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Karmen vs Foresight

Two AI scheduling tools aimed at different jobs. Karmen is a scheduling co-pilot that reads drawings, specs and historic schedules to build new CPM schedules, update them with time-impact fragnets and analyze changes between updates, exporting to Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project. Foresight is a predictive project delivery platform that works on your existing schedules to score schedule quality, assess risk and forecast completion dates for project and portfolio reporting. Not like-for-like. Desk research from vendor pages read Oct 29, 2026; not tested, no winner.

DESK RESEARCH, NOT TESTED. Compiled from vendors' public websites (accessed Oct 29, 2026). Vendor claims are not verified by Means & Methods Lab. No scores or rankings.

In short: Karmen (AI scheduling co-pilot; no public prices (quote / sales)) vs Foresight (Predictive schedule analytics & delay risk; no public prices (quote / sales)). Facts last checked Oct 29, 2026. No winner declared; not tested.

Side by side

Karmen vs Foresight: vendor-published facts side by side
Sheet rowKarmenForesight
CategoryAI scheduling co-pilotPredictive schedule analytics & delay risk
AI role (our label)AI-firstAI-first
What it doesAI scheduling co-pilot, steered in natural language, that reads project documents to build new schedules, update existing ones and analyze changes. It reads drawings, specs, historic schedules and templates in P6/MSP/XER; new schedules include WBS, activities and logic links; updates include time-impact analysis (fragnets); and analysis tracks float and critical-path movement between monthly updates. Exports to Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project. Vendor says it learns from your historic schedules and reads thousands of pages in minutes (vendor claims, not verified). Security: vendor says SOC 2 reports are shared on request, data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and project documents are never used to train shared models. Re-read Oct 17, 2026: consistent with the above; the page lists three jobs (build new schedules, update existing ones with time-impact analysis, analyze schedule evolution over time). Re-read Oct 18, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (build, update with time-impact analysis, analyze; exports to Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project). Y Combinator batch: Fall 2024 (YC company profile). Re-read Oct 19, 2026: unchanged in substance. Re-read Oct 20, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (reads drawings, specs and historic P6 or MSP schedules; builds, updates with time-impact analysis and analyzes schedules, steered in natural language; exports to Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project; SOC 2 reports on request). Customer quotes were not used. Re-read Oct 22, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (reads drawings, specs and historic P6 or MSP schedules; builds, updates and analyzes schedules in natural language with CPM logic; exports to Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project; SOC 2 reports on request; says project documents are never used to train shared models); its benefits list structured fragnets for time-impact analysis and update-to-update tracking of float movement and critical-path shifts. Customer quotes were not used. Re-checked Oct 23, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (reads drawings, specs and historic schedules in P6, MSP or XER; builds and updates schedules with CPM logic and time-impact fragnets; exports to P6 and Microsoft Project; SOC 2 reports on request; project documents never used to train shared models). Customer quotes not used. Re-checked Oct 24, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (reads drawings, specs and historic schedules in P6, MSP or XER; builds, updates and analyzes schedules in natural language with CPM logic; structured fragnets for time-impact analysis; update-to-update float and critical-path tracking; exports to Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project; SOC 2 reports on request; project documents never used to train shared models). Customer quotes not used. Re-checked Oct 25, 2026 (also read for a compare): homepage unchanged in substance (reads drawings, specs and historic P6 or MSP schedules and templates; builds, updates with time-impact analysis and analyzes schedules in natural language; exports to Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project; SOC 2 reports on request). Customer quotes are not used. Re-checked Oct 26, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (reads drawings, specs and historic P6, MSP or XER schedules; builds, updates with time-impact fragnets and analyzes schedules in natural language; exports to Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project; SOC 2 reports on request; project documents never used to train shared models). Customer quotes are not used. Re-checked Oct 27, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (AI scheduling co-pilot that reads drawings, specs and historic P6 or MSP schedules to build, update and analyze schedules, including time-impact fragnets; exports to Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project; SOC 2 reports shared on request). Re-checked Oct 29, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (AI scheduling co-pilot that reads drawings, specs and historic P6, MSP or XER schedules to build, update and analyze schedules in natural language, including time-impact fragnets and monthly update analysis; exports to Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project; SOC 2 reports shared on request; project documents never used to train shared models). Customer quotes are not used.London-based "predictive project delivery" platform that turns existing schedules into risk assessment, forecasts and executive reporting. Forecasts cover completion dates. It also covers schedule-quality and change tracking and portfolio assurance. The risk page lists Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA), a Criticality Score and risk density, run-rate and resource analysis, and an always-updated risk register. The forecasting page says models are trained on over 1 million real-world construction activities, predicts best-case, worst-case and most-likely finish dates, generates Completion Plans (Blocking, Delaying, On Schedule, Completed), and supports what-if simulation of scope, sequencing or resource changes. Homepage claims 2x more accurate forecasts than bottom-up schedules, a 30% reduction in overruns and 40+ hours saved per month on reporting, and case studies cite Crossrail and a data-center portfolio (vendor claims, not verified). Its news lists 2026 awards for predictive AI, and a banner announces a $25M Series A led by Macquarie Capital Venture Capital (company statement). Re-read Oct 17, 2026 (evening pass): Schedule Builds & Optimization remains in the menu; homepage still says it is designed to work with your existing schedules; pricing unchanged (Talk to our team; /pricing not found). Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: homepage and forecasting page unchanged in substance (models trained on over 1 million construction activities, 2X, 30% and 40+ hour figures, the $25M Series A banner, 2026 Pinnacle and Datacloud awards). The Crossrail case study is now summarized as a 400% higher run rate and delivery more than a year faster (vendor case study, not verified). Re-checked Oct 21, 2026: homepage, risk-assessment and completion-forecasting pages unchanged in substance. The Schedule Quality & Changes page lists a schedule quality score for logic and structure (surfacing issues such as broken relationships or unrealistic durations), version change analysis including critical path shifts, and trend analysis across schedule versions. The homepage case-study list now adds a global data center portfolio and a rail operator alongside Crossrail (vendor case studies; results not used here), and the footer lists Defense among sectors. Re-checked Oct 23, 2026: homepage, risk-assessment and completion-forecasting pages unchanged in substance (Criticality Score and risk density, run-rate and resource analysis, always-updated risk register and QSRA; finish-date prediction; designed to work with existing schedules; the $25M Series A banner). The case-study list now names the rail operator RailCo; case-study results and headline figures are vendor claims and not used. Re-checked Oct 25, 2026: homepage unchanged in substance (project delivery platform that turns construction schedules into executive insights, risk detection and completion forecasting; designed to work with existing schedules; Data Centers and Government sector pages; the $25M Series A banner). Forecast-accuracy, overrun and hours-saved figures, case-study results and quotes are vendor claims and not used. Re-checked Oct 27, 2026 (also read for a compare): homepage and completion-forecasting page unchanged in substance (project delivery platform turning schedules into executive insights, risk detection and completion forecasting; Schedule Builds & Optimization still in the menu; Data Centers and Government sector pages; the $25M Series A banner). Headline figures, case-study results and quotes are vendor claims and not used. Re-checked Oct 29, 2026: homepage and risk-assessment page unchanged in substance (project delivery platform turning schedules into executive insights, risk detection and completion forecasting; Schedule Builds & Optimization still in the menu; Data Centers and Government sector pages; the $25M Series A banner). Headline figures, case-study results and quotes are vendor claims and not used.
Who it's forSchedulers, superintendents, and general and specialty contractors who own a project timeline (vendor quotes a GC scheduling director and superintendents).Project directors, project controls teams, planners, owners, investors and contractors/EPCs on large projects; sectors highlighted include data centers and government (vendor menu).
Pricing (as publicly stated)No public prices found (checked Oct 16, 2026; unchanged Oct 17, 2026): the vendor site has no pricing or plans link in its navigation or footer, and /pricing and /plans return a not-found page. The site's calls to action include "Book a demo". Earlier note (Oct 14, 2026): site routes to a demo booking. Confirm current pricing with the vendor. Re-checked Oct 18 and Oct 19, 2026: still no pricing page (/pricing not found); Book a demo. Re-checked Oct 20, 2026: still no pricing page (/pricing returns a not-found status); Book a demo and Talk to us. Re-checked Oct 22, 2026: still no pricing page (/pricing returns a not-found status); Book a demo and Talk to us. Re-checked Oct 23, 2026: unchanged (no pricing link; /pricing returns not found; Book a demo and Talk to us only). Re-checked Oct 24, 2026: unchanged (no pricing link; /pricing returns not found; Book a demo and Talk to us only). Re-checked Oct 25, 2026: unchanged (no prices published; /pricing returns a not-found page; Book a demo). Re-checked Oct 26, 2026: unchanged (no prices published; /pricing returns a not-found page; Book a demo and Talk to us). Re-checked Oct 27, 2026: unchanged (no prices published; /pricing returns a not-found page; Book a demo and Talk to us). Re-checked Oct 28, 2026: unchanged (no prices published; /pricing returns a not-found page). Re-checked Oct 29, 2026: unchanged (no prices published; /pricing still ends at a not-found page; Book a demo).No public prices found (checked Oct 16, 2026; unchanged Oct 17, 2026): the vendor site has no pricing or plans link in its navigation or footer, and /pricing and /plans return a not-found page. The site's calls to action include "Talk to our team". Confirm current pricing with the vendor. Earlier note (Oct 15, 2026): site routes to "Talk to our team". Re-checked Oct 19, 2026: unchanged. (/pricing still not found). Re-checked Oct 21, 2026: unchanged (Talk to our team; /pricing still not found). Re-checked Oct 23, 2026: unchanged (Talk to our team; /pricing still not found). Re-checked Oct 25, 2026: unchanged (Talk to our team; /pricing still not found). Re-checked Oct 27, 2026: unchanged (Talk to our team; /pricing still not found). Re-checked Oct 29, 2026: unchanged (Talk to our team; /pricing still not found).
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Facts last checked: Oct 29, 2026. Prices change; check the vendor page before relying on them.

