All four tools will help you write a resume. They differ in the places that actually cost you money: how much the free plan really lets you finish, when the first charge happens, how the plan renews, and what a full job search — one month, three months, six months — adds up to. This guide compares them on exactly that.
Pro is billed monthly. Lifetime is a one-time payment with no renewal.
Premium: $24/mo monthly, $54 per quarter, or $96 per year.
Teal+ also bills $13 per 7 days or $79 per 90 days — see the weekly-billing warning below.
US list prices: $39/mo monthly, $69 per quarter, $99 per 6 months. Prices vary by region.
| Rezi | Kickresume | Teal | Enhancv | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Tailoring one strong resume to each posting, ATS-first | Polished templates and cover letters at the lowest paid entry price | Managing many applications with a tracker next to the builder | Visual, personalized resumes a person will read closely |
| ATS / matching feature | Rezi Score plus Keyword Targeting against a job description | ATS Resume Checker (Premium only) | Match Score and keyword matching; free shows top 5 keywords per job | ATS check and posting tailoring (Pro only) |
| Free plan — what you can finish | 1 resume, 3 PDF downloads in total, 1 AI interview, limited scoring | Unlimited downloads within 4 basic resume templates; no AI writer or ATS checker | Unlimited resumes and job tracking forever; 10 templates; small one-time AI credit allowance | 7 days only; downloads carry Enhancv branding; max 12 items per section |
| Where the paywall sits | The 4th download, a 2nd resume, full score & keyword tools | AI writer, ATS checker, 40+ templates; AI drafts sit in Premium templates | When the one-time AI credits run out, and for full keyword lists / advanced analysis | Day 8, branding removal, ATS check, unlimited section items |
| Paid plans (USD) | Pro $29/mo · Lifetime $149 one-time | Premium $24/mo · $54/quarter · $96/year | Teal+ $13/7 days · $29/30 days · $79/90 days | Pro $39/mo · $69/quarter · $99/6 months (US list) |
| Total for a 3-month search* | $87 monthly (Lifetime $149 doesn't pay off yet) | $54 on quarterly billing | $79 on the 90-day plan | $69 on quarterly billing |
| Total for a 6-month search* | $149 Lifetime (vs $174 paying monthly) | $96 on yearly billing | $158 on two 90-day plans | $99 on the 6-month plan |
| Job tracker | No | No | Yes — core part of the product, free | No (builder-focused) |
| Renewal & cancellation | Pro auto-renews monthly; cancel in account settings, access to period end. 30-day money-back guarantee advertised, but cancelling does not itself trigger a refund — you must request one | Auto-renews; 14-day money-back guarantee, after which the remaining period is non-refundable — cancel before the renewal date | Auto-renews every 7 / 30 / 90 days; cancel in account settings, effective at period end. Refund requests have short windows (2–14 days by plan) and are not guaranteed | Auto-renews; cancel on the Billing page, access to period end. Monthly fees are non-refundable; longer plans get a partial pro-rated refund (see detail) |
| Trade-off to know | Free downloads are a lifetime cap of 3, so free tailoring to many jobs runs out fast | The free tier's 4 templates are basic, and the sticker price changed recently — older prices still circulate | The $13 weekly plan costs about $55.71 per 30 days if left running — nearly double the 30-day plan | No permanent free plan, regional prices differ a lot, and the monthly plan is the priciest here |
*Totals are simple arithmetic on the published prices checked in November 2026, before tax, assuming continuous paid use and the cheapest sensible billing interval for that search length — the full working is in the plan notes for this guide. Rezi's pricing summaries focus on the $29 monthly Pro plan; if a quarterly option appears at checkout, compare its total the same way. Enhancv sets prices by region and promotion, so your local total may differ from the US list used here. Prices checked November 2026 — always confirm the current price, renewal date and terms on the vendor's site before you buy. An ATS or match score is each vendor's own metric; no score on any of these tools guarantees passing a real employer's screening.
Rezi is built around one job: getting a resume through applicant tracking systems. Its Rezi Score rates a resume's ATS readiness and its Keyword Targeting compares your text against a pasted job description. The free plan covers one resume, one AI interview and three PDF downloads in total — enough to test the workflow, not enough to tailor a fresh download for every application. Pro ($29/month) makes resumes, downloads and interviews unlimited, unlocks all templates and the full scoring and keyword tools, and includes one human expert resume review a month. The Lifetime plan ($149, one time) gives you the Pro feature set without the monthly expert review — and without any renewal. On published prices, Lifetime costs less than Pro from the sixth month onward ($29 × 5 = $145; × 6 = $174). Rezi advertises a 30-day money-back guarantee on paid plans; read the cancellation policy alongside it, because cancelling a subscription and getting a refund are separate actions there.
Kickresume pairs a large design library with an AI writer: 40+ resume and cover letter templates on Premium, a bank of 20,000+ pre-written phrases and 1,500+ examples, LinkedIn and PDF import, and an ATS Resume Checker. Unusually, the free plan lets you download without paying — as long as you stay within its 4 basic resume templates and free options. The catch is in the workflow: the AI Writer and ATS Checker are Premium features, and independent tests note that AI-generated drafts land in Premium templates, so a free user's PDF can end up locked until they switch templates or upgrade. Premium is $24/mo billed monthly, $54 per quarter, or $96 per year — the cheapest three-month route of the four at $54. A 14-day money-back guarantee applies; after that window, the rest of a paid period is non-refundable, so the renewal date matters. Verified students and teachers (ISIC, ITIC or UNiDAYS) can get Premium free, which changes the math completely if you qualify. One honesty note: Kickresume's prices appear to have changed recently, and older figures still show in its help center and in older reviews — confirm the numbers on the pricing page itself.
