Adobe Acrobat vs. Bluebeam vs. Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

Adobe Acrobat

4,014 Reviews and Ratings

Bluebeam

429 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

1,356 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
Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Office 2016 is the familiar suite of Office products including applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for use on a single PC or Mac. The 2016 is no longer available for sale from Microsoft, and support is at an end since 2020.	N/A

Pricing

Adobe Acrobat

Bluebeam

Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

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

No answers on this topic

Pricing Offerings
Adobe Acrobat	Bluebeam	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Free Trial
Yes	Yes	No
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	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
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? Avery Chipman Interior Designer in Professional Services at EOP Architects (Architecture & Planning, 51-200 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat The most important factor in choosing and using Adobe Acrobat is that it is an Adobe Suite software and nicely integrates with the other Adobe software we use to create print projects, such as InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. It is also convenient that Acrobat has the free … Incentivized Helpful? Laci Fitch Marketing Coordinator in Marketing at Beckenhauer Construction (Construction, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat I prefer Adobe Acrobat to Bluebeam because it has the functionality that I need and because I use so many other Adobe products, it's an easy transition for me. Bluebeam is much more cumbersome and really just has more construction-focused functionality that I don't need on a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat We actually use adobe alongside Bluebeam to supliment some of the layer features when looking at plans and layouts. We still use Adobe for ease of use for documents or contracts. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat I use adobe for quick efforts with large PDFs, like combining them with other PDFs or optimizing the file size. I use Bluebeam when I need to spend time working on the PDF and adding comments, color, and other medications. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat I found Adobe Acrobat far more intuitive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat is very comparable to Microsoft office. They share the same tools and functions. Incentivized Helpful? Paul Berardis admistrative project manager at Rhode Island Judiciary (Judiciary, 51-200 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat have not tried any major competitor against Acrobat, but have used Microsoft Word to edit and create documents in PDF file format. does not have all the same options and features as Acrobat. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Initially we went with standardization, we were users of the Creative Cloud Suite and thought across the board would be the way to go. Pricing was a big factor, and it was good at that time. We have started to go a different direction as the price has increased and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat is the standard and the easy to use package prevailed over the competition. There are free alternatives out there but they do not offer an as intuitive or use-friendly package. Incentivized Helpful? Dom Pullano PRESIDENT in Professional Services at PCM Associates Ltd (Financial Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Nitro did not always provide updates in a timely manner. I also had issues with it being available on multiple platforms. Incentivized Helpful? TOWANDA STEWART Graduate Assistant at Capella University (E-Learning, 501-1000 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat This is another great product! Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat We do use Microsoft Office for document creation, but documents are always concerted to PDF prior to being distributed outside of our organization. We find PDF to be a better file format for sharing as opposed to docx files. Incentivized Helpful? Rick Harris Principal at Cerity Partners (Financial Services, 201-500 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat I have limited experience with Foxit PDF Editor, but use PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor extensively, and have used it for more than a decade. In my limited experience, Foxit PDF Editor was superior to Adobe Acrobat DC in virtually every way, but my familiarity with PDF Xchange … Incentivized Helpful? Che Odom Marketing and Business Administrator at Rabren General Contractors, Inc. (Construction, 201-500 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat DC is easier to use and more intuitive than BlueBeam, we prefer Bluebeam for operations teams because it offers to scale and measuring for construction documents that our operations teams need, however, would prefer the Adobe suite for ease of use, and familiarity … Incentivized Helpful? Erin Drake Director of Marketing in Marketing at Browning Investments (Construction, 51-200 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat I don't use Bluebeam, but many of my coworkers do - particularly when it comes to construction plans and surveys. They tend not to use Adobe Acrobat DC as much, sticking to Bluebeam for everything, but because they have the software they do not have difficulty using Adobe … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat DC stacks up well against Foxit PDF Editor. But Foxit doesn't require an annual/monthly subscription. Can't really compare Bluebeam with Adobe, as Bluebeam is such a robust a powerful PDF program that is well geared towards the construction industry. Incentivized Helpful? Pamela Mitchell Design & Construction Project Assistant in Engineering at North Park Management Company (Retail, 51-200 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat When it came down to the final decision on choosing to go with Adobe Acrobat DC, it came down to the one that most of our team was comfortable working with and what they found easiest to use. It seemed that more people liked how you navigate through and use Adobe Acrobat DC … Incentivized Helpful? Anastasia Globa Lecturer in Computational Design and Advanced Manufacturing (Architecture) at University of Sydney (Education Management, 10,001+ employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat DC is the most superior tool for creating and editing PDF files. All the functionality is already included in the software. No need to look further. The only time you might need to use Illustrator or InDesign is when you create graphically heavy content. