We build one of the six products below, so treat this as a well-sourced opinion, not a neutral review. The method keeps it useful anyway: every price and claim is quoted from each vendor's own public pages, with dates; gaps are described as "not mentioned on their site", never as verdicts; and every product gets a genuine "pick this if" — including our competitors, because a dive center that buys the wrong tool churns out of the whole category, and that helps nobody.
The field at a glance
| Product | Published price (5 Sep 2026) | Commission | Trial | Stands out for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DiveHQ | €50/mo dive center · €75/mo liveaboard (2 boats) · €150/mo resort; yearly = 10 months | 0% | 3 months (liveaboard) | Liveaboard + resort in production, offline POS, agency portal, unlimited users |
| DiversDesk | $27 / $42 / $64/mo (annual billing), Enterprise custom; liveaboard $1,000/yr per boat | 0% | 14 days | Deep day-boat planner, waivers in 13 languages, QuickBooks included |
| DiveSuite | €49/mo or €499/yr; payments only in a planned €79–99 PRO tier | 0% stated | 60 days | Customizable public booking page, generous trial |
| Scubafy | $22 / $65.99 / $119.99/mo; Starter capped at 30 clients/month | Not stated as commission | 7 days | Lowest entry price in the field |
| Geek Divers | "The price of 2 fun dives in your price list" per location; rooms +€25/mo | 0% | 1 month | Deep staff commissions and payslips, EU/GDPR posture |
| DiveOps | $29.99–$199.99/mo, seat- and boat-gated | Not stated | Beta | Early-stage, actively recruiting testers |
DiveHQ — ours
The case for: it is the only product in this list whose liveaboard module runs fleets in production today — cabin-based booking, single supplements, charters, an agency B2B portal with automatic commission and price privacy, an offline-first onboard POS, marine park fees and Indonesian PB1 computed as line items, RSTC/PADI e-waivers, and a resort module where rooms and dives share one guest folio. Unlimited users on every plan, 0% commission, and the support inbox is answered by people who run boats on this software.
The case against: no CRM-only cheap tier — €50/month is the entry point even if you only want contacts and a calendar. The resort product is early access. And we are a small team in Indonesia and Singapore, not a hundred-person SaaS: you get the makers, with everything that implies in both directions.
Pick it if you run a liveaboard, a dive resort with rooms, an Indonesian operation, or a dive center that sells through agencies and is tired of user caps.
DiversDesk
The case for: the strongest day-boat scheduling planner we have seen in this field — multi-activity, cross-location, boat and group swaps, certification-aware safety logic — plus a genuinely deep waiver product (PADI/SSI/SDI-TDI templates, OTP signing, audit trail, thirteen languages), QuickBooks included, and named customers, several in Indonesia. Also 0% commission.
The case against: user caps by tier (5/10/20 before Enterprise), accommodation is an unpriced premium add-on, and the liveaboard module their site advertises at $1,000/year is marked, on their own campaign page as of 5 Sep 2026, "In development now. Join the waitlist." Operational details like offline mode, per-day park fee computation or local tax handling are not mentioned on their public site.
Pick it if you run a multi-boat day operation living inside a planner all day and your team fits the caps. It is the serious alternative in this list.
DiveSuite
The case for: a polished, customizable public booking page (your logo, colors, banner), a 60-day trial — the most generous in the field — and clean on-page SEO. At €49/month it undercuts DiveHQ's dive-center tier by one euro.
The case against: online payments sit in a PRO tier that their pricing page marks as planned at €79–99/month — so today's €49 buys booking management without integrated payment collection. Liveaboard and accommodation workflows are not mentioned on their site.
Pick it if your priority is a branded public booking page and you collect payments elsewhere (bank transfer, terminal) for now.
Scubafy
The case for: the lowest entry price in the field at $22/month, with a tiered path upward.
The case against: the Starter tier is capped at 30 clients per month — a busy weekend blows through it — and the 7-day trial is short for evaluating anything you will run a season on. Their customers section rendered without customers when we checked.
Pick it if you are a very small or seasonal operation counting every dollar, and 30 clients a month is genuinely your volume.
Geek Divers
The case for: the deepest staff pay engine in the field — "more than 500 different combinations of commissions", payslips updated daily — from a German company run by two PADI instructors since 2017, with EU hosting and the cheapest rooms add-on around (€25/month). Their dive-based pricing is refreshingly honest: cheap destinations pay less.
The case against: by their own FAQ (read 6 Sep 2026), there is no website booking form yet ("We're working on it!"), no payments ("Geek Divers does not handle payments on your behalf"), no POS ("No, not yet.") and no offline mode ("no internet means no Geek Divers"). It manages your operation; your guests still cannot book or pay you through it. Liveaboards are not mentioned on their site.
Pick it if instructor pay and GDPR-clean records are your real problem, you sell face to face, and online booking can wait. Full comparison here.
DiveOps
The case for: visible energy and an open door — they describe themselves as beta and actively invite testers, and pricing spans $29.99 to $199.99 with room to negotiate.
The case against: beta means beta: their finance module was marked planned when we checked, and support ran through a personal email address. We would not run a season's revenue through any beta, including our own.
Pick it if you enjoy shaping young products and have a fallback system for the season.
How to actually choose
- Price the year-two team, not the day-one one. User and client caps are where cheap tiers stop being cheap.
- Ask every vendor the offline question — "what happens to a sale or a check-in made with no internet?" — and watch whether the answer is specific.
- Make them show your ugliest booking: split cabin, agency commission, a park fee collected in cash, a guest who pays in two currencies. Demo data is always clean; your season is not.
- Check who answers support. A vendor that operates dive businesses will understand Thursday's problem on Thursday.