Where the vendor descriptions differ

  • Starting point: Karmen says it reads drawings, specs and historic schedules and templates in P6, MSP or XER to build a new schedule with WBS, activities and logic links, steered in natural language. Foresight says it is designed to work with your existing schedules; its menu also lists Schedule Builds & Optimization.
  • Updates and changes: Karmen describes schedule updates with time-impact analysis (structured fragnets) and update-to-update tracking of float movement and critical-path shifts. Foresight's Schedule Quality & Changes page lists a schedule quality score for logic and structure, version change analysis including critical path shifts, and trend analysis across schedule versions.
  • Risk and forecasting: Foresight lists Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA), a Criticality Score and risk density, run-rate and resource analysis, an always-updated risk register, best-case, worst-case and most-likely finish dates, and what-if simulation of scope, sequencing or resource changes. Karmen's homepage, as read, centers on building, updating and analyzing the schedule rather than probabilistic risk analysis.
  • Who it is for: Karmen names schedulers, superintendents, and general and specialty contractors. Foresight names project directors, project controls teams, planners, owners, investors and contractors or EPCs on large projects, with data center and government sector pages.
  • Data handling (vendor statements, not verified): Karmen says SOC 2 reports are shared on request, data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and project documents are never used to train shared models.
  • Pricing (checked Oct 29, 2026): neither publishes prices. Karmen's site routes to Book a demo, and Foresight's to Talk to our team. See each tool page for detail.
  • AI tags: we tag both AI-first.
  • Not used here: Foresight's forecast-accuracy, overrun and reporting-time figures, funding banner and case-study results, and Karmen's speed claims (vendor material). Neither tool has been tested by Means & Methods Lab.

Paraphrased from the sources listed above. Vendor claims are reported as claims.

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