dalane.cloud

What It Is

Dalane Cloud is a project controls cloud platform being developed by Dalane Consulting Ltd, primarily for construction and engineering project teams. It aims to bring WBS, scheduling, earned value, cost, risk, change control, and documents into a single auditable workspace, reducing the need for planning, commercial, risk, and other teams to reconcile multiple spreadsheets repeatedly.

Core Capabilities

The product is designed around seven control modules: versioned WBS, logic-driven schedules, EVM aligned with AACE and PMI practices, cost budgets/commitments/accruals/actuals, quantitative risk registers and Monte Carlo analysis, NEC-aligned change control, and documents with versions, signatures, and timestamps. Under the hood, it uses an event-sourcing model: every state change records the time, actor, and reason, while baselines and reports are generated from the event log. This makes it suitable for engineering projects with high audit requirements.

Collaboration, Security, and Deployment

One notable feature of Dalane Cloud is its multi-party project collaboration architecture: each organization has its own tenant, private database, private audit trail, and user directory, and only data that is explicitly published is shared with project partners. On security, the official materials state that it runs in the AWS London Region, with data residency in the UK, and supports TLS 1.3, AES-256, per-tenant key envelopes, SAML 2.0/OIDC SSO, SCIM, and tenant-level MFA. For compliance, it mentions UK GDPR and DPA 2018; Cyber Essentials Plus is planned after launch, while ISO 27001 remains on the roadmap.

Pricing and Maturity

The product is currently in private beta / waitlist stage. Founding customers are billed per seat and per tenant, with the option to lock pricing for 24 months; pricing is in GBP, with monthly or annual payment available via bank transfer or card. However, no specific prices are disclosed, and there is no public information about a free plan. Customer references, launch timing, and actual delivery maturity still need to be validated.

Pros, Cons, and Who It’s For

Its strengths lie in a comprehensive project controls model, a clear audit trail, and a tenant-isolation approach well suited to multi-organization engineering projects. The main drawbacks are that it has not been officially launched yet, information on third-party integrations and APIs is missing, and some compliance certifications are not yet complete. It is best suited to owners, contractors, and consulting teams working on large construction, engineering, and infrastructure projects in the UK or under similar project governance models.

Access from China and Alternatives

Access from mainland China, payment availability, and local support have not been disclosed, so they should be considered unknown. Given its UK data residency and GBP billing, China-based teams should also pay attention to network stability, cross-border data issues, and contract localization. Comparable products include Oracle Primavera, Aconex, Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, as well as domestic engineering management and collaboration software solutions.