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
Feature Bluebeam Adobe
Price $265 $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
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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
Feature Bluebeam Adobe
Price $318 $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
Feature Bluebeam Adobe
Price $399 $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