Drawboard Projects v. 

PlanGrid

Work smarter with real-time markups, intuitive pen input, controlled layers, and effortless guest reviews.
Drawboard Projects

Drawboard Projects

Drawboard Projects is a cloud storage and real-time markup platform. All drawings and document are persistently live canvases for multi-user markup and communication.

PlanGrid

PlanGrid (now Autodesk Build) connects project and field management so teams can manage RFIs, submittals, issues, forms, costs, and mark up sheets across web and mobile.

Why you should choose Drawboard Projects

Seamless real-time syncing

Everyone sees updates as they happen, without waiting for markups to be published or pushed through.

Natural pen and touch experience

Pressure-sensitive ink and touch gestures make markups feel fluid and precise, not clunky or limited.

Advanced annotation options

Go beyond basic tools with layers, callouts, templates, and a reusable Markup Library that you adapt to any review process.

Better PDF control

Merge, split, reorder, calibrate, and measure without leaving Projects to keep your workflows moving.

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Key Features
Drawboard Projects
PlanGrid
Collaboration style
All drawings and documents are persistently live canvases.
Requires syncing
Yes
Pressure-sensitive ink
-
Yes
Essential markup tools
Yes
No training required
Yes
Issue tracking inside drawings
Yes
On-drawing discussion
Yes
Guest collaborator access
Share link to mark up in web app. Up to 6 months access
-
Yes
Cloud drawing overlays
Yes
File storage system
Microsoft Azure
Yes
Cloud revision management
Yes
Perpetual storage of collaborative markups
Yes
Document management integrations
Yes
SSO    
Yes
Applications
App apps included with account
Yes
Web app for modern web browsers
Yes
Windows app
Yes
iPad app
Yes
Legacy Windows program
-
Yes
Android app
-
Yes
LICENSING
Automatic major updates
Yes
License type
Login - three concurrent devices
Yes
Pay-as-you-go option
Yes
Pay upfront option
Yes
Support included in license
Yes
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