VesselNow Cloud

Your vessel, right now.

One calm platform for the bridge, cabin screens, and engine room — from superyachts to ferries.

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M/Y Meridian 42m · Underway

Live

36°50.4'S · 174°37.1'E

SOG

9.4kn

COG

047°

Depth

38.2m

Wind

12kn

House86%

Fuel64%

Water71%

At a glance

100+sensors & gauges supported

7-dayfree trial

30-dayhistory & Time Machine

Infotainmentguest & passenger screens

One platform, three products

Built for everyone who steps aboard.

One VN-Core server onboard — Bridge for the watch, Guest infotainment for every salon and cabin, AMS for engineers. Trusted on superyachts, ferries, and cruise vessels.

VesselNow Bridge For the bridge

The crew command centre: live navigation, power and systems for whoever has the watch.

Live map, AIS & instruments
Engineering: power, tanks & sources
Time Machine playback & mobile PWA

VesselNow Guest infotainment

Interactive screens for passengers and guests — like airline IFE, but for your route, your brand, and your vessel.

Route map, ETA & onboard programme
Crew, dining, activities & amenities
Salon, cabin & kiosk displays — yacht to ferry

VesselNow AMS For the engineer

An engine-room HMI for engineers and ETOs at fixed touch panels and consoles.

Power, tanks, gensets & HVAC
PLC automation & alarm silence / ack
Full-screen engine kiosks & CCTV

Everything in one view

Sensors, power and alarms — side by side.

No jumping between apps. The boat's instruments, her Victron power system and any alarms all land on the same calm dashboard.

Sensors & gauges

Speed9.4 kn

Depth38 m

Wind12 kt

Sea temp19.4 °C

Victron power

House battery92%

Solar input1.2 kW

Fresh water71%

Cerbo GX / VRMConnected

Alarms

StatusAll clear

Bilge & doorsOK

Anchor watchArmed

Notify byPush & email

Guest infotainment

Like airline IFE — for your vessel.

Ferry and cruise operators are rolling out interactive passenger screens: live route, safety info, dining, and the day's programme — updated from ashore, branded for your line. Superyacht guests get the same calm experience in the salon.

For owners and operators, it's one platform: infotainment for passengers, Bridge for crew, and FleetView when you need the fleet picture from the office.

Meet the crew

Photos and short bios so guests know exactly who to ask, by name.

Activities & menus

The day's plan, dive requests, the dinner tasting — all in one place.

Tenders & toys

Everything aboard — seabobs, paddleboards, the jet tender — ready to request.

Route & programme

Live map, ports of call, and what's on today — built for passenger vessels and yachts alike.

From dock to dashboard

Three steps to a connected vessel.

VN-Core installs onboard and does the heavy lifting locally, so the boat stays monitored whether or not the satellite link is up.

Install VN-Core onboard

Deploy on Docker, Windows or a Raspberry Pi at the helm. It reads NMEA, AIS, Victron and PLC data on the boat's own network.

Activate your license

One key unlocks the surfaces you're licensed for and issues a secure FleetView token tied to the vessel — no spoofing, no shared logins.

Watch it from anywhere

The vessel streams position and telemetry to vesselnow.io. Open the portal ashore and see the fleet live, with 30 days of history.

Everything it does

One platform, the whole boat.

From the chart table to the sun deck — the tools owners, guests and crew actually reach for, all in one place.

Maps & route tracking

See your position live, follow the route ahead, and look back over where you've been.

Weather at a glance

Conditions and forecasts from Windy, Ventusky and more, right alongside your chart.

Sensors & gauges

Speed, depth, wind, tanks, batteries and engines — clear gauges, no guesswork.

Victron power

Battery state, solar input and tank levels straight from your Cerbo GX and VRM.

Crew & activities

Crew bios, the day's activities, tenders & toys — a proper guest experience.

Alarms to your phone

Set the limits that matter and get a push or email the moment something needs you.

Time Machine

Scrub back through the day or the last month to replay exactly what happened.

Watch on Apple TV

Put the dashboard on the saloon screen with the VesselNow TV app — found automatically aboard.

Make it yours

Day, Dusk and Night themes — easy on the eyes from sun-up to watch change. Your branding for guests, and layouts to suit each screen.

Yours, end to end

Your server. Your data. Your boat.

VesselNow runs on hardware you own — a small Docker box, an appliance, or bare metal aboard. Your data stays with you, and we keep the software fresh with one-tap updates.

Runs on your hardware

Docker, NAS or appliance — self-hosted aboard, no cloud lock-in.

You own the data

Everything the boat records stays on your own system, under your control.

One-tap updates

Check and install the latest version in-app. Your licence and data are preserved.

We handle the rest

Licences, trials and fleet access are managed for you at vesselnow.io.

Pricing

A plan for every kind of boat.

From a private cruiser to a ferry line or managed fleet — pay monthly and scale up whenever you're ready. All prices in USD; hardware is self-provided.

Navigator

For private use and personal cruising.

$75 / month

Open term · cancel anytime

GPS, speed & heading
Alarms & notifications
7-day history
Single vessel
Essential updates

Get started

Perpetual licence

Prefer to buy once and own it outright? A one-time perpetual licence is available with a period of free updates and online access. We'll tailor it to your vessel and fleet.

Talk to us

All pricing in USD, excluding local taxes. Hardware is self-provided (a Docker-capable server, NAS or appliance). A 7-day trial is available before you decide.

Good to know

Questions, answered.

Does it keep working without internet at sea?

Yes. VN-Core runs entirely onboard and stores data locally, so the bridge and guest views work offline. When a connection returns — Starlink, cellular or satellite — it backfills the cloud automatically.

What hardware does VN-Core need?

A Raspberry Pi 5, a small Windows box, or any Docker host on the vessel network. It pulls from your existing NMEA, AIS, Victron and PLC sources — no rip-and-replace.

What can guests and passengers see?

Their own infotainment screen — route and map, the day's activities and menus, crew looking after them, and onboard amenities. On a ferry or cruise ship that means cabin and lounge displays; on a yacht, the salon and guest devices. They never see bridge or admin detail.

Can I monitor a whole fleet from one account?

That's the point. Management companies see every vessel on one map and one alarm board, while each captain sees only their own boat.

What's included in the free trial?

Full platform access for a single vessel so you can install onboard, stream live data and test alarms before committing. Approval is usually automatic.

Ready when you are

See your vessel, right now.

Start a free 7-day trial on one boat. Get it running aboard, watch it come alive, and decide for yourself.

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