An honest comparison

Looking for a Pinpoint Works alternative?

Fair's fair: Pinpoint Works made snagging genuinely pleasant, pins on a site plan, clean lists, and yards and build teams took to it for good reason. If you're here, it's usually because the yard period ended and the boat needs more than a worklist. I build KODO, so judge my bias accordingly.

The real difference

A worklist for the project, or a system for the boat

Pinpoint is project-shaped: a defect list against a location plan, superb during a new build, refit or warranty period, when the job is to drive a list to zero with a yard. KODO is boat-shaped: issues are reported by any crew member with a photo, become tasks, maintenance jobs or projects, get resolved with corrective actions an auditor accepts, and stay in the vessel's permanent memory. A refit worklist is one output of that system, exportable as a numbered contractor-facing PDF.

The question that decides it: what happens when the list hits zero? If the answer is "the project ends", Pinpoint served you well. If the answer is "the boat keeps operating and keeps forgetting", the worklist was never the real problem.

When Pinpoint fits

Stay put if

  • You are mid-build or mid-refit and the shared snag list with the yard is the entire requirement.
  • The location-plan pinning workflow is central to how your build team and contractors communicate.
  • After delivery, another system (or none) is already decided for daily operations.
When KODO fits

Talk to us if

  • You want defects to live in the same system as the tasks, maintenance and history of the operating boat.
  • You want the yard-period worklist AND the operating system that takes over the day the guests arrive.
  • You want issues raised by any crew member to end in verified corrective actions, not just a closed line item.
Compare
Pinpoint Works
KODO
Built around
Snagging and worklists against site plans, project-shaped
The operating boat: issues flow from crew reports to verified close-out, remembered forever
Shines during
New builds, refits, warranty periods
The whole life of the boat, including a refit: open defects export as a numbered yard worklist PDF
Used daily by
Build teams, project managers, yards
Every role aboard, plus management and owner views
After the project
The list is done
The same records keep running the boat: maintenance, drills, rest hours, guests, memory
Pricing
On request, per project or vessel
€1,000 per vessel per month, everything included, published publicly
Works together?
n/a
Some boats keep Pinpoint through a build handover, then consolidate into KODO for operations

We keep this table fair. Pinpoint Works's product evolves like anyone's, so verify their side directly with them; we'll correct anything they tell us we've got wrong.

Straight answers

What people ask us

Is KODO a replacement for Pinpoint Works?

During a build or refit, they overlap on the worklist. After it, they part ways: Pinpoint is a project tool, KODO is the operating system the crew run every day, with the refit worklist as one export among many. Boats mid-build sometimes finish the project on Pinpoint and start operational life on KODO.

Can KODO produce a yard worklist?

Yes. Open defects, project tasks and near-misses package into a numbered, contractor-facing worklist PDF for the yard, and every line stays connected to the vessel history after the yard period ends.

What does KODO cost compared to Pinpoint Works?

KODO is €1,000 per vessel per month with every module and unlimited crew accounts included, published publicly. Pinpoint quotes on request; compare like for like against what your boat needs after the project too.

Still comparing

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 project list.

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