Can I open an XER file without a Primavera P6 licence?

Yes. Kazinex Planner opens Primavera P6 XER files — plus Microsoft Project MPP and XML — directly in your browser, so you can view the Gantt, tables, logic, and float without a P6 install or a per-seat licence.

Can Kazinex Planner edit the schedule, or is it read-only?

It edits. Planner is a full browser-based editor for activities, WBS, relationships, calendars, resources, activity codes, and UDFs, backed by a CPM engine with 200 levels of undo/redo — not just a viewer.

Does it round-trip back to Primavera P6?

Yes. Planner exports back to XER, so you can review and adjust in the browser and land the changes in Primavera P6, keeping P6 as your contractual system of record.

Is my schedule uploaded to a server?

Planner processes your schedule files client-side in the browser. Your XER, MPP, and XML files are parsed and analysed locally in the browser, so reviewing a schedule does not require shipping the file to a third-party server.

Does it run DCMA 14-point checks like the desktop tools?

Yes. Planner runs the DCMA 14-point assessment plus 30+ automated checks across logic, durations, float, dates, and resources, grades overall schedule health A–F, and writes a narrative you can drop straight into a report. Rules align with DCMA, GAO, and AACE guidance.

Kazinex Planner

A web-based Primavera P6 alternative for schedule review, QA, and collaboration

Kazinex Planner opens Primavera P6 XER files — plus MPP and XML — directly in the browser, with no P6 install and no per-seat licence. Anyone on the project can read the Gantt, run DCMA 14-point checks, compare revisions, and share findings. Planner processes schedule files in your browser and exports back to XER, so P6 can stay your contractual system of record.

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An honest comparison

When P6 is the right tool — and when you need something lighter.

Primavera P6 is a deep, industry-standard planning engine. The question is not which is better in the abstract, but which fits the job in front of you.

Stay in Primavera P6 when

P6 remains the right home for heavy, contractual planning work:

You author, resource-load, and baseline large programmes as your primary planning tool.
Contracts or clients mandate native P6 as the deliverable format.
You depend on enterprise P6 EPPM, portfolio roll-ups, and established governance.
Your team already owns seats and deep P6 expertise.

Reach for Kazinex Planner when

Planner is built for the review, QA, and collaboration layer P6 leaves heavy:

Reviewers, PMs, and clients need to read a schedule without a P6 seat or install.
You want DCMA 14-point and 30+ quality checks scored automatically.
Multiple people need to review and mark up one schedule together, live.
You want to compare revisions and get a narrative you can paste into a report.

Side by side

Primavera P6 vs Kazinex Planner, for review and QA.

A fair look at where each tool sits when the job is opening, checking, and sharing a schedule — not authoring a mega-programme from scratch.

Primavera P6

Kazinex Planner

Opening a schedule

Installed per machine and licensed per seat — reviewers need their own P6 setup before they can open the file.

Opens Primavera P6 XER, plus MPP and XML, directly in any modern browser — no install and no seat to provision.

XER round-trip

Native XER read/write — the format many programmes are contracted in.

Opens XER and exports back to XER, so changes can land in P6 and P6 can stay the system of record.

AI copilot

No built-in AI assistant to query, explain, or narrate the schedule.

An AI copilot answers critical-path, float, and quality questions in plain English and drafts narrative findings.

DCMA 14-point checks

Runs the CPM engine; DCMA-14 scoring typically needs an add-on or manual analysis.

DCMA 14-point plus 30+ checks across logic, float, dates, and resources — scored A–F automatically.

Sharing & collaboration

File-based sharing; concurrent multi-user editing usually means P6 EPPM, a database, and licensed users.

Share a link for real-time, multi-user review with live cursors, simultaneous editing, and built-in chat.

Pricing model

Enterprise procurement, commonly per-named-user or per-project licensing.

Self-serve subscription priced for individuals and teams — start free, no card, no install.

Opening a schedule

Primavera P6: Installed per machine and licensed per seat — reviewers need their own P6 setup before they can open the file.

Kazinex Planner: Opens Primavera P6 XER, plus MPP and XML, directly in any modern browser — no install and no seat to provision.

XER round-trip

Primavera P6: Native XER read/write — the format many programmes are contracted in.

Kazinex Planner: Opens XER and exports back to XER, so changes can land in P6 and P6 can stay the system of record.

AI copilot

Primavera P6: No built-in AI assistant to query, explain, or narrate the schedule.

Kazinex Planner: An AI copilot answers critical-path, float, and quality questions in plain English and drafts narrative findings.

DCMA 14-point checks

Primavera P6: Runs the CPM engine; DCMA-14 scoring typically needs an add-on or manual analysis.

Kazinex Planner: DCMA 14-point plus 30+ checks across logic, float, dates, and resources — scored A–F automatically.

Sharing & collaboration

Primavera P6: File-based sharing; concurrent multi-user editing usually means P6 EPPM, a database, and licensed users.

Kazinex Planner: Share a link for real-time, multi-user review with live cursors, simultaneous editing, and built-in chat.

Pricing model

Primavera P6: Enterprise procurement, commonly per-named-user or per-project licensing.

Kazinex Planner: Self-serve subscription priced for individuals and teams — start free, no card, no install.

Primavera P6 is a registered product of Oracle. Kazinex is not affiliated with or endorsed by Oracle. Capabilities described qualitatively; verify current P6 licensing with Oracle.

Interactive Gantt

Drive the critical path in the browser.

Open the timeline straight from an XER, trace driving logic, and see the data date and critical path without a desktop seat. It reads like P6 — because it is built for the schedules P6 produces.

Interactive Gantt with zoom, scroll, and critical-path highlighting
Trace driving logic and total float across the programme
Drag to reschedule and draw relationships onto the bars
Print to PDF with a data-date marker for reviews

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Coexist, don't rip-and-replace

Keep P6 as the system of record. Review in Kazinex.

You don't have to migrate off Primavera P6 to get browser-based review, QA, and collaboration. XER moves in and out, so the two live side by side.

1
Plan in P6, export the XER
Keep authoring, resourcing, and updating in Primavera P6 exactly as you do today, then export the current XER.
2
Open it in Kazinex
Drop the XER into the browser to read the Gantt, run DCMA-14, compare revisions, and collaborate live — no seat for reviewers.
3
Share findings, export back
Send a link to reviewers and export back to XER when changes need to land in the P6 master schedule.
4
P6 stays the system of record
Kazinex handles review, QA, and collaboration while your contractual baseline continues to live in Primavera P6.

FAQ

Answers before you open a file.

Open your first XER in under a minute.

Start free in the browser — no card, no install, no P6 seat. Or bring your own programme to a guided demo.

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