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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bluebeam

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ABluebeam 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

    SafetyCulture

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/ASafetyCulture is an app for building checklists, conducting inspections, and creating instant reports. According to the vendor, SafetyCulture, it is used 35,000 times a day in over 80 countries and over 20 million audits have been conducted worldwide using SafetyCulture. SafetyCulture is the 2014 Winner for best Data Access and Collection and best IT or Business Tool at the Tabby Awards, a global awards program that recognises the best tablet apps. SafetyCulture is available for free through…

    $19

    per month

    Pricing
    BluebeamSafetyCulture
    Editions & Modules
    Basics
    $260
    per year per user
    Core
    $330
    per year per user
    Complete
    $440
    per year per user
    Max
    $590
    per year per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BluebeamSafetyCulture
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    BluebeamSafetyCulture
    Considered Both Products
    Bluebeam
    No answer on this topic
    SafetyCulture Pty Ltd
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    BluebeamSafetyCulture
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Bluebeam and SafetyCulture
    Feature
    Bluebeam
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    26% above category average
    SafetyCulture
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data exportability10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Construction Project & Field Management
    Comparison of Construction Project & Field Management features of Bluebeam and SafetyCulture
    Feature
    Bluebeam
    9.8
    54 Ratings
    25% above category average
    SafetyCulture
    -
    Ratings
    Plan distribution & viewing9.752 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plan markups & sharing9.854 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue tracking & punchlists9.733 Ratings00 Ratings
    Photo documentation9.736 Ratings00 Ratings
    Jobsite reports9.831 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document sharing9.847 Ratings00 Ratings
    RFI tools9.835 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration & approvals9.842 Ratings00 Ratings
    As-built drawings9.845 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app10.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Submittal design and management9.821 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checklists9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change orders9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Estimating
    Comparison of Estimating features of Bluebeam and SafetyCulture
    Feature
    Bluebeam
    9.6
    29 Ratings
    24% above category average
    SafetyCulture
    -
    Ratings
    Takeoff tools9.728 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job costing8.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost databases10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost calculator10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bid creation9.98 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    BluebeamSafetyCulture
    Small Businesses
    CMiC Construction Platform
    Score7.5 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Autodesk Build
    Score8.6 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Revit
    Score8.9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    BluebeamSafetyCulture
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (66 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.8
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (11 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BluebeamSafetyCulture
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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
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    SafetyCulture Pty Ltd
    I think any contractor could put the iAuditor platform to good use. The ability to build custom guides and reporting tools could be useful to just about any business. Only classified government or very high-security work may be a situation where the cloud-based iAuditor platform may not be appropriate.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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
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    SafetyCulture Pty Ltd
    • Regular checks
    • Quality and procurement
    • Company audits
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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
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    SafetyCulture Pty Ltd
    • I wish it was priced lower so I could deploy to more team members.
    • I wish I had additional control over how the report looked.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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
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    SafetyCulture Pty Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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
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    SafetyCulture Pty Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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
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    SafetyCulture Pty Ltd
    I have only once requested support and I received it in a timely manner
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    Alternatives Considered
    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
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    SafetyCulture Pty Ltd
    Haven't used any other off-the-shelf software that's similar.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    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
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    SafetyCulture Pty Ltd
    • Saving time for employees, meaning that they can get back to adding value.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Bluebeam Screenshots

    Screenshot of Bluebeam Cloud with Markup ListScreenshot of Bluebeam Cloud with Tool ChestScreenshot of Bluebeam Revu MarkupScreenshot of Bluebeam Revu Studio Session