Compared
Compare YachtGrade with other tools by workflow, features, and pricing. Choose a product for a side-by-side view, then open the sources for the details.
All twenty tools, checked against each company’s own pages, with review sites used only to confirm a claim, in September 2026: the ones marine service contractors use or look at, plus the owner and crew platforms that come up in the same search. Where another tool is the better fit, we say so.
boat-specific inspection features
See how YachtGrade answers each one, then compare it against any tool in the table below.
Head to head
Every row is sourced from the company’s pricing, feature and help pages, with review sites used only to confirm a claim. “Not found” means we looked in a feature list detailed enough that its absence means something. “Not published” means the company says nothing either way about that subject. Either may still exist, so ask them. Tap “Show notes and sources” below for the reasoning behind every mark.
Photo and inspection apps
Boat and yacht management
Field service and boatyard software
Owner, crew and compliance platforms
On the boat
During the check
Score and report
Maintenance
Running the business
Buying it
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| Capability | YachtGrade | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| On the boat | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Built around the boat, not a job or an address | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Checklist built from the boat's equipment | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Where-it-is instructions for each boat | |||||||||||||||||||||
| QR codes on the boat | |||||||||||||||||||||
| During the check | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Graded answers, not just yes or no | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Photo capture time kept and printed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Works with no signal | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Score and report | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weighted health score, itemized | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Score trend across visits | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Report shows what changed since the last visit | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Report by link with no login, plus PDF | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports under your brand | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Maintenance | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment registry with hour readings | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Maintenance on hours or months, whichever first | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Reads service intervals from manuals | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Files invoices to the right equipment | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Running the business | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Recurring visits with customer reminders | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Subcontractors see only their boats | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Estimates approved line by line | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Invoicing and payments built in | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Inventory, crew certifications or logbooks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Buying it | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pricing | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Join without a sales call | |||||||||||||||||||||
When another tool fits better
YachtGrade is built for people who visit other people’s boats on a schedule, check them, and prove it. If that isn’t your job, one of these may suit you better.
Jobber, Housecall Pro, Boatyard and CompanyCam all bill and take payments. YachtGrade leaves billing to QuickBooks.
DockMaster and Boatyard handle parts, slips, storage and point of sale. YachtGrade doesn’t touch any of that.
IDEA Yacht and Vessel Vanguard track ISM compliance, hours of rest and crew certifications.
MarineSnap is built for pre-purchase, insurance and damage surveys. A YachtGrade report is never a survey.
Quartermaster and YachtWave’s free edition are made for owners logging their own maintenance.
That’s who YachtGrade is for. Get a beta invite and run a check on a real boat.
How we checked
Their own pages first, secondary sources to confirm. Pricing, feature and help pages from each company, checked September 16 and 20, 2026. Review sites such as G2 and Capterra, and YachtWave’s own comparison page, which is how we found the seven owner and crew platforms, were used to confirm a claim or locate a company’s own pages, never as the only source for a mark.
“Not found” isn’t “no”. It means it is missing from a feature list full enough that the gap means something. Where a company publishes nothing on a subject we mark it “Not published” instead, because that is a statement about their website and not about their product.
Our column is held to the same rule. “Partly” and “Coming” mean exactly that: a coming feature is planned, not available yet, and isn’t counted with what already works. Nothing here is marked yes until it works. YachtGrade’s own answers were checked against the product on 28 September 2026.
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Product names are trademarks of their owners. YachtGrade isn’t affiliated with any company on this page. Competitor information was checked against each company’s public pages on September 16 and 20, 2026, and may have changed since. YachtGrade’s own answers were checked against the product on 28 September 2026. A YachtGrade report is a condition and readiness report, not a survey.
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