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@RISK ScheduleRiskAnalysis alternative
When @RISK ScheduleRiskAnalysis is the right choice
@RISK with ScheduleRiskAnalysis is the right choice when your uncertainty problems span spreadsheet models AND schedules – financial models, trade studies, cost estimates – or your plans live in Primavera P6: a 35+-year engine with 90+ distributions, correlation/copula modeling, MSP/P6 import, and probabilistic Gantt views, sold as the DecisionTools Suite.
Epoch SRA is the local-only alternative to @RISK ScheduleRiskAnalysis: field-calibrated priors with per-percentile provenance, a refuse-and-report MS Project import, DCMA-style schedule checks on every run, and published per-seat pricing.
Side by side
| Epoch SRA | Lumivero @RISK SRA | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs in | Excel add-in (Microsoft 365) | Excel add-in (Windows): general-purpose Monte Carlo + the ScheduleRiskAnalysis toolset (DecisionTools Suite) |
| Imports MS Project | Yes – MS Project XML: all four link types (FS/SS/FF/SF) with lags, plus a report naming every untranslated construct | Yes – the SRA toolset imports Microsoft Project and Primavera P6 schedules into Excel (corrected 2026-08-06) |
| Register import | Yes – from any Excel range, column-mapped | Registers built in your spreadsheet; no dedicated register-import feature claimed |
| Calibration provenance | Yes – priors field-calibrated against historical program actuals; every percentile labelled | No claim published (fitting to your own data offered) |
| Cost risk | Yes – since v1.1.0 (Aug 2026): cost P50/P80, per-risk cost contribution, and a delay price, derived from the schedule simulation through your rates; not field-calibrated | Yes – cost/estimate models are native territory; schedule risk via the SRA toolset with probabilistic Gantt views |
| Deployment | Excel add-in; results are ordinary sheets in your workbook | Computes in desktop Excel (Windows); no vendor data-locality or activation statement published |
| Published pricing | €119/mo · €990/yr · €1,300 perpetual + €350/yr | Not published – quote-based (shop shows subscription tiers without prices) |
| Trial without contact | Yes – 7-day full-featured trial in the add-in; no signup, no card | 15-day trial after registration; no credit card, per vendor |
Published, verifiable facts only, as of August 2026; "not published" means the vendor does not state it publicly. Corrections: contact@epochsra.com.
The full picture, stated plainly from both sides: Epoch SRA vs @RISK ScheduleRiskAnalysis – an honest comparison. Or see every tool in one table and the questions to ask any SRA vendor.
Epoch SRA costs €119/month, €990/year, or €1,300 perpetual + €350/year maintenance.
The 7-day trial is full-featured and starts in the add-in: no signup, no card, no sales call.
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