Adobe Acrobat vs. Bluebeam vs. Foxit PDF Editor

Adobe Acrobat

4,012 Reviews and Ratings

Bluebeam

429 Reviews and Ratings

Foxit PDF Editor

145 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Adobe Acrobat	Score8.8 out of 10	N/A	Adobe Acrobat DC is the current version of the well-established document / PDF management solution, part of the Adobe Document Cloud (the other part being Adobe's eSign services based on technology acquired with EchoSign in 2011).	$29.99 per month per seat
Bluebeam	Score8.9 out of 10	N/A	Bluebeam 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.	$260 per year per user
Foxit PDF Editor	Score8.4 out of 10	N/A	Foxit PDF Editor is a solution for creating, editing, organizing, and securing PDF documents. Designed for professionals and businesses of all sizes, features include editing capabilities, OCR, collaboration tools, and security options like redaction and document encryption.	$10.99 per month per user

Pricing

Adobe Acrobat

Bluebeam

Foxit PDF Editor

Acrobat Pro for Individuals: $19.99
per month
Acrobat Pro for Teams: $23.99
per month per user
Acrobat Studio for Individuals: $24.99
per month

Basics: $260
per year per user
Core: $330
per year per user
Complete: $440
per year per user
Max: $590
per year per user

Foxit PDF Editor: $10.99
per month per user
Foxit PDF Editor +: $13.99
per month per user
Foxit PDF Editor: $129.99
per year per user
Foxit PDF Editor+: $159.99
per year per user

Pricing Offerings
Adobe Acrobat	Bluebeam	Foxit PDF Editor
Free Trial
Yes	Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	Yes	No

