The short version of this Teal review: the free job tracker is good, and most people should try it before paying for anything. Teal+ adds unlimited AI writing, every keyword from a posting and a Match Score, for $13 a week, $29 every 30 days or $79 every 90. The catches are smaller than the product's strengths but worth knowing. The weekly plan quietly costs about $56 a month if you forget it, the Match Score's method is not published, Teal's site quotes a Trustpilot rating above the live one, and nothing in Teal submits an application. Details below, as of October 2026.
A disclosure: ApplyEze makes a product in the same space. It builds a resume for each posting, writes a cover letter when the form asks, and completes the application, so it competes with Teal for some job seekers. Teal's free plan keeps going, where ApplyEze's free start is 50 credits, once per email address, and for tracking a search by hand Teal is the better tool.
What Teal is
Teal is a web app with a Chrome extension. The parts that matter:
- Job tracker. Bookmark jobs, set goals, take notes and move each one through stages "from bookmarked to negotiating" (job tracker page).
- Chrome extension. "Teal - Job Search Companion" saves jobs to the tracker "with just 1 click from 40+ job boards", according to the job tracker page, and its store listing mentions "Super Search" across several boards at once (Chrome Web Store).
- AI resume builder. Keep one work history, then build a version per job, with AI-written bullets and summaries (resume builder).
- Match Score and keywords. Attach a job description and Teal highlights its keywords and scores how well your resume aligns.
- Cover letters, email templates per stage and contact tracking for recruiters and referrals.
What it does not do is apply. Neither the extension listing nor the builder page claims to fill or submit application forms. You export a PDF and submit it yourself.
The free plan
This is where Teal earns its reputation. From the pricing page, the Free Forever plan includes:
- unlimited resumes and unlimited job tracking,
- 10 resume templates and basic design settings,
- job description keyword matching for the top 5 keywords,
- basic analysis in the resume builder,
- one email template per job stage,
- AI credits: 10 for resume bullets, 2 for professional summaries, 2 for cover letters.
The resume builder page adds "The core builder stays free forever. No credit card required. No trial that expires." Unlimited tracking with no card is a real offer, and it is what most happy reviewers write about (more on that below). If you are running a search by hand and living in a spreadsheet, the free tracker alone is worth the sign-up.
The limits bite on the AI side. Two cover letters is enough to try the generator, not to use it in a search, and the top 5 keywords will not show you every gap in a long posting.
Teal+ pricing and the weekly plan
Prices as of October 2026, from the Teal pricing page:
| Plan | Price | Teal's own per-day figure | Cost per 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Forever | $0 | n/a | $0 |
| Teal+ weekly | $13 every 7 days | $1.85 a day | about $55.71 if left running |
| Teal+ monthly | $29 every 30 days | $0.96 a day | $29.00 |
| Teal+ quarterly | $79 every 90 days | $0.87 a day | about $26.33 |
All Teal+ plans include unlimited templates, unlimited keyword matching, full analysis, unlimited email templates, advanced design settings, a Match Score and unlimited AI bullets, summaries and cover letters.
The weekly plan is the trap. It renews every 7 days. Left on for a month, it costs $13 x 30 / 7 = about $55.71, almost double the 30-day plan. Over 90 days it comes to about $167, against $79 for the quarterly plan. It makes sense for one intense week, such as rewriting your resume before a batch of applications, and for little else.
Refund windows are short and differ by plan. Teal's cancellation policy, dated 27 July 2026, says refund requests must be emailed to membersupport@tealhq.com within:
- 2 calendar days of the billing period start on the weekly plan,
- 7 calendar days on the monthly plan,
- 14 calendar days on the quarterly plan, and on an annual plan, which the policy lists though the pricing page does not show one.
"Cancelling your subscription does not automatically trigger a refund," and submitting a request "does not guarantee that a refund will be issued." Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, and the policy says "Teal cannot be held responsible for recurring subscriptions if a member fails to cancel their account. The customer must confirm the cancellation." It tells you how: a red banner under your plan in account settings shows the date the subscription ends. If you cancel, check for the banner.
Match Score and keywords
Paste in a job description, and the resume builder page says Teal "shows you exactly how you measure up", with "a Match Score showing exactly how competitive your resume is for that specific role." It lists the keywords you are missing and suggests where to add them. The free plan shows the top 5 keywords; Teal+ shows "Unlimited keywords (hard and soft skills)".
Three things to understand about that number.
Teal does not publish how it is calculated. The builder page says its resume score "analyzes 15+ factors" for the resume itself, but gives no weights for the Match Score. Jobscan, by contrast, publishes the order of its match rate priorities and a recommended target; our Jobscan review covers them.
No employer sees it. The applicant tracking system on the other side runs its own logic, set up by the employer. Greenhouse, for example, documents a Talent Matching feature in which "AI compares your application to the job's requirements and assigns a match score", and says it "does not automatically advance or reject candidates" (Greenhouse candidate FAQ). Teal's score is an estimate of overlap, made on Teal's side.
The keywords still matter, for a better-sourced reason than Teal gives. The builder page says "75%+ of companies use AI-powered ATS systems to screen your resume first" without a source. The nearest sourced figure is from the Harvard Business School and Accenture study "Hidden Workers": 75% of US employers said they used recruiting management systems, and 88% believed qualified high-skills candidates were screened out for not matching 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. It is still a good reason to use the posting's own words for what you have done.
Teal's own advice on its builder page is the right one: "Make sure everything on your resume is accurate and authentically represents your experience." Add a missing keyword when it describes real work you can talk about in an interview, and leave it out when it does not. Our guide to the best AI for resume tailoring compares how Teal, Jobscan, Rezi, Enhancv and others draw that line.
Ratings claimed versus live
Teal's homepage says "Rated over 4.4 on Trustpilot", and the resume builder page says "Teal is rated 4.4+ stars on Trustpilot". Here is what the listings showed on 17 October 2026:
| Where | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Teal homepage and builder page | "Rated over 4.4 on Trustpilot", "rated 4.4+ stars" |
| Trustpilot | 4.2, "Great", from 117 reviews, 50 in the last 12 months; 71% five-star, 13% one-star |
| Chrome Web Store | 4.7 from 3.2K ratings, 200,000 users, version 4.0.8, last updated 26 June 2025 |
The gap is small, 4.2 against "over 4.4", and Trustpilot scores move, so the badge may have been true once. It is not true now.
The Chrome listing is strong on ratings but has not been updated in more than a year. That does not mean the extension is broken, and reviewers in 2026 still use it. It is worth knowing if a job board you rely on changes its pages.
The headline claim deserves a note too. The homepage says "Land 6X more Interviews", and the builder page says users "report landing interviews 6x faster". A footnote on the builder page says these are "Results based on self-reported data from individual Teal users. Outcomes may vary and are not guaranteed." Two different claims share one number, with no method behind either