Bluebeam vs. PDFLiner

As stated before, the mobile application is a great companion to the desktop version. Either one works great in viewing, editing and saving documents. While the measurement tool is handy to have, we have found the precision to be lacking when measuring scaled drawings (construction design drawings). While it is a good rough place to start for measurements, we wouldn't recommend relying on the precision of the measurements taken on something with a very large scale.

Incentivized

The most useful tool I've ever used. The service is just
what I need. With so many PDF files, we can’t make changes to them without the
assistance of other people. Everything I wanted to do took up to five separate
software tools for me to do. This task is best done with PDFLiner, a top-notch
application. Because of this, I can now utilize them all at the same time in
the same piece of software.

Incentivized

• Overlaying pdf drawings to identify changes made by architects.
• Scaling dimensions when the architect has not provided required dimensions to proceed with work in the field.
• Hyperlinking construction documents with required information makes it much easier to look through multiple sheets in less time.

Incentivized

• Modifying, adding visual information, and signing PDF documents all require very little time
• Immediate conversion of non-PDF files to PDF files
• Change PDF documents into a form that our customers may fill out so that we can gather their feedback on how we can improve our services
• Gsuite and other cloud-based tools like PDFLiner can be used to edit and sign PDFs

Incentivized

• If you have several tabs open and you try to drag one out for a side by side view then you do not have all the modification options and you have to combine them back together.
• There is a lag time when hitting the print option.
• There is also a lag time when opening files, sometimes I think the window is frozen.
• I wish the basic version also had basic file editing, as in editing a document as Adobe does.

Incentivized

• Some issues with the website's mobile version came to my attention.
• In some cases, PDF files are difficult to read because of their format. The OCR doesn't always do what I want it to.
• As of this writing, the editor supports working with JPG, PNG, and PDF files. This list may need a few more entries.

Incentivized

Bluebeam is a powerful PDF viewer and mark-up tool. We are more familiar with it than Adobe Acrobat Pro or other viewers, and it has more features geared towards construction document managers than Acrobat Pro does.

Incentivized

I'm constantly finding that Bluebeam Revu does more than I knew it could. And when I find something that it can't do, I've found that Bluebeam truly listens to its user base and will work to incorporate any good suggestion when feasible.

Incentivized

Our department uses PDFLiner to modify PDF format contracts and other documents before sending them to our consumers for e-signing. Not only that, but this program allows access to the templates of over 30 million different sorts of writable agreements, saving us a lot of time and effort.

Incentivized

Its hard for me to give a rating on this one as we rarely have to use the support feature for Bluebeam. However, when we have used it, they have been ultra supportive in helping us get exactly what we needed. I know another engineer was trying to figure out a feature and the rep gave a detailed tutorial on how to complete the task

Incentivized

We got all the features and prospects of the application from support team. They were helpful

Incentivized

Bluebeam is a diverse program with many functions and tools, whereas competitive programs only specialize in one or few tasks. Although there are many tools within the program, users can still quickly learn how to use the program to best fit their needs. There is always a help tab for any assistance needed.

Incentivized

Because
I've tested so many, I'm confident in saying that PDFLiner is the best. In
addition to the many beneficial features, it's due to the excellent customer
service they provide. How-to blogs for most of the forms and excellent customer
service. It's a huge time saver and a lot of fun at work.

Incentivized

• A major positive aspect is being able to take your computer home without taking the entire set of paper drawings. They have made it so easy to navigate a set of drawings that I can work at home using only the digital drawings.
• Collaboration with owners and architects has been a great feature. Setting up a Bluebeam studio and having everyone get in and mark things up, then having the architect be able to go in and see what markups have been added, has made the constructability review process much much better.
• Even when not working on drawings, Bluebeam is a very good tool for working with standard PDF documents. The markup tools are very easy to use.
• The negative aspect is the takeoff function because some people would like estimators to use the Bluebeam takeoff because it would make their job easier down the road; however, the actual act of doing a full scale takeoff in Bluebeam would require much more time.

Incentivized

• It saved thousands of bucks which we use to invest in stationary, giving our company a better ROI using PDFLiner.
• Saved time and efforts of people working in HR and legal departments which they can use in finishing other tasks.
• Reaching out to millions of customers worldwide to fill already saved forms like feedback in no time.

Incentivized