Optional

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Adobe Acrobat	Bluebeam	Foxit PDF Editor
Considered Multiple Products	Adobe Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat I find Adobe Acrobat easier to use and I don't need to be as technical as Bluebeam is usually used for Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat actually surpasses all the above tools. Most of the above tools are free but they come with their own set of challenges. Issues such as security and frequent software crashes are a pain Adobe Acrobat basically outperforms all the above apps and obviously have … Incentivized Helpful? Jaime Alvarez Director of Enterprise Technology in Corporate at La Frontera (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Honestly, the other software tools worked and pricing was better in most cases. However, the familiarity of Adobe Acrobat is what drove us back to Adobe. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Even though many of these are free programs, I need the editing features Adobe Acrobat provides for so many of the functions I handle. I cannot give those up so Adobe Acrobat is worth the money. Also, I know the Adobe programs so much better that it's hard to imagine relearning … Incentivized Helpful? Evans Salas Program manager in Sales at Honeyquote (Insurance, 51-200 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat I feel Adobe is easier to use, more reliable and better at solving our day to day problems. Fast, efficient and easy to navigate. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat We used PDFTK for some command line PDF exports when we need to do things very quickly. This is very specific so we understand why Adobe Acrobat would not support this. In terms of PDF processing and editing we have not even found an alternative to replace all the features. I … Incentivized Helpful? Tracy Novack Administration in Corporate at Interactive Office Systems (Business Supplies Equipment, 1-10 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat I don't know if it's the many years of experience I have using Adobe Acrobat or that they just seem to evolve along with the industry, the other programs I have tried (not by choice) just don't seem to have the abilities I have found and used with Adobe Acrobat. Incentivized Helpful? mary sanaipei HR in Human Resources at JO Clearpath HR (Human Resources, 1-10 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat is easier to use and has more extensive features than all other PDF editor tools. Incentivized Helpful? Cathy Jackson Testing Center Manager in Professional Services at University of Tennessee Chattanooga (Education Management, 201-500 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat was just a better fit. Incentivized Helpful? Manan Joshi Adobe Print Solution Consultant in Information Technology at Naehas (Financial Services, 201-500 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Bottomline is Adobe Acrobat is the standard and full implementation of all that PDF should have. I tried different apps for different reasons to like Apple Preview for quickly viewing the document. However, for final assessment I always prefer to use Acrobat and check if all … Incentivized Helpful? Alan Gilbertson Creative Director at G&G Creative (Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat In terms of comparisons, the simple fact is that Adobe Acrobat is known and trusted by clients and print providers throughout industry. Third party PDF editors are often more lightweight but also don't have all the features of Adobe Acrobat, so there is the inevitable point … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat I found Adobe Acrobat far more intuitive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat is the best program we’ve found for handling pdfs. It ensures that people in and out of the organization will have no issues with compatibility. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat I love the editing capability as well as commenting capability compared to Foxit. Incentivized Helpful? Júlio Calheiros Network Specialist in Information Technology at ALOO TELECOM (Telecommunications, 201-500 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat It's like buying a luxury car with all the bells and whistles. It's a significant investment, but you have the vehicle always available, with superior performance, maximum safety, a warranty, and the ability to handle any road or condition. É como comprar um carro de luxo com … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Foxit doesn't really have the ecosystem that Adobe Acrobat has, and since we are using multiple Adobe products, they all integrate well with one another. The OCR is also more powerful and accurate. So although Foxit has a lower cost to it and is also more light weight and less … Incentivized Helpful? Steven Sheasby President in Corporate at Integrity Mortgage Licensing (Financial Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat is a bit more expensive, however, the user interface is a bit more refined. The major issue is that Adobe Acrobat makes it literally impossible to pay to renew your licenses, so I had to switch to another software vendor for PDFs. Foxit PDF had a very simple … Incentivized Helpful? Ashley Cross Director of Communications in Marketing at Cokesbury UMC Inc (Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat I selected Acrobat because it is a trusted brand in my personal and professional