Dalux Box is a construction common data environment. Files move through Shared and Published areas with enforceable naming, custom metadata, permissions and approval workflows built around ISO 19650, models and drawings sit together with 2D and 3D comparison between versions, and a published drawing can carry a stamp with a QR code that tells anyone scanning it whether they are holding the current version.
Xenmark runs one job end to end: a drawing set goes out for review, comments come back against the revision they were raised on, and the review finishes as two documents — a plan showing where each comment sits, and a spreadsheet saying what each one means, numbered to match.
Dalux Box is bought to govern a project’s information for its whole life: naming rules, metadata, permissions, approvals and controlled publication, quoted rather than priced. A drawing review inside it is one activity among many. Choose Xenmark when the review is the job and it has to end in a numbered plan and a matching register, with measurements that reach the spreadsheet. A free Xenmark project takes a real drawing set from start to finish.
Dalux measures on the drawing, and does it well — a chained run, the area of a polygon and its perimeter, with snapping to corners. The difference is not what can be measured, it is where the number ends up. Xenmark puts those values on their own sheet in the same Excel file as the comments, so a measurement is part of the review record rather than a mark that stays on the sheet.
Dalux can produce per-comment PDF reports and an Excel table of the comments, so both documents exist. In Xenmark one comment number goes onto the drawing and into the spreadsheet, from the same review, in one step — so a row in the register and a mark on the sheet are found by the same number.
Box is sold through a trial or a conversation with sales, with no public price and an information environment to set up first — naming rules, metadata, permissions, areas. A Xenmark review starts on the Free plan with nothing to configure.
Every Dalux Box claim below is taken from Dalux Box's own published material and was last checked on 29 August 2026. Software changes; if something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
Two rows go straight to Dalux, and one of them is a row we usually win. One Dalux comment can own several annotation objects, which is the same shape as a Xenmark comment owning several markers, and closely matches how our own model works. And its subscription terms let a licensee invite unlimited individual users, who register with their own business email and get comment rights by group permission. That is at least as open as ours.
Its comments are a real threaded conversation, and they handle long documents well. Comments can be added to multi-page documents, and reopening one jumps straight to the page it was made on; previous messages stay available in the thread, with a “write a new message” action inside the open comment.
Around all that sits a governed CDE that Xenmark does not attempt: Shared and Published areas with enforceable file naming, custom metadata, permissions, ISO 19650 approval workflows, Microsoft 365 Online integration, Revit plug-ins, and 2D and 3D version comparison. Two things run the other way: Box publishes no price and is sold through a trial or sales conversation.
| Xenmark | Dalux Box | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting a review | ||
| Can the person running the review start free? | Yes — the Free plan runs one active review at a time, start to finish | Not in Box. It is sold through a trial or a conversation with sales, with no public price. Dalux does publish two free products — BIM Viewer and Field Basic — but neither is Box and neither carries its document-control capabilities. |
| Do external reviewers need a paid subscription? | No — the people you invite read, reply and download the exports without paying | No. Dalux’s subscription terms let the licensee invite unlimited individual users, who register with their own business email, with comment rights set by group permission. This is at least as open as Xenmark’s model. |
| Available platforms | Any modern browser — nothing to install, and the people you invite join from a link | Browser and mobile, with Revit plug-ins and Microsoft 365 Online integration around the platform. |
| How the review is structured | ||
| What the review is built from | A numbered comment. Anything drawn on the page belongs to that comment rather than standing on its own. | A file in a controlled area — Shared or Published — with comments against it, permissions and metadata around it, and an approval workflow governing how it moves between the two. |
| Replies | Threaded under the comment, each attributed and dated, with image attachments, and carried into the register | Yes, a real thread. Previous messages stay available in the message thread, and a “write a new message” action sits inside the opened comment. |
| Status workflow | Open, In progress and Closed — three fixed states, and the status travels into the Excel register | Yes — approvals and controlled Published areas are core to the product, under ISO 19650. The exact comment status labels depend on how the project is configured. |
