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Zenoba vs Primavera P6
Primavera P6 is the reference for large construction and energy: a scheduler of rare power, with the price and rigidity that go with it. Zenoba targets the projects that do not need that artillery but want the same rigor, with AI.
- For whom — Primavera P6
- Owners of megaprojects — heavy construction, energy, infrastructure — with full-time schedulers and contractual P6 requirements.
- For whom — Zenoba
- Organizations managing real projects that want a choice of hosting in Québec, hosting in France or local installation.
Where they are strong — Primavera P6
- Scheduling tens of thousands of activities, multi-project, with resources and costs
- Earned value and cost control at contract level
- On-premise installation and the P6 requirement in many construction tenders
Where Zenoba stands out
- AI: document → plan, PMBOK review, an assistant that knows the context — P6 has none
- The interface: a whole team uses it, not just the scheduler; seven-day undo, scenarios
- A Pro reference of CA$59 per Management license; native French and a Québec cloud offer
When to stay with Primavera P6
- If your contracts require P6 deliverables (XER files): stay, or keep P6 for contractual scheduling and Zenoba for management.
- If your projects exceed ten thousand linked activities: Zenoba’s engine is built for hundreds to a few thousand tasks.
Reference price — Surveyed 2026-08
Primavera P6
P6 EPPM cloud US$175/user/month; P6 Professional US$2,570/year
Cloud version per user; desktop version as an annual license. No AI.
Zenoba
CA$59 per Management license per month (Pro); contributors, observers and approvers are included within plan limits
Starter is free; Pro CA$59, Team CA$129 and Enterprise CA$249 per Management license per month, with displayed minimums. Beta reference grid; private deployment on annual quote.
Public prices surveyed in August 2026 in the vendor’s currency, annual billing unless stated; they vary by country and volume and change often — the source is authoritative. Zenoba’s grid is a beta reference per Management license; no payment is collected yet.
The seventeen criteria, side by side
Yes = native; Partial = through an add-on, a paid module or on request; No = absent
| Criterion | Primavera P6 | Zenoba |
|---|---|---|
| A complete plan from a document | No | Yes |
| AI that knows the organization and the project | No | Yes |
| Automatic PMBOK quality review | No | Yes |
| Knowledge base per industry | No | Yes8 industries, 700 sections |
| References adapted to the workspace country | No | Yes |
| Critical path, baselines, four link types | Yes | Yes |
| Resource leveling | Yes | Yes |
| Earned value (EVM), S-curve | Yes | Yes |
| Persistent seven-day undo, scenarios | No | Yes |
| Governance reports (steering committee, PowerPoint) | Yes | Yes11 reports, PowerPoint |
| Timesheets, expenses, budget | Yes | Yes |
| Forms, workflows, fields, lists | Partial | Yes |
| Project templates, “create from” | Yes | Yes |
| Hosting in Québec or France | Partial | YesQuébec (OVH Beauharnois); France option on request |
| On-premise installation | Yes | YesDocker, on quote |
| Sovereign AI or customer key | No | Yes |
| Complete native French | Partial | Yes+ English + Spanish |
See Zenoba next to Primavera P6
Thirty minutes, your requirements document: you see the plan Zenoba draws from it, and you decide.
Sources — 2026-08
The capabilities of the products cited change every quarter; this page is a dated snapshot that we correct as soon as a reader reports an error: contact@zenoba.ai. “To our knowledge” applies to every “no” attributed to a competitor.