Drawboard PDF v.

Bluebeam

Drawboard PDF a Bluebeam alternative

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Drawboard PDF

Designed to make beginners experts. Advanced PDF tools and features with a best-in-class UI that's easy to learn and even easier to use.

Get your team working together from day 1!

Bluebeam

Tools for highly technical users with document management, markup and automation tools. Requires onboarding and team training.

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Powerful PDF tools. Intuitive workspace.

Always-on collaboration

Keep everyone on the same page - Mark up, manage & measure in real time or in your own time.

Keep every document in one place

Maintain one single source of truth. Store drawings and documents in one centralized location and track markups & revisions seamlessly.

Mark up with the feel of pen on paper

Use your stylus or finger to replicate the tactile feel of pen and paper.

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price (USD per seat / year
Pro Plus /  Bluebeam Core
Unlimited / Complete
$83.92
$159.99
$
300
$
400
Markups+annotations
Shapes and lines
Yes
Text and links
Yes
Stamps
-
Yes
Markup Library
Yes
Audio notes
-
Yes
Snap to content
Yes
Snap to annotation
Yes
Signatures
Yes
Callouts
Yes
Form filling
Yes
Ink
Ink and draw
Yes
Pressure sensitive ink
Yes
Bezier curved ink
-
Yes
Smart ink: Ink to line & Ink to shape
-
Yes
Document Navigation
Word and phrase search
Yes
Annotation Visual Search
-
Yes
Document tags
-
Yes
Bookmarks
Yes
Outline
Yes
Documents dashboard
-
Yes
Multiple windows
Yes
collaboration+cloud
Collaborate with multiple users on same doc
Yes
Control sharing permissions
Yes
Collaborate with live cross platform syncing
-
Yes
Cross-platform
Windows
Yes
iOS
iPad only
Yes
macOS
-
Yes
Android
-
Yes
Web
Yes
Technical tools
Distance measurements
Yes
Area measurements
Yes
View, filter, sort annotations
Yes
Markups List / History
Yes
Volume
-
Yes
Tally / Count
-
Yes
Calibration
Yes
Ruler
Yes
Save and reuse markups
Yes
Protractor
Yes
Layers
-
Yes
Flags
-
Yes
OCR
Yes
View and Layout
Customizable toolbar
Yes
Portable small toolbar
-
Yes
Dark Mode / light mode
-
Yes
Customize menus and layout
Yes
Tablet optimized
-
Yes
Touch optimized
-
Yes
Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
-
Yes
Document
manipulation
Merge
Yes
Split
-
Yes
Extract
Yes
Insert pages
Yes
Delete Pages
Yes
Rearrange pages
Yes
Dedicated Document Builder workspace
-
Yes
Templates and overlays
Yes
Color processing
-
Yes
administration
Manage, add/revoke licenses
Yes
Automatic updates
-
Yes
Drawboard PDF logo
Bluebeam
Pro Plus /  Bluebeam Core
Unlimited / Complete
$83.92
$159.99
$
300
$
400
Markups & Annotations
Shapes and lines
Yes
Text and links
Yes
Stamps
-
Yes
Markup Library
Yes
Audio notes
-
Yes
Snap to content
-
Yes
Snap to annotation
Yes
Signatures
Yes
Callouts
Yes
Form filling
Yes
Ink
Ink and draw
Yes
Pressure sensitive ink
Yes
Bezier curved ink
-
Yes
Smart ink: Ink to line & Ink to shape
-
Yes
Document Navigation
Word and phrase search
Yes
Annotation Visual Search
-
Yes
Document tags
-
Yes
Bookmarks
Yes
Outline
Yes
Documents dashboard
-
Yes
Multiple windows
Yes
Collaborate with multiple users on same doc
Yes
Control sharing permissions
Yes
Collaborate with live cross platform syncing
-
Yes
Cross-platform
Windows
Yes
iOS
iPad only
Yes
macOS
-
Yes
Android
-
Yes
Web
Yes
Technical tools
Distance measurements
Yes
Area measurements
Yes
View, filter, sort annotations
Yes
Markups List / History
Yes
Volume
-
Yes
Tally / Count
-
Yes
Calibration
Yes
Ruler
Yes
Save and reuse markups
Yes
Protractor
Yes
Layers
-
Yes
Flags
-
Yes
OCR
-
Yes
View and Layout
Customizable toolbar
Yes
Portable small toolbar
-
Yes
Dark Mode / light mode
-
Yes
Customize menus and layout
Yes
Tablet optimized
-
Yes
Touch optimized
-
Yes
Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
-
Yes
Document
manipulation
Merge
Yes
Split
-
Yes
Extract
Yes
Insert pages
Yes
Delete Pages
Yes
Rearrange pages
Yes
Dedicated Document Builder workspace
-
Yes
Templates and overlays
Yes
Color processing
-
Yes
administration
Manage, add/revoke licenses
Yes
Automatic updates
-
Yes
Get started with Drawboard PDF
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Available on Windows, iOS, macOS, Android and in your web browser.
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