# Asta Powerproject review (2026): is it worth £1,530 a year? > Gantt-based planning software built for construction projects Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Asta Powerproject is a planning and scheduling application from Eleco, built mainly for construction and infrastructure projects. It offers Gantt scheduling with critical path analysis, resource and cost management, scenario planning and 4D BIM integration. A multi-user Enterprise edition shares programmes across teams and portfolios. - **Category:** Project Management - **Made by:** Eleco Software Limited - **Website:** https://eleco.com/products/asta/asta-powerproject - **Runs on:** Windows, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you are a small team, as one licence is £1,530 a year with VAT. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Asta Powerproject is a paid product with a free trial, starting at £1,530 per licence / year, VAT included, UK shop price. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial download. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Annual Subscription | £1,530 per licence / year, billed annually, VAT included | One user per licence on Windows PC, with 14-day activation support. Buying 2 licences gets 5% off. UK shop price in GBP. | | Enterprise | Custom | Shared real-time access to projects, shared resources and visibility across all projects; contact the team or a reseller. | Read from https://shop.eleco.com/products/asta-powerproject-uk on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Asta Powerproject before buying. ## Key features - **Gantt scheduling:** Tasks are drawn and linked inside the Gantt chart for critical path analysis, with codes, calendars, resources and costs assigned there too. - **4D BIM integration:** The product page lists 4D BIM integration, which ties the schedule to a building model for visual planning. - **Resource and cost management:** Resources are allocated across projects, and planned spend is compared with actual spend to forecast costs. - **Scenario planning and reporting:** Scenarios are compared for profit, and dashboards and reports are produced for stakeholders. - **Enterprise collaboration:** Asta Enterprise lets several users work in the same programme at once, with organization-wide views of schedules, resourcing and costs. - **Free ProjectViewer:** Stakeholders can open a project in the free ProjectViewer without holding a licence. ## Good for - Construction planners and schedulers who work in Gantt charts - Contractors that want 4D BIM linked to the programme - Organizations choosing single-user, concurrent or cloud licensing ## Worth knowing - The desktop software runs on Windows PC; Mac use needs the SaaS edition. - The iOS and Android companion app is licensed separately. - The price read is the UK shop's GBP figure with VAT; US and other-country prices were not seen. - Enterprise has no published price, and licences are single-user, concurrent or SaaS. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Asta Powerproject is Gantt-based planning software for construction, with 4D BIM, resource and cost management. It costs £1,530 per licence a year including VAT, runs on Windows, and the phone app is licensed separately. - **Value for money: D.** £1,530 per licence a year with UK VAT, about £128 a month, far above the dearest tenth of the category. It is a specialist tool, but the figure is the UK shop price. - **Free plan and trial: D.** 14-day free trial download, no free plan, and card terms are not stated. - **Features: C.** Gantt scheduling, 4D BIM, resources, costs and scenario planning. It does the construction planning job fully, which is a narrower job than general project management. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Construction scheduling software takes training. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Windows desktop with iOS and Android apps, which are licensed separately. Mac use needs the SaaS edition. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Eleco Software Limited's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among project management tools - Asta Powerproject's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 7 of the 149 other project management tools we grade, and level with 6. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 26 of 149) and worst on value for money (D, above 1). - Its paid plans start at about $170.84 a month for each person, against a middle price of $9 for the category: 120 of the 121 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 65 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/project-management ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Asta Powerproject you could make: Gantt & timelines and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 136 of the 149 other project management tools grade higher. It costs $2,050.03 a year. - You could make: Gantt & timelines and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services. - You could not: Apps for Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Gantt & timelines, Reports, Dashboards ## Alternatives - [Microsoft Project](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-project): Desktop project scheduling for Windows with Gantt charts. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/asta-powerproject-vs-microsoft-project) - [GanttPRO](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ganttpro): Online Gantt chart maker for planning and tracking projects. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/asta-powerproject-vs-ganttpro) - [Planview](https://toolgpa.com/tools/planview): Enterprise portfolio management and connected work platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/asta-powerproject-vs-planview) - [Merlin Project](https://toolgpa.com/tools/merlin-project): Offline Mac and iPad project planner with Gantt, Kanban and mind maps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/asta-powerproject-vs-merlin-project) - [ProjectLibre](https://toolgpa.com/tools/projectlibre): Microsoft Project-compatible scheduling: free desktop app, paid cloud. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/asta-powerproject-vs-projectlibre) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://shop.eleco.com/products/asta-powerproject-uk - https://eleco.com/products/asta/asta-powerproject - https://eleco.com/products/asta/asta-enterprise Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/asta-powerproject Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).