Jobscan vs Teal is mostly a question of which problem you have. Jobscan is a keyword match tool: you paste a job posting, it scores your resume against it and lists the skills and titles you are missing. Teal is a job tracker with a resume builder attached: you save jobs from job boards into a pipeline, then write a version of your resume for each. Both now do a little of the other's job, but the free plans show where each one's weight sits. Jobscan gives away 5 scans a month. Teal gives away unlimited tracking.
A disclosure: ApplyEze makes a competing product, a desktop app that tailors a resume per posting, writes a cover letter when the form asks and completes the application. Neither Jobscan nor Teal does that last part, so we compete for the same job seekers from a different angle. Every price and rating below was checked on 17 October 2026 and links to its source.
The short answer
| If you mainly need | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| To see which posting keywords your resume lacks | Jobscan | Unlimited scans on paid plans, and it publishes how its match rate is weighted |
| To track every application in one place for free | Teal | Unlimited job tracking on the free plan, plus contacts, checklists and email templates |
| A cheap paid plan | Teal | $29 every 30 days against $49.95 a month |
| A free trial of the paid tier | Jobscan | The quarterly plan has a 7-day free trial; Teal has a free plan instead |
| Someone to submit applications for you | Neither | Both leave the submit to you |
If money is tight, you can run both on free plans: Teal for tracking, Jobscan's 5 monthly scans for the roles you care about most.
What each is built for
Jobscan started as a scanner and still leads with it. Its homepage says its AI "identifies the applicant tracking system behind each job posting" and adjusts to it, and names iCIMS, Recruiterbox, Lever, Greenhouse and Taleo among the systems it covers. Paid plans on the plan page add unlimited AI optimizations, a cover letter and bullet point generator, a LinkedIn optimizer, an AI keyword synonym detector and "AI Job Match". The tracker is there, on every plan, but it is a feature of the scanner.
Teal leads with organization. Its job tracker page pitches it as a replacement for "an excel or google sheets, but customized for all your job searches", and the Chrome extension bookmarks jobs from boards such as Indeed, Glassdoor and BuiltIn straight into it. The resume builder sits next to the tracker and uses each saved job's keywords to guide a tailored version.
That difference in center of gravity shows up everywhere below.
Keyword matching compared
Jobscan publishes its method; Teal does not. Jobscan's homepage says the match rate is built from five priorities in order: hard skills, education level (only when the posting asks for an advanced degree), job title, soft skills and other keywords. Word count and measurable results are not scored. It recommends a 75% match rate, says many users "see success even with just a 65% match rate", and warns that "it might not be possible to score above 75% without overstuffing your resume with keywords."
Teal says you can "Paste in any job description, and Teal shows you exactly how you measure up," with "a Match Score showing exactly how competitive your resume is for that specific role" (resume builder). It does not publish a weighting or a target score.
Free plans differ in kind. Jobscan's free plan gives 5 full resume scans a month. Teal's free plan lets you attach any number of jobs but shows only the "Top 5" keywords for each; Teal+ adds "Unlimited keywords (hard and soft skills)" and the Match Score (Teal pricing). So Jobscan free is deep on a few postings, and Teal free is shallow on many.
| Jobscan | Teal | |
|---|---|---|
| Free keyword matching | 5 scans a month | Top 5 keywords per job |
| Paid keyword matching | Unlimited scans and keyword comparisons | Unlimited keywords and a Match Score |
| Method published | Yes: five weighted priorities, 75% target | No |
| Synonym handling | AI Keyword Synonym Detector (paid) | Not stated |
| AI writing on free plan | Not listed | 10 bullet, 2 summary and 2 cover letter credits |
Neither score is what an employer sees. Both numbers are the vendor's own estimate. The employer's applicant tracking system runs its own configuration, and our guide to what an ATS is covers what those systems do with a resume. The case for matching a posting's language is real but more modest than a percentage suggests: in the Harvard Business School and Accenture "Hidden Workers" survey, 88% of employers said qualified high-skills candidates were screened out because they did not match the exact criteria in the job description, rising to 94% for middle-skills roles (HBS). That is employer belief from a 2021 survey, not a measured rejection rate. The often repeated "75% of resumes are rejected by an ATS" has no published method behind it; in 2014 Fortune said it probably came from a job search services firm (Fortune). Jobscan's 75% target is a different number with a similar ring, and it is a match score suggestion, not a rejection rate.
For keyword work, Jobscan wins. It is more transparent, its free tier lets you test the full scan, and its paid tier is built around the scan. Reddit is skeptical of these scores in general: an r/jobsearchhacks thread asks whether Jobscan, Teal and similar sites are worth it at all, with the poster suspicious that something is off with ATS scanning sites (thread). Use either score as a list of gaps to consider, not a grade to chase. For a manual method, see how to tailor a resume.
Tracking compared
Teal's tracker is the more complete product, and it is free. The pricing page lists "Unlimited Job Tracking" on the free plan: "Bookmark jobs, set goals, take notes, track application statuses and more." The tracker page adds custom checklists per application, contacts attached to each job (recruiters, hiring managers, referrals), excitement ratings to prioritize roles, automatic detection of compensation in the job description, and more than 40 email templates for follow ups. The free plan includes 1 email template per job stage; Teal+ makes them unlimited.
