Compare Deswik Planning vs Maptek Evolution across mining planning and operations capabilities, product/module boundaries, evidence coverage and known research gaps.
TechSelectAI compares Deswik Planning and Maptek Evolution using recorded product evidence rather than user-specific recommendation scoring. Deswik Planning currently has 5 supported, 3 conditional, 68 unknown/not-yet-verified, and 0 not-supported capabilities. Maptek Evolution currently has 6 supported, 6 conditional, 64 unknown/not-yet-verified, and 0 not-supported capabilities. Known-fact confidence is 99% for Deswik Planning and 99% for Maptek Evolution. Latest recorded review or verification activity across the comparison: Sep 27, 2026.
This summary reflects recorded TechSelectAI evidence only. It is separate from buyer-specific Fit Score, Evidence Confidence, TechSelectAI Verified Reviews and Public Review Intelligence. Unknown means not yet verified, not unsupported.
Mine planning and scheduling product; product boundaries remain subject to the vendor evidence cycle.
Mine scheduling and optimization product; design and geology capability must not be assumed.
Different coverage percentages can reflect how much TechSelectAI has researched and verified, not which product is better. “Research pending” means the current evidence set is incomplete; it is not evidence that the product lacks the capability.
Status and confidence reflect recorded evidence. Unknown means not yet verified, not unsupported. In the summary above, TechSelectAI labels this state “research pending”.
| Capability | Deswik Planning | Maptek Evolution |
|---|---|---|
| Audit loggingData, Integration & Governance | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Fleet-system integrationData, Integration & Governance | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Historian or IoT integrationData, Integration & Governance | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Interoperability and governed accessData, Integration & Governance | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Public or documented APIsData, Integration & Governance | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Role-based access controlData, Integration & Governance | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Blast design and execution trackingDrill & Blast | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Blast reconciliationDrill & Blast | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Charging and initiation planningDrill & Blast | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Drill execution trackingDrill & Blast | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Drill pattern designDrill & Blast | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Fragmentation analysisDrill & Blast | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Equipment state and cycle monitoringFleet & Dispatch | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Fleet dispatchFleet & Dispatch | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Operator trackingFleet & Dispatch | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Queue and route optimizationFleet & Dispatch | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Truck-shovel dispatchFleet & Dispatch | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Underground fleet assignmentFleet & Dispatch | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Block modelling and resource estimationGeology & Resource Modelling | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Drillhole database managementGeology & Resource Modelling | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Geological domains and codingGeology & Resource Modelling | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Geological interpretationGeology & Resource Modelling | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| GeostatisticsGeology & Resource Modelling | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Resource and reserve reporting supportGeology & Resource Modelling | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Validation and reconciliationGeology & Resource Modelling | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Wireframing and surfacesGeology & Resource Modelling | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Crusher and feed trackingGrade Control & Material | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Dig block managementGrade Control & Material | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Grade-control samplingGrade Control & Material | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Material reconciliationGrade Control & Material | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Ore and waste classificationGrade Control & Material | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceEvolution explicitly documents variable cut-off grade ore definition. The reviewed source does not establish every ore and waste classification workflow. |
| Stockpile, blending and material trackingGrade Control & Material | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceEvolution Origin explicitly supports haulage, blending and waste optimisation. Origin is a named Evolution module. |
| Bench and berm designMine Design | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Design scenario comparisonMine Design | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Geotechnical design parametersMine Design | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Haul roads, dumps and stockpiles designMine Design | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Open-pit designMine Design | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Pit phases and pushbacksMine Design | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Stope and development designMine Design | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Underground mine designMine Design | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Mobile field executionOperational & Shift Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Offline field operationOperational & Shift Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Operator task assignmentOperational & Shift Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Plan-versus-actual visibilityOperational & Shift Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Shift and weekly planningOperational & Shift Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Short interval controlOperational & Shift Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Discrete-event simulationOptimization & Simulation | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Equipment and resource optimizationOptimization & Simulation | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Mathematical mine optimizationOptimization & Simulation | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported100% confidenceEvolution explicitly optimises net present value using cut-off grade techniques. |
