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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bluebeam

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ABluebeam Revu is a PDF management, control, and editing tool. It enables collaboration and markup within shared documents across projects’ life cycles and has takeoff and bid creation capabilities.

    $240

    per year per user

    Revit

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AAutodesk’s Revit is a Building Information Modelling (BIM) tool. It enables architectural, MEP, structural, and engineering design, and provides analysis to support iterative workflows

    $350

    per month

    Pricing
    BluebeamRevit
    Editions & Modules
    Revu Standard
    $349
    per seat
    Revu CAD
    $449
    per seat
    Revu eXtreme
    $599
    per seat
    Monthly
    $350
    per month
    1-Year
    $2805
    per year
    3-Year
    $8415
    per 3 years
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BluebeamRevit
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing available for monthly, annual, or 3-year subscriptions. Longer subscriptions offer greater discounts.
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    Community Pulse
    BluebeamRevit
    Considered Both Products
    Bluebeam, Inc.
    Chose Bluebeam
    I haven’t spent enough time with Revit to give a full comparison. But three architects I’ve worked with have all said they enjoy both programs and Bluebeam was highly recommended for my needs in the company.
    Incentivized
    Chose Bluebeam
    There is no comparison. The editing tools, batch tools drafting tools, personal environment profiles, settings, printing, calibrating, direct connecting apps that links Bluebeam to AutoCAD and Revit. This is an extremely powerful program that is amazingly helpful and I probably …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bluebeam
    Bluebeam is a more advanced PDF editor and better suited for the engineering and construction industry. It has far more tools and better capabilities for collaborative viewing, marking up, and sharing of documents.
    Incentivized
    Chose Bluebeam
    Bluebeam Revu has essentially replaced Adobe Acrobat as our default PDF viewer and editor, because its robust suite of architecturally-focused tools allow for better review of documents and creation of simple graphic diagrams. The scale and measurement tools are especially …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bluebeam
    PDF file sharing is really easy and simple, so users can markup and others can view them in real-time. Also, editing PDF files to crop, batch, remove, or replace pages is really efficient compared to Adobe Acrobat DC. Plus, the licensing fee is pretty small compared to Adobe …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bluebeam
    Bluebeam is a good in-between of Adobe and Photoshop. If you're not looking to do photo editing, but need more capabilities than just line work, Bluebeam is perfect.
    Incentivized
    Chose Bluebeam
    Much more complete than the competition.
    Incentivized
    Chose Bluebeam
    Bluebeam is a far superior product to Adobe. I don't even think they should be in the same category for anyone in the construction industry.
    Incentivized
    Chose Bluebeam
    Bluebeam Revu beats DWF review hand down. Bluebeam can communicate with any program that can create a PDF while DWF is exclusive to AutoDesk products thus forcing you to use a different software when working with other programs. The features of Bluebeam Revu compared to Adobe …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bluebeam
    Bluebeam Revu is much more tailored for drafting than Acrobat (the last time I used it in an office), so it caters to architectural markup and review very gratuitously. Tools are quick to find and essential markup symbols are not missing. As a PDF viewer, Bluebeam Revu is much …
    Incentivized
    Autodesk
    Chose Revit
    Revit is great for documentation. I also use Rhino 3D for rapid prototype scenarios that can be imported in, but in the end everything should be documented in Revit because it really is easy.
    Incentivized
    Chose Revit
    Revit brings collaboration to projects on a whole other level never seen in AutoCAD. Revit allows not only another live perspective of projects but also a huge advantage in simultaneous user production of drawings.
    Incentivized
    Chose Revit
    AutoCAD, MicroStation. These are both good programs but they are limited to two dimensions for the most part and I choose to use Revit for its ease in working in 3D, annotation, and organization. If you are looking to have a consistent good-looking set of drawings in 2D or 3D, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Revit
    Revit is used primarily for creation of contract documents and documents that need to be used to build in the field. Sketch Up is great for a quick concept sketch, but lacks the details that Revit has which are needed to construct. AutoCAD is a great tool for details as well, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Revit
    AutoCAD is great but it does not create sections and elevations while designing in 2D.
    Incentivized
    Chose Revit
    Revit provides much more coordination between trades and the architects. Provides a better picture of how the designs are actually going to be constructed.
    Incentivized
    Chose Revit
    Similar, early on ArchiCAD had a faster learning curve and a bit more rendering abilities for the early design.
    Incentivized
    Chose Revit
    The difference between Revit and AutoCAD is that AutoCAD is a drafting tool while Revit is a design tool. All AutoCAD did was digitize a drafting process and it had no embedded intelligence in the product while Revit being a design tool is more than just lines and circles it is …
    Incentivized
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Features
    BluebeamRevit
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Bluebeam and Revit
    Feature
    Bluebeam
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    Revit
    8.6
    8 Ratings
    Standard reports9.01 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Custom reports8.01 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Data exportability9.01 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Dashboards00 Ratings4.46 Ratings
    Construction Project & Field Management
    Comparison of Construction Project & Field Management features of Bluebeam and Revit
    Feature
    Bluebeam
    8.9
    54 Ratings
    Revit
    7.3
    47 Ratings
    Plan distribution & viewing8.952 Ratings8.345 Ratings
    Plan markups & sharing9.254 Ratings7.040 Ratings
    Issue tracking & punchlists8.533 Ratings5.028 Ratings
    Photo documentation8.836 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Jobsite reports9.031 Ratings6.015 Ratings
    Document sharing9.247 Ratings10.040 Ratings
    RFI tools9.035 Ratings7.021 Ratings
    Collaboration & approvals9.042 Ratings7.039 Ratings
    As-built drawings8.945 Ratings9.044 Ratings
    Mobile app7.927 Ratings3.816 Ratings
    Submittal design and management8.921 Ratings7.519 Ratings
    Checklists9.53 Ratings7.26 Ratings
    Change orders9.03 Ratings7.57 Ratings
    Meeting Minutes00 Ratings6.75 Ratings
    Specifications00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Estimating
    Comparison of Estimating features of Bluebeam and Revit
    Feature
    Bluebeam
    9.1
    29 Ratings
    Revit
    8.2
    34 Ratings
    Takeoff tools7.927 Ratings7.734 Ratings
    Job costing8.45 Ratings5.527 Ratings
    Cost databases10.01 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    Cost calculator10.02 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Bid creation9.08 Ratings10.015 Ratings
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Bluebeam and Revit
    Feature
    Bluebeam
    -
    Ratings
    Revit
    6.7
    5 Ratings
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings6.74 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings6.74 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings6.34 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings6.54 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings6.95 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings6.13 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Bluebeam and Revit
    Feature
    Bluebeam
    -
    Ratings
    Revit
    7.2
    4 Ratings
    Pay calculation00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings6.64 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Bluebeam and Revit
    Feature
    Bluebeam
    -
    Ratings
    Revit
    6.6
    4 Ratings
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings6.64 Ratings
    User Ratings
    BluebeamRevit
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (66 ratings)
    8.7
    (49 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (11 ratings)
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)