COMPAS review
A broad maritime crew system for records, compliance, planning, payroll, and self-service.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
COMPAS is a cloud-first maritime crew management system for shipowners, operators, crewing teams, and seafarers. It brings personnel records, biodata, voyages, medical records, training records, contracts, certifications, travel, crew changes, payroll, work and rest hours, reporting, and self-service workflows into one system. Crew-facing tools provide access to schedules, assignments, contracts, expenses, and payslips, while shore-based and onboard teams can work with compliance checks and operational-risk visibility.
The feature set is broad for organizations coordinating both people and vessel operations. Personnel data and certification management sit alongside travel and crew-change workflows, dynamic planning, crew assignment, and reporting. The system also includes duty rules, qualification tracking, fatigue management, and mobile access to schedules and assignments. That combination makes COMPAS a fit for maritime operators that need HR, payroll, compliance, and operational planning connected rather than handled as separate processes.
Pricing follows a contact-sales model, and the buying path includes booking a demo rather than choosing from self-serve tiers. COMPAS is listed for web, with mobile access available for schedules, assignments, contracts, and expenses. Its maritime specialization is a strength for ship and shore teams but a potential mismatch for organizations outside crewing and vessel operations. Choose COMPAS when centralized crew administration, compliance, payroll, and work-rest management are priorities; consider a more general scheduling product if maritime workflows are not central to your operation.
COMPAS pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Centralizes crew records, contracts, certifications, and medical data
- Combines travel, crew changes, payroll, and payslip access
- Covers work and rest hours, compliance, assignments, and reporting
- Where it doesn't
- Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than self-serve plan selection
- The platform is listed for web, while mobile operating systems are not specified
- Its maritime focus may be too specialized for non-maritime organizations
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