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Compare Bluebeam Revu versions

Bluebeam offers four plans tailored for various office and field project needs. Each package includes Bluebeam Revu, Bluebeam Cloud (web & mobile) solutions, and services to boost productivity.

Basics

For simple markups, document management and collaboration.

Core

For professional-grade markups, measurements and collaboration. Includes everything in Basics, plus enhanced features.

Complete

For automating and accelerating your workflows. Includes everything in Core, plus advanced features.

Max

Powered by AI and for optimal efficiency and outcomes. Includes everything in Complete, plus advanced features.

Key features include:

  • PDF creation, viewing, editing and markups
  • Measure length and area (no perimeter)
  • Participate in Studio collaborations
  • Access to Bluebeam Revu for Windows desktop and Bluebeam on web and mobile
  • Bluebeam's technical support via phone and email
  • Full access to Bluebeam University training courses
  • Unlimited secure centralised storage

*No perimeter or advanced measurements

*No ability to initiate or manage Studio collaboration

All Basics features, plus:

  • Specialised markup tools for 2D and 3D PDFs
  • Measure perimeters, counts, angles, volume
  • Overlay and batch compare drawings
  • Initiate and manage Studio collaborations
  • CAD plug-ins and workflows

All Core features, plus:

  • Dynamic Fill measurements and markups
  • Quantity Link with Microsoft Excel
  • Advanced markup reporting
  • Batch Link® hyperlink automation
  • Batch Slip Sheet automation
  • Batch signatures and seals automation
  • Scripting commands for custom automations
  • Previous version technical support for existing Revu 20 users

All Complete features, plus:

  • AI integration via MCP
  • AI drawing reviews
  • AI drawing comparisons
  • AI multi-view Stitching
  • Magic Markups: Duplicate as, Convert to, Offset
  • Connected Studio Sessions with Revit®

Information-rich document markup tools (Revu)

BasicsCoreCompleteMax
Mark up PDFs with customised text, highlighters, shapes, stamps and vector pen annotations
Track and manage annotations
View, filter and sort markups and comments in the Markups List
Save and reuse tools from the Tool Chest
Change the tool subject and add a comment in the Tool Chest
Set and remove scale from tool sets
Make markups on captured photos
Multiply markups
Assign markups to layers
Flatten PDF markups
Import PDF markups
Redact PDF content permanently
Translate markups to different languages
Create and add dynamic stamps to PDFs
2D photo markups
Insert hyperlinks into documents and assign a hyperlink to a specific area
Create custom Markups List filters and save them for reuse
Embed 2D photos in markups with Capture
Embed 360° photos and videos in markups with Capture
Calibrate tool sets to dynamically resize on PDFs with different scales/viewports
Create and save markup legends to the Tool Chest
Create, view and apply custom hatch patterns
Sketch to Scale tools: markup your drawings with accurate polygons, polylines, rectangles and ellipses that are calibrated to drawing scale
Create custom statuses
Magic Markups: Duplicate markups as another type, such as a perimeter measurement copied as an area measurement
Magic Markups: Convert markups to another type, such as a shape to a measurement
Magic Markups: Offset markups to a specified distance from the original

Key:

Comprehensive

Limited

Not Applicable

Drawing measurement and takeoff tools (Revu)

BasicsCoreCompleteMax
Apply measurement markups of different scales in one PDF using viewports
Measure PDFs with basic measurement markup tools for length and area
Measure PDFs with advanced measurement markup tools such as perimeter, volume, angle and count
Add formulas to custom columns for calculations
Quantity Link with MS Excel. Link real-time data from measurement markups to Excel worksheets
Dynamic Fill. Section off and fill drawing regions to generate markups, measurements and spaces

Key:

Comprehensive

Limited

Not Applicable

Document creation, access and management (Revu)

BasicsCoreCompleteMax
Add or edit headers and footers
Combine separate documents to create a single PDF
Customise the size of new pages and resize existing pages
Embed file attachments
Erase and cut PDF content
Extract, delete, rotate and insert blank pages
Insert existing PDF pages
Preserve hyperlinks when combining and separating linked PDFs
View 3D PDFs
Create a table of contents from bookmarks
Reduce file size using preset and customisable fidelity options
Split documents without altering the source file
Create and edit form fields
Manually create bookmarks and page labels
Automatically create bookmarks and page labels
Mark up 3D views
Compare two or more PDF revisions with overlay pages
Process colours
Create, mark up and manipulate 3D PDFs from any IFC or U3D file
Open, create and modify Sets and tag files to sort and navigate Sets documents

Key:

Comprehensive

Limited

Not Applicable

Navigation & customisation (Revu)

