Powerproject

RATING:

4.5

(33)

About Powerproject

Powerproject is a cloud-based project management solution that helps users plan and design 3D and 4D models while scheduling and monitoring the progress of tasks throughout construction. Key features include project planning, collaboration, expense tracking and resource management. Designed for construction companies of all sizes, Powerproject comes with a building information modeling (BIM) tool, which enables users to schedule tasks, identify problems and assess and track movement of solutions. It allows users to view projects at every level on Gantt charts, integrate changes and create tenders. Additionally, the project viewer allows enterprises to overlay, compare and analyze the progress of multiple Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) files. Mobile applicat...

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Powerproject Pricing

Discounts for volume and concurrent options available for shared licences

Starting price: 

$1,575.00 one time

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Not Available

Bar chart view

Powerproject Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Powerproject

1 - 5 of 33 Reviews

User Profile

Christopher

Verified reviewer

Construction, 51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed August 2023

Next generation professional scheduling solution

There is a bit of transitionary learning coming over from Primavera P6, but that effort is greatly rewarded once you get into the swing of things.

PROS

The ease with with you can create and manage complex projects. Outstanding depth of applicaiton for professional users.

CONS

I would have said the complex licensing structure, but even that has been resolved with the newest v17.

Reason for choosing Powerproject

In a word: Functionality

Reasons for switching to Powerproject

Oracles Primavera product is based on a product 20+ years old. The industry has moved on, so should your tools.

Monica

Construction, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed May 2020

Invaluable help

Overall really positive experience.

PROS

Very easy to use, the library and code structure is brialliant. The fact that you can reschedule just sections of the proramme or views helps a lot when you have to build a programme. The software is very powerful.

CONS

Not sure if this is feasible but it would be good to have the opportunity to add resources into the bar chart based on the time unit. For example if the time unit is in days, if I move into the bar chart it would be good to be able to allocate the resources on the each days. It could be that I have 10 people on day 1, 8 people on day 2 and so on and the software automatically calculates the overall allocation on the task whilst keeping the break down on the bar chart.

Reason for choosing Powerproject

User friendly, very easy to use and it gives a better result when printing and presenting schedule and it helps communication and collaboration.

Vendor Response

Hi Monica thanks for the great review. The good news is that your enhancement request is already possible! Take a look in the helpfiles for tips on working with variable resource allocations and how the Resource Usage View can also allow you to work to this level of detail. We also cover this in our Working with Resources training course, though our Support Team can also give you a few pointers. Good luck with your projects!

Replied May 2020

User Profile

Stephen Olawale

Verified reviewer

Construction, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed June 2019

SCHEDULING MADE EASY

it has helped me to be more organised and productive managing three different project at the same time.

PROS

I decided to give this product a trial , firstly free trial version was available, secondly though i had to seek for help to organise my work schedules in order, after scheduling my deliverable I could see an illustrative graph, along timelines for each element of work, it a really good software, it has help me to prepare my material schedules, man power and machineries for every daily element of work, and to identify critical path.it really good for construction

CONS

theproduct is really good just that the pricing structure can be discouraging, but nevertheless the free trial version has being helpful, i would recommend this product to my colleague at work,it is illustrative and good for scheduling.

john

Construction, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed April 2020

Powerproject review from Sale Group JW

We use PowerProject for all our delivery programmes and resource schedules. they are widely used across contracting within the construction industry, which alllows us to interface extremely well with our clients progarmming.

PROS

The most useful feature that I use within this product is the logic linking and re-scheduling tools. It provides instant impact assessemnts from a delivery point of view.

CONS

Some of the formatting can be complex to correct if receiving files that in another Contrctors template format.

Reasons for switching to Powerproject

Whilst working at MITIE, as a business we switched to PowerProject beacsue our Cients were using it.

Kartik

Construction, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed May 2020

A versatile and powerful planning tool- some thoughts from a long time user

Powerprojects has been our primary planning and scheduling software for many years now and we have found that it integrates very well with other office software in use within the organization. We are excited about the BIM add-on feature now available as we believe this can extend the program functionalities especially at the front end of the projects.

PROS

The best feature within Powerproject is the graphical interface of the program and the output especially compared to comparative softwares. Powerproject allows for multiple options to complete each function and is very strong in its integration with other widely used programs. We find Powerproject to be intuitive and easy to use for beginners and still be scalable to the requirement of established users. We have regularly used the Enterprise licenses on large projects and have found that these greatly aid in collaborative planning and control within large teams. Recent introduction of additional features like BIM integration and site progress tracking modules are now helping planning evolve further and make the software stand above its competitors. The software integrates easily with other business processes within the organisation as the outputs can be read by other softwares.

CONS

Powerproject has a tendency to crash occasionally and hence stability is an issue especially when compared to other program softwares. The option of copying external links while copying and pasting a set of activities from one schedule to another is a funtionality that is missing from the software. Another general weakness of this product is the lack of awareness in the wider market outside UK. This means that we as users have to continually negotiate with other parties around the software to be used on the project. Better marketing of the product in the wider global markets and availability of better reader programs should help in this matter.