Teal is the only tool here that treats the resume as one part of a search: a job tracker (with a Chrome extension that saves postings), contact tracking, and a builder that keeps one work history and spins a tailored version per job. The Free Forever plan is genuinely free — no card, unlimited resumes and tracking, 10 templates, basic analysis and the top 5 keywords per job. Its limit is AI: free accounts get a small, one-time allowance of AI credits (10 for bullets, 2 for summaries, 2 for cover letters) that does not refill. Teal+ removes those limits — unlimited AI writing, the full keyword list, a Match Score for each posting, all templates and advanced design. The pricing needs care: Teal+ is $13 every 7 days, $29 every 30 days, or $79 every 90 days, and it auto-renews on whichever cycle you pick. The weekly cycle is a short-sprint tool only — left running, $13 a week is about $55.71 per 30 days, almost double the 30-day plan. For a three-month search, the 90-day plan at $79 is the sane route. Cancelling (in account settings) takes effect at the end of the current period; refunds are a separate request with short, plan-specific windows and no guarantee of approval, per Teal's terms.
Enhancv is the design-first option: flexible, visual templates, sections most builders don't offer, and real-time content suggestions while you write. That polish is aimed at resumes a person will actually read — creative, marketing, startup and referral-driven applications. Its free access works differently from the other three: the free plan lasts 7 days, includes all templates and design tools, but limits you to basic sections and 12 items per section, and downloads carry Enhancv branding. Pro (US list: $39/mo monthly, $69 per quarter, $99 per 6 months) removes the branding, unlocks unlimited section items, the ATS check and tailoring a resume to a specific posting, with room for up to 300 resumes and cover letters on the published plan details. Two billing facts deserve plain language. First, every plan auto-renews until you cancel on the Billing page. Second, monthly fees are non-refundable; quarterly and semiannual plans can be partially refunded, but the months you used are re-priced at the $39 monthly rate first — cancel a $99 six-month plan after one month and the arithmetic is $99 − $39 = $60 back; after two months, $21; after three, nothing. Also note Enhancv prices by region: figures shown to European and other visitors differ from the US list used here, and its own blog has published lower numbers, so treat the checkout total — not any article, including this one — as final.
Teal's free plan can carry a whole search if you write bullets yourself. Kickresume's free plan finishes a basic resume. Rezi's free plan ends at the third download, and Enhancv's ends on day eight. Pick your starting tool by which boundary you'll hit last.
Use the 1-, 3- and 6-month totals in the table, not the headline monthly price. A $13 week, a $24 month and a $39 month reorder themselves completely once your search length is honest — and Rezi's $149 Lifetime only wins from month six.
Failing automated screening on paper → Rezi's scoring or Teal's match tools. Need volume and tracking → Teal. Need a polished file for human readers → Enhancv or Kickresume's templates. Don't pay design prices to solve a keyword problem, or the reverse.
Every paid plan here auto-renews, and on Teal and Enhancv a cancellation is not a refund. Note the renewal date when you subscribe, avoid leaving a weekly plan running, and cancel the day your search ends — access continues to the end of the paid period anyway.
It depends on which free boundary you hit. If Teal's free plan or Kickresume's free templates produce a finished, tailored resume for your target roles, $0 is the right price. Paying makes sense when the paywall is the thing blocking you: Rezi's download cap, Kickresume's ATS checker, Teal's exhausted AI credits, or Enhancv's branding after day seven. Price it against your expected search length using the totals in the comparison table — for a three-month search the paid routes run $54–$87 depending on the tool.
No — and be wary of any tool or article that promises that. Each product's score (Rezi Score, Match Score, ATS check) is that vendor's own estimate based on factors like keywords and formatting. A higher score means your resume matches a posting's wording more closely; employers' systems and criteria differ, and no builder here controls them.
On published limits, Teal's: unlimited resumes and a job tracker with no expiry and no card, at the cost of a small one-time AI credit allowance. Kickresume's free plan also downloads real PDFs, but only within 4 basic templates and without the AI writer or ATS checker. Rezi's free plan is a trial in effect (3 downloads total), and Enhancv's is a 7-day trial with branding.
Three habits cover most cases. Choose the billing interval that matches your search (never leave Teal+'s $13 weekly plan running by default). Put the renewal date in your calendar on the day you pay. And cancel as soon as your search ends — on all four tools, cancelling keeps your access until the end of the period you've paid for, but on Rezi, Teal and Enhancv it does not by itself refund a charge, so don't rely on a refund to fix a missed cancellation.
The windows are narrow. Rezi advertises a 30-day money-back guarantee on paid plans, with refunds handled by request under its cancellation policy. Kickresume offers a 14-day money-back guarantee, after which remaining time is non-refundable. Teal considers refund requests only within 2 days (weekly), 7 days (monthly) or 14 days (quarterly) and does not guarantee approval. Enhancv does not refund monthly plans at all; longer plans get a partial refund with used months re-priced at the monthly rate. Check the current policy on the vendor's site — these terms change.
Because this guide is compiled from the vendors' published pricing, feature pages, help centers and terms — not from hands-on testing, and not from paid placements. We don't report interview outcomes for any tool, ours or anyone else's. Where a judgment appears (for example, that weekly billing is poor value if left running), it is arithmetic on the published prices, shown next to it so you can check it yourself.