Pay-per-use for one-off runs. Focus for solo consultants working a single species. Pro for consultancies. Enterprise for agencies. All prices in USD.
oystermapR R package is GPL-3 on CRAN — free forever.
Every other species pack, the hosted UI, the regulatory overlays, and the
value-add analyses are behind the tiers below.
Bathymetry vendors don't model habitat. GIS suites don't bring marine coefficients. Consultancies cost as much as the lease itself. We sit between them - and the underlying engine is open to anyone who wants to install R and do it themselves.
| Tool | What it does | Annual cost | Habitat suitability? | Climate projections? | Compliance reports? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R package (CRAN) (oystermapR) | One GPL-3 species package on CRAN | $0 (open source) | Yes (DIY in R, 1 species only) | If you load CMIP6 yourself | No |
| ReefMaster | Desktop bathymetry | $200 one-time | No | No | No |
| Biobase Pro | Bathymetry + vegetation + hardness from fishfinder | ~$2,500 / yr | No | No | No |
| ArcGIS Pro + Marine | General GIS + marine extension | $3,500–5,000 / yr | You build it | No | You write it |
| HYPACK | Hydrographic acquisition + processing | $5,000–15,000 / yr | No | No | No |
| Caris HIPS/SIPS | Enterprise multibeam processing | $20,000–40,000 / yr | No | No | No |
| Consultancy report (ABPmer / RPS / equivalent) | Bespoke siting + EIA per project | $30,000–250,000 / project | Yes | Sometimes | Yes (manual) |
| Pay-per-use | Credit-based, no commitment, methodology-testing | from $99 credit pack | Yes (25k cells / run, BYO env) | No (Focus+) | No (Focus+) |
| Focus | 1–3 species subscription, env auto-fetch, PDF reports | $129–$327 / mo (3 seats) | Yes | No (Pro+) | Yes |
| Pro | All 107 species + CMIP6 climate + custom envelopes + API | $649 / mo (5 seats) | Yes | Yes (4 SSP/RCP × 2030–2100) | Yes |
| Enterprise | + real-time feeds, full custom suite, SSO, white-label | $4,500 / mo (25 seats) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Competitor prices sourced from public price sheets and quotes as of 2026. We are not affiliated with any listed tool; comparison is for capability scope only.
Three reasons people pay anyway. (1) You don't want to install R + GDAL + the proprietary tolerance datasets locally. (2) You want the sonar-converter, the regulatory overlay packs, the climate projections, the compliance report generator, the audit trail. None of those ship with the open-source R packages. (3) Your organisation needs SSO, audit, SLA - we provide those at Enterprise tier. If none of the three apply, use the R packages.
Two reasons. (1) The only species package on CRAN is oystermapR —
the other 105+ species (all clam / mussel / coral / seagrass / macroalgae / sandeel etc.,
including maerlmapR, which isn't published to CRAN)
are behind the paid tiers. If you're working on any of those, the R packages don't help.
(2) Pay-per-use gives you the hosted UI, upload interface, cell-limited scoring, and Pack 1
regulatory overlays. Credits never expire, so it's a low-friction way to test methodology
on a real dataset before committing to a subscription.
Credits are a single currency across every activity. A minimum-floor run costs 10 credits (about $4). Suitability scoring is 1 credit per 250 cells × species. Env-fetch (CMEMS + WOA + GEBCO) adds 5 credits. CMIP6 climate projection adds 25% to the scoring cost. Sonar-file processing is 50 credits (Lowrance) to 200 credits (Kongsberg). The cost preview shows exact credit consumption before you commit to a run — no surprise bills. Enterprise gets a flat 20% discount on all activities.
Each subscription tier includes a fixed seat count for the price shown: Focus includes 3 seats, Pro includes 5, Enterprise includes 25. A seat is a named user, signed in via the SaaS portal. Extra seats are a flat +$99/mo (Pro) or +$130/mo (Enterprise) per seat.
When you notice you're spending $130+/month on credits, or when you need any of the features Pay-per-use excludes: env auto-fetch (no more manually curating CSVs of CMEMS data), PDF compliance reports (Pay-per-use only outputs CSV + GeoTIFF), project history, or team seats. The Cost Preview shown before every run nudges you at the natural graduation point — it'll say "this run: $99, Focus subscription: $129/mo unlimited."
A marine siting consultancy will typically charge $30,000–250,000 for a single EIA-grade assessment. We're not a replacement for a consultant on a high-value lease — but we cut the consultant's screening, modelling, and report-drafting phases from weeks to hours, which often shrinks the consultancy engagement to validation + sign-off.
No formal free trial — Pay-per-use IS the trial. Buy a $99 starter pack, run 5–20 real jobs, decide if the workflow suits you. Every tier can be subscribed to directly from this page whenever you're ready.