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Jobscan

Jobscan is a resume checker: it compares your resume with a job ad, gives a match rate and shows which skills and keywords are missing, then helps you fix them with AI suggestions. It also has a free resume builder, a job tracker with a Chrome extension, LinkedIn profile scoring, cover letters and paid add-ons that apply to jobs or run practice interviews.

Resume checker Web, Chrome extension
Visit Jobscan
Free version
5 scans a month + free builder

No time limit, no card. The scan hides the skills the job ad mentions most; downloads and the job tracker are free

Paid plan
$49.95 a month

Or $89.95 every 3 months, the only plan with a 7-day free trial

Export
PDF and Word, both free

Both downloaded on our free account, without a watermark

Our check: we used a free account on Oct 14, 2026; Premium, its AI editing and applying with Auto Apply weren't tested. Details
We scanned a test resume against a marketing job ad, built and downloaded a resume, and opened the trial checkout, the Auto Apply credits and Interview Practice without paying. Terms, help center and reviews were read on Oct 3–14, 2026. Sources and our check

Updated

What can you do with Jobscan?

Check your resume against a job ad

Upload your resume, paste a job ad and the resume scanner returns a match rate with the hard and soft skills you're missing, plus “ATS & recruiter findings” about format and sections that an ATS or a recruiter may stumble on. The match rate is Jobscan's own measure of how closely your resume matches the ad before you apply; Jobscan itself notes that an ATS doesn't score your resume when you submit it. Jobscan suggests aiming for 75%. You see the results only after creating an account.

On the free plan the report hides the missing skills the ad mentions most: in our scan the top three hard skills and three soft skills were blurred until you upgrade. Users also repeatedly say the matching is literal, so a skill worded differently from the ad counts as missing. In our PDF scan the personal format check wasn't available: Jobscan asked for a .docx and showed general tips instead.

Free: 5 scans a month, unused ones carry over up to 5 Premium: unlimited scans and findings

Rewrite it with AI suggestions

AI Optimize goes through the skills the job asks for and suggests edits you accept or reject one by one, with a side-by-side view of the changes. A generator writes bullet points for a given skill, and a cover letter generator drafts a letter from your resume and the ad. Jobscan marks AI Optimize and the bullet generator as desktop only. On the free account, AI Optimize opens a trial offer instead.

Users repeatedly say the AI text comes out stiff or wordy, or misreads technical terms, and needs editing before you send it.

Premium or the 7-day trial

Build a resume from a template

The ATS resume builder has 9 templates designed to be read by hiring software. It imported our test resume and walked us through each section; on the free account it also wrote a summary and suggested skills, and the finished resume downloaded as PDF and as Word, without a watermark. AI suggestions for each job's bullet points stay blurred until you upgrade.

The imported resume grew from two pages to three, because each company became its own section heading; check the layout before sending.

Free: builder, generated summary, PDF and Word downloadsPremium: AI bullet suggestions

Improve your LinkedIn profile

The LinkedIn optimizer scores your headline, summary and experience against at least three job ads, suggests keywords and can write a headline and summary. On our free account a scan against one job ad gave a score with checks of basic details and the headline; the parts on work experience, skills, education and tips stayed blurred. The full optimizer is listed for Premium and isn't part of the free trial: to unlock the full LinkedIn scan during the trial you have to opt out of it, which, Jobscan says, charges the 3-month plan at once (help center).

Free: score, basic details and headlinePremium, after the trial: full report

Track applications and find jobs

The job tracker keeps applications, interviews, contacts and notes on a board; its Chrome extension saves jobs from boards such as LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor. Next to the board, AI Job Match lists jobs matched to your resume as Top or Good Match; Jobscan doesn't say which countries or sources they come from, but for our account in Poland they were jobs in Poland. On the free plan the first two Top Matches were blurred and the rest were visible. A job you scan is saved to the board with its match rate.

Tracker, extension and job matches: freeTop matches: Premium

Apply with Auto Apply

Marked new in October 2026. Auto Apply finds jobs on Greenhouse, Lever, Workable and other hiring systems and drafts answers for each application; Jobscan says you preview and confirm each one before it goes out; which email address the applications use isn't confirmed. Each job uses one credit; packs are sold to free accounts too.

