Bluebeam vs.

Adobe
Bluebeam takes the effort and guesswork out of converting and sharing files. See how our file conversion solutions compare
with Adobes.

Bluebeam Vu vs. Adobe Reader X

Feature
Price

Bluebeam

Adobe

Free

Free

3D viewing
Split screen/views
Customizable toolbars
Create and save custom interface profiles
Fill in and save PDF forms
Snapshot views
Search for symbols in PDFs
Snapshot views
Track markups and comments placed on PDFs
Sort and filter markups and comments by author, date, page, and type
Join online collaboration sessions and access project files in the cloud
Microsoft SharePoint integration
Bentley ProjectWise integration

Bluebeam PDF Revu Standard Edition vs. Adobe Acrobat Standard

Feature
Price
One-button conversion from MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Create PDFs from any application that prints
PDF to MS Office conversion
3D viewing
Markup on 3D PDF views
Customizable toolbars
Create and save custom interface profiles
Split screen/views
PDF text editing
PDF text stamping
Apply Bates stamps to PDFs
PDF file embedding
Insert, extract, replace, delete, rotate, or reorder pages in a PDF file

Bluebeam

Adobe

$179

$299

Crop pages and images

Combine PDF files
Reduce PDF file size
Attach files to PDFs
Permanently erase and cut PDF content
Copy and past true text
Search for text in PDFs
Search for symbols in PDFs
Insert images into PDFs
Automatic PDF bookmarking
Compare non-consecutive document page ranges
Redline/markup tools
Fill markups with hatch patterns
Custom line editor
Change markup and comment properties
Rotate PDF markups 360 degress Add
arcs and curved lines to PDFs Translate
markups to different languages Flatten
individual markups
Manage markups in layers
Import and export custom Tool Sets
PDF measurement with calibration
Automatic drawing comparison
Compare drawings of different sizes and scales with overlay pages
Save commonly used markup tools for easy application
Track markups and comments placed on PDFs
Track markups by user-defined spaces
Sort and filter markups and comments by author, date, page, and type
Customize columns in Markups list
Create a PDF summary of all markups and comments
Export markups and comments to CSV and XML
Add digital signatures and time stamps to PDFs
Fill in and save PDF forms
Password protection and security
Color processing
Pin files and folders and preview PDFs from the interface
Microsoft SharePoint integration
Bentley ProjectWise integration
Online collaboration
Cloud-based light document management system
Save PDF files as PDF/A

Bluebeam PDF Revu CAD vs. Adobe Acrobat Professional

Feature
Price
One-button conversion from MS Office
One-button conversion from AutoCAD
One-button conversion from Solidworks
One-button conversion from Revit
One-button 3D PDF creation from Revit and Navisworks Manage
Create PDFs from any application that prints
Batch PDF conversion fror AutoCAD
Batch PDF conversion for Solidworks
Batch DWF conversion for AutoCAD
Integrates with 64-bit version fo AutoCAD, Solidworks and Revit
Presets for MicroStation, Pro/Engineer, Unigraphics, and other CAD applications
Automatic PDF resizing without CAD page setup adjustments
PDF to MS Office conversion
3D viewing
Markup on 3D PDF views
Customizable toolbars
Create and save custom interface profiles
View multiple PDF files in the interface with split screen views
PDF security for AutoCAD
PDF security for Solidworks
PDF security for Revit
PDF text stamping for AutoCAD
PDF text stamping for SolidWorks
PDF text stamping for Revit
PDF file embedding for AutoCAD
PDF file embedding for Solidworks
PDF file embedding for Revit
PDF text editing
Apply Bates stamps to PDFs
Insert, extract, replace, delete, rotate, or reorder pages in a PDF file
Crop pages and images
Combine PDF files
Reduce PDF file size
Attach files to PDFs
Permanently erase and cut PDF content
Copy and past true text
Search for text in PDFs
Search for symbols in PDFs
Insert images into PDFs
Automatic PDF bookmarking for AutoCAD PDFs
Automatic PDF bookmarking for SolidWorks PDFs