life. Acrobat is included in my subscription to the Adobe suite of products, and there is simply no reason for me to NOT use it. It's easy to use, intuitive, and secure. Other products require … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat excel at its e-signature capabilities. This beats both Foxit and Power PDF. However, it lacks native integration with accounting-specific tools like TaxFolder. TaxFolder allow one-click from tax software itself to send out signature request. Way more … Incentivized Helpful? Hemant Salunkhe Sr. Associate Human Resource in Human Resources at Schreiber Dynamix Dairies Limited (Food & Beverages, 201-500 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat integrated fully into our human resources processes and effectively helped consolidate multiple variations of employment documents which helped decrease HR costs and simplified recruitment. We can track the status of documents which means greater security and with … Incentivized Helpful?	Bluebeam Verified User Chose Bluebeam I believe Bluebeam is actually easier to learn and use versus Adobe Acrobat. With it’s how to videos and great customer support, there’s basically not a problem that cannot be figured out. As far as PDF modification, I believe Bluebeam’s tools and screen configuration is very … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User Chose Bluebeam It is better than Acrobat in my opinion. More features and more user-friendly. Incentivized Helpful? Brij Purohit Technology Design Engineer in Engineering at P2S Inc. (Construction, 51-200 employees) 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 Helpful? Michael Carter General Superintendent in Professional Services at On Site Builders Inc (Construction, 11-50 employees) Chose Bluebeam I personally like the tools that Bluebeam offers over Acrobat and feel that, for my company, Bluebeam was much better suited. Scaling tools, markups, as-builts, RFI’s, submittal approval, and detail creation all really show its strength. Incentivized Helpful? Tim Corbett General Manager in Corporate at Infinite Energy Construction, inc (Construction, 51-200 employees) Chose Bluebeam I have nothing negative to say about Adobe Acrobat, either. I think the feature set of both it and Bluebeam Revu stack up very well with each other. I would suggest running a demo of both, and pick the one that is easiest for you. Our employee's with Acrobat experience took a … Incentivized Helpful? Michelle Lyn Paddock Finance Coordinator in Finance and Accounting at Blue Heron (Real Estate, 201-500 employees) Chose Bluebeam It is just more advanced in terms of functionality. Bluebeam has far more features for collaboration, document sharing and marking up. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Bluebeam Bluebeam is targeted towards construction professional and offers features and built-in markups that I use everyday. Acrobat is a generic program that requires more training and set-up for use specific to construction and design. Bluebeam was more cost-effective than Acrobat, … Incentivized Helpful? Babar Tahirkheli Senior Proposal Manager in Sales at Pentair (Architecture & Planning, 201-500 employees) Chose Bluebeam Bluebeam has more enhanced features than Adobe. Incentivized Helpful? Kevin Patrick Owner at Designers Ink (Architecture & Planning, 1-10 employees) Chose Bluebeam Years ago I used Adobe which was not well suited for CAD drawings. I soon found Bluebeam which at the time was a wonderful game changer. Sadly, my recent experience has caused me to begin searching elsewhere for new software. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User Chose Bluebeam Much better. The features are greater, the layout is better and you can just do so much more. The features alone and what you can do with it makes it worth it. Also, it allows for you to edit and create in a much more user friendly way. All of our engineers love using it … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Bluebeam Bluebeam Revu is a no-brainer in the AEC space. Stop wasting money on owning adobe and Revu. Revu can replace all of your Adobe usage. With a good change management process, Revu can meet the needs of your entire organization. The Bluebeam team will be with you every step … Incentivized Helpful? Bob Kramer, RCDD, LEED AP Principal in Engineering at CR2 Engineering (Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Bluebeam Revu was much easier to use, more cost-effective, and is more generally used in the construction and design industry than Adobe. We found Adobe to be more of a resource hog, as well as being bloated with offers for other Adobe applications, which many times would slow down a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User Chose Bluebeam I select Bluebeam Revu when I have to as directed by the client or the owner. Otherwise, when the user does not need such a specific or robust piece of software, I usually go to one of the less expensive competitor's PDF editors. They suite our needs just fine and cost half … Incentivized Helpful? Heather MacLean Administrative Assistant in Corporate at Strategic Construction, Ltd. (Construction, 51-200 employees) Chose Bluebeam Bluebeam definitely blows Adobe out of the water in the basic to the basic comparison. You will have to do more research on how exactly to use all the tools if you have never used the program before such as myself. Incentivized Helpful? Jill Liegghio Accounts Payable Manager in Finance and Accounting at Barton Malow Company (Construction, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Bluebeam Bluebeam Revu has a much more sophisticated interface that allows you to mark up documents in many different ways. It can store tools for standard markup use. It provides digital signatures which can be very useful for many document types. By creating a Revu studio, multiple … Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Smith Safety and Project Manager in Corporate at Century Exteriors, Inc. (Construction, 11-50 employees) Chose Bluebeam We've used these other products in conjunction with Bluebeam mainly because Bluebeam lacks RFI/COR/PO/Mark-up/revision tracking, and doesn't handle punch lists or tasks. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Bluebeam Adobe is good for viewing PDFs, but as far as how PDFs are utilized in construction, Bluebeam is hands-down the best program I have used. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Bluebeam The newer Adobe interfaces are poor. Adobe does not do as well with drawing markup or takeoff tools. Adobe does seem to render some drawing files more quickly though. Adobe text document markup feels a bit more polished. Bluebeam was selected for better tools specific to … Incentivized Helpful? Oliver Philippe Goulart Young Facility Designer I in Engineering at Studio Slab (Architecture & Planning, 10,001+ employees) Chose Bluebeam Much more complete than the competition. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User Chose Bluebeam Revu is far better than Foxit and Adobe Pro. We use it every day and it far exceeds the capabilities of those programs. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Bluebeam Bluebeam Revu is a better product than Adobe because it focuses more on achieving construction related goals. We selected Bluebeam Revu because others in our office had used it and recommended that we integrate it throughout the company. Incentivized Helpful?	Foxit Software Tim Edwards General Office Accounting Administrator in Finance and Accounting at Magnetic Shield Corporation (Mining Metals, 11-50 employees) Chose Foxit PDF Editor Foxit PDF Editor meets all of our business needs in terms of a PDF editor software. The price for Adobe Acrobat Pro was cost-prohibitive. Incentivized Helpful? Steven Sheasby President in Corporate at Integrity Mortgage Licensing (Financial Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Foxit PDF Editor Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom) is cheaper and easier to purchase and renew. It's layout is easier to navigate. They have used the same type of layout as Microsoft Office products so it is easier for Team Members to find what they need. It also has a few more features than Ad… Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Foxit PDF Editor FoxitPhantom PDF is a no-brainer when compared to Adobe Acrobat. It is extremely cheaper for virtually the same product. It has all of the features that I loved about Adobe Acrobat, but for a fraction of the price. I would say FoxitPhantom PDF isn't just competitive - it's the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Foxit PDF Editor We were looking at ways to help reduce our license costs, and that is what made us look into alternatives to Adobe Acrobat. The license costs about half of what we were spending for Adobe, so it was a straightforward choice for us to make. Aside from a learning curve associated … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Foxit PDF Editor FoxitPhantom PDF is a cheaper alternative to Adobe Acrobat. It can get the job done with basic PDF needs, but the user experience is not a slick as the Adobe products with the recent updates. Foxit was ultimately selected to reduce the costs for a basic PDF reader and editing … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Foxit PDF Editor FoxitPhantom PDF has all the same basic features that Adobe Acrobat carries, except I have personally found the editing and annotating features to be superior with FoxitPhantom. Not to mention it feels like Adobe Acrobat comes with more bloated software, whereas FoxitPhantom … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Foxit PDF Editor In my experience, Foxit Phantom PDF offers the exact same functions and abilities that Adobe Acrobat does. Our company chose Foxit because it was significantly less expensive. Incentivized Helpful? Julián González Production and Operation Manager in Manufacturing at Bloomstar (Wholesale, 201-500 employees) Chose Foxit PDF Editor I would say that when you want to get a bigger share of the market and take business from long time consolidated applications like Acrobat, you really need to try harder and give something more to the user to be able to change their mind and switch to Foxit. In our case … Incentivized Helpful? Nick Bencivenga Chief Operating Officer in Information Technology at Dharma Merchant Services (Financial Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Foxit PDF Editor Acrobat doesn't get close. It feels like the kid version of what a PDF viewer/editor should be. Features are mangled, they're not intuitive, and things are unnecessarily locked down. FoxIt gets rid of the BS and gives you the tools you need to edit your docs like a pro, for a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Foxit PDF Editor FoxitPhantom PDF is better Adobe Acrobat DC. I just like that is cheaper and easier to use. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Foxit PDF Editor In our case Cost was the deciding factor. We don't have a need for any advanced tools or features. Our use cases involve merging or splitting up documents, e-signatures and simple markups. Incentivized Helpful? Douglas S Bush Owner, ITMSP/MSSP, and Lead Consultant in Information Technology at Hearthside Business Systems (Information Technology Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Foxit PDF Editor Foxit PDF Editor had the most tools that I frequently use and it had them right where I expected them. All of the others that I demoed either lacked tools I use often or were not nearly as intuitive to use. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Foxit PDF Editor Foxit PDF Editor is much more intuitive than Adobe and Apple Preview and some other PDF editors. The interface and UI are easier to manage and collaborate with, and export cleanly. It is also a good tool for more simple design projects. It's easier to merge multiple PDFs and … Incentivized Helpful? Chris Johnson IT Administrator in Information Technology at Direct Lenders, LLC (Financial Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Foxit PDF Editor Better value with the same functionality, often exceeding in many ways. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Foxit PDF Editor Foxit comes with an offline solution that can be deployed across the company. The price is good, compared with Adobe but a bit less competitive than Kofax. The interface compared to other mentioned tools is easy to deal with and seems to be intuitive for the users who uses … Incentivized Helpful? Brant Legendre Attorney in Legal at Gordon McKernan Injury Attorneys (Law Practice, 51-200 employees) Chose Foxit PDF Editor I have used Adobe is the past, and it worked just fine. However, I felt that in order to complete the tasks I needed to, I was having to take 4-5 steps just to do one thing. With Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom), most of the issues I ran into with Adobe were one simple click … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Foxit PDF Editor FoxitPhantom contains all the functionalities that you want from Adobe such as creating PDFs, editing PDFs, sharing PDFs, encrypting PDFs, and being a cheaper alternative. The user interface is very intuitive and matches up well with other common software like Microsoft Word … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Foxit PDF Editor Foxit has its own use. Compared to Bluebeam, Foxit is a way more affordable option. Foxit is a great and affordable solution for most users. The program doesn’t quite stack up against Bluebeam as far as features go. But that’s also why Bluebeam costs $350 and Foxit only costs … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Foxit PDF Editor Can't beat the cost and quality when compared to the more well known competitor software suites. Also much better than the random, not so well made and supported similar software out there. FoxitPhantom PDF is a solid tool to have on your computer, you will not be disappointed. Incentivized Helpful? Jay Werth Principal / Campaign Manager at Convergent Nonprofit Solutions (Non-profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees) Chose Foxit PDF Editor FoxitPhantom PDF does everything Adobe does and much quicker from the program opening to saving files. Incentivized Helpful? Marc Shaffer CEO in Corporate at US DataVault, Inc (Computer & Network Security, 11-50 employees) Chose Foxit PDF Editor Simpler to use, just as functional if not more so. Better, smoother integration. We went with it because of its wide functionality and client support. Overall, for the money, it is better and more reliable software. Incentivized Helpful? Brian Hopper Account Executive in Sales at Method Technologies (Computer Networking, 11-50 employees) Chose Foxit PDF Editor Same functionality for less cost. Not as pretty as Adobe, but gets the job done all the same. Incentivized Helpful? Jeremiah Alexander Systems Manager in Corporate at Alexander Screw Products, Inc. (Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 51-200 employees) Chose Foxit PDF Editor FoxitPhantom PDF works just as well for a fraction of the price, and I feel more secure not using an adobe product on my computer. While the feature sets are very similar Foxit is both easier to use personally and easier to teach to new employees. We used Adobe for several … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Foxit PDF Editor All the features we need without being forced to overpay for Adobe. Lightweight on system resources. Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
	97% Would buy again 897 Answers	94% Would buy again 17 Answers	100% Would buy again 24 Answers
	Delivers good value for the price
	95% Delivers good value for the price 768 Answers	93% Delivers good value for the price 14 Answers	100% Delivers good value for the price 22 Answers
	Happy with the feature set
	97% Happy with the feature set 899 Answers	94% Happy with the feature set 17 Answers	100% Happy with the feature set 24 Answers
	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
	96% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 594 Answers	92% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 11 Answers	100% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 19 Answers
	Implementation went as expected
99% Implementation went as expected 683 Answers	92% Implementation went as expected 11 Answers	100% Implementation went as expected 21 Answers

