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Compiled July 2026 from vendor sites and published documentation. Where a vendor sells only by quote and publishes little, we mark it unverified rather than guess.
| Capability | ScheduleSignal | ScheduleReader Pro | XER Schedule Toolkit | Steelray Viewer | SmartPM | Acumen Fuse | Logic+ | nPlan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File formats | ||||||||
| Opens Primavera P6 XER | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Opens Primavera P6 XML | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ? |
| Opens Microsoft Project XML | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Opens native .mpp (binary)We decline by design — Save As XML in Project keeps the zero-install promise. | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ? |
| Exports back to P6 XER / MSP XMLAny open schedule — including AI-built and what-if results — exports as a real file P6 imports. | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? |
| Runs in the browser — nothing to install | ✓ | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Viewing | ||||||||
| Gantt with critical path & baseline overlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ✓ | ~ |
| Filters, grouping, saved layouts, resource & cost views | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ~ |
| Analytics | ||||||||
| DCMA 14-point quality checkWe brand it the Signal Score — same 0–100 DCMA basis. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
| Configurable check thresholds | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? |
| Compare two schedule updates | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| Trend tracking across all monthly updates | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✓ |
| Auto-written “why did the finish move?” narrativePlain-English slip explanation naming the driving activities. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ~ |
| Forensic delay analysisOurs: baseline variance, missed actuals, ranked drivers, CPLI/BEI — not formal windows. | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Earned Value + Earned Schedule (SPI/CPI/EAC, S-curves) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Monte-Carlo risk (P50/P80/P90, criticality)Deltek sells this separately as Acumen Risk. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ |
| What-if scenarios with live CPM rescheduleDeltek sells scenarios separately as Acumen 360. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ |
| AI assistant answering questions about the schedule | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ~ |
| AI Schedule Builder | ||||||||
| Generate a full schedule from a description + documentsPer-company add-on: outline review, chat revisions, version restore. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| AI-built schedules are resource- and cost-loadedLabour/plant/materials with editable rates; cost flows to EVM and the export. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? |
| AI-built schedule exports as a working XER | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ? |
| Collaboration & commercial | ||||||||
| Branded, print-ready PDF report builder | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ~ |
| Excel export of analysis tables | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ~ |
| Team accounts, roles & licence tiers | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Portfolio dashboard (all projects, one screen) | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ? | ✓ |
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Honest limits
Every tool approximates. Ours are documented here, not discovered later.