| Mine scenario simulationOptimization & Simulation | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Schedule optimizationOptimization & Simulation | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Value-chain optimizationOptimization & Simulation | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Collision avoidance integrationSafety & OT Integration | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Fatigue monitoring integrationSafety & OT Integration | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Operational geofencingSafety & OT Integration | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Proximity detection integrationSafety & OT Integration | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Safety, tracking or OT integrationSafety & OT Integration | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Activity-based schedulingScheduling | Supported100% confidenceDeswik Planning explicitly integrates production, ancillary and project activities and can convert mine designs into schedulable tasks. This does not establish field execution or dispatch capability. | Partially Supported99% confidenceEvolution Epoch manages multiple mining activities and tasks. Epoch is a named Evolution module and does not establish every package entitlement. |
| Blending constraints in schedulesScheduling | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Medium-term schedulingScheduling | Partially Supported99% confidenceDeswik describes its surface planning capability as covering all planning horizons. The reviewed public material does not enumerate a separate medium-term package, configuration or mining-method entitlement for every deployment. | Supported100% confidenceEvolution explicitly produces medium-term schedules. |
| Production target and constraint modellingScheduling | Supported100% confidenceDeswik Planning explicitly exposes scheduling controls, resource allocation and live impact on production targets; the planning capability page also documents detailed model controls for real-world constraints and business objectives. This does not imply every optimizer or economic objective available in separate Deswik products. | Partially Supported99% confidenceEvolution Strategy documents multiple limits in strategic scheduling. Strategy is a named Evolution module and does not establish every package entitlement. |
| Resource and equipment levellingScheduling | Partially Supported99% confidenceDeswik documents resource-based Gantt scheduling for complex surface mines. The reviewed source does not establish every resource-levelling or equipment-assignment method in the TechSelectAI criterion. | Partially Supported99% confidenceEvolution explicitly optimises haulage fleet planning. The reviewed sources do not establish every resource levelling method. |
| Schedule dependencies and calendarsScheduling | Partially Supported99% confidenceDeswik Planning explicitly provides customizable calendar tools and rules-based scheduling. The reviewed product page does not by itself enumerate the full dependency feature set covered by this combined criterion, so support remains partial. | Partially Supported99% confidenceEvolution Epoch allows different dependency types. Epoch is a named module and does not establish every calendar or entitlement detail. |
| Schedule scenario comparisonScheduling | Supported100% confidenceDeswik Planning explicitly supports rapidly testing scenarios or options, while the Planning capability page documents unlimited planning scenarios and outcome ranges. This is schedule/planning scenario evidence only, not a claim about separate strategic optimizers. | Supported100% confidenceEvolution explicitly supports rapidly iterating scenarios and comparing results using similar input data. |
| Short-term production schedulingScheduling | Supported100% confidenceDeswik Planning is explicitly described as supporting detailed short-term schedules. This does not establish operational shift execution, dispatch or mobile-field functionality. | Supported100% confidenceEvolution explicitly produces short-term schedules. |
| Cut-off grade scenario modellingStrategic Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Economic scenario analysisStrategic Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported99% confidenceEvolution explicitly supports scenarios with objectives including cut-off grade and production schedules. |
| Life-of-mine planningStrategic Planning | Supported100% confidenceDeswik Planning is explicitly described as supporting long-range mine planning in a unified scheduling environment. This does not establish every strategic optimization method or reserve-reporting workflow. | Supported100% confidenceEvolution explicitly produces strategic life-of-mine schedules alongside production plans. |
| NPV optimizationStrategic Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Pit or stope optimizationStrategic Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Production capacity modellingStrategic Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Drone and laser-scan integrationSurvey & Spatial | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Mining CAD and 3D visualizationSurvey & Spatial | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Spatial data managementSurvey & Spatial | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Survey and spatial-data integrationSurvey & Spatial | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Survey pickup and reconciliationSurvey & Spatial | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
Comparison facts, TechSelectAI analysis, community-derived insights and estimates are kept as separate evidence types. Missing evidence is not treated as proof of non-support.
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