Review together, live
Live Cursors and Spotlight keep the whole team on the same sheet, in real time.
Drawboard Projects vs Bluebeam
One live drawing set from first markup to closeout
Drawboard Projects gives AEC teams a shared review space where office, field, and outside reviewers work the same live drawings. Markups, comments, and Tasks sync within seconds, so a review runs as one live conversation on the drawing, with everyone seeing the current set and the open work the moment they open the project.
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Why AEC teams choose Drawboard Projects over Bluebeam
Group reviews that keep everyone on the same page
Drawboard Projects syncs markups and comments instantly, with Live Cursors showing who is pointing where, so a review feels like standing around the plans instead of talking over screen shares. And when the room needs to focus, Spotlight locks every participant onto the presenter's view as they move through the set.
Real-time sync
Live Cursors
Spotlight 
Every markup becomes owned, tracked action
Turn any markup into a Task or Issue pinned to the exact spot it concerns, with an owner, a due date, and a status.
Punch items, RFIs, and design queries all roll up into centralized lists your team can filter by assignee, discipline, or status.
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Custom statuses
Central Task List
Feedback carries across every revision
New revisions auto-stack, and title blocks are scanned on upload to cut down sheet sorting.
Markups, Tasks, and comment threads carry forward to each new revision, and Drawing Overlays compare up to five revisions at once to show exactly what changed.
Auto-stacked revisions
Carry-forwardDrawing Overlays
Consultants and clients review in the same workspace
Invite external reviewers straight into the project to comment and approve on the same live drawings as your team, no paid seat required.
Time-limited guest access on eligible plans covers client sign-offs and short consultant reviews without exporting a set.
Free guest reviewersTime-limited access
In-context approvals 
Compare Drawboard Projects vs Bluebeam on what matters
Pricing
Bluebeam Basics
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$260 per seat/year
Team / Bluebeam Core
$270 per seat/year
$330 per seat/year
Growth / Bluebeam Complete
$370 per seat/year
$440 per seat/year
Enterprise / Bluebeam Max
Custom pricing
$590 per seat/year
Key Features
Collaboration style
All drawings and documents are persistently live canvases
Temporary session-based collaboration
Pressure-sensitive ink
Essential markup tools
No training required
Issue tracking inside drawings
On-drawing discussion
Guest collaborator access
Share link to mark up in web app. Up to 6 months access
Download 30 day trial and create account
Cloud drawing overlay
File storage system
Microsoft Azure
Amazon AWS
Cloud revision management
Perpentual storage of collaborative markups
Session files deleted after 120 days
Document management integrations
SSO
Application
Native apps included with account
Web app for modern web browsers
Windows app
iPad app
Legacy Windows program
Licensing
Automatic major updates
One paid update per year
License type
Login - three concurrent devices
Single machine key
Pay-as-you-go option
Pay upfront option
Support included in license
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