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CorePlan vs Snowden Supervisor

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CorePlan

Mining

Drilling programme management for mineral exploration teams and drilling contractors

From
$1350/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Snowden Supervisor

Mining

Real-time mine operations optimization

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: CorePlan pricing is usage based on plods or shifts and billed annually with overage calculated monthly, so an intense drilling quarter generates an unbudgeted overage invoice, and finance teams that need a fixed annual number will struggle to get one.; Snowden Supervisor specialized niche software with limited market reach outside mining and geostatistics
  • They diverge on capability: CorePlan covers Digital plods, Snowden Supervisor covers Real-time scheduling.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which CorePlan and Snowden Supervisor actually diverge.

Attributes where CorePlan and Snowden Supervisor differ
AttributeCorePlanSnowden Supervisor
Starting price$1350/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer month by shift or plod volumesubscription
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWindows
FoundedUnknown1981

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Mining).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in CorePlan

  • Digital plods
  • Rig scheduling
  • Contractor reconciliation
  • Sample and core tracking
  • Field Operations module
  • Advanced Analytics
  • Forms subscription
  • Interoperability service

Only in Snowden Supervisor

  • Real-time scheduling
  • Fleet optimization
  • Production tracking
  • Automated reconciliation
  • KPI dashboards
  • Datamine
  • Caterpillar MineStar
  • Komatsu FrontRunner

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

CorePlan

  • A junior explorer running a two rig programme that wants cost per metre visible weekly instead of when the contractor invoice arrivesnot Snowden Supervisor
  • A drilling contractor with crews across several client sites submitting plods digitally to cut invoice disputesnot Snowden Supervisor
  • An exploration manager reconciling contractor billing against recorded shift hours before approving paymentnot Snowden Supervisor
  • A multi project mid tier miner consolidating hole planning and sample dispatch across sites that currently each run their own spreadsheetnot Snowden Supervisor

Snowden Supervisor

  • Real-time operationsnot CorePlan
  • Fleet managementnot CorePlan
  • Production optimizationnot CorePlan
  • Short-term planningnot CorePlan

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

CorePlan

  • Pricing is usage based on plods or shifts and billed annually with overage calculated monthly, so an intense drilling quarter generates an unbudgeted overage invoice, and finance teams that need a fixed annual number will struggle to get one.
  • Only the Starter tier price is published; Professional, Enterprise and Corporate are all quote only, so comparing CorePlan against a competitor requires entering a sales process before you know the number.
  • Core modules are unbundled: field operations, advanced analytics and custom forms are separately priced add-ons that each start in the hundreds of dollars per month, so the realistic monthly cost is well above the advertised entry price.
  • It is a drilling operations system, not a geological database or modelling package, so it must sit alongside acQuire, Datashed or equivalent and the integration between them is a project rather than a switch.
  • The customer base and support depth are concentrated in Australia and the company is small and venture funded, which means teams in the Americas or Africa get thinner local implementation support and carry the usual supplier concentration risk on a system that sits in the middle of drilling spend.

Snowden Supervisor

  • Specialized niche software with limited market reach outside mining and geostatistics
  • No public pricing available; requires vendor contact
  • Limited documentation and community resources compared to general software

Pricing, plan by plan

CorePlan

$1350/month
  • Starter$1350/month
    • One project
    • Up to two rigs
    • Digital plods and rig scheduling
  • Professional$undefined/month
    • Multi-project management for mid-tier explorers
    • Higher rig and shift allowances
    • Priced on quotation
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Large-scale operations
    • Complex data integration
    • Priced on quotation
  • Field Operations add-on$800/month
    • Pre-starts and inspections
    • Field compliance forms
    • From this price

Snowden Supervisor

On request
  • Supervisor Standard$25000/year
    • Real-time scheduling
    • Fleet management
    • Production tracking
  • Supervisor Enterprise$50000/year
    • All Standard features
    • Advanced optimization
    • Multi-site support

Which should you pick?

Choose CorePlan if

  • You need digital plods.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want rig scheduling.
CorePlan review

Choose Snowden Supervisor if

  • You need real-time scheduling.
  • You work on Windows.
  • You also want fleet optimization.
Snowden Supervisor review

Questions people ask

Is CorePlan or Snowden Supervisor better?
Neither clearly leads. CorePlan starts at $1350/month and Snowden Supervisor at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, CorePlan or Snowden Supervisor?
CorePlan starts at $1350/month and Snowden Supervisor at On request.
Does CorePlan or Snowden Supervisor run on more platforms?
CorePlan runs on Web, iOS, Android. Snowden Supervisor runs on Windows.
What is CorePlan best used for?
CorePlan is most often used for a junior explorer running a two rig programme that wants cost per metre visible weekly instead of when the contractor invoice arrives, a drilling contractor with crews across several client sites submitting plods digitally to cut invoice disputes, an exploration manager reconciling contractor billing against recorded shift hours before approving payment, a multi project mid tier miner consolidating hole planning and sample dispatch across sites that currently each run their own spreadsheet. Of those, a junior explorer running a two rig programme that wants cost per metre visible weekly instead of when the contractor invoice arrives and a drilling contractor with crews across several client sites submitting plods digitally to cut invoice disputes are not what Snowden Supervisor is typically brought in for.
What can CorePlan do that Snowden Supervisor cannot?
CorePlan covers Digital plods, Rig scheduling, Contractor reconciliation, Sample and core tracking. Snowden Supervisor covers Real-time scheduling, Fleet optimization, Production tracking, Automated reconciliation.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

CorePlan: Is CorePlan a geological database?

No. It manages drilling operations, plods, scheduling and sample dispatch. Geological data still lives in acQuire, Datashed or similar.

Snowden Supervisor: What type of mining software is Snowden Supervisor?

Snowden Supervisor is a geostatistical software designed specifically for resource estimation professionals to perform advanced geological data analysis, spatial modeling, and resource estimation optimization.

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CorePlan: Can drilling contractors use it too?

Yes, and that is the point. Contractors submit plods on the same platform their client uses, which removes the invoice reconciliation argument.

Snowden Supervisor: What analysis tools does Snowden Supervisor include?

The Analysor V8 module provides statistical analysis and visualization with histograms, Q-Q plots for data distribution, and variogram modeling to understand spatial continuity and anisotropy in geological data.

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CorePlan: What does it actually cost?

Starter is 1,350 US dollars a month for one project and two rigs, billed annually. Everything above that is quoted, and the analytics and field modules add several hundred dollars a month each.

Snowden Supervisor: Does Supervisor support conditional simulation?

Yes. Supervisor v8.14 includes a new Multivariate Conditional Simulation component allowing conditional sequential gaussian simulation over multiple variables while maintaining complex compositional correlations.

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CorePlan: Does it work without mobile signal?

Yes, field capture works offline and syncs when the rig comes back into coverage.

Snowden Supervisor: Is Snowden Supervisor integrated with major mine planning software?

Yes. Supervisor is compatible with all major mine planning software packages, with direct integration capabilities for Datamine products.

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