Mining & Resources · head to head
K-MINE vs MineSight
K-MINE
Mining & Resources
Mine planning and optimization software
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
MineSight
Mining & Resources
Integrated mine design and planning software
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: K-MINE modules are licensed separately as annual subscriptions, from 2,700 USD a year for Infrastructure up to 9,480 USD a year for Open Pit Design; MineSight mineSight (now part of Hexagon Mining) sells time-limited lease licenses rather than perpetual seats for exploration-stage users: License to Explore is scoped explicitly to "the life of a drilling campaign" and comes as two separate products, HxM Explorer and HxM Modeler, with additional functionality (UAV point-cloud surface meshing, a QAQC module) sold as further add-ons rather than included (archived press release, 6 March 2016)
- They diverge on capability: K-MINE covers Mine planning, MineSight covers Geological modeling.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which K-MINE and MineSight actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Windows), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Mining & Resources).
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 K-MINE
- Mine planning
- 3D design
- Economic evaluation
- Risk analysis
- Surpac
- Datamine
Only in MineSight
- Geological modeling
- 3D mine design
- Resource estimation
- Operations planning
- ArcGIS
- SAP
- Oracle
Both cover
- Production scheduling
- Vulcan
- AutoCAD
- Windows support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
K-MINE
- Open pit surveying, pit design, scheduling and pit optimisationnot MineSight
- Underground mine design, stope optimisation and ventilation analysisnot MineSight
- Geological modelling and grade estimation from drillhole datanot MineSight
- Drill and blast design and slope stability analysisnot MineSight
MineSight
- Mine planningnot K-MINE
- Resource schedulingnot K-MINE
- Pit designnot K-MINE
- Underground developmentnot K-MINE
- Production optimizationnot K-MINE
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
K-MINE
- Modules are licensed separately as annual subscriptions, from 2,700 USD a year for Infrastructure up to 9,480 USD a year for Open Pit Design
- Geology is 9,060 USD a year, Pit Optimizer 8,580 USD, Scheduling 7,380 USD, Stope Optimization 6,960 USD and Surveying 6,600 USD, so a full workflow means stacking several module subscriptions
- A licence is assigned either to a dedicated server or to a single computer workstation, with one active device at a time
- Licences are online, with offline access limited to 2 days
- Training is priced by custom quote and is not included in the published module rates
- Volume discounts are referenced but no discount rate or qualifying quantity is published
MineSight
- MineSight (now part of Hexagon Mining) sells time-limited lease licenses rather than perpetual seats for exploration-stage users: License to Explore is scoped explicitly to "the life of a drilling campaign" and comes as two separate products, HxM Explorer and HxM Modeler, with additional functionality (UAV point-cloud surface meshing, a QAQC module) sold as further add-ons rather than included (archived press release, 6 March 2016)
Pricing, plan by plan
K-MINE
On request- K-MINE Professional$9000/year
- Mine planning
- 3D design
- Scheduling
MineSight
On request- MineSight Core$18000/year
- Geological modeling
- Mine design
- Block modeling
- MineSight Advanced$35000/year
- Production scheduling
- Resource estimation
- Advanced optimization
Which should you pick?
Choose MineSight if
- You need geological modeling.
- You work on Windows.
- You also want 3d mine design.
Questions people ask
- Is K-MINE or MineSight better?
- Neither clearly leads. K-MINE starts at On request and MineSight at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, K-MINE or MineSight?
- K-MINE starts at On request and MineSight at On request.
- Does K-MINE or MineSight run on more platforms?
- Both run on Windows, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is K-MINE best used for?
- K-MINE is most often used for open pit surveying, pit design, scheduling and pit optimisation, underground mine design, stope optimisation and ventilation analysis, geological modelling and grade estimation from drillhole data, drill and blast design and slope stability analysis. Of those, open pit surveying, pit design, scheduling and pit optimisation and underground mine design, stope optimisation and ventilation analysis are not what MineSight is typically brought in for.
- What can K-MINE do that MineSight cannot?
- K-MINE covers Mine planning, 3D design, Economic evaluation, Risk analysis. MineSight covers Geological modeling, 3D mine design, Resource estimation, Operations planning. Both handle Production scheduling, Vulcan, AutoCAD, Windows support.