| Comment numbering | Numbers are stable — delete comment 5 and the gap stays, so item 12 still means item 12 in every email and every export | Comments carry their own identifiers, and Dalux documents that a deleted comment can be recovered. |
| One issue, several drawing locations | One comment can own several markers while keeping one number and one reply thread | Yes — and this is not a difference between us. One Dalux comment can own several annotation objects. |
| Activity history | Every action timestamped and attributed to the person who made it | File versions, approvals and controlled areas are tracked, which is what a common data environment is for. |
| Revision handling | Comments stay tied to the revision they were raised against, in one workflow | Strong, and unusual. Versions move through Shared and Published areas under approval, with 2D and 3D comparison between them. A Box Pro publication stamp can add a QR code carrying the authoriser, the authorisation date and the drawing’s status, so scanning a printed sheet shows whether it is the latest published version. |
| Measuring and markup | ||
| Measuring on the drawing | Length, polylength, perimeter and area, calibrated to the page scale | Yes, and it is a full set. Dalux measures distance, and can calculate the area and the perimeter of a polygon — click a run of points and close it back on the start. Measurements can be chained, and snapping helps find corners and 90° angles. |
| Setting the drawing scale | Pick a standard scale, type your own, name the sheet size, or calibrate from a distance you already know | A temporary scale can be set on a drawing that carries none. |
| Building your own reusable symbols | Check, cross, attention, arrow and cloud — five fixed review symbols, not a custom library | QR authorisation stamps, and markups from a previous authorisation or comment can be reused. |
| Measuring quantities for pricing a job | Not included — measurements are there to explain a comment, not to cost work | Dalux is a common data environment. Neither product is intended for quantity takeoff. |
| What comes out of the review | ||
| What you send back | The two documents come out ready to send — there is nothing to set up first, because the review was structured that way from the start | Two things, and both are real. Per-comment PDF reports, and an Excel table of the comments. |
| Comment plan PDF | The drawing with each comment numbered and shown where it applies | PDF reports can be produced per comment. |
| Spreadsheet output | An Excel file listing every comment, numbered to match the PDF | Yes — an Excel table of the comments can be produced. |
| Measurements in the export | Drawn on the comment plan PDF where they were placed, and listed on their own sheet in the Excel file, kept separate from the comments | A point-to-point measurement can be placed inside a comment annotation. The Excel export carries the comment metadata columns as they are displayed. |
| What you keep when the project ends | A single zip file — every revision's exports, the attachments and the full activity log, downloaded and stored on your side | Stronger than ours, and it is the point of the product. Controlled file areas, metadata, permissions, versions and approvals are held as the project record. Xenmark hands you a zip and expects you to keep it. |
| Branded reports | Your company logo and text on both deliverables, inherited from Company Settings — Plus and Pro | Yes. Dalux states that the uploaded project logo is printed on any report exported from it, including the per-comment PDF reports. |
| What else each one does | ||
| Batch operations across many PDFs | Not included — a review works on one drawing set at a time | Yes — multiple-file upload and download, up to 100 selected files in the interface, and larger bulk synchronisation and backups through Dalux Sync. |
| Comparing two drawings against each other | Not included — differences get raised as comments by the people reviewing | Yes — 2D and 3D compare is a stated capability. Xenmark cannot compare two drawings at all. |
| Working offline | Browser only, so you need a connection | Box folders can be downloaded for offline access, and Dalux’s offline mode covers Field registrations, tasks and drawings that synchronise when a connection returns. |
| Storing documents long term | Not what it is for. You download the exports and keep them wherever your project records already live. | Yes — it is a common data environment. Shared and Published areas, enforceable file naming, custom metadata, permissions and ISO 19650 approval workflows. |
| CAD integrations and creating PDFs from CAD | None — a review starts from a PDF that has already been produced | Revit plug-ins are stated, alongside Microsoft 365 Online integration. Xenmark connects to none of that. |
| Connecting to a document management system | No integrations yet — the closing archive is a single zip you file wherever your records already live | It is one. Box is the controlled document store rather than a connector to somebody else’s, with Microsoft 365 Online integration beside it. |
Dalux publishes no price for Box, and this page will not estimate one. Access comes through a trial or a conversation with sales, and what is being bought is a governed information environment for a project rather than a review tool. Two other Dalux products are free — BIM Viewer and Field Basic — but neither is Box.
