Can I keep Seanapps and add Oria?

Yes. They read the same bus and neither transmits on it, so both can listen at once. Owners of a Beneteau Group boat who also run it commercially sometimes do exactly that: Seanapps for the hull and the dealer relationship, Oria for hours, fuel and the fleet view.

Does Seanapps read NMEA 2000?

Yes, and prominently. It is a standing capability badge across their site and engine hours come over the bus. The difference is not whether they reach the bus, it is what the base pack includes: reaching your electronics and your engine needs two extensions sold separately, and neither has a published price.

My boat came with Seanapps. Is it worth changing?

Probably not, if you are one owner with one boat. It is fitted, the first year is paid, and it does things we do not. The case for changing starts when you are running boats as a business, when they are not all the same brand, or when you need fuel and hours per outing rather than a view of the boat at its mooring.

Why is your hardware included when theirs is 1 319 EUR?

Different models rather than different generosity. They sell a pack once and then a small annual subscription. We fold the hardware into a monthly subscription with a twelve-month commitment. Over several years the totals converge; the difference is the size of the first cheque and what happens if it does not suit you.

How do I know this page is fair?

Every claim above comes from Seanapps' own published pages, listed in the sources below and checked on 25 August 2026. Where they do not publish something, this page says not published rather than treating silence as absence. If you find something wrong or out of date, write to antoine@oria-marine.com and we will correct it.

Comparison

Oria vs Seanapps

Seanapps is the connected box from Groupe Beneteau, fitted as standard on their new boats and available as a retrofit through their dealer network. Oria is an independent box that reads the NMEA 2000 bus on any hull and records what each outing actually cost you. The two overlap less than the category suggests.

The short version

If you own one Beneteau, Jeanneau, Prestige or Lagoon and it already has Seanapps fitted, keep it. It watches the boat while you are away, it carries a sensor catalogue we do not sell, and it puts your dealer one tap away. Oria is built for a different job: running several boats as a business, on mixed brands, where you need engine hours, fuel per outing and maintenance that fires on measured use rather than on a calendar. If that is your problem, the brand of the hull stops mattering and the numbers start to.

See how the box works

Side by side

What each one actually does

Both read the NMEA 2000 bus. What differs is what they do with it, what it costs to get there, and who else sees your data.

OriaSeanapps

Getting to the engine

Reads the NMEA 2000 bus

Engine hoursAutomatic, per motor, from the network.Automatic over NMEA 2000. On an engine that is not NMEA compatible, through a separate Horamètre sensor at 310,80 EUR incl. VAT.

Reaching the engine from the base kitThe box ships with its NMEA 2000 cable and a 12/24 V power cable.Two extensions, sold separately and not priced publicly: Extension n°1 for the boat's electronics, Extension n°2 for the engine.

Who may install itNo approved network. Oria states the box is installed in under five minutes.An approved Groupe Beneteau dealer only, including on boats of other brands. Install cost is set by the dealer and is not published.

Hull brandsAny boat with an NMEA 2000 or 0183 network.Any brand, but fitted through the Beneteau dealer network. Factory-fitted as standard across Groupe Beneteau brands.

What gets recorded

Trips recorded automatically

What a trip record holdsTrack, distance, duration, speed, engine hours and fuel burned.Departure and arrival with GPS and time, stages, duration, distance, average and maximum speed, photos and videos. Their published list holds no fuel figure.

FuelLitres burned per outing, read off the engine bus, with miles covered and CO2.Tank level, so you can check before leaving. Fuel per outing is not published.

Where a trip starts and stopsEach power-on cycle is a session, and a session can be split.A trip ends when the boat is still for 24 hours or returns to its starting point.

Getting your data outCSV export and a documented API on the Pro tier.No export, download or API is published.

Alerts and maintenance

GeofencingZones you draw, alerting on entry, exit, speed limit and time spent inside.A custom mooring zone that alerts if the boat leaves it.

