A Free Jobscan Alternative With Unlimited Scans
Our ATS resume checker is free, unlimited and needs no account, where Jobscan's free plan includes 5 resume scans a month. What sets us apart comes after the scan: we tailor your resume to the job from your own work record, a private career diary or the resume you paste, with nothing invented: the AI is instructed not to add employers, numbers or skills you never gave it. You can start without an account.
Jobscan is an established ATS matching tool with a permanent free plan, and for some searches it is the better pick. Below is what each product's own pricing page says (we read Jobscan's on 1 October 2026), where we differ, and when to choose Jobscan instead.
Jobscan 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.
| Jobscan | CareerDiary | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Free forever: 5 resume scans a month, plus a job tracker, a resume builder and a Chrome extension. | 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. |
| Paid plan | $49.95 billed monthly, or $89.95 every 3 months (about $29.98 a month); the 3-month plan starts with a 7-day free trial. | Pro is $9 a month or $59 a year. |
| What paying adds | Paid plans add unlimited resume scans and AI optimizations, an AI cover letter generator and a LinkedIn optimizer. | 50 AI credits a day, unlimited saved resumes and cover letters, and Interview Prep, Career GPS and the ATS Simulator. |
| How it tailors to a job | Scans your resume against a job description and reports the match; paid plans add AI optimizations. | 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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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 Jobscan instead
- You mainly want to score a resume against job descriptions, and 5 scans a month covers your search.
- You want an AI cover letter generator and a LinkedIn optimizer alongside the scans, in one paid plan.
- You want to try the paid features before paying: the 3-month plan starts with a 7-day free trial.
Sources
- Jobscan pricing (jobscan.co), checked 1 October 2026
- CareerDiary pricing (careerdiary.io), our limits, from the numbers our servers enforce
Common questions
Is the ATS checker really unlimited?
Yes. The scan runs in your browser against any job description you paste, with no account and no scan cap. The one optional AI step, a sample rewrite of a single bullet, is limited, and sends that bullet with a short excerpt of the job description.
Is Jobscan free?
Jobscan has a free plan. From its pricing page, read on 1 October 2026: Free forever: 5 resume scans a month, plus a job tracker, a resume builder and a Chrome extension. $49.95 billed monthly, or $89.95 every 3 months (about $29.98 a month); the 3-month plan starts with a 7-day free trial.
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.
How current is this comparison?
We read Jobscan'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 Jobscan's page before you decide; the date tells you how old our reading is.
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