Realistic monthly budgets for a connected vessel, whether a yacht, a workboat or a merchant ship, range from under one hundred euro near shore to several thousand euro for guaranteed offshore bandwidth. The figures below are indicative ranges; every Satmarin proposal is a firm quotation based on your vessel, route and usage.
Cellular near shore: 50 to 300 EUR per month
Within roughly 20 km of coast, 4G and 5G with a good marine antenna and router deliver the cheapest megabytes. Excellent as primary link for coastal work and as offload for everything below.
Starlink Roam: 50 to 250 EUR per month
The terrestrial roaming plans work near shore and in ports at consumer pricing. Officially they are not licensed for use in open sea, coverage and fair-use rules apply, and there is no service guarantee. A pragmatic coastal option, not an offshore solution.
Starlink for maritime use: roughly 250 to 2,500 EUR per month
Ocean-licensed plans with usable offshore performance, priced by priority data volume, still without the service guarantees commercial operations may require. Often combined with VSAT or cellular in a managed multi-path setup.
LEO with service commitments: roughly 1,000 to 5,000 EUR per month
Eutelsat OneWeb brings low latency, committed rates and enterprise support. This is the LEO option when performance must be contractual.
GEO VSAT: from a few hundred to several thousand EUR per month
Shared plans start low; committed information rates for operational vessels scale with bandwidth. Predictable coverage on defined routes, mature hardware, and the basis of most merchant fleet contracts.
L-band backup: 100 to 1,000 EUR per month
Iridium Certus and similar services keep essential traffic moving when everything else is down. Slow, expensive per megabyte, and indispensable.
Most vessels end up with a combination: a primary broadband link, cellular offload near shore, and L-band backup, managed through a router that picks the best path automatically. That is exactly the setup Satmarin designs and operates.
To scope it for your vessel, request a connectivity quotation within one working day. For yacht-specific guidance, see our notes on internet on yachts.