Asta Powerproject vs Primavera P6 Comparison
Asta Powerproject
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
License types
Named Annual Subscription: $950
Concurrent Annual Subscription: $1,300
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
Named: $3,850
Annual product maintenance
Included in subscription above.
Annual Product Maintenance: $847
Training Recommended
Asta Powerproject 1-3 days
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional 5-7 days
Import/Export Formats (ie. compatibility with other tools)
Asta Powerproject
• Asta Powerproject (.pp)
• Microsoft Project XML
• Primavera XER
• SureTrak
• Primavera P3 Batch
• Copy/paste Excel
• XML
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
• Primavera XER
• Primavera P6 XML
• Spreadsheet
• Microsoft Project (XML, MPX)
• Primavera P3 (32 bit environment only)
• XML
True CPM schedule?
Asta Powerproject
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
4d Modelling
Asta Powerproject
Asta Powerproject BIM
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
Synchro
Baseline displays on ghantt
Asta Powerproject unlimited
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
Resource and Cost Management
Asta Powerproject
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
Undo/redo
Asta Powerproject
Undo & Redo through saves and reschedule (great for “what if” scenarios)
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
Undo only; cannot undo schedule calculation
Drag and drop functionality
Asta Powerproject
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
Track income and cost for net income projections and customizable histograms
Asta Powerproject
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
Print Options
Asta Powerproject
Asta Powerdraw borders can be created and used across all views/layouts; can include header/footer and left and right borders
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
Must customize header & footer for each view/ layout
Open multiple views/layouts to view different aspects of the project
Asta PowerprojectYes and these can be tiled vertically or horizontally
Oracle Primavera P6 ProfessionalCan only open one layout at a time
User defined formulas
Asta Powerproject
Oracle Primavera P6 ProfessionalUsers create user udfs and use “global change” to calculate results; results are only calculated when “global change” is run versus calculated live.
Methods for linking activities
Asta Powerproject
• Draw links including lag (very easy)
• Block link
• Link-task mode
• Maintain offsets
• Activity details
• Activity table columns (can add preds/ succs, relationship type, lag)
• Right click to assign
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
• Draw links (not lag)
• Block link
• Activity details
• Activity table columns (can only add preds/succs)
• Right click to assign
Lead and Lag
Asta Powerproject can be expressed as days or as %
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
Expressed as days only
Multiple tasks per row (great for submittal tracking)
Asta Powerproject
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
Project Comparison Features
Asta Powerproject
Asta Project Comparison
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
Claim Digger
Change order management (ie. add scope to project)
Asta Powerproject
Use Task pools and drag and drop to add scope plus all copy/paste options
Oracle Primavera P6 ProfessionalCopy/paste from within project, from another project or import
Built-in BI Reporter
Asta Powerproject
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
No built-in Bi reporter but users can use “Report Wizard” to create basic reports
Setup recurring activities
Asta Powerproject
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
Setup Buffer/contingency tasks and monitor buffer consumption?
Asta Powerproject
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
Manual effort only
Basic Earned Value Reporting
Asta Powerproject
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
Multiple Progress Periods (data dates)
Asta Powerproject
Enables you to identify, via color coded shading, the period (s) in which work was performed on a task.
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional
One progress period/data date