Jobscan's tracker is solid and tied to the score. Its job tracker page describes boards you move jobs across "from 'Applied' to 'Interviewed'", with fields for interview schedules, meeting links, contact details, notes and pending tasks. The Chrome extension saves jobs from Indeed, LinkedIn and Glassdoor and can scan your resume from the listing itself, and each job card shows its match rate. The free plan includes the tracker, though each scan still counts against your 5.
| Jobscan | Teal | |
|---|---|---|
| Tracker on free plan | Yes | Yes, unlimited |
| Save jobs from boards | Indeed, LinkedIn, Glassdoor named | Indeed, Glassdoor, BuiltIn named; "over 40" boards claimed |
| Contacts per job | Contact details and recruiter names | Contacts, with referral tracking |
| Follow ups | Post-interview thank you notes | 40+ email templates, scheduled follow ups, checklists |
| Match score on each card | Yes | Keyword insights per job; Match Score on Teal+ |
| Extension (Chrome Web Store) | 4.3 from 44 ratings, 20,000 users | 4.7 from 3.2K ratings, 200,000 users |
One caution on Teal: its Chrome extension listing showed a last update of 26 June 2025 when we checked, more than a year earlier (Chrome Web Store). Jobscan's had been updated on 12 October 2026 (Chrome Web Store).
For tracking, Teal wins. If you only want a better spreadsheet, you may never need to pay. Our job application tracker guide covers what to record whichever tool you use.
Pricing
Prices as of October 2026, from the Jobscan plan page and Teal pricing page:
| Plan | Jobscan | Teal |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0, 5 scans a month, tracker, extension | $0, unlimited resumes and tracking, top 5 keywords |
| Weekly | Not offered | $13 every 7 days |
| Monthly | $49.95 a month, no trial | $29 every 30 days |
| Quarterly | $89.95 every 3 months ($29.98 a month), 7-day free trial | $79 every 90 days |
Worked out per 30 days of use:
- Teal quarterly: $79 / 3 = about $26.33.
- Teal monthly: $29.
- Jobscan quarterly: $89.95 / 3 = about $29.98.
- Jobscan monthly: $49.95.
- Teal weekly, left running: $13 x 30 / 7 = about $55.71, the most expensive option in either lineup if you forget it.
Teal is cheaper on every like-for-like plan. The weekly plan is only good value if you need a week of unlimited AI writing and then cancel.
Auto Apply credits. Both Jobscan paid plans include "2 free Auto Apply Credits a month" and 20% off extra credits. The Auto Apply page lists packs of 5 credits for $8.50, 10 for $15.00 and 25 for $35.00, one credit per job, and says "The Submit button is always yours." Teal has no equivalent.
Refunds are narrow at both. Jobscan's cancellation policy grants refunds only to members who dispute a charge "within 2 calendar days of the billing period start and have not used the service within the said billing period", keeps a 3.5% fee, and decides case by case. Teal's help center gives 2 calendar days for weekly plans, 7 for monthly and 14 for quarterly, and says a request "does not guarantee that a refund will be issued." Both say cancelling does not refund automatically, and both say they are not responsible if you forget to cancel. Jobscan also states that when a subscription expires "you will lose access to paid features and all data associated with those features." Export anything you need before your plan lapses.
Ratings
Checked on 17 October 2026:
| Jobscan | Teal | |
|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot score | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| Trustpilot reviews | 345 (77 in the last 12 months) | 117 (50 in the last 12 months) |
| Five-star share | 82% | 71% |
| One-star share | 11% | 13% |
| Chrome extension | 4.3 from 44 ratings | 4.7 from 3.2K ratings |
Sources: Trustpilot, Jobscan, Trustpilot, Teal, and the two Chrome Web Store listings linked above.
Teal's own site says it is "Rated over 4.4 on Trustpilot"; the live score was 4.2. Both companies print outcome claims without a method: Teal's "6X more Interviews" is labeled on its own site as self-reported by users and not guaranteed, and Jobscan's homepage promises "3X" more interviews with no source. Treat both as marketing.
The review themes split along the same line as the products. Jobscan reviewers praise it for surfacing keyword gaps they had missed, and complain about billing, hard cancellation and AI output that misreads technical terms. Teal reviewers praise the tracker as a replacement for spreadsheets, and complain about subscriptions renewing when they forgot, cover letters that need heavy editing, and daily email. On Reddit, one r/ResumeExperts poster who used Careerflow and Teal for about two months found Careerflow less polished but more generous on its free plan (thread).
For the full picture of each, read our Jobscan review and Teal review.
Where ApplyEze fits
Both tools assume you write and submit every application yourself, and help with the keywords or the bookkeeping. ApplyEze takes a different job: it writes a resume for each posting, as PDF and DOCX, read back by a parser check, plus a cover letter when the form asks, and completes the application on 12 platforms, including Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and Workday (Workday needs a connected application inbox). New accounts get 50 free credits, once per email address, no card, and a credit is used only when an application is confirmed as submitted. Plans list at $19 a month for 700 applications and $99 a month for 3,000. It does not sell an ATS score, since no ATS exposes one. ApplyEze brings the posting's named skills and tools onto your skills line, so check each resume and keep only what you can discuss in an interview. If you are comparing resume tools more broadly, see the best AI for resume tailoring.