Evidence-backed comparison of Deswik Planning and Maptek Vulcan across capabilities, integrations, deployment options, confidence and known limitations.
TechSelectAI compares Deswik Planning and Maptek Vulcan using recorded product evidence rather than user-specific recommendation scoring. Deswik Planning currently has 2 supported, 3 conditional, 71 unknown/not-yet-verified, and 0 not-supported capabilities. Maptek Vulcan currently has 1 supported, 16 conditional, 59 unknown/not-yet-verified, and 0 not-supported capabilities. Known-fact confidence is 99% for Deswik Planning and 99% for Maptek Vulcan. Latest recorded review or verification activity across the comparison: Sep 25, 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.
Mining geological modelling, design and planning product; workflow scope must be verified per product/module.
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 Vulcan |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Partially Supported99% confidenceThe Open Pit and Underground Design Add-ons explicitly cover drill and blast design. This does not establish execution tracking. |
| 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 | Partially Supported99% confidenceThe Geology and Estimation Add-on explicitly supports implicit block modelling and resource estimation. This named add-on is not universal Vulcan entitlement. |
| Drillhole database managementGeology & Resource Modelling | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceThe Geology and Estimation Add-on explicitly manages drillhole data. This named add-on is not universal Vulcan entitlement. |
| Geological domains and codingGeology & Resource Modelling | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Geological interpretationGeology & Resource Modelling | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceThe Geology and Estimation Add-on explicitly supports geological interpretation. This named add-on is not universal Vulcan entitlement. |
| GeostatisticsGeology & Resource Modelling | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceThe Geology and Estimation Add-on explicitly includes geostatistical and estimation methods. This named add-on is not universal Vulcan entitlement. |
| 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% confidenceThe Vulcan Grade Control Suite explicitly enables ore and waste definition. This named suite is not universal Vulcan entitlement. |
| Stockpile, blending and material trackingGrade Control & Material | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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 | Partially Supported99% confidenceThe Open Pit Design Add-on explicitly supports road and ramp design. The reviewed source does not establish all dump and stockpile workflows. |
| Open-pit designMine Design | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceThe Open Pit Design Add-on explicitly supports open pit design. This named add-on is not universal Vulcan entitlement. |
| Pit phases and pushbacksMine Design | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Stope and development designMine Design | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceThe Underground Design Add-on explicitly supports stope and development design. This named add-on is not universal Vulcan entitlement. |
| Underground mine designMine Design | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceThe Underground Design Add-on explicitly supports underground mine design. This named add-on is not universal Vulcan entitlement. |
| 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 | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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 | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceThe Scheduling Suite Add-on explicitly supports resource and activity-based scheduling. This named add-on is not universal Vulcan 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Production target and constraint modellingScheduling | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceThe Scheduling Suite Add-on explicitly supports production targets and operational limits for equipment resources. This named add-on is not universal Vulcan 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% confidenceThe Scheduling Suite Add-on includes Gantt scheduling with equipment resources. The reviewed source does not establish every levelling method. |
| Schedule dependencies and calendarsScheduling | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceThe Scheduling Suite Add-on explicitly supports task dependencies. The reviewed source does not establish every calendar model. |
| Schedule scenario comparisonScheduling | Partially Supported99% confidenceDeswik documents unlimited planning scenarios to show a range of outcomes. The reviewed capability page does not establish every configuration or entitlement. | Partially Supported99% confidenceThe Scheduling Suite Add-on explicitly supports scenario analysis. This named add-on is not universal Vulcan entitlement. |
| 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. | Partially Supported99% confidenceThe Scheduling Suite Add-on includes Short Term Planner with user-defined short-range periods. This named add-on is not universal Vulcan entitlement. |
| Cut-off grade scenario modellingStrategic Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Economic scenario analysisStrategic Planning | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| 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 | Supported100% confidenceMaptek describes Vulcan itself as 3D mining software supporting mining workflows from geological modelling through design and scheduling. |
| 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 |
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