From essential offline Gantt viewing to automated schedule health audits and zero-install cloud sharing.
For project engineers, field superintendents, and estimators needing fast, reliable schedule viewing and navigation.
For project controllers, planning consultants, and forensic analysts requiring advanced schedule export, DCMA health auditing, and workspace layout management.
Publish a limited number of schedules from one planner account. Ideal for an individual project or independent planner.
Pricing note: All prices exclude VAT. Enterprise and Corporate tiers may vary based on your specific hosting, integration, SLA, and support requirements.
A comprehensive functional comparison across XER Reader, XER Reader Pro, and XER Reader Cloud.
| Features & Capabilities | XER Reader | XER Reader Pro | XER Reader Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| File Format & Schedule Ingestion | |||
| Oracle Primavera P6 Files (.xer, .xml) | |||
| Microsoft Project Files (.mpp, .xml, .mpx) | |||
| Multi-Project Master Schedule Opening | |||
| Cross-Platform Access (Windows, Mac, Web & Mobile Browsers) | |||
| Timeline & Workspace Views | |||
| Core Workspace Views (Activity Gantt & Resource Assignment) | |||
| Multi-Level Grouping (Customizable summary bands) | |||
| AutoFilter & WBS Filter (Excel-style column filtering with built-in sort & fast WBS branch filter) | |||
| Custom Filter Manager (User-defined criteria & saved presets) | |||
| 4-Tab Activity Inspector (General, Logic, Resources, Codes) | |||
| Vector PDF Schedule Printing | |||
| Resource & Cost S-Curve Analysis Views | |||
| PERT Network Logic Diagram | |||
| Comprehensive Work Calendar Inspector (Shift & Non-Work Days) | |||
| Auditing, Variance & Customization | |||
| DCMA 14+ Point Automated Schedule Health Audit | |||
| Four-Tier Baseline Management & Variance Tracking | |||
| Custom Gantt Bar Designer (Shapes, Fills, Endpoints) | |||
| Workspace Layout Manager (Create, Save & Apply Custom Views) | |||
| Querying & Cross-Format Conversion | |||
| Querying (Embedded SQL) for Custom Reporting | |||
| Microsoft Project Export (Export Schedules to MPP) | |||
| Standard Schedule Data Export (CSV, XLSX & SQLite Database) | |||
| Cloud Sharing & Enterprise BI Integration | |||
| Zero-Install Schedule Sharing (Interactive web viewer with password controls) | |||
| Enterprise BI Connect API (Automated schedule pipelines for Power BI & Tableau) | |||
| Cloud Quota Tiers (Project, Portfolio, Business, Enterprise & Corporate, plus Custom plans) | |||
Explore what is included in each version to identify the ideal fit for your organization's workflow, scale, and analysis demands.
Designed for project engineers, superintendents, subcontractors, and estimators who need fast schedule visibility, Gantt navigation, and activity inspection without expensive authoring licenses.
Open native Oracle Primavera P6 (.xer & .xml) schedules instantly. Completely standalone with zero Oracle software dependencies.
Organize activities hierarchically across multiple custom levels with customizable color summary bands.
Filter and sort activities directly from column headers with Excel-style AutoFilters, or isolate project branches instantly with the dedicated WBS hierarchy filter.
Inspect comprehensive activity attributes across four dedicated tabs: General activity metadata, Predecessors & Successors with relationship logic, Assigned Resources, and Activity Codes.
Inspect project schedules with interactive Activity Gantt charts and deep-dive into resource allocations with dedicated Resource Assignment table views.
Track schedule variance against committed targets. Simultaneously assign up to four baseline tiers (Project, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary) to visualize baseline comparison bars and monitor schedule slippage.
Craft presentation-grade Gantt charts. Independently customize bar shapes, fill patterns, color palettes, row heights, and milestone endpoints for clear executive schedule presentations.
Open complex multi-project master containers. Isolate individual sub-projects or review cross-project milestone linkages in a single unified view.
