Adobe Acrobat vs. Bluebeam vs. Smallpdf

Bluebeam

Smallpdf

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Adobe Acrobat	Score 8.8 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	Score 9.2 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.	$240 per year per user
Smallpdf	Score 6.6 out of 10	N/A	Made in Switzerland, Smallpdf is a company that offers a suite of document management tools for everyone-for work, for home, for life. Founded in Switzerland in 2013, Smallpdf provides what they describe as a simple, secure, and reliable answer to the world's PDF challenges. Smallpdf boasts serving over a billion users in 24 different languages since 2013, and in every country in the world.	$0

Pricing

Adobe Acrobat

Bluebeam

Smallpdf

Editions & Modules

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

Revu Standard: $349
per seat
Revu CAD: $449
per seat
Revu eXtreme: $599
per seat

Smallpdf Basic: $0.00
Smallpdf Pro: $12.00
per month
Smallpdf Pro: $108.00
per year

Offerings

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

Entry-level Setup Fee

Optional

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Discounts are available for bulk purchases

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Pricing Info

Community Pulse
	Adobe Acrobat	Bluebeam	Smallpdf
Considered Multiple Products	Adobe Acrobat Verified User Engineer Chose Adobe Acrobat I have used Smallpdf.com for splitting documents or rotating PDF pages but it's kind of a pain to have to upload each file and it's always a risk uploading documents to a website if those documents are confidential. It is also much slower than Acrobat DC. Yes, some of the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional 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 Employee 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? LF Laci Fitch Marketing Coordinator 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? Amanda Khan Client Coordinator / IT Recruiter Chose Adobe Acrobat In comparison to Smallpdf and iLovePDF, inevitably, Adobe Acrobat is the most popular and higher marketed software. Additionally, Smallpdf and iLovePDF are online conversion software, so your document needs to be uploaded to a cloud where it is converted and then you need to … Incentivized Helpful? Avery Chipman Interior Designer 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? Verified User Employee 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 Contributor Chose Adobe Acrobat I found Adobe Acrobat far more intuitive. Helpful? J Rio Fultz CEO Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat has been the market leader against these other solutions for our organization when needing more robust, enterprise grade features. Cost versus benefit has placed Adobe Acrobat at or near the top option for our organization. Some of the other solutions do … Incentivized Helpful? Muhammed Ronaq BS Founder of Finite X Reality Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat stands out because its more powefull and feature rich as compared to these free tools. and it offers more compatibilty, security and many other editing options in a single software. which is much suitable for professional work rather than these cheap alternatives. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat has more features and very convenient to use. Aside from that, because of the software integration of Adobe Acrobat. You can convert everything using that. The security feature of Adobe Acrobat is very reliable. Then you can access that with other Adobe Products … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose Adobe Acrobat I selected Adobe Acrobat because of the following reasons.. 1. It provides the Ai powered features and straight forward cloud integration which is not available with other providers. 2.Adobe Acrobat has global certifications of market standards for security and compliance areas. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director 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 Vice-President Chose Adobe Acrobat We liked Adobe Acrobat better due to the increased security versus other options. It also works easily with Microsoft and can be set as the default program to open PDFs. While some of the other options we evaluated offered similar interactions with non-Adobe products, Acrobat … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director 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? Che Odom Marketing and Business Administrator 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 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 Administrator 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? PM Pamela Mitchell Design & Construction Project Assistant 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? Orin Mamun Junior Frontend Developer Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat DC simplifies the process of editing and creating PDFs. With drag-and-drop functionality, it's simple to use. We can also choose to forego reading by utilizing the text-to-speech function. It's InDesign and Illustrator-compatible. Templates in Acrobat DC make it … Incentivized Helpful? Heather MacLean Project Administrator Chose Adobe Acrobat Our field team uses Bluebeam. Incentivized Helpful? JH JOAN HOPE Business Manager Chose Adobe Acrobat For my purposes, office administration versus engineering/project management, Adobe is more versatile. It's easier to combine documents, edit, bookmark, sign, fill out forms, design forms, etc. Incentivized Helpful? Graham Green Commercial Manager Chose Adobe Acrobat Having previously used Nitro Pro, we were pleased to gain the additional functionality that Adobe provides. Sending and tracking documents is much easier than on Nitro. The support function is slicker and quicker and there is a wider community of users to draw upon. I didn't … Incentivized Helpful? Benjamin Wyszynski Healthcare Associate Chose Adobe Acrobat I think Acrobat DC really makes its case against Revu because of the ability to edit text much easier and add signing areas where in Bluebeam you need to be very exact and do not have the ability to make changes of document that may not lend itself for editing. Incentivized Helpful?	