BasicsCoreCompleteMax
Launch multiple instances of Revu
Access and view recent PDFs
Drag document tabs out of interface and into their own windows across multiple monitors
Change markup properties and save for reuse
Create customisable keyboard shortcuts
Customise toolbars
Search local drives and pin files in categories
Transform scanned images into text-searchable PDFs using optical character recognition (OCR)
Search for symbols with VisualSearch

Key:

Comprehensive

Limited

Not Applicable

Export project data (Revu)

BasicsCoreCompleteMax
Generate and export a PDF summary of all markups in a file or across multiple files
Generate and export a CSV or XML summary of all markups in a file
Track and generate reports on markups located in pre-defined customised regions

Key:

Comprehensive

Limited

Not Applicable

Process & workflow automation (Revu)

BasicsCoreCompleteMax
Use Automatic Form Creation to convert PDFs into forms
Merge form data
Apply scale to multiple sheets simultaneously
Batch compare multiple drawing revisions
Auto-Align Overlay & Compare
Automatically create navigational hyperlinks across a specific group of documents using Batch Link®
Batch process hyperlinks for large document sets
Automatically insert new page revisions or replace current pages with new revisions across multiple documents using Batch Slip Sheet
Apply a digital signature and professional seal across a batch of multiple files
Implement scripting commands
AI integration via MCP
Automated multi-view Stitching for one continuous view
Smart Review: AI-powered drawing checks such as missing sheets, missing door tags and gridline consistency
Smart Overlay: AI-powered drawing comparisons of sheet sets with cross-discipline variance reports

Key:

Comprehensive

Limited

Not Applicable

Security & digital signatures (Revu)

BasicsCoreCompleteMax
Add digital signature fields that require certified digital IDs
Track all digital signatures and certificates
Apply password protection and set permissions
Enable single sign-on (SSO) support

Key:

Comprehensive

Limited

Not Applicable

Plug-ins & integrations (Revu)

BasicsCoreCompleteMax
One-click PDF creation and batch directly from Microsoft® Office and Outlook®
Integrate with SharePoint® and ProjectWise®
Convert any Windows file to PDF or TIF, JPG, BMP, PSD, PNG, PCL, GIF, EMF and WMF files using the Bluebeam PDF printer
Export scanned PDFs as editable Word, Excel® and PowerPoint® documents
Task Link integration with GoCanvas
One-click 2D PDF creation and batch directly from AutoCAD®, Revit® and SolidWorks®
One-click 3D PDF creation directly from AutoCAD, Revit and Navisworks®
Convert Revit Rooms to Revu Spaces
Batch convert files from AutoCAD, Revit and SolidWorks to PDF, TIF, JPG, BMP, PSD, PNG, PCL, GIF, EMF and WMF files
Transfer hyperlinks from an AutoCAD file
Import files with SHX fonts from AutoCAD
Import sheet sets from AutoCAD

Key:

Comprehensive

Limited

Not Applicable

Studio collaboration anywhere, on desktop (Revu), web and mobile

BasicsCoreCompleteMax
Access Studio Sessions and Projects from anywhere – on desktop, web and mobile
Collaborate in real time with markup tools in existing Studio Sessions
View and upload files to existing Studio Projects and Studio Sessions
Search Studio Project folders using keywords, filters and natural language queries.
Sync Studio Project files locally for offline editing
Integrations with other industry-leading software providers: Procore®, NewForma®, Autodesk Forma® and more in the Integrations Directory
Create and host new Studio Projects and Studio Sessions
Connected Studio Sessions with Revit

Key:

Comprehensive

Limited

Not Applicable

Bluebeam on a web-browser

BasicsCoreCompleteMax
View PDFs, update, delete and export files from cloud document storage
Upload PDF files to your cloud document storage
Mark up PDFs with customised text, highlighters, shapes and vector pen annotations
Measure PDF files: area, length, polylength, count
Save and reuse tools from the Tool Chest
Track and manage markups
Use and change markup statuses in the Markups List
Comment and reply
Connect to your DMS (Sharepoint, OneDrive, Box, Dropbox, Procore, Egnyte)
Add markups to your PDFs with changes automatically saved to the DMS (Sharepoint, OneDrive, Procore)
DocuSign integration with Studio Projects

Key:

Comprehensive

Limited

Not Applicable

Bluebeam on mobile devices (iOS & Android)

BasicsCoreCompleteMax
View PDFs from your local files, Studio, and connected DMS
Mark up PDFs with customised text, highlighters, shapes and vector pen annotations
Measure PDF files*: area, length, polylength, count
Fill and save PDF forms
Offline access with Studio sync
Export and download Studio files to your device
*Not yet available on Android

Key:

Comprehensive

Limited

Not Applicable

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