Speed and dwell-time alerts

MaintenanceScheduled against measured engine hours, with warning before the interval.Maintenance recommendations and a service loop that books through your dealer. Whether intervals run on hours or on the calendar is not published.

Sensors beyond the engineNothing beyond the bus. No sensor catalogue.Water ingress included in the pack, plus 12 add-on sensors from 94,80 to 310,80 EUR incl. VAT.

Fleet and independence

Access for a teamMulti-boat views with access scoped by group and role.Guest accounts with a fixed permission set. Per-base management sits in the Fleet+ tier, marked coming soon.

Who else sees your dataOria only. We are independent of any boatbuilder.Seanapps states data may be shared with your dealer and your boat's manufacturer.

Buying itPublished prices, no dealer required.Every professional tier routes through a demo request. No self-serve checkout.

Every figure on this page was taken from each vendor's own published material on 25 August 2026. Where a company does not publish something, this page says so rather than guessing.

Choose Seanapps if

Your boat is a Beneteau, Jeanneau, Prestige, Lagoon, Excess, Four Winns, Wellcraft or Delphia and came with Seanapps fitted. It is already there and already paid for.
You want the boat watched while you are away from it. Water ingress, intrusion, battery and tank levels are their home ground, and we sell no sensors at all.
You want the maintenance loop to end with someone booking the work. Their app talks to your dealer, who can take the appointment. We hand you the data and stop there.
You are one owner with one boat rather than an operator with several. Their consumer tier at 219 EUR incl. VAT per year is a smaller cheque than ours.
You value the size of the network. Groupe Beneteau lists over 600 dealers worldwide trained to fit it. Ours is a smaller operation and we will not pretend otherwise.

Choose Oria if

You run several boats and they are not all the same brand. Oria reads any NMEA 2000 network without going through anybody's dealer channel.
You need fuel per outing rather than a tank gauge, because you are costing jobs, charters or contracts rather than planning a weekend.
You want maintenance to fire on hours the engine actually ran, and to be told before a hull reaches the interval.
You need the data to leave the platform. CSV and a documented API are in the Pro tier.
You want a supplier who is not owned by a boatbuilder, and data that is not shared with a dealer or a manufacturer by design.
You need zone alerts that cover speed and time spent, not only leaving the mooring.

Price

What each one costs to start

Oria

29 EUR / month / boat

Pro tier, per boat, excluding VAT. Personal is 19 EUR per month for one boat.
Hardware is included with the subscription.
Twelve-month commitment, then no commitment and cancel any time.
SIM and connectivity included.

Seanapps

1 319 EUR incl. VAT to fit

Pack Retrofit Standard, their published price, delivery and installation excluded.
Two extensions are needed to reach the boat's electronics and the engine. Neither is priced publicly.
Installation is by an approved dealer and priced by that dealer.
Then 219 EUR incl. VAT per year for the consumer tier, first year included with the pack. Annual only, no monthly option.
Professional tiers, excluding VAT: Fleet at 190 EUR per year per boat, Insights at 600 EUR per year for all boats.

Oria prices are stated excluding VAT. Seanapps publishes its consumer prices including 20 percent French VAT and its professional prices excluding VAT, so the two are not directly comparable without adjusting. Their Fleet tier at 19 EUR excluding VAT per boat per month is cheaper than Oria Pro at 29 EUR; it carries four published features, and the fleet management features sit in a Fleet+ tier marked coming soon.

Questions

Before you ask

Yes. They read the same bus and neither transmits on it, so both can listen at once. Owners of a Beneteau Group boat who also run it commercially sometimes do exactly that: Seanapps for the hull and the dealer relationship, Oria for hours, fuel and the fleet view.

Twenty minutes, your fleet, an honest answer.

Tell us how many boats you run, what brands they are and how you track hours and fuel today. If Seanapps is the better fit for your setup, we will say so.

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Sources

Every figure on this page was taken from each vendor's own published material on 25 August 2026. Where a company does not publish something, this page says so rather than guessing.

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