Bluebeam Tim Corbett General Manager 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? Michael Carter General Superintendent 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? BP Brij Purohit Technology Design Engineer 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? Verified User Professional Chose Bluebeam It is better than Acrobat in my opinion. More features and more user-friendly. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional 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 Project Manager 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? Michelle Lyn Paddock Finance Coordinator 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 Project Manager 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 Chose Bluebeam Bluebeam has more enhanced features than Adobe. Incentivized Helpful? KP Kevin Patrick Owner 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 Consultant 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? Heather MacLean Administrative Assistant 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? Oliver Philippe Goulart Young Facility Designer I Chose Bluebeam Much more complete than the competition. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer 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 Consultant 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 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 Employee 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? Matthew Smith Safety and Project Manager 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? Jill Liegghio Accounts Payable Manager 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? Verified User Supervisor 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 Engineer 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? Verified User Project Manager 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 Technician 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 Project Manager 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 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?	Smallpdf Manuel Aguilar Geophysical Coordinator Chose Smallpdf When comparing Smallpdf to Adobe Acrobat the first thing that comes to mind immediately is how much cheaper Smallpdf is compared to Adobe. The difference has been huge for our company and has allowed us to save money while keeping the same quality level for the products … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Account Manager Chose Smallpdf I think that Smallpdf stacks up against its competitors in terms of easiness of use. The tool is very user-friendly, every feature is communicated in an efficient way and very simple to user so the user doesn't have to be particularly good at using software. Its features are … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Team Lead Chose Smallpdf Smallpdf has a wonderful free version and is extremely simple to use. Adobe Acrobat can be a bit jumpy and heaven forbid you click on the wrong icon and it will ask you to sign in over and over again. Smallpdf isn't always the prettiest to use, but it is the best to get the job … Incentivized Helpful? Ankit Kumar Sr UI UX Designer Chose Smallpdf Adobe is not so quick. It takes a lot of effort to do a job in it. but small PDFs do the same job as in the second. Even adobe Acrobat does not have as many features as Smallpdf. Smallpdf is like an ocean because you don't know ocean depth so a small pdf has so many features. Incentivized Helpful? AS Abraham Smythe Head of Acquisition Chose Smallpdf Smallpdf is a basic PDF editor platform. Overall, it is best for beginners and those who only need a PDF editor to make simple edits and changes. Would also recommend it to those with a smaller budget. If you prefer an advanced, all-in-one PDF editor and also use other Adobe … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Consultant Chose Smallpdf This is a more ethical decision. Adobe tends to lock you into their products and then charge you to end your contract. Smallpdf allows us to remain flexible and do our work at a lower cost. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Administrator Chose Smallpdf Smallpdf has had a great impact on our business since we moved to this software from Adobe which is more expensive, so we managed to save a lot of money for using it. Incentivized Helpful? DM Darren Megginson Software Quality Assurance Analyst Chose Smallpdf Smallpdf is accessible online as a web-based .pdf solution not like many software that must be installed on a computer. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose Smallpdf I used to convert my PDF files with LightPDF software. But It was slightly difficult for me to navigate on that software. The interface of that software was not very easy to understand. And compression result quality was also not satisfactory. So I selected Smallpdf for all my … Incentivized Helpful? Robert Foreman Designated Broker Chose Smallpdf Smallpdf is a cheaper alternative. There is no additional software to purchase, so no need to pay to upgrade licensing every year. I think it is easier to use, although it doesn't have as many tools or options as Adobe. Depending on what you use it for, I think it is a great … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Adobe Acrobat

Bluebeam

Smallpdf

Reporting & Analytics

Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
	Adobe Acrobat - Ratings	Bluebeam 10.0 1 Ratings 26% above category average	Smallpdf - 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

