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Bluebeam vs. Adobe

Bluebeam helps you work smarter, not harder. Whether you are an engineer that needs to FTP complex CAD drawings or a project coordinator that wants to e-mail secure MS Word files, Bluebeam takes the effort and guesswork out of converting and sharing files. See how our file conversion solutions compare with Adobe’s. Print friendly



Bluebeam PDF Revu Standard Edition vs. Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.0

Feature Bluebeam Adobe
Price $149/seat
(Volume discounts for 5 or more seats)
$299

One-button conversion

PDF binding

PDF security

PDF text editing

PDF text stamping

PDF file embedding

Apply Bates stamps to PDF

Built-in PDF redaction

Searchable PDFs

Presets for top CAD applications

Automatic PDF bookmarking

Redline/Markup

PDF measurement tool with calibration

Automatic PDF drawing comparison

Copy and paste True Text

Insert images into PDF

Insert, delete, extract, reorder, and replace pages

Crop pages

Change markup and comment properties

Rotate PDF markups 360 degrees

Save custom markups and comments in Tool Sets

Import and export custom Tool Sets

Customize markup list columns

Create markup summary reports in PDF, XML, CSV

Create multiple user profiles



Bluebeam PDF Revu CAD Edition vs. Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.0

Feature Bluebeam Adobe
Price $199/seat
(Volume discounts for 5 or more seats)
$449

One-button conversion

Batch PDF conversion for AutoCAD

Batch PDF conversion for SolidWorks

Batch DWF conversion for AutoCAD

Integrates with 64-bit versions of AutoCAD and SolidWorks

PDF binding

PDF security for AutoCAD

PDF security for SolidWorks

PDF text stamping for AutoCAD

PDF text stamping for SolidWorks

PDF file embedding for AutoCAD

PDF file embedding for SolidWorks

Searchable PDFs

Presets for MicroStation, Pro/Engineer, Unigraphics, and other top CAD applications

Automatic PDF bookmarking for AutoCAD PDFs

Automatic PDF bookmarking for SolidWorks PDFs

Automatic PDF resizing without CAD page setup adjustments

Automatic PDF drawing comparison

Redline/Mark-Up

PDF measurement tool with calibration

Copy and paste True Text

PDF text editing

Insert images into PDF

Insert, delete, extract, reorder, and replace pages

Crop pages

Change markup and comment properties

Rotate PDF markups 360 degrees

Save custom markups and comments in Tool Sets

Import and export custom Tool Sets

Customize markup list columns

Create markup summary reports in PDF, XML, CSV

Create multiple user profiles

Add PDF headers and footers (Bates Stamping)

Built-in PDF redaction

Web conferencing We recommend GoToMeeting

PDF packaging with Flash interface and natively playing Flash movies We prefer to focus on PDF



Bluebeam PDF Revu Standard Edition vs. Adobe Elements

Feature Bluebeam Adobe
One-button conversion from MS Office

PDF Printer driver with presets for top CAD applications

PDF text editing

Insert, delete, extract, reorder, and replace pages

Crop pages

Automatic PDF bookmarking

PDF binding

PDF security

Redline/Markup tools

Change markup and comment properties

Rotate PDF markups 360 degrees

PDF text stamping

Insert images into PDF

Apply Bates stamps to PDF

Built-in PDF redaction

PDF file embedding

Searchable PDFs

PDF measurement tool with calibration

Automatic PDF drawing comparison

Save custom markups and comments in Tool Sets

Import and export custom Tool Sets

Customize markup list columns

Create markup summary reports in PDF, XML, CSV

Create multiple user profiles

Compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows XP Tablet Edition

Compatible with Window Vista

Compatible with Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2003

Compatible with Microsoft Office 2007

64-bit compatibility

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