Xenmark is €14.99 – €59.99 / month, with a Free plan that runs a complete review. The difference that matters here is not the figure but the commitment: a CDE is set up with naming rules, metadata, permissions and areas before anyone reviews anything, and a Xenmark review starts with an upload.
| Xenmark | Dalux Box | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing unit | Per project capacity, monthly | Quoted. No public numeric price appears on the reviewed pages |
| Entry point | Free — one active review, start to finish, no card | A trial, or a conversation with sales. BIM Viewer and Field Basic are free, but neither is Box |
| To run a review yourself | Free | A Box subscription, quoted |
| Paid range | €14.99 – €59.99 / month | Not published for Box on the reviewed pages |
| Invited reviewers | Free — no per-user charge; 5–30 project members depending on plan, and the person running the review is one of them | Unlimited invited users are described under the reviewed licence terms, and no separate per-user price is published. The terms let the licensee invite unlimited individual users, registering with their own business email, with comment rights by group permission |
| Tax basis | Including VAT | Quoted · no public figures |
Xenmark — current as of 29 August 2026. Dalux Box — checked 27 August 2026. Dalux publishes no figure for Box, so nothing on this page estimates one. Xenmark prices include VAT. One row above runs strongly in Dalux’s favour: its licensee can invite unlimited individual users, which is more open than our own member limits, and it was found in Dalux’s subscription terms rather than in its marketing.
Box is not. It is sold through a trial or a conversation with sales, and no public numeric price appears on the reviewed pages.
Dalux does publish two free products — BIM Viewer and Field Basic — so it would be wrong to say nothing at Dalux is free. Neither of them is Box, and neither carries its document control. The Xenmark Free plan runs one active review from start to finish, with the comment plan and the Excel register included.
Yes, and generously. Dalux’s subscription terms allow the licensee to invite unlimited individual users, who register with their own business email, with comment rights set by group permission. This is one of the more open external-user models in this set of comparisons, and it is more open than ours.
Xenmark counts project members — five on Free, ten on Plus, thirty on Pro, with the person running the review among them. What that buys is a role: the Project Manager decides whether each invited person is a Participant, who replies and downloads exports, or an Editor, who creates comments and pins.
Yes, and its comment model is close to ours. Comments carry a real thread — previous messages stay available and a “write a new message” action sits inside the open comment — they can be added to multi-page documents, with reopening a comment jumping to the page it was made on, and one comment can own several annotation objects.
That last point is the same shape as a Xenmark comment owning several markers on the drawing while keeping one number and one reply thread, so it is not a difference between the two products.
Yes. Dalux measures distance, and calculates the area and perimeter of a polygon drawn as a run of points closed back on its start. Measurements can be chained, snapping helps find corners and right angles, and a temporary scale can be set on a drawing that carries none.
Xenmark measures the same things, and puts those values on their own sheet inside the same Excel file as the comments. That is the difference worth knowing: not what can be measured, but whether the number leaves with the review. Neither product is a takeoff or estimating tool.
Yes. Dalux can produce per-comment PDF reports and an Excel table of the comments, so both of the documents a review needs do exist.
In Xenmark both come out of the same comment and carry the same number, so a row of the spreadsheet is matched to a mark on the drawing by looking up an item number. The measurements sit on their own sheet in the same file.
Yes — 2D and 3D comparison between versions is a stated capability, which is more than Xenmark does. Xenmark cannot compare two drawings at all; differences get raised as comments by the people reviewing.
Dalux goes further on published drawings too. A Box Pro publication stamp adds a QR code carrying the authoriser, the authorisation date and the drawing’s status, and scanning it checks whether that sheet is the latest published version. It is a publication and authorisation feature rather than a markup tool, and there is nothing like it in Xenmark.
No. Box is a common data environment — controlled Shared and Published areas, enforceable file naming, custom metadata, permissions, ISO 19650 approval workflows, model collaboration and Revit plug-ins. Xenmark holds none of that, and a project that has to govern its information needs something that does.
Where the two overlap is a drawing set going out to several people for comment. Xenmark is built to end that with a numbered plan and a matching register.
When the project information has to be governed rather than just shared — naming rules, metadata, permissions, Shared and Published areas and ISO 19650 approvals. When people on site need to confirm they are holding the current sheet. When models are part of the work and 2D and 3D comparison matters. And when the record has to outlive the review by years rather than being handed over at the end of it.
We sell Xenmark, so this is not an independent review. We have tried to describe Dalux Box accurately, and every Dalux Box claim on this page rests on Dalux’s own product pages, help centre and subscription terms. The documents are named below. Capabilities and pricing change. Dalux Box feature information was last checked on 29 August 2026, and the pricing on 27 August 2026.
Dalux’s comments and measurement help articles are linked, so the claims here can be checked against the source they rest on. The Box product page is named rather than linked. Several rows on this page run in Dalux’s favour — unlimited invited users, one comment owning several annotation objects, and a full measurement set including polygon area and perimeter — and all of them came from Dalux’s own terms and help rather than from its marketing.
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