About Bluebeam Revu
Bluebeam Revu pricing
Bluebeam Revu does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Bluebeam Revu paid version starts at USD 260.00/year.
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Bluebeam Revu Reviews
Feature rating
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Top PDF Viewer/Editor Program on Market
Overall, great experience with Bluebeam Revu. Been a customer for the past 5 years. Never looked back or started looking for another program. Bluebeam has made my work quite simpler. Once you learn the basics, this program is so simple to do quick field measurements, combine/edit files, markup pdf's, extract pages to separate files and so many more functions that I have still to learn.
Pros
So many functions that are pertinent to the construction industry that I can use on a daily basis from viewing files to doing quick measurements to editing files to combining or converting to and from PDF files. One very big pro about Bluebeam is the customer service. I had a laptop die on me and it locked out my bluebeam account. I contacted customer support and within a few hours, they unlocked my account for me to register on my new laptop. I thought that was absolutely incredible with the quick turnaround on my Bluebeam license.
Cons
Probably my biggest con for Bluebeam is the cost of the software. It is a little pricey, little higher than competitors. But well worth it if you use this program on a daily basis.
- Industry: Architecture & Planning
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Versatile PDF Editor
Overall experience is good but obviously some functions need to be improved to make it easier and more intuitive to use.
Pros
Very versatile PDF editing software for people to use especially for engineers and architect like me. Love the cut and paste and measuring function of the software
Cons
The shortcut commands of the software are too long and cumbersome to use because most of them require 3 key strokes like measuring requires ‘alt shift L’. Shortcuts should be maximum of 2 key strokes, not 3. Provide autosave function and more videos on how to be an expert user. Provide function to enable users to change small caps into all caps & vice versa without the need to rely on additional plugged in app of another add on software.
- Industry: Government Administration
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Time lost over horrible system. FIX THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU KNOW EXIST
Poor at Best. I am so tired of taking my time to explain your horrible system to our clients. WEAK!!!!
Pros
Nothing!! Because it doesn't work consistently enough to monitor anything good.
Cons
Poor system, POOR communication with other systems that your group guaranteed would work. We all know that you have tried to fix problems, but your group cannot seem to get it right.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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A must-have for construction estimating
When I started using BlueBeam, I was able to cut down my time totaling measurements from 45 min a page on average to absolute 0. This was a huge help to me as I was the only one bidding the smaller construction jobs. With my extra time, I was able to put more bids together in the same amount of time, win more bids, and deal with change orders easily. The upfront cost was scary at 1st but it is worth every penny.
Pros
The fact that BlueBeam adds up all the values that have been measured/counted makes life so much easier. I was using PDF X-Change before which allowed me to measure all that I needed to but I was stuck with an excel spreadsheet, hovering over every single line to add everything up with formulas. This took literal hours. Now everything is added up along the way and there's no need to use additional programs to get my totals.
The fill feature was also a game changer for me. it lessened my time measuring area measurement significantly.
Cons
When using the Fill feature, the lines do have to be solid and bold for it to work effectively. This took a little while for me to figure out and there are some plans that is won't work for at all, such as hand drawn plans. There are work arounds like using the border feature to try to contain it but any opening will ruin the progress so far.
- Industry: Building Materials
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Best Functioning PDF Software
Revu has everything needed for editing, measuring, overlaying and marking up pdfs. Incredible time saver.
Pros
Very functional, everything you could need in the construction world for a PDF software.
Cons
I'd like it to be able to read text better, my phone can decipher text from a photo better than Revu can decipher the same text from a pdf of the same photo.