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat I like Acrobat because it feels like the company pays attention to it and improves it regularly without affecting core functionality. Kofax Power PDF was more difficult to use, and it felt neglected, only getting an update maybe once every year or so. Incentivized Helpful? Heather MacLean Project Administrator in Corporate at Strategic Construction, Ltd. (Construction, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Our field team uses Bluebeam. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Acrobat is a software preferred especially for document types shared digitally. Earlier alternatives are Microsoft Office solutions. The prominent difference of Acrobat is that it can be printed, edited, can convert all kinds of documents into PDF and also allows creating a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat There really is no product that compares when it comes to pdf management. Currently Adobe has a corner on the market. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat There are still some employees who prefer to use Word instead of Adobe for their editing. However, they still use Adobe Acrobat DC in order to export to Word. They are just more familiar with Word and due to their comfort level, they don't want to be bothered with using the … 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? 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? Aaron Graves Estimator in Professional Services at Power Construction (Construction, 201-500 employees) Chose Bluebeam Bluebeam is above comparison for the construction industry. They've invested everything into delivering the features that everyone needs and making them as simple to use as possible. Their customer service is unparalleled in listening to the features their customers want and … Incentivized Helpful?	Discontinued Products Michael Kim Contracts Specialist in Legal at JUUL Labs (Internet, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) We did not evaluate other products. The company already had an enterprise license with Microsoft for the Office Suite, and we were able to get a license and installation of our product by using our company email address. The other option was using free tools, which I know from … Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Shannon Senior System Administrator in Information Technology at Packaging & Distribution Resources (Warehousing, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Office is by far the most compatible of all the options we looked at and it integrates with Exchange email servers really well, so its an easy choice for us. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) In terms of Layout, functionality, versatility, I believe that Microsoft Office, is in general, the standard to follow. Nonetheless, depending on the requirements, LibreOffice and Google Drive may provide the tools and functionality needed for many users. Furthermore, the … Incentivized Helpful? Wesley Renton Teacher at Stirling Primary School (Education Management, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) The only similar products I have used would be Google Sheets, Google Docs and Google Slides. These are similar, but Microsoft Office products have more functionality. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Microsoft Office is the best and has been the best for years. 10 years into the workforce and there are no other comparable programs that stack up. Incentivized Helpful? Eric Omondi Customer Support in Customer Service at waba.co.ke (Consumer Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Yes, it's true that there are a lot of alternatives to Microsoft Office 2016 including: * Google Docs. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) I have used Google Drive in the past. I found that I get a lot more storage space with Microsoft Office than I do with Google Drive. I also use PowerPoint a lot when doing proposals, and Google Drive contains nothing of the sort. It is a lot easier to use, and I am used to … Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
	97% Would buy again 897 Answers	94% Would buy again 17 Answers	93% Would buy again 50 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	94% Delivers good value for the price 47 Answers
	Happy with the feature set
	97% Happy with the feature set 899 Answers	94% Happy with the feature set 17 Answers	96% Happy with the feature set 52 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	98% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 40 Answers
	Implementation went as expected
99% Implementation went as expected 683 Answers	92% Implementation went as expected 11 Answers	98% Implementation went as expected 41 Answers

Features

Adobe Acrobat

Bluebeam

Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Adobe Acrobat and Bluebeam and Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Feature	Adobe Acrobat - Ratings	Bluebeam 10.0 1 Ratings 26% above category average	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) - 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 Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Feature	Adobe Acrobat - Ratings	Bluebeam 9.8 54 Ratings 25% above category average	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) - 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	9.836 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 Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Feature	Adobe Acrobat - Ratings	Bluebeam 9.6 29 Ratings 24% above category average	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) - 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