Features

Adobe Acrobat

Bluebeam

Foxit PDF Editor

Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Adobe Acrobat and Bluebeam and Foxit PDF Editor
Feature	Adobe Acrobat - Ratings	Bluebeam 10.0 1 Ratings 26% above category average	Foxit PDF Editor - Ratings
Dashboards	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Standard reports	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Custom reports	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Data exportability	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Construction Project & Field Management features of Adobe Acrobat and Bluebeam and Foxit PDF Editor
Feature	Adobe Acrobat - Ratings	Bluebeam 9.8 54 Ratings 25% above category average	Foxit PDF Editor - Ratings
Plan distribution & viewing	00 Ratings	9.752 Ratings	00 Ratings
Plan markups & sharing	00 Ratings	9.854 Ratings	00 Ratings
Issue tracking & punchlists	00 Ratings	9.733 Ratings	00 Ratings
Photo documentation	00 Ratings	9.736 Ratings	00 Ratings
Jobsite reports	00 Ratings	9.831 Ratings	00 Ratings
Document sharing	00 Ratings	9.847 Ratings	00 Ratings
RFI tools	00 Ratings	9.835 Ratings	00 Ratings
Collaboration & approvals	00 Ratings	9.842 Ratings	00 Ratings
As-built drawings	00 Ratings	9.845 Ratings	00 Ratings
Mobile app	00 Ratings	10.027 Ratings	00 Ratings
Submittal design and management	00 Ratings	9.821 Ratings	00 Ratings
Checklists	00 Ratings	9.93 Ratings	00 Ratings
Change orders	00 Ratings	9.93 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Estimating features of Adobe Acrobat and Bluebeam and Foxit PDF Editor
Feature	Adobe Acrobat - Ratings	Bluebeam 9.6 29 Ratings 24% above category average	Foxit PDF Editor - Ratings
Takeoff tools	00 Ratings	9.728 Ratings	00 Ratings
Job costing	00 Ratings	8.45 Ratings	00 Ratings
Cost databases	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Cost calculator	00 Ratings	10.02 Ratings	00 Ratings
Bid creation	00 Ratings	9.98 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of PDF Editors features of Adobe Acrobat and Bluebeam and Foxit PDF Editor
Feature	Adobe Acrobat - Ratings	Bluebeam - Ratings	Foxit PDF Editor 9.0 5 Ratings 4% above category average
Edit Text and Images	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	9.24 Ratings
Merge or Split PDFs	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	9.95 Ratings
Add Annotations	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	9.75 Ratings
Text Recognition (OCR)	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	8.45 Ratings
Page Management	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	9.35 Ratings
Form Creation and Editing	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	6.85 Ratings
Secure PDFs	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	9.55 Ratings
Convert to Different Formats	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	8.55 Ratings
Comment and Review Tools	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	9.65 Ratings
Undo and Redo Actions	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	9.65 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Adobe Acrobat	Bluebeam	Foxit PDF Editor
Likelihood to Recommend	8.9 (967 ratings)	9.9 (66 ratings)	9.2 (35 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.9 (46 ratings)	1.0 (2 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Usability	8.5 (382 ratings)	9.8 (4 ratings)	9.3 (9 ratings)
Availability	8.6 (4 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	5.1 (11 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	9.6 (64 ratings)	1.0 (11 ratings)	8.9 (11 ratings)
Online Training	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.9 (16 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	7.7 (5 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	3.9 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	8.0 (9 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	7.3 (5 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Professional Services	7.3 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	5.9 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	6.1 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Adobe Acrobat	Bluebeam	Foxit PDF Editor
Likelihood to Recommend	Adobe In my opinion there isn't a better document program that works with everyone. In a previous role; I had advocated for staff across departments to get Adobe Acrobat licenses because they kept sending every little thing to me since I had the main Adobe license. It really made their departments (sales & finance) run much smoother for a very minimal cost. Incentivized Scott Draft Senior Graphic Designer Read full review	Bluebeam The program is great for editing construction drawings, stamping/approving official documents and overlaying revised documents to see design changes. You can use it as an estimating takeoff tool, estimating database, document control, cloud document storage, the list goes on! Bluebeam poses many applications for the user to utilize for the desired needs. There may be some other software that has one specific function that can perform the specific task better, but Bluebeam is a holistic program with many tools for use. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Foxit Software Great for marking up depositions or pleadings with highlights, comments, and notes during case review. Supports Bates stamping, password protection, and other features often required for electronic filing. Built-in tools allow for quick and secure redaction of privileged or confidential information before sharing or filing. Less appropriate if you needed to work on real time collaboration or building complex form templates from scratch. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Pros	Adobe It is easy to sign and send a document. It makes it easy to scan and save a document. It is easy to add text to any document. You can create an editable PDF form for others to complete based on the questions you include. You can create and send a secure document to a client for their signature. It is easy to add photos to any document. Incentivized Dominic Liberoni Practice Manager Read full review	Bluebeam Once you set Bluebeam Revu as your default PDF handler, it launches immediately when clicking a PDF to open. The speed with which it opens documents is impressive. Creating PDF's out of other documents, such as Word, Excel, JPG's, etc. is simple. Digitally signing documents is a simple, secure process. You can keep your signature password-protected, yet still access it quickly. The Bluebeam Revu mobile application ( I use the iOS version on an iPad Pro), is awesome. Not only does it handle PDF's like you would expect it to, it allows for effortless digital signing of documents on the fly. Nice to be able to quickly sign a document and email right back out from the tablet no matter where I am. Incentivized Tim Corbett General Manager Read full review	Foxit Software FoxitPhantom carries superior editing tools over Adobe Acrobat and similar products. It allows you to modify text, images, & objects in a more robust fashion Integrates well with Microsoft Office products such as Word, PPT, & Excel Allows you to work in a nearly paperless environment Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Cons	Adobe I wish the backward compatibility was a little more friendly. PDFLyer had to be updated sooner that we would like when we updated from Adobe 2017 to Adobe 2026. I wish it had list processing like Excel where it could remove duplicates, change formatting, etc. Sometimes after an update we lose our plugins and have to restablish the connection to the plugin or reinstall. Incentivized Andrew Indovina Infrastructure Support Specialist Read full review	Bluebeam If you have several tabs open and you try to drag one out for a side by side view then you do not have all the modification options and you have to combine them back together. There is a lag time when hitting the print option. There is also a lag time when opening files, sometimes I think the window is frozen. I wish the basic version also had basic file editing, as in editing a document as Adobe does. Incentivized Heather MacLean Administrative Assistant Read full review	Foxit Software I have a dual monitor setup at work and there are times when I wish that I could view pdf documents on both monitors at the same time. I have not yet figured out how to do that with FoxitPhantom as it appears to limit the user to displaying multiple pdf documents as separate tabs on the same screen. If dual screen is an option in the software, it needs to be more apparent. I can't think of any other desired improvements. This software really does everything that I need it to do. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Adobe Adobe Acrobat works seamlessly with the other Adobe products we use that are industry-standard. We will certainly continue to use Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, meaning it will always be convenient to work seamlessly with Adobe Acrobat for our organization. We are happy with the performance of Acrobat and it's meets our expectations. Incentivized Avery Chipman Interior Designer Read full review	Bluebeam Bluebeam is a powerful PDF viewer and mark-up tool. We are more familiar with it than Adobe Acrobat Pro or other viewers, and it has more features geared towards construction document managers than Acrobat Pro does. Incentivized Michael Savala Assistant Account Manager Read full review	Foxit Software Because very few editors are so easy to use and deploy backed by speed and performance. Foxit PDF is known for its speed and performance, allowing users to open and work with PDF files quickly and efficiently Foxit's user-friendly interface is easy to navigate and use, making it a popular choice for users who are new to PDF software. Verified User Read full review
Usability	Adobe I would say overall, the product is great and as someone who has used it for many years now, I'm quite familiar with the ins and outs of the application. However, we found that when users were shown it for the first time and a bit after, they would feel a bit overwhelmed by the options and what everything meant. I think the UI could be simplified or an option to have a simplified mode and an advanced mode added. Incentivized Scott William Halewood UI / UX Designer Read full review	Bluebeam I'm constantly finding that Bluebeam Revu does more than I knew it could. And when I find something that it can't do, I've found that Bluebeam truly listens to its user base and will work to incorporate any good suggestion when feasible. Incentivized Ernest King Construction Operations & Process Manager Read full review	Foxit Software Foxit PDF Editor works the way my brain works, so everything is where I expect it intuitively and that makes me hugely efficient. I love how all of the various features are laid out logically in tabs such as Fill & Sign, Organize, Form, etc. with the tools I expect to find where I expect to find them. Incentivized Douglas S Bush Owner, ITMSP/MSSP, and Lead Consultant Read full review
Reliability and Availability	Adobe We have not had availability issues with Adobe Acrobat, or at least none that I am personally aware of. Some may encounter crashes of the software during outages of electricity in their city or neighborhood, which no one can plan for, but with generators in our organization, we have been lucky not to have outages Incentivized Rod Lott Manager of Marketing Strategy Read full review	Bluebeam No answers on this topic	Foxit Software No answers on this topic
