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Bluebeam alternative

A Bluebeam alternative that runs natively on your Mac.

Markup and takeoff as a real desktop app, from $199 a year.

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Sample plan, measured in Redpen
Redpen on a Mac measuring five rooms on a sample floor plan, with a running total of 2,473 square feet
On a Mac

Three ways to get Bluebeam-style markup.

Revu in a Windows VM

Full Revu, plus a Windows licence and a virtual machine.

Bluebeam Cloud

Runs in the browser. Not a desktop app.

Redpen

A real desktop app on Mac and Windows.

What you get

Redpen on Mac.

Native on Mac and Windows

No virtual machine.

Autoscale

Finds the true scale from the printed dimensions.

Takeoff to Excel

Lengths, areas and counts, exported.

Stays on your computer

Offline OCR. No AI reads your files.

$199 a year

Or $24 a month. Team seats from $249 a year.

14-day free trial

No card. Free viewer afterwards.

See it work

Set the scale, click a room, read the area.

Autoscale, then Dynamic Fill
Questions

Short answers.

Is there a native Bluebeam Revu for Mac?
Bluebeam no longer supports a native Revu desktop app for Mac. Mac users run Windows Revu in a virtual machine or use the browser version.
How much does Redpen cost?
Pro is $199 a year or $24 a month. Team is $249 per seat a year, with a minimum of two seats.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. 14 days, no card. After that the free viewer with basic markup stays available.
Does Redpen save standard PDF markups?
Yes. Redpen saves standard PDF annotations, so other PDF tools can display them.
What does Redpen not have?
Live multi-user sessions like Bluebeam Studio, cost libraries and estimating assemblies, and the wider Bluebeam ecosystem.

Screenshots use a sample plan. Bluebeam and Revu are trademarks of Bluebeam, Inc. Redpen is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Bluebeam, Inc. Competitor details were checked in October 2026 and may change.

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14 days of every feature. No credit card. If it doesn't save you time on the first set, don't keep it.

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