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Vulcan pricing
Vulcan publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Vulcan plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vulcan Standard | $8000/year | 4 | Entry tier |
| Vulcan Professional | $15000/year | 4 | +$7000/year, 4 more features |
| Vulcan Enterprise | $25000/year | 4 | +$10000/year, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Vulcan Standard
$8000/yearThe entry tier. It covers 3d modeling, mine design, block modeling, basic scheduling.
Vulcan Professional
$15000/yearOver Vulcan Standard, this tier adds:
- Advanced geostatistics
- Resource estimation
- Pit optimization
- Underground design
Vulcan Enterprise
$25000/yearOver Vulcan Professional, this tier adds:
- All modules
- Custom solutions
- Priority support
- Training included
What the product covers
The full Vulcan feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Geological modeling
- Block modeling
- Mine design
- Resource estimation
- Production scheduling
Integrations
- Surpac
- Leapfrog
- I-Site
- SAP
- MineSched
Platform
- Windows support
People bring Vulcan in for geological modelling, block modelling and resource estimation, open pit and underground mine design and scheduling, grade control and geotechnical analysis at operating mines. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Vulcan are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
Before you pay for Vulcan
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $8000/year and $25000/year, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Vulcan against the tools that do have one before committing.
Vulcan runs on windows, and is published by Maptek of Adelaide, Australia. The full record is on the Vulcan review.
Vulcan pricing questions
- How much does Vulcan cost?
- Vulcan publishes 3 tiers, from $8000/year for Vulcan Standard up to $25000/year for Vulcan Enterprise. The cheapest paid tier is $8000/year.
- Does Vulcan have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Vulcan is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Vulcan Standard and Vulcan Professional on Vulcan?
- Vulcan Professional costs $15000/year against $8000/year, and adds advanced geostatistics, resource estimation, pit optimization, underground design.
- Is the Vulcan Enterprise plan on Vulcan worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is all modules, custom solutions, priority support, training included. It costs $25000/year against $8000/year for Vulcan Standard. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- What am I actually paying for with Vulcan?
- The record lists 11 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for geological modelling, block modelling and resource estimation, open pit and underground mine design and scheduling, grade control and geotechnical analysis at operating mines.
- Does Vulcan charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Vulcan prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Vulcan against before paying?
- Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to Vulcan to make a useful price comparison.