Credit packs, also without PremiumPremium: 2 credits a month after the trialApplying not tested by us

Practice interviews

AI Interview Practice asks questions based on your resume and the job, by video or audio, then comments on pace, filler words and tone and suggests better answers. It's a separate subscription with unlimited sessions; the price appears only inside the app.

Add-on: $14.99 a monthNot tested by us

Free plan & pricing

The free plan has no time limit and doesn't need a card. Premium is billed every month or every 3 months; only the 3-month plan comes with a 7-day free trial. Auto Apply credits and Interview Practice are sold separately, also to free accounts, with 20% off for Premium members.

PlanYou payMonthly equivalent
Free$0No time limit, no card
PremiumUnlimited scans and the AI tools.
Monthly$49.95every month$49.95
3 months7-day free trial$89.95every 3 monthsabout $30
Auto Apply creditsOne-time packs; one credit per job you apply to. Premium includes 2 credits a month after the trial.
5 credits$8.50one-time$1.70
10 credits$15one-time$1.50
25 credits$35one-time$1.40
Premium members get 20% off these packs; Premium's 2 monthly credits don't carry over.
Interview PracticeA separate monthly subscription for AI mock interviews.
Unlimited sessions$14.99every month$14.99

Prices as shown on Jobscan's plan page and in our free account on October 14, 2026. Sales tax may be added. ·

Free vs Premium

FeatureFree accessPremium
Check and edit
Resume scans against a job ad5 a monthUnlimited
Missing skills in the reportMost frequent ones hiddenAll
ATS & recruiter findings5Unlimited
AI Optimize (suggested edits)Not included, trial offerUnlimited, desktop only
AI summary in the builderIncludedIncluded
AI bullet point suggestionsHidden until you upgradeIncluded
Cover letter generatorTrial onlyIncluded
LinkedIn profile scanScore, basic details and headline; rest hiddenFull report, not during the trial
Build
ATS resume builder, 9 templatesAlways freeIncluded
Download a resume (PDF)Always freeIncluded
Download as Word (.docx)Always freeIncluded
Job search
Job tracker and Chrome extensionAlways freeIncluded
Jobs matched to your resumeShown, top two blurredAll
Auto ApplyCredit packs2 credits a month after the trial, packs 20% off
Interview PracticeAdd-on, $14.99 a monthAdd-on, 20% off

From our free account, Jobscan's plan page and help center, October 14, 2026.

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Before you pay

  • What you're chargedEach Premium period is charged at once: the 3-month plan, shown as $29.98 per month, costs $89.95 upfront. Sales tax is added based on your billing address; payment is by card in US dollars.
  • Free trialOnly on the 3-month plan, and it needs a card and billing address. Checkout shows $0 due today and says you'll be billed $89.95 after the trial and every 3 months, without naming the date (); the help center adds a $1 authorisation hold at sign-up (help center). Check the date your trial ends: users repeatedly report charges during or right after it.
  • RefundsFor Premium, only in a narrow case. Jobscan's cancellation policy says a Premium refund is possible only if you email support within 2 calendar days of a billing period starting and haven't used Jobscan in that period, minus a 3.5% fee, decided case by case. On the 3-month plan that fee would be about $3. Cancelling doesn't request a refund, and the Terms of Service don't mention refunds at all. We couldn't confirm separate refund terms for credit packs and Interview Practice.
  • Renewal and cancellationPremium and Interview Practice renew automatically until you cancel; credit packs are one-time. Jobscan says you cancel with the Cancel Plan button on the Account Details page, or by email (help center); Premium stays until the end of the paid period. After that you lose the paid features and, according to the plan page, the data tied to them. Users repeatedly report renewals they didn't expect, including after they thought they had cancelled.

What users say

Jobscan platform

4.3/ 5 on Trustpilot
  • 345 reviews, 76 of them from the past 12 months
  • Most recent 5-star reviews came through Jobscan's review link
  • Jobscan replies to most reviews, positive and negative

Extension

Chrome extension44 ratings4.3

This rates the free job tracker extension; the store lists 20,000 users. Only three reviews are from the past 12 months, too few to judge; the latest, in May 2026, says it didn't fill in job details from LinkedIn. Checked October 14, 2026.

What people like

  • It shows which keywords and skills the job ad has and your resume lacks
  • More interviews, or a job, after tailoring each resume
  • It's easy to use
  • You accept or reject each AI edit
  • The format check catches layouts hiring software can't read (Reddit)

What people complain about

  • AI text that's stiff, wordy or wrong and needs editing (also in positive reviews)
  • Renewals they didn't expect, including after they thought they had cancelled
  • Charges during or right after the free trial
  • Matching is literal: differently worded skills count as missing
  • A higher match rate didn't bring more callbacks for those who tracked it (Reddit)

Themes mentioned at least three times in our analysis of Trustpilot reviews from the past 12 months and of Reddit threads from the same period (r/ResumeTips, r/jobsearchhacks, r/Career), with the same rules for praise and complaints; posts by competing tools aren't counted.

Alternatives to Jobscan

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Jobscan is listed in Resume builders & checkers, and also in Auto-apply tools, Job boards & aggregators and Interview assistants.

About Jobscan

Jobscan was started by James Hu after his own job search in 2013, according to its About page. Its Terms name Jobscan, a company registered in Washington, US, with a Seattle address. The site and app are in English only.

Support works by email (support@jobscan.co) and a help center; the Terms also give a phone number. Jobscan also sells a Coach plan for career coaches and partners with universities and career services.

Operator
Jobscan, Washington, US, according to its Terms
Support
Email and help center
Language
English only
What Jobscan promises

On its site: “3x more interview callbacks”, cutting job search time “in half”, “over 10+ million job seekers” on the About page and “1,000,000+ job seekers” on the plan page, users hired at Apple, Google, Amazon and other large companies, and checks against iCIMS, Lever, Greenhouse, Taleo and other hiring systems. We haven't verified any of these.

What information Jobscan asks for

Your resume and the job ads you scan, your LinkedIn profile URL for the LinkedIn optimizer, and a card for the trial or Premium. Jobscan says it doesn't share data with recruiters; deleting your account takes an email request (help center).

FAQ

Is Jobscan free?

Partly. The free plan gives 5 resume scans a month (the most frequent missing skills are hidden), the resume builder with PDF and Word downloads, and the job tracker with its Chrome extension, with no time limit and no card. AI Optimize, cover letters and the full LinkedIn report need Premium.

How much does Jobscan Premium cost?

$49.95 every month or $89.95 every 3 months, as shown on October 14, 2026. Auto Apply credits and Interview Practice ($14.99 a month) cost extra.

How does the free trial work?

It comes only with the 3-month plan and needs a card. If you don't cancel within 7 days, you're charged $89.95.

Can I get a refund?

For Premium, only in a narrow case: according to Jobscan's cancellation policy, you ask within 2 calendar days of a billing period starting, haven't used Jobscan in that period, and pay a 3.5% fee; requests are decided case by case. We couldn't confirm separate refund terms for credits and Interview Practice.

Can I download my resume for free?

Yes. On our free account the resume builder downloaded the resume as PDF and as Word, without a watermark.

Sources and our check
PricesPlan page · ; Auto Apply page for credit packsOct 3 and 14, 2026
Payment, refunds and cancellationTerms of Service (updated March 16, 2026), cancellation policy (undated), help center: trial, $1 hold, cancelling, LinkedIn and the trial, free scansOct 14, 2026
FeaturesResume scanner, AI Optimize, ATS resume builder, cover letters, LinkedIn optimizer, job tracker, jobs, Auto Apply, Interview PracticeOct 14, 2026
Our free accountResume and LinkedIn scans, AI Optimize, resume builder and downloads, job tracker and job matches, trial checkout (stopped before payment), Auto Apply credits, Interview Practice · · · Oct 14, 2026
CompanyAbout page, TermsOct 14, 2026
Rating and what users sayTrustpilot, all reviews from the past 12 months (we read 77; Trustpilot counts 76 for the period), positive and negative; Chrome Web Store rating and reviews; Reddit threads incl. r/ResumeTips and r/jobsearchhacksOct 3–14, 2026

We used a free account and read Jobscan's public pages, terms and Trustpilot reviews. We didn't start the trial or pay, so Premium's AI editing, the full LinkedIn report and applying with Auto Apply weren't tried. Choosery has no affiliate or business relationship with Jobscan. How we research

  • Soft pass: card summary; “What you're charged” without the add-on list; what isn't confirmed about Auto Apply; per-credit prices in their own column; listed-in line; two more visible screenshots
  • Page published, with our check of the free account