# Pelyr AIS

> Pelyr is an independent project from Austria offering an AIS vessel map, HTTPS API, WebSocket stream and MCP server, with a Free plan and paid plans.

AIS reports are for information, not navigation or safety decisions. Access limits and source attribution apply.

## Products and project
- [Free Maritime Intelligence: AIS API & WebSocket | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/): Explore maritime intelligence with Pelyr: free AIS vessel data, an HTTPS API, a live WebSocket stream and vessel map, plus radar and satellite imagery.
- [Share Your AIS Receiver Data – Pelyr Network | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/network/): Send your station’s full AIS feed to Pelyr with AIS-catcher or docker-shipfeeder. Request UDP access by email and follow the setup in your dashboard.
- [Pricing and Plans | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/pricing/): Compare Pelyr plans for the AIS API, stream and vessel map. Explore Community access and follow through to current local prices in the dashboard.
- [AISHub Alternative for AIS Data & API | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/aishub-alternative/): Compare AISHub and Pelyr on free access, WebSocket, HTTPS API request rates, NMEA Stream and commercial use. See who can start without a station.
- [Free AIS API for Vessel Positions & Tracks | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/https-api/): Start with a free AIS API key. Request vessel positions, details and recent tracks as JSON, and review Free plan limits for non-commercial use.
- [Free AIS Data: API, Live Stream & Vessel Map | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/free-ais/): Explore free AIS vessel data with Pelyr. Compare the HTTPS API, live WebSocket stream and vessel map, see Free plan limits and start with an account.
- [Free AIS WebSocket Stream for Vessel Data | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/ais-stream/): Receive live AIS vessel positions over WebSocket. Filter by area, MMSI or message type, inspect connection health, and start with a free Pelyr API key.
- [AIS NMEA Stream: Raw AIS Sentences over TCP | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/nmea-stream/): Receive the original AIS NMEA sentences from Pelyr community stations over TCP, plain or TLS. Included with the Enterprise plan and with Community access.
- [Free AIS Vessel Tracking Map & Track Playback | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/vessel-map/): Explore ships on Pelyr’s free AIS vessel map, inspect vessel details, replay historical tracks and save favourites. Follow the maritime journeys that interest you.
- [About Pelyr AIS: Project & Contact | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/about/): Meet Pelyr, an independent maritime data project. Explore its vessel map, APIs, receiver community and the ideas behind the platform, or get in touch.
- [AIS Developer Tools: HTTPS API & WebSocket Stream | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/developers/): Choose how to build with Pelyr AIS data. Compare an on-demand HTTPS API with a live WebSocket stream, get a free key and find the documentation.
- [Route Change Detection & AIS Route Events | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/route-change-detection/): Explore AIS route events in Pelyr: gate crossings, turnarounds, slower passages and changed route choices, with recorded vessel tracks for context.
- [Satellite Monitoring, Vessel Detection & Radar | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/satellite/): Review vessel detections in satellite imagery, explore radar scenes with AIS context, and monitor site changes with image comparisons and alerts.
- [Zone Alert: Vessel Activity Notifications | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/zone-alert/): Set Zone Alerts for vessel entries, exits, extended stays, lost signals and changes in navigation status or destination inside an area you define.
- [Contact | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/contact/): Write to Pelyr with questions about the AIS map, HTTPS API, WebSocket stream or a paid plan. Use the contact form or email hello@pelyr.com.
- [Current prices](https://dashboard.pelyr.com/pricing): Local prices and checkout in the dashboard.

## Documentation and AI tools
- [Documentation](https://dashboard.pelyr.com/en/docs): API authentication, fields, limits and examples.
- [MCP server](https://api.pelyr.com/mcp): Authenticated vessel tools for compatible AI assistants.

## Terms and data licences
- [API Terms of Use | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/stream-terms): Terms of use for the Pelyr live AIS WebSocket stream, the Pelyr HTTPS API, the Pelyr MCP server, zone alerts and paid plans.
- [Refunds and Withdrawal | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/refunds): How refunds, the right of withdrawal and cancellation work for Pelyr paid plans sold through Paddle.
- [Data Licence 2.0 | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/pelyr-data-license): The licence under which Pelyr makes its own AIS data available: commercial use per plan (paid developer plans for API, stream and MCP data, Premium Plus for map data), otherwise non-commercial use only.
- [Network Contributor Terms | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/contributor-terms): Terms for contributing terrestrial AIS reception data to Pelyr Network.
- [Privacy Policy | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/privacy): How Pelyr processes personal data across the website, accounts, Stream API, zone alerts and contributor network.
- [Data Sources and Licences | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/sources): The third-party AIS sources Pelyr uses, with the attribution each requires and a link to its licence.
- [Imprint | Pelyr](https://pelyr.com/legal-notice): Imprint for Pelyr pursuant to § 5 ECG and § 25 MedienG.