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 Bluebeam Adobe

Price 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 Bluebeam Adobe

Price $179 $299

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

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 Bluebeam Adobe

Price $239 $449

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

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 Bluebeam Adobe

Price $299 $449

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

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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