Construction Project & Field Management

Comparison of Construction Project & Field Management features of Product A and Product B
	Adobe Acrobat - Ratings	Bluebeam 9.6 54 Ratings 26% above category average	Smallpdf - Ratings
Plan distribution & viewing	00 Ratings	9.552 Ratings	00 Ratings
Plan markups & sharing	00 Ratings	9.654 Ratings	00 Ratings
Issue tracking & punchlists	00 Ratings	9.433 Ratings	00 Ratings
Photo documentation	00 Ratings	9.536 Ratings	00 Ratings
Jobsite reports	00 Ratings	9.631 Ratings	00 Ratings
Document sharing	00 Ratings	9.747 Ratings	00 Ratings
RFI tools	00 Ratings	9.635 Ratings	00 Ratings
Collaboration & approvals	00 Ratings	9.642 Ratings	00 Ratings
As-built drawings	00 Ratings	9.645 Ratings	00 Ratings
Mobile app	00 Ratings	10.027 Ratings	00 Ratings
Submittal design and management	00 Ratings	9.621 Ratings	00 Ratings
Checklists	00 Ratings	9.93 Ratings	00 Ratings
Change orders	00 Ratings	9.73 Ratings	00 Ratings

Estimating

Comparison of Estimating features of Product A and Product B
	Adobe Acrobat - Ratings	Bluebeam 9.5 29 Ratings 22% above category average	Smallpdf - Ratings
Takeoff tools	00 Ratings	9.428 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	9.88 Ratings	00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Adobe Acrobat	Bluebeam	Smallpdf
Likelihood to Recommend	8.8 (811 ratings)	9.8 (66 ratings)	8.7 (25 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.1 (45 ratings)	1.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	9.2 (254 ratings)	9.6 (4 ratings)	9.5 (6 ratings)
Availability	9.1 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	5.6 (10 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	9.4 (6 ratings)
Support Rating	9.3 (63 ratings)	1.0 (11 ratings)	9.9 (2 ratings)
Online Training	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.8 (15 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	7.9 (4 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	4.5 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	8.0 (8 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	6.8 (6 ratings)
Product Scalability	7.0 (4 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	1.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	1.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Adobe Acrobat	Bluebeam	Smallpdf
Likelihood to Recommend	Adobe If your work involves a lot of received PDFs, be it contracts, scanned docs, or multi-part files that need reorganizing before they go anywhere useful, Acrobat fits there well. It's basically what we use it for, and it does that job reliably enough. Where it gets less appropriate is anything collaborative or when you are on a tight budget: paying this much for a tool that slows down on heavy files and doesn't do real-time editing is hard to justify unless you genuinely need the OCR and format editing on the side. For a lighter use case, there are cheaper options that cover most of what people actually need. Incentivized Kaleem Ahmed Senior Software Engineer Read full review	Bluebeam, Inc. 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 Anonymous Read full review	Smallpdf As per my knowledge and experience, Small PDF is well suited when we want to convert the large and bulk processing on the images to convert them into a single file and share. I found it well suited for college students because daily they scan multiple images and merge them to send as a single assignment file. Smallpdf has the future in the education field. Sometimes it is less appropriate for the people who want to share official documents by converting them into pdf without a watermark. I personally really like the Small PDF, it really helped reduce the difficulty of sending files, and photos to others. Incentivized DJ DILIP JAIN Software Engineer Read full review
Pros	Adobe ISO standard PDF creation is critical for print production, so that there are no surprises on press. Adobe Acrobat's security features are simple to use, and effective. Most clients have no difficulty with the commenting features in Adobe Acrobat, which makes review quick and simple. Incentivized Alan Gilbertson Creative Director Read full review	Bluebeam, Inc. 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	Smallpdf It's PDF editing tool suite is extremely comprehensive. Drag & Drop functionality and intuitive user interface means non-technical users can easily use most of its features. It's online-first design avoids typical problems of depending on one specific computer for specific tasks. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Adobe For as amazing as Adobe Acrobat is, a lot of the time it does feel like one of the more clunky and slow Adobe programs. Ability to edit text! Adobe Acrobat sometimes struggles with fonts and editing the text ends up messing with the text in weird ways. It would be cool to have multiple versions of the same preflight single fixups! I use the same single fixup but need to adjust it for multiple sizes! I'd like to be able to save another version of it with the different sizes. Incentivized PT phillip Tusler Graphic Designer Read full review	Bluebeam, Inc. 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	Smallpdf It has everything I'm not sure what I will say. E-sign, Share, convert. You can give an option in upload priorities features which I can see later. Background remover thing also you can add in it. So I can remove the unnecessary thing from an image. You can add a chatbot for help. Incentivized Ankit Kumar Sr UI UX Designer 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, Inc. 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	Smallpdf No answers on this topic
