ScheduleInsight vs Deltek Acumen Fuse

Both grade a Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project schedule against DCMA. Acumen Fuse is the enterprise incumbent with the deepest metric library; ScheduleInsight puts the assurance work most teams actually need in a private, browser-based tool you pay for per report. Here's the honest split.

The short version

Pick us ScheduleInsight if…

you want DCMA quality, forensic comparison, Monte-Carlo risk, Earned Schedule and dispute-ready reports — parsed privately in your browser, at a pay-per-report price, with no install and no enterprise contract.

Pick them Acumen Fuse if…

you run DoD-grade programmes that need a 500+ metric library, full EVMS integration and AI-assisted risk discovery, and you have the enterprise desktop budget to match.

Feature by feature

Capability	ScheduleInsight	Deltek Acumen Fuse
Deployment	Browser	Desktop
File parsed client-side · never uploaded	✓	✓
DCMA quality checks	✓	✓
Metric drill-down & customisable reports	✓	✓
Configurable checks · custom criteria & presets	✓	◐
Forensic baseline comparison	✓	✓
Monte-Carlo risk (P50/P80/P90)	✓	✓
Earned Schedule · SPI(t), no cost data	✓	◐
Claim Brief — entitlement narrative	✓	◐
NEC compensation-event assessment	✓	—
Deep EVMS · 500+ metrics · AI risk discovery	◐	✓
Permanent free viewer	✓	—
Entry / price	Free → £10 per report	Enterprise

✓ full support · ◐ partial or limited · — not offered

Where each tool wins

Where ScheduleInsight wins

Private by architecture. The XER is parsed in your browser and never uploaded. Acumen is a local desktop install — ScheduleInsight gives you the same privacy with zero install and access from anywhere.

Pay per report, not per seat. £10 a report versus an enterprise desktop contract.

Your checks + Earned Schedule + NEC. Configurable thresholds and saved presets, time-based SPI(t) with no cost-loading required, and an NEC compensation-event assessment Acumen doesn't offer.

Where Acumen Fuse wins

Raw metric depth. 500+ built-in metrics and personalised metric groups go deeper than our 18-check score for teams that need them.

Full EVMS + AI risk discovery. Integrated cost/schedule EVMS and AI-driven risk analysis for DoD-grade delivery assurance.

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Comparison as of August 2026, from publicly available information and our own product — our assessment, not an independent benchmark. Acumen Fuse features and pricing change; verify current details with Deltek. Deltek and Acumen are trademarks of Deltek, Inc.; other product names are trademarks of their respective owners. ScheduleInsight is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Deltek.