Bluebeam Revu
PDF markup, take-off and document collaboration.
At a glance
Best for
- Quantity surveyors and estimators
- Take-off and cost planning
Key capabilities
- Cloud features
- Real-time collaboration
- Works offline
Quick facts
- Latest version
- 21.6Verified
- Last updated
- 9 Sept 2026Verified
- Platforms
- WinVerified
- Pricing
- SubscriptionVendor reported
- Deployment
- Desktop + cloudVerified
- Licence
- ProprietaryVendor reported
- Free trial
- SupportedSupportedVerified· 19 Sept 2026
- Developer
- Bluebeam (Nemetschek)Vendor reported
OpenBIM
Standards support- IFC 2x3
- Not supportedNot supportedVerified· 4 Sept 2026
- IFC4
- Not supportedNot supportedVendor reported· 13 Sept 2026
- IFC4.3
- Not supportedNot supportedVerified· 16 Sept 2026
- BCF
- Not supportedNot supportedVerified· 6 Sept 2026
- IDS
- Not supportedNot supportedVendor reported· 5 Sept 2026
- bSDD
- Not supportedNot supportedVerified· 4 Sept 2026
- COBie
- Not supportedNot supportedVerified· 24 Aug 2026
- MVD
- Not supportedNot supportedVerified· 27 Aug 2026
Data & privacy
- Cloud
- SupportedSupportedVerified· 16 Sept 2026
- Local processing
- SupportedSupportedVerified· 21 Aug 2026
- Offline
- SupportedSupportedVerified· 29 Aug 2026
- No account required
- Not supportedNot supportedVendor reported· 30 Aug 2026
- Self-hosted
- Not supportedNot supportedVerified· 10 Sept 2026
- Open source
- Not supportedNot supportedVendor reported· 29 Aug 2026
- Real-time collaboration
- SupportedSupportedVendor reported· 10 Sept 2026
- Data residency
- See vendor docsVerified
Cloud Infrastructure & Data Residency
These facts apply to Bluebeam Studio cloud collaboration used with Revu, not the local Revu desktop installation or every Bluebeam service.
Vendor statements are not independent certification. Organisation-level credentials and hosting-provider credentials do not automatically certify this product. Residency may apply to only specific services or data types.
- Cloud hosting provider
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Vendor documented · Studio cloud service · Reviewed 2026-10-01
Source evidence
Bluebeam Studio is hosted on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) managed by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Official vendor documentation- Primary server provider
AWS EC2 application servers; AWS S3 document storage
Vendor documented · Studio documents · Reviewed 2026-10-01
Source evidence
Actual Project and Session documents reside on Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) servers.
Official vendor documentation- Data centre / server locations
UK: London; EU: Frankfurt (Germany), Stockholm (Sweden); Australia: Sydney; US and Canada regions also offered
Vendor documented · Studio region FAQ; exact US/Canada cities not verified · Reviewed 2026-10-01
Source evidence
The Studio UK region is hosted on an AWS server located in London, England.
Official vendor documentation- Available data residency options
Studio isolated regions: US, Canada, UK, Germany, Sweden, Australia; customer databases and S3 buckets are not shared between environments
Vendor documented · Studio project/session data; regions enumerated in same source · Reviewed 2026-10-01
Source evidence
The Database infrastructure and S3 buckets containing customer data are not shared between any environments.
Official vendor documentation- Customer hosting-region selection
Yes — select a Studio region; each requires a separate Bluebeam ID. Projects and sessions are not shared between regions.
Vendor documented · Studio cloud service · Reviewed 2026-10-01
Source evidence
Each Studio region requires a separate Bluebeam ID (BBID).
Official vendor documentation- ISO 27001 certification
Information not publicly disclosed by vendor.
- SOC 2 compliance
Information not publicly disclosed by vendor.
- GDPR compliance
Vendor explicitly states Studio UK and Studio DE are GDPR compliant; this is a vendor statement, not certification
Vendor documented · Studio UK / DE FAQ answers Yes; review linked GDPR statement · Reviewed 2026-10-01
- Encryption at rest
AES-256
Vendor documented · Studio cloud service · Reviewed 2026-10-01
Source evidence
All data is encrypted at-rest (AES-256 encryption) and in-transit.
Official vendor documentation- Encryption in transit
TLS 1.2 between Revu and Amazon S3
Vendor documented · Studio cloud service · Reviewed 2026-10-01
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
Information not publicly disclosed by vendor.
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Multi-factor authentication during Studio account setup
Vendor documented · Bluebeam ID / Studio · Reviewed 2026-10-01
Source evidence
After you follow the procedure, including multi-factor authentication (MFA), you'll be able to join the Project or Session.
Official vendor documentation- Customer-managed encryption keys
Information not publicly disclosed by vendor.
- Air-gapped deployment
Information not publicly disclosed by vendor.
- On-premise deployment
Information not publicly disclosed by vendor.
- Government, defence / sovereign cloud
Information not publicly disclosed by vendor.
Trust centre, security & infrastructure documentation
Last editorial review: 2026-10-01 · Last automated source check: 01/10/2026
Sources rechecked every 30 days. Changed evidence is withheld; inaccessible sources are retried after seven days, and previously reviewed evidence expires after 45 days without reconfirmation. This checks published evidence, not certificate validity or legal compliance.
Cybersecurity & Compliance
Security information not disclosed for this product. Absence of information here does not imply a lack of security — it means no reliable public evidence has been reviewed yet.
Automation & APIs
- API
- Not supportedNot supportedVendor reported· 9 Sept 2026
- Python
- Not supportedNot supportedVerified· 9 Sept 2026
- C#
- Not supportedNot supportedVerified· 12 Sept 2026
- JavaScript
- Not supportedNot supportedVerified· 20 Sept 2026
- Dynamo
- Not supportedNot supportedVerified· 15 Sept 2026
- Grasshopper
- Not supportedNot supportedVerified· 24 Aug 2026
- Revit integration
- Not supportedNot supportedVerified· 30 Aug 2026
- Rhino integration
- Not supportedNot supportedVerified· 26 Aug 2026
Release history
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