Usability	Adobe It’s a very easy app to learn and software is essential. I feel like the app could load a bit faster but overall, is one of my go to apps. Makes reading and editing pdfs easy and I enjoy the usability of the app. It is definitely something I make sure to have downloaded on any computer I’m working from Incentivized HH Heidy Hernandez Graphic Designer Read full review	Bluebeam, Inc. 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	Smallpdf I give this rating to Smallpdf because it comes with a large array of tools and gadgets. It allows not only pdf reading but also mixing, splitting, conversion to and from pdf, pdf compression or protecting. It is really complete and it works excellent compared to other much more expensive alternatives in the market. Incentivized Manuel Aguilar Geophysical Coordinator 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, Inc. No answers on this topic	Smallpdf 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, Inc. No answers on this topic	Smallpdf 1.- Because it is easy to use and each function is duly indicated so you can not go wrong. 2.- Its service is fast, it takes only a few seconds to transform the files and in less than a minute it is downloaded and you can occupy it without problem. 4.-This IS online so you do not install anything, which is very useful because you can also use it from a tablet or your mobile AM Aura Munguia Cepeda Profesional de la enseñanza 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 BP Bradley Pearce Managing Member Read full review	Bluebeam, Inc. 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 Anonymous Read full review	Smallpdf Everything is so simple and works so well, you shouldn't need support, but on the one occasion in several years that I needed it, support was quick and courteous. JM Jason Morrell Founder and Creative Director Read full review
Online Training	Adobe Answered basic questions. Incentivized Michael Craven President Read full review	Bluebeam, Inc. No answers on this topic	Smallpdf 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, Inc. No answers on this topic	Smallpdf No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Adobe In my opinion, both complement each other. Microsoft clearly has with Copilot the AI Edge. However, the visual dynamics of Adobe Creative are Outstanding and provide a balanced approach to creativity, utilizing both Excellent, user-friendly Tools. Incentivized JR Joe Reddix President and CEO Read full review	Bluebeam, Inc. 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 Anonymous Read full review	Smallpdf I think that Smallpdf stacks up against its competitors in terms of easiness of use. The tool is very user-friendly, every feature is communicated in an efficient way and very simple to user so the user doesn't have to be particularly good at using software. Its features are superficial when compared to Acrobat but easiest to use for sure. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous 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, Inc. No answers on this topic	Smallpdf 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, Inc. No answers on this topic	Smallpdf No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Adobe Adobe Acrobat has saved us time in managing documents. In this day, everything is fast, moves fast, and keeping up with that pace demands software that functions at the same level. Adobe Acrobat does that. It has streamlined the steps I need to take to edit and create documents we need to manage our customers. Adobe Acrobat removes the worry and stress associated with managing a large influx of documents. Something as simple as a document featuring an image that was sent to us upside down. Using the old method, I would have to open other software, click 'Edit', find the 'Rotate Image' button, click it a couple of times, save it as a JPEG, then attach it to Word, and finally save it as a PDF. It was a grueling process that consumed a great deal of time. Now, I simply open the image, and Adobe automatically recognizes it is upside down and fixes it for me. I can save and move on; it literally takes me seconds. Amazing. Adobe Acrobat is intuitive and easy to use, and the additional apps are relevant to the needs that come up. If I have an idea, I can go to the available apps and find exactly what I need. Impressive and speaks to the years of experience this company has had to fine-tune its product and make it obvious that it is aggressive in staying on top. Incentivized DB Dennis Blocker Office Manager Read full review	Bluebeam, Inc. 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	Smallpdf It has definitely increased efficiency. Lower paid employees can complete a simple task with Smallpdf rather than having a higher paid employee use their time to do it differently. Smallpdf decreases the customer-response time. Being able to send over the proper sized file quickly makes us look great! Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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