Bluebeam

Adobe

$239

$449

Automatic PDF bookmarking for Revit PDFs

Automatic PDF bookmarking for MS Office files
Redline/markup tools
Fill markups with hatch patterns
Custom line editor
Change markup and comment properties
Rotate PDF markups 360 degress Add
arcs and curved lines to PDFs Translate
markups to different languages Flatten
individual markups
Manage markups by layer
Import and export custom Tool Sets
PDF measurement with calibration
Automatic drawing comparison
Compare drawings of different sizes and scales with overlay pages
Compare non-consecutive document page ranges
Save commonly used markup tools for easy application
Track markups and comments placed on PDFs
Track markups by user-defined spaces
Sort and filter markups and comments by author, date, page, and type
Customize columns in Markups list
Create a PDF summary of all markups and comments
Export markups and comments to CSV and XML
Add digital signatures and time stamps to PDFs
Fill in and save PDF forms
Password protection and security
Color processing
Pin files and folders and preview PDFs from the interface
Microsoft SharePoint integration
Bentley ProjectWise integration
Online collaboration
Cloud-based light document management system
Save PDF files as PDF/A

Bluebeam PDF Revu eXtreme vs. Adobe Acrobat Professional

Feature
Price
One-button conversion from MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
One-button conversion from AutoCAD
One-button conversion from Solidworks
One-button conversion from Revit

Bluebeam

Adobe

$299

$449

One-button 3D PDF creation from Revit and Navisworks Manage

Create PDFs from any application that prints
Batch PDF conversion fror AutoCAD
Batch PDF conversion for Solidworks
Batch DWF conversion for AutoCAD
Integrates with 64-bit version fo AutoCAD, Solidworks and Revit
Presets for MicroStation, Pro/Engineer, Unigraphics, and other CAD applications
Automatic PDF resizing without CAD page setup adjustments
Optical character recognition (OCR) technology
PDF to MS Office conversion
3D viewing
Markup on 3D PDF views
Customizable toolbars
Create and save custom interface profiles
View multiple PDF files in the interface with split screen views
PDF security for AutoCAD
PDF security for Solidworks
PDF security for Revit
PDF text stamping for AutoCAD
PDF text stamping for SolidWorks
PDF text stamping for Revit
PDF file embedding for AutoCAD
PDF file embedding for Solidworks
PDF file embedding for Revit
PDF text editing
Apply Bates stamps to PDFs
Insert, extract, replace, delete, rotate, or reorder pages in a PDF file
Crop pages and images
Combine PDF files
Reduce PDF file size
Attach files to PDFs
Permanently delete sensitive information with redaction tools
Copy and past true text
Search for text in PDFs
Search for symbols in PDFs
Insert images into PDFs
Automatic PDF bookmarking for AutoCAD PDFs
Automatic PDF bookmarking for SolidWorks PDFs
Automatic PDF bookmarking for Revit PDFs
Automatic PDF bookmarking for MS Office files
Redline/markup tools
Fill markups with hatch patterns
Custom line editor
Change markup and comment properties
Rotate PDF markups 360 degress

Add arcs and curved lines to PDFs

Translate markups to different languages
Flatten individual markups
Manage markups by layer
Import and export custom Tool Sets
PDF measurement with calibration
Automatic drawing comparison
Compare drawings of different sizes and scales with overlay pages
Compare non-consecutive document page ranges
Save commonly used markup tools for easy application
Track markups and comments placed on PDFs
Track markups by user-defined spaces
Sort and filter markups and comments by author, date, page, and type
Customize columns in Markups list
Create a PDF summary of all markups and comments
Export markups and comments to CSV and XML
Add digital signatures and time stamps to PDFs
PDF form creation
Fill in and save PDF forms
Password protection and security
Color processing
Pin files and folders and preview PDFs from the interface
Automate multi-step processes with scripting
Microsoft SharePoint integration
Bentley ProjectWise integration
Online collaboration
Cloud-based light document management system
Save PDF files as PDF/A

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