Run natively on Windows and macOS, or open schedules directly in desktop and mobile web browsers with a 100% identical user interface.
The complete analytical workstation for project controllers, planning consultants, and forensic analysts requiring advanced schedule export, DCMA health auditing, and workspace layout management.
Export schedule activities and project tables to CSV or XLSX for spreadsheet workflows, standalone SQLite database files, or Microsoft Project MPP format.
Save custom column order, column alias names, column filters, grouping hierarchies, expanded state of the tree, Gantt styling, screen size, and theme into named layouts to instantly recall, apply, or update across any schedule.
Open, review, and analyze native Microsoft Project schedules (.mpp, .xml, and .mpx) with complete schedule visibility and zero Microsoft Project licenses or software dependencies.
Generate presentation-ready vector PDF schedule printouts with custom pagination, live preview, multi-page layouts, and sharp vector typography.
Evaluate schedule health against rigorous industry benchmarks. Instantly audit missing logic, high float, negative float, lead/lag relationships, hard constraints, and invalid dates with one-click executive PDF scorecards.
Create personalized activity filters tailored to your project controls workflow. Define custom rules for critical activities, specific trades, or upcoming milestones, and save them as named presets for instant activation on any loaded project.
Unlock deep schedule intelligence with interactive PERT network logic diagrams, cumulative resource and cost S-Curves, and comprehensive Activity and Resource Work Calendars.
Empower multi-organization project teams, owners, and executive stakeholders with instant zero-install interactive web links, password protection, and live Power BI and Tableau integration.
Share interactive, read-only schedules via lightweight browser links with optional password protection. Stakeholders can inspect Gantt charts, expand WBS branches, and review activity details on any browser without software installation.
Querying enables authorised users to select, filter, combine and process schedule data through specialised queries. It can support customer-specific reporting, schedule checks, activity and milestone extracts, automated workflows and controlled updates to schedule-related data.
BI Connect makes schedule data available to business intelligence and reporting solutions such as Microsoft Power BI and customer-developed dashboards. It allows schedule information to become part of portfolio reporting, management reporting and automated analytical workflows rather than remaining isolated in individual XER files.
A shared schedule is a schedule a planner publishes through a sharing link, so others can open it in their browser without installing anything. A Shared User is anyone who opens it through that link.
Shared Users need no paid login. They see the schedule as you set it up, and can use the viewing and analysis features your plan includes, such as grouping, filters, advanced views, PDF printing and the DCMA audit, except they cannot:
Your plan limits how many schedules you can share at the same time:
All XER Reader Cloud tiers include shared user allocations (with unlimited shared users on Enterprise and Corporate tiers), subject to the access and acceptable-use terms in the customer agreement.
Your allowance counts the different people who opened any of your shared schedules in the last 30 days.
At your limit: new Shared Users can still join for 30 days, and you're notified in XER Reader. After that, only Shared Users from the last 30 days get in, until your count drops below your allowance or you upgrade.
Every XER Reader Cloud tier includes a defined service tier, operational hosting, and technical support model tailored to organizational scale.
Included with Project, Portfolio, and Business plans:
Included with Enterprise and Corporate plans:
For custom solutions and group-wide agreements:
Licensing, hosting, security, support, training, integrations, an agreed release and deployment model, and governed roadmap collaboration are defined in an individual commercial agreement.
Every new account automatically receives a 30-day Cloud Free Trial upon signup. No credit card required, no waiting for sales approval - start viewing, inspecting, and sharing Primavera P6 schedules immediately.
Your 30-day free trial is provisioned automatically the moment you create your account. Zero friction, instant access.
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Inspect activities, Gantt charts, critical paths, trace logic, and DCMA 14-point schedule health right in your browser.
Share live project schedules with clients, engineers, and field teams who don't have expensive Oracle P6 licenses.
Answers on licensing, renewals, supported formats and compatibility are collected in one place.
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