KODOLooking for a Deep Blue alternative?
Respect first: Deep Blue has been keeping planned maintenance and ISM records straight on serious boats for a long time, and managed fleets rely on it. If you're on this page, the system probably isn't failing, it's just not reaching the rest of your operation. I build KODO, so I'm not neutral, but I'll be straight about where each belongs.
Records for the office, or a day the crew actually run
Deep Blue belongs to the same family as the other established suites: strong planned maintenance and compliance record-keeping, typically driven by engineering and the management office. KODO starts from the opposite end: the whole crew's day on their phones, tasks, drills, rest hours, guests, issues, and the compliance record falls out of the work as a by-product, signed and tamper-evident.
The complaint that brings people here is consistent: feeding the system is a job, it falls on one or two people, and everything the rest of the crew knows still leaves on the next crew change. If that sentence sounds familiar, the fix is not a better records database.
Stay put if
- Your management company standardises its fleet on it and consistency across boats outweighs life aboard.
- Years of structured PMS and ISM history live in it and moving feels riskier than staying.
- A dedicated officer runs the system and that arrangement genuinely works for your boat.
Talk to us if
- You want the whole crew in one system, with the record created by the work rather than after it.
- Crew turnover keeps costing you the knowledge that never made it into the PMS.
- You want one published price, unlimited crew accounts, and a founder on the phone, not a ticket queue.
We keep this table fair. Deep Blue's product evolves like anyone's, so verify their side directly with them; we'll correct anything they tell us we've got wrong.
What people ask us
Is KODO a replacement for Deep Blue?
They overlap on maintenance and compliance records, and differ in centre of gravity: Deep Blue is office-driven records depth, KODO is a crew-run operating system whose records are produced by the day itself. Some boats run KODO alongside an incumbent for a season, then consolidate.
Can we migrate our history to KODO?
Yes. Send whatever exists: exports, spreadsheets, PDFs, binders. Migration and setup are included in the subscription and most of that work is done for you.
What does KODO cost compared to Deep Blue?
KODO is €1,000 per vessel per month with every module and unlimited crew accounts included, published publicly. Deep Blue pricing is quoted on request; ask for a like-for-like quote including the modules you need.
The other systems people weigh up
Most boats shortlist two or three before they choose. These are the same comparison, written the same way.
Judge it on a live vessel
Thirty minutes on a working demo boat, shown by the person who built it. Bring your hardest questions about the switch.
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