Bluebeam Revu outperforms on-screen takeoffs in estimating platforms by combining advanced tools, unparalleled customization, and superior document management—all in a user-friendly package. It empowers professionals to work faster, collaborate better, and deliver more accurate results, making it the ultimate choice for takeoff workflows.

Bluebeam Revu offers unmatched flexibility, allowing users to create custom toolsets, markups, and workflows tailored to specific industries or project needs. Unlike rigid estimating platforms, Revu empowers you to adapt the software to your unique workflow, ensuring efficiency and precision every step of the way.

Revu isn't just a takeoff tool—it’s an all-in-one PDF markup and management platform. It allows you to handle drawings, annotations, and revisions in real time, making it easier to collaborate with teams, organize documents, and keep all project information in one place. Estimating platforms often lack this level of document control and versatility.

Revu's measurement tools are highly advanced, offering features like dynamic fill, custom scales, area and volume calculations, and advanced measurement types. Combined with customizable toolchests, these features allow you to perform takeoffs with speed and accuracy that’s hard to match. Estimating platforms often provide generic tools that don’t match Revu’s depth or adaptability.

With Bluebeam Studio, Revu enables real-time collaboration, allowing multiple stakeholders to view, markup, and discuss plans simultaneously, no matter where they are. Estimating platforms typically focus solely on individual workflows, missing the opportunity to enhance team communication.

Revu’s ability to integrate preloaded toolchests, custom labels, and descriptions ensures every takeoff is precise and well-organized. This streamlines not only the takeoff process but also the handoff to your estimating team. On-screen takeoff tools in estimating platforms often lack this depth of customization and may require extensive manual input.

Bluebeam Revu is designed for professionals across construction, engineering, and architecture. Its adaptability makes it ideal for various project types, from small residential jobs to complex commercial builds, while estimating platforms with takeoff tools often cater to a narrower use case.

Revu is Bluebeam’s foundational project efficiency and collaboration solution for desktop that allows you to create, edit, mark up and organise PDFs with project partners. Revu also includes Studio, where you can securely collaborate in real time with team members anywhere in the world. Our latest version, Revu 21, is included in all Bluebeam plans. Check out our release notes to see what’s new.

Bluebeam Cloud is a new suite of cloud-based solutions that seamlessly connect with your documents and tool sets in Revu. With Cloud, you can access and view the latest updates on any device. Bluebeam Cloud also includes the Markup Editor and Field Tools for web and iOS users. The Markup Editor enables you to easily comment and collaborate on your project documents. And Field Tools allows you to effectively manage and track your defect inspection, RFI and submittal workflows on the go.

Revu runs on Windows^® and is best used on a laptop or desktop. You can use the Bluebeam Cloud web app on any supported device or on Apple devices by installing the iOS app. If you just need to view your drawings in the field, we’ve also released a preview version of our future Android app release that you can download on Google Play.

Yes! As a Bluebeam subscriber, you can use Bluebeam Revu on any Windows desktop device simply by logging in with your Bluebeam ID (BBID). And now with Bluebeam Cloud, you can also comment and collaborate on your drawings on the go using any web or iOS device.  

Yes! Non-subscribers can set up a Bluebeam ID, install Revu 21, and sign in to access Studio. Within Studio, they’ll have limited colours and markup options – such as cloud, call out, lines and arrows. For Bluebeam Cloud, subscribers can invite collaborators to view files and markups, as well as interact with defect items, RFIs and submittals on the web. 

We offer premium technical support by email and phone, as well as an extensive library of free how-to articles and videos. We offer an array of options to help individuals and teams get up to speed with Bluebeam, including self-guided Bluebeam University courses, instructor-led training, expert consulting and more.

You can purchase a Bluebeam plan via our Store. We accept Visa, MasterCard and American Express. To place an order, please visit our Store. Please allow up to three business days for us to process your order. If you’re interested in buying more than 20 plans for your team, please email us at [email protected]  

For step-by-step instructions on upgrading your licence(s) to subscription, check out this page. If you have active Maintenance, you can upgrade to our most comprehensive subscription plan, Complete, at no additional cost to your Maintenance renewal price. If you’d prefer to keep using Revu 20, you’ll continue to receive future updates and patches to address critical bugs, but we won’t be releasing any new product features or functionality. If you have Revu 2019 or below, please see our legacy product resources page.

Bluebeam no longer offers older editions like Standard, CAD and eXtreme. To ensure you get the best AECO collaboration experience possible with more modern products and user-centric access from any device, Bluebeam has transitioned to subscription-based solutions. Each of our three new plans (Basics, Core and Complete) include Revu 21 and Bluebeam Cloud Solutions (web and mobile) – plus additional services to boost your productivity. View our legacy product resources page for more information.

Yes! You can easily assign different Bluebeam plans to different individuals or groups in your organisation, based on their needs and workflows. All plans are billed annually per user.

If you’re the purchaser, you’ll be designated as the Org Admin, with the ability to manage user activity for Bluebeam plans. To give yourself or others access to Bluebeam software, log in to the Org Admin portal with your BBID. Then, add yourself or others to the desired plan(s). Each new user will then receive an email with instructions on how to access both Bluebeam Revu and Bluebeam Cloud. For more information, please refer to the Org Admin Portal Guide. 

To add new team members to your account, go to the web store, log in using your Bluebeam ID (BBID) and purchase the desired number of subscriptions. If you’re the purchaser, you’ll be designated as the Org Admin, with the ability to manage user activity for Bluebeam subscriptions. To give yourself or others access to Bluebeam software, log in to the Org Admin portal with your BBID. Then add yourself or others to the desired plan(s). Each new user will then receive an email with instructions on how to access Bluebeam Revu and Bluebeam Cloud. For more information, check out the Org Admin Portal Guide. 

The Org Admin Portal is where org admins can easily add new users plus track and manage their activity, giving them enhanced administrative visibility into plan usage. For more information, please refer to the Org Admin Portal Guide. 

We’ll happily refund your purchase if a request is made within 30 days.  

Contact Bluebeam Customer Service with the following information: 

• Your name, email and phone number
• Web order number 
• Reason for the return 
• Amount to be refunded
• Date of purchase 

Note: Credit card purchases will be refunded to the same credit card used for the original purchase. A purchase order will be refunded or issued a credit depending on the status of payment.