Best Alternatives
	Adobe Acrobat	Bluebeam	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Small Businesses	M‑Files Score8.9 out of 10	CMiC Construction Platform Score7.5 out of 10	Google Workspace Score9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Esker Score7.4 out of 10	Autodesk Build Score8.6 out of 10	Google Workspace Score9.1 out of 10
Enterprises	Tungsten Capture Score9.5 out of 10	Revit Score8.9 out of 10	Microsoft 365 Business Premium Score9 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Adobe Acrobat	Bluebeam	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	8.9 (967 ratings)	9.9 (66 ratings)	7.5 (64 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.9 (46 ratings)	1.0 (2 ratings)	5.0 (3 ratings)
Usability	8.5 (382 ratings)	9.8 (4 ratings)	7.0 (3 ratings)
Availability	8.6 (4 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	5.1 (11 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.6 (64 ratings)	1.0 (11 ratings)	8.0 (45 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)	- (0 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	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
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	Discontinued Products I'd recommend [Microsoft] Office2016 for any business that has more than a couple of users, as the software is very scalable from just a small business to a large enterprise corporation. I don't know of any case where it might not be appropriate, as even home users and students use the software suite as well. 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	Discontinued Products Data manipulation. Excel takes the raw data we receive and allows us to digest it in ways that are useful to our business processes. Communication. Outlook serves as our primary means of communication and setting up appointments. Documentation. Word is the default standard when it comes to using a word processor and we are no different in this regard. Nearly every user has to use the application on a regular basis in order to accomplish their work. Incentivized Scott Herring Database Support Specialist 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	Discontinued Products Office 2016 professional edition can be priced for a single user license, it would be nice to see a drop in the pricing. Office 2016 home edition is a better price but does not include outlook 2016, so it is not a good fit for the workplace environments. Office 2016 can run slowly on older systems, so you need to make sure you have a machine that is 4 years old or less for it to run smoothly. Incentivized Andrew Shannon Senior System Administrator 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	Discontinued Products We believe that office 2016 offers the best value when it comes to features included out of the box. The software is used in its entirety by our organization and is easily supported by our staff of IT technicians. Users find this software to be easy to learn and easy to use with minimal learning curve. Incentivized Lochan Kalicharan Freelance Photographer 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	Discontinued Products It's fairly easy to use, but the automatic formatting or capturing of formatting when pasting is wonky - especially when there are outlines or other bullets/numbered lists. Fixing and sizing up tables can be annoying, and there are sometimes formatting issues that we just absolutely cannot fix for some reason Incentivized Michael Kim Contracts Specialist 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	Discontinued Products 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	Discontinued Products No answers on this topic
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	Discontinued Products I am an MS feedback hub participant and they certainly don't pay enough attention to several bugs several people raise it in the portal. For the enterprise, it seems to me based on my prior experience that yes, they have a dedicated team to support operations. For mid to small companies or single users, it has been a struggle. So, you are pretty much with MS Blogs and others. Incentivized Ricardo G Lopes English Interpreter & Translator Read full review
Online Training	Adobe Answered basic questions. Incentivized Michael Craven President Read full review	Bluebeam No answers on this topic	Discontinued Products 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	Discontinued Products 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	Discontinued Products We use Microsoft Office 2016 because at the time it was the best tool for us, but now with full attention to cloud products, we may be thinking of migrating our solution to a cloud service. Incentivized Hector Ochoa Network Engineer 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	Discontinued Products 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	Discontinued Products 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	Discontinued Products Microsoft Office 2016 saves me a lot of time daily. I have functions and macros set up that calculate and show me a lot of things just from a couple of my inputs. This would take full days sometimes if not for that. Apart from time, it saves me money, I manage data in Excel, I don't have to buy software specifically for that. Sooner or later my company will have to switch to new edition, which will hurt revenues because of a subscription model. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
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