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Compare Adobe Acrobat and Bluebeam 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (43.9% of reviews)
Mid-Market (43.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $22.19
$260.00 1 User Per Year
Adobe Acrobat
Star Rating
(3,557)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (43.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $22.19
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(433)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (43.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$260.00 1 User Per Year
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Adobe Acrobat vs Bluebeam
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Adobe Acrobat easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Adobe Acrobat overall.
- Adobe Acrobat and Bluebeam both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, Adobe Acrobat and Bluebeam provide similar levels of assistance.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Bluebeam over Adobe Acrobat.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Adobe Acrobat
Acrobat Pro for teams: pricing is per license per month, includes discount with annual commitment
Starting at $22.19
E-signatures and more powerful PDF tools to easily review, edit, and prepare your documents.
- Sign and collect unlimited signatures
- Track and send reminders for agreements
- Export, convert, and edit PDFs
Bluebeam
Basics
$260.00
1 User Per Year
For simple markups, document management and collaboration.
- PDF creation, viewing, editing and markups
- Measure length and area (no perimeter)
- Participate in Studio collaborations
Free Trial
Adobe Acrobat
Free Trial is available
Bluebeam
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.2
2,803
9.2
357
Ease of Use
8.7
2,845
8.4
361
Ease of Setup
8.9
567
8.4
77
Ease of Admin
8.7
423
7.8
52
Quality of Support
8.4
2,037
8.4
276
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
392
8.3
50
Product Direction (% positive)
8.3
2,710
8.7
346
Features by Category
Signature Process
9.3
342
Not enough data
8.2
283
Not enough data
8.6
316
Not enough data
8.6
303
Not enough data
8.7
302
Not enough data
8.4
257
Not enough data
8.3
266
Not enough data
8.8
318
Not enough data
Agentic AI - E-Signature
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security and Scalability
8.8
270
Not enough data
8.9
292
Not enough data
8.7
271
Not enough data
Platform
8.4
233
Not enough data
8.4
246
Not enough data
8.3
205
Not enough data
8.9
262
Not enough data
8.2
196
Not enough data
Organization
8.9
401
Not enough data
9.1
415
Not enough data
8.9
407
Not enough data
8.7
398
Not enough data
Editing
8.7
407
Not enough data
8.8
438
Not enough data
9.2
438
Not enough data
8.8
411
Not enough data
8.7
392
Not enough data
Operating System
8.9
363
Not enough data
8.5
291
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Security
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
207
Not enough data
8.9
204
Not enough data
Conversion
9.2
231
Not enough data
8.6
184
Not enough data
8.6
184
Not enough data
Logistics
8.4
181
Not enough data
9.0
228
Not enough data
9.1
207
Not enough data
Agentic AI - File Converter
Not enough data
Not enough data
Documentation
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.0
33
Not enough data
8.7
31
Not enough data
8.3
31
Not enough data
7.9
29
Collaboration
Not enough data
8.9
31
Not enough data
8.0
28
Not enough data
7.8
27
Not enough data
7.7
23
Data Sources
8.9
206
Not enough data
8.2
177
Not enough data
9.1
216
Not enough data
Generation
8.6
196
Not enough data
8.2
178
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Delivery
8.5
188
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.0
87
Not enough data
8.0
87
Not enough data
8.2
88
Not enough data
8.2
88
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Document Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Document Management
Not enough data
8.9
67
Not enough data
8.9
68
Not enough data
9.1
77
Not enough data
8.4
58
Not enough data
8.7
63
Site Management
Not enough data
8.5
55
Not enough data
8.0
49
Data Gathering
Not enough data
8.5
28
Not enough data
7.9
28
Not enough data
8.4
35
Bid Generation
Not enough data
9.1
39
Not enough data
8.2
26
Not enough data
9.1
31
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Design
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
431
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Collaboration
8.3
419
Not enough data
8.0
379
Not enough data
File Types
9.1
515
Not enough data
8.9
513
Not enough data
8.5
381
Not enough data
Edit & Revise
8.6
465
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
505
Not enough data
Integrate & Embed
8.0
326
Not enough data
8.4
367
Not enough data
8.5
407
Not enough data
Operating System
9.1
484
Not enough data
8.8
355
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.4
113
Not enough data
8.3
114
Not enough data
8.0
113
Not enough data
7.8
114
Not enough data
8.0
113
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Document Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Before the Job
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
On the Job
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
After the Job
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.0
5
Agentic AI - Field Service Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Autodesk Construction Cloud Integration Partners
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Adobe Acrobat and Bluebeam share no categories
Unique Categories
Adobe Acrobat is categorized as Document Generation, Document Creation, E-Signature, PDF Editor, and File Converter
Bluebeam is categorized as Takeoff, Construction Drawing Management, Punch List, Autodesk Construction Cloud Integration Partners, Architecture, and Field Service Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Adobe Acrobat
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Bluebeam
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
7.1%
Higher Education
5.1%
Marketing and Advertising
5.1%
Computer Software
5.0%
Education Management
3.8%
Other
73.9%
Construction
41.1%
Architecture & Planning
22.7%
Civil Engineering
11.5%
Design
6.2%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
4.1%
Other
14.6%
Most Helpful Reviews
Adobe Acrobat
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Jon J.
Verified User in Computer Software
Adobe has made successfully made the terms PDF, and Acrobat seem very synonymous. I really like the commenting and create options that are available.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Travis G.
Verified User in Media Production
Adding alt-text and tags for accessibility is clunky and hard to use most of the time. A lot of the time, after running an accessibility check, it will give me a report and tells me to fix things, but there is no obvious place to be able to add what is...
Bluebeam
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Kam M.
Verified User in Construction
Increased our productivity dramatically.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Joshua Oliver A.
Verified User in Construction
Missing features in tablet mode like markups and zoom to scale
Jon J.
Verified User in Computer Software
Adobe has made successfully made the terms PDF, and Acrobat seem very synonymous. I really like the commenting and create options that are available.
Kam M.
Verified User in Construction
Increased our productivity dramatically.
Travis G.
Verified User in Media Production
Adding alt-text and tags for accessibility is clunky and hard to use most of the time. A lot of the time, after running an accessibility check, it will give me a report and tells me to fix things, but there is no obvious place to be able to add what is...
Joshua Oliver A.
Verified User in Construction
Missing features in tablet mode like markups and zoom to scale
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