Ocean
Ocean is the charge point management platform that grew out of the Slovenian charger maker Etrel, carved out as Ocean EV Charging d.o.o.
BillingPlugchoice back officeData and controlBillingPlugchoiceData and controlConnect your charger to Ocean
Your charger connects once, to Plugchoice, and the OCPP proxy relays its messages to Ocean. Nothing is migrated and nobody visits the site.
- Point the charger at PlugchoiceSet its OCPP server to
ws://ocpp.plugchoice.com, or add the charger in the app. - Add Ocean to the chargerOpen the charger's back offices in the app or the web portal, search for Etrel, the name Ocean has on the list, and pick it.
- Give Ocean the Billing roleOcean then decides which cards may charge. The Plugchoice app and web portal keep working next to it.
- Switch it off with one toggleOnly the relay to Ocean stops. The charger stays connected to Plugchoice.
A charger on Ocean today points at ws://evlink.etrel.com/Starfish.WebSockets/api/OCPP1_6/.
Ocean at a glance
The Etrel hardware business moved to KD Group in 2025.
From our records.
On Plugchoice
- On our list
- Supported compatible through standard OCPP
- Back offices on the list
- Etrel
- Connects through
- The Plugchoice proxy, over OCPP 1.6J
- Role it usually takes
- Billing
Ocean
- Founded
- 2007
- Head office
- Slovenia
- Website
- oceanevcharging.com
Questions about Ocean
Point the charger at ws://ocpp.plugchoice.com, then add Ocean to it in the app or the web portal. Ocean gets the charger's messages through the OCPP proxy, and the charger needs no new settings when you add or remove it.
Yes. Add Ocean to the charger with the Billing role, and Plugchoice runs next to it on the same connection.
Yes. While Ocean holds the Billing role, it decides which cards may charge.
Only the relay to Ocean stops. The charger stays connected to Plugchoice, the app and the web portal keep working, and your own card list decides who may charge.
Chargers that speak OCPP 1.6J, depending on model, firmware and configuration. See the charger database
The Plugchoice platform and the OCPP proxy are free. Ocean sets its own prices. See Plugchoice and Ocean compared
About this page
Ocean and the Ocean logo are trademarks of their respective owner. All other names, logos and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. This page is published independently by Plugchoice and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Ocean. Every detail about Ocean was taken from publicly available sources and was accurate to the best of our knowledge on the date shown. Products and terms change often, so please confirm the current details with Ocean before relying on them.
Sources: Our operator records, our integration list, our news and oceanevcharging.com.