers and which it does not. Ferry and Merchant can be tried on the free plan.
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