Performance	Adobe One of the best features of Adobe Acrobat is its speed and stability. When dealing with massive multi-page files, having to reload a crashed program over and over again would slow down progress unnecessarily. And expanding on that, having the table of contents generated allows me to skip to different pages with ease, a necessary feature with exceptionally long files. word searches are even more helpful with text recognition. Incentivized Daniel Epstein Senior Clinical Quality Analyst Read full review	Bluebeam No answers on this topic	Foxit Software FoxitPhantom PDF integrates very well with the Microsoft Office products, which is where I found I use this the most. It performs about as well as can be expected, without any out of place latency. Whether it be merging, deleting, editing or rearranging pages, its performance holds up even with larger documents. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Support Rating	Adobe For a while, Acrobat DC crashed pretty frequently. I contacted Adobe Acrobat support about the problem. At first support was unable to provide a solution. After about a month Adobe's software engineers provided a fix. I just wish it had taken less than a month to solve the problem. Incentivized Bradley Pearce Managing Member Read full review	Bluebeam Its hard for me to give a rating on this one as we rarely have to use the support feature for Bluebeam. However, when we have used it, they have been ultra supportive in helping us get exactly what we needed. I know another engineer was trying to figure out a feature and the rep gave a detailed tutorial on how to complete the task Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Foxit Software I haven't personally had interaction with the customer support from FoxitPhantom, however based on conversations I have had with members in the organization, I was given positive feedback. Their website has a lot of information and tutorials. If you need to contact them, they are quick to respond. User manuals are readily available. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Online Training	Adobe Answered basic questions. Incentivized Michael Craven President Read full review	Bluebeam No answers on this topic	Foxit Software No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating	Adobe I was not involved with the implementation process, so I cannot answer this question. However, when it was installed on my computer system, they did so virtually. I just sat there while they took control of my computer over the network and watch them install it, lickety split Incentivized Rod Lott Manager of Marketing Strategy Read full review	Bluebeam No answers on this topic	Foxit Software No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Adobe Adobe Acrobat has the most premium features that other software can't offer. The seamless UI is consistent on any device, and the ease of use. The security and the advanced AI features are what you won't get on any other platforms or apps. Incentivized Md Ashraful Islam Senior Brand Designer Read full review	Bluebeam We feel there is not another program out there that would compare to Bluebeam at this current time. Some of the other programs out there do not include studio or the overlaying process which is one of our main uses. The ease of hyperlinking makes this product stand out the most. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Foxit Software I would say that when you want to get a bigger share of the market and take business from long time consolidated applications like Acrobat, you really need to try harder and give something more to the user to be able to change their mind and switch to Foxit. In our case licensing was an important factor and at the beginning we had a small learning curve with users asking how to open PDF files and what was that orange icon. The truth is that we as users accepted the new software happily because simply said: it does the job. After using Foxit I would not go back to Acrobat, I like better the connectivity, the simplicity and the way it manages the tabs. Incentivized Julián González Production and Operation Manager Read full review
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	Adobe I am not responsible for sales or purchasing Incentivized Sean Moore Marketing Specialist Read full review	Bluebeam No answers on this topic	Foxit Software No answers on this topic
Scalability	Adobe I find that many users aren't aware of many features of the software they use, nor may they be comfortable with learning multiple-step processes. For the simplest of PDF purposes (scanning, downloading, exporting), it gets a thumbs-up. For anything involving electronic signatures, meh--causes eyes to glaze over, or forgetting what all is involved. Incentivized Jamie Caroland Independent Consultant Read full review	Bluebeam No answers on this topic	Foxit Software No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Adobe Definitely a positive ROI when I can receive clear notes/direction on edits for a PDF via Acrobat's comment system, rather than chicken scratch on a printed document. The ability to password-protect my PDFs so I can make sure only the workforce I want to see the information has been priceless! As I mentioned before, a huge positive impact is the ability to edit PDFs without having to return to the original file's native software. Incentivized Mark Rhodes Communications Manager Read full review	Bluebeam A major positive aspect is being able to take your computer home without taking the entire set of paper drawings. They have made it so easy to navigate a set of drawings that I can work at home using only the digital drawings. Collaboration with owners and architects has been a great feature. Setting up a Bluebeam studio and having everyone get in and mark things up, then having the architect be able to go in and see what markups have been added, has made the constructability review process much much better. Even when not working on drawings, Bluebeam is a very good tool for working with standard PDF documents. The markup tools are very easy to use. The negative aspect is the takeoff function because some people would like estimators to use the Bluebeam takeoff because it would make their job easier down the road; however, the actual act of doing a full scale takeoff in Bluebeam would require much more time. Incentivized Charlie Jewkes Estimator Read full review	Foxit Software We have cut our mailed AR by over 60% by exporting to foxit and emailing. We have cleared an entire room to be used as additional office space by scanning in old documents. The feature that allows you to directly type onto PDFs has increased our quality control by allowing us to highlight or add notes to important info. Incentivized Jeremiah Alexander Systems Manager Read full review
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