Moving from IDS Astra: keep the departments it runs, change the front of the store.
BoaterOS runs the website, leads, calls and texts, deals, inventory record and reports, alongside IDS Astra's accounting, parts and service.
A dealer management system with marine roots.
As of September 2026, IDS Astra describes a dealer management system for marine dealerships that combines accounting, sales and F&I, CRM, service, parts and mobile access, with cloud hosting and a Leadership Insights analytics dashboard. It cites more than 40 years of dealer industry expertise and is owned by Constellation Software.
Dealers who run accounting, parts and service departments there have those departments on one system. BoaterOS does not replace that.
An IDS Astra alternative for the sales and marketing side.
Most dealers who look at BoaterOS keep IDS Astra for accounting, parts and service billing. Your website, leads, deals, customers, calls and texts, inventory record and reports run on one record in BoaterOS. Accounting and service billing stay where they are.
BoaterOS does not sync with IDS Astra today. Connecting to a dealer management system is not built today. Your current system keeps running until each department has moved over. BoaterOS is the boat dealer management system for the front of the store: website, leads, CRM, marketing, inventory, deals, brokerage and service requests on one record. Your accounting system stays where it is, with accounting integration on the roadmap.
IDS Astra and BoaterOS, by job.
| Capability | IDS Astra | BoaterOS |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | Yes, accounting department | Not what BoaterOS does. Accounting stays where it is. |
| Parts and service | Yes, parts and service departments | Not what BoaterOS does. Service in BoaterOS is service requests plus customer and hull history. |
| Sales and F&I | Yes, sales and F&I | Deals are tracked in BoaterOS. Not an accounting or lender system. |
| Dealer website | Not listed on its marine page | Yes. The website runs on the same record as leads and inventory. |
| CRM and leads | Yes, integrated CRM | Yes. Every lead, source, call and text on one record. |
| Calls and texts logged to the lead | Not listed on its marine page | Yes, through RingCentral, with optional call tracking. |
| Reporting | Yes, Leadership Insights dashboard | Yes. Live report pages, with more being closed out. |
Sources, checked September 2026.
- / 1IDS Astra, marine (ids-astra.com), checked September 2026. https://www.ids-astra.com/marine/
of a dealership's top Google addresses still opened a working page after it moved off WordPress.
of its old blog addresses kept working.
of its sold-boat pages kept working.
We check every important address before and after the move, so your site keeps working the whole way through.
Your front of store.
Website, leads, calls and texts, deals, inventory record and reports.
Your books, parts and service.
Keep IDS Astra for accounting, parts and service billing.
No sync today.
Connecting to a dealer management system is not built, by decision. Data comes across as planned import projects, and your current system keeps running until each department has moved.
For the front of the store, yes: website, leads, calls and texts, deals, inventory record and reports. It is not an accounting, parts or service billing system.
No. Connecting to a dealer management system is not built, by decision. Your history comes across as planned import projects.
We check every important address before and after the move. When a dealership moved its site, every top Google address still opened a working page.
Yes. Your current system keeps running until each department has moved over to BoaterOS.