Simple pricing for every side of yachting
Crew join free. Yachts hire free. Owners get the full management app.
- ✓Build a profile and upload your CV
- ✓Be searchable by verified employers
- ✓Apply to jobs and day work
- ✓Crew dashboard with job matches
- ✓Browse all crew profiles
- ✓Unlimited contact — no unlock fees
- ✓Unlimited job posts
- ✓Filters and saved searches
- ✓Day-work and applicant tools
- ✓Maintenance, machinery & inventory — never miss a service interval
- ✓Estimates compared side-by-side, invoices & projects tracked
- ✓Crew, documents & certificates with expiry alerts
- ✓An AI that knows your exact machinery — on watch 24/7
Prices in USD. Crew placement is free on both sides.
ZipYacht pricing
Yacht management software pricing, published in full. Most yacht management software makes you request a demo before it will tell you a number. Here is every ZipYacht price, in one place. Crew placement is free on both sides — crew and deckhands never pay, and neither do employers. The management platform and the marketing system are paid products, and the figures below are the whole cost.
Every plan and what it costs
| Plan | Who it is for | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crew & Deckhands | Anyone looking for a yacht job | Free | Crew profile, CV upload, unlimited job applications, day work. No tiers, no fees, no paywall on job ads. |
| Employers | Yachts, captains, managers and agencies hiring crew | Free | Post unlimited jobs, receive applications and search crew profiles. No tiers, no placement fee, no per-hire charge. |
| ZipYacht Management | Owners, captains and managers running a vessel | $1,790 per year, plus $189 per month | Maintenance, inventory, projects, estimates, crew and documents on one screen, with AI that flags what is about to break. Optional live onboarding is billed hourly. |
| Shelly | Brokers, yards, contractors and charter operators | $1,500 setup, plus $300 per month | ZipYacht’s marine marketing system: website, chat and voice agents. |
What it costs to run a boat on ZipYacht Management
ZipYacht Management is $1,790 per year for the licence plus $189 per month for hosting and the AI layer. That is $4,058 in year one and the same again each year after, with no per-user seat charge and no module unlock fees. There is no separate charge to add crew to the account, and there is no minimum fleet size — the software was built on one working motor yacht, before it was sold to anyone else.
Optional live onboarding is available at an hourly rate if you want someone to sit with your crew and load the boat’s history in for you. It is not required, and it is not part of the recurring cost.
Common questions about ZipYacht pricing
Q: Is ZipYacht really free for crew?
A: Yes, permanently. Crew and deckhands pay nothing to build a profile, upload a CV or apply for any job on the board. ZipYacht does not charge deckhands to read job ads.
Q: Do employers have to pay to hire?
A: No. Crew placement on ZipYacht is free on both sides. Employers post unlimited jobs, receive applications and search crew profiles at no cost, with no placement fee and no per-hire charge.
Q: How much does ZipYacht Management cost per year?
A: $1,790 per year for the licence plus $189 per month, so $4,058 in the first twelve months and each year thereafter.
Q: Is there a free trial of the management software?
A: There is a 10-minute look. You book a short live walkthrough of the platform running on a real boat rather than a self-serve trial on an empty account, because an empty maintenance system tells you nothing.
Q: How does that compare with other yacht management software?
A: Most of the category does not publish a price at all, so a like-for-like table is not possible without requesting quotes. What we can tell you is our own number, in full, on this page.
Q: What does Shelly cost and is it the same product?
A: Shelly is separate. It is the marine marketing system for businesses that sell to boats — brokers, yards, contractors and charter operators — at $1,500 setup plus $300 per month. It is not required to use ZipYacht Management.
How this compares
Only seven of the sixteen yacht management platforms on the market publish a price at all. We compared every one of them, including ourselves and where we lose, in best yacht management software (2026).
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ZipYacht is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Tagline: Connecting Yachting.