Licencing Options - Asta Development plc

Flexible licencing and deployment options for cost effective access

An overview of licencing options

Asta Powerproject is available with flexible licencing options for named, concurrent and multi-user applications. From the end-user perspective, the core project management functionality is exactly the same, regardless of edition. The main differences are whether software licences can be shared with other team members and whether the project database is stored centrally, with multi-user access.

“Asta’s shared licencing model makes it much more economical than other software such as MS Project for which you need to buy a full licence for every user. We were looking to move away from MS Project as it was proving too expensive and found the flexibility of Asta’s approach much more suited to our ways of collaborative working.” Clive Bassett, Financial Director, Beard

		ideal for
Named Licence (standalone)	Simplest licence where the software can be accessed on a specific machine only. However, the licence can periodically be transferred to another machine if required. The project data is stored as a single file which can be saved on a hard disk or a shared location. The file can be sent to anyone and opened in a read-only manner using Asta’s free Project Viewer.	Single users
Concurrent Licence (network or floating)	A cost-effective way of letting more users have access to the software whilst only buying a small number of licences. The software can be installed on any number of machines which all point to a central machine on the internal company network where the Asta licence server is installed. The licence server counts how many people are using the software and ensures that this number does not exceed the licenced quantity at any one time. For example, if the organisation is licensed for three concurrent users, any three users can log on at any one time. A concurrent licence allows multiple people to work on the same project file if that file was saved into a shared location (such as a network drive or cloud storage) but only one person would be able to edit it at any one time. Concurrent licences can also be temporarily loaned for a predetermined time to a designated machine, allowing Asta Powerproject to be used when offline from the company network.	Office environment
Multi-User Environment (enterprise)	Moving to a multi-user environment can upgrade the two licence options above to allow fully collaborative multi-user access to a shared database of project data. Provides multi-user access to projects, sharing of project resources, integration with other business critical systems and visibility of all projects. All projects are stored on a central server More than one person can work on the same project at the same time Changes are propagated in real time to all users Locks data at task level to prevent conflicts	Project teams or organisation-wide

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Named Licence (standalone)

Simplest licence where the software can be accessed on a specific machine only. However, the licence can periodically be transferred to another machine if required. The project data is stored as a single file which can be saved on a hard disk or a shared location. The file can be sent to anyone and opened in a read-only manner using Asta’s free Project Viewer.

Single users

Concurrent Licence (network or floating)

A cost-effective way of letting more users have access to the software whilst only buying a small number of licences. The software can be installed on any number of machines which all point to a central machine on the internal company network where the Asta licence server is installed. The licence server counts how many people are using the software and ensures that this number does not exceed the licenced quantity at any one time. For example, if the organisation is licensed for three concurrent users, any three users can log on at any one time. A concurrent licence allows multiple people to work on the same project file if that file was saved into a shared location (such as a network drive or cloud storage) but only one person would be able to edit it at any one time. Concurrent licences can also be temporarily loaned for a predetermined time to a designated machine, allowing Asta Powerproject to be used when offline from the company network.

Office environment

Multi-User Environment (enterprise)

Moving to a multi-user environment can upgrade the two licence options above to allow fully collaborative multi-user access to a shared database of project data. Provides multi-user access to projects, sharing of project resources, integration with other business critical systems and visibility of all projects.

All projects are stored on a central server
More than one person can work on the same project at the same time
Changes are propagated in real time to all users
Locks data at task level to prevent conflicts

Project teams or organisation-wide

Asta Licence Manager

The concurrent licencing model is extremely flexible in that licences can be loaned to remote users for periods of time if required using Asta Licence Manager.

Asta Licence Manager (ALM) allows you to streamline the management and distribution of your Asta Powerproject network licences from one easy-to-use application.

Designed to help you manage multiple concurrent licences across your network, it provides your office-based staff, mobile and home-based staff with a flexible way of accessing Asta Powerproject wherever they are.

Asta Licence Manager [PDF]

Licencing options across the product suite

	Standalone Concurrent		Multi-user
Asta Powerproject	√	√	√
Asta Easyplan	√	N/A	N/A
Asta Sitecontrol	√	√	√
Tilos	√	√	N/A

Asta Powerproject suite options

Risk Analysis	√	√	√
Site Progress	√	√	√
Project Comparison	√	√	√
Time Sheet	N/A	N/A	√
Web Access	N/A	N/A	√
Business Intelligence	√	√	√
GIS	N/A	N/A	√
Powernet	√	√	√
Project Viewer	√	√	N/A