A Free Huntr Alternative for Tailored Resumes
CareerDiary tailors your resume to a job description from your own work record: a private career diary of what you actually did, or simply the resume you paste. Nothing invented is the rule we tailor by. The AI is instructed to rephrase and reorder, not to add employers, numbers or skills you never gave it, and you can start free without an account.
Huntr is a job tracker and resume builder in one, and for some people it is the better pick. Below is what each product's own pricing page says (we read Huntr's on 1 October 2026), where we differ, and when to choose Huntr instead.
Huntr and CareerDiary, side by side
CareerDiary is our product. We have kept to what each pricing page says, and we say where the other tool is the better choice.
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| Free plan | Free: unlimited base resumes with PDF export, 2 job-tailored resumes, all resume templates, basic job matching and scoring, a job tracker for up to 100 jobs, a Chrome job clipper and unlimited application autofills. | As a guest, with no account: 2 AI credits a day. A free account: 5 a day. One tailoring run uses one credit, and the ATS resume checker is free and unlimited. |
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| Paid plan | Pro is $40 a month, $90 every 3 months or $160 every 6 months. | Pro is $9 a month or $59 a year. |
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| What paying adds | Pro adds unlimited job-tailored resumes, AI cover letters and AI resume reviews, advanced job matching and unlimited job tracking. | 50 AI credits a day, unlimited saved resumes and cover letters, and Interview Prep, Career GPS and the ATS Simulator. |
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| How it tailors to a job | AI works the keywords, responsibilities and qualifications from a job description into your resume. | Rewrites your career diary entries or the resume you paste in the posting's words, and shows the result beside your original so you can check every change. |
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| Also worth knowing | There is no free trial of Pro; the free plan includes a small number of AI credits. | Guests can read a tailored resume; copying, downloading or saving it needs a free account. Downloads are one plain layout, as PDF or Word. |
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Where we differ
Tailoring from your own record
Log wins in a private career diary as they happen, or paste a resume. When you tailor to a posting, we pick what fits from that record and put it in the posting's words.
Nothing invented, and you can check
The AI is instructed not to add employers, numbers or skills you never gave it. It is still an AI model, so the tailored resume appears beside your original and you can read every change before you use it.
Free to start, without an account
Paste a job description and your resume and tailor it as a guest, with 2 AI credits a day. Create a free account, with 5 a day, when you want to copy, download or save the result.
When to choose Huntr instead
- Job tracking is the center of your search: Huntr's free plan tracks up to 100 jobs with a Chrome job clipper, and Pro tracks unlimited jobs.
- You want AI without a daily cap: Huntr Pro includes unlimited job-tailored resumes and AI cover letters, while our Pro plan is 50 AI credits a day.
- You want templates: Huntr's free plan includes all of its resume templates. We export one plain layout, as PDF or Word, and have no template gallery.
Frequently asked questions
Is Huntr free?
Huntr has a free plan. From its pricing page, read on 1 October 2026: Free: unlimited base resumes with PDF export, 2 job-tailored resumes, all resume templates, basic job matching and scoring, a job tracker for up to 100 jobs, a Chrome job clipper and unlimited application autofills. Pro is $40 a month, $90 every 3 months or $160 every 6 months.
Is CareerDiary free?
Yes, to start. As a guest you can tailor with 2 AI credits a day, and a free account gets 5 a day; one tailoring run uses one credit, and no card is needed. Guests can read the result, and copying, downloading or saving it needs a free account. The ATS resume checker is free and unlimited. Pro is $9 a month or $59 a year for 50 credits a day.
Will CareerDiary invent experience to match the job?
No. That is the rule we tailor by: the AI is instructed to work only from your diary or the resume you give it. It can reorder, rephrase and use the posting's words for work you actually did, but a requirement you do not meet stays out. It is still an AI model, so read the tailored resume beside your original before you send it; the side-by-side view is there for exactly this.
Can I use Huntr and CareerDiary together?
Yes. Some people keep their job tracker in one tool and tailor each resume in another. Trying CareerDiary needs no account, so there is nothing to undo either way.
How current is this comparison?
We read Huntr's pricing page on 1 October 2026 and link it below, and our own figures come from the limits our servers enforce. Plans and prices change, so check Huntr's page before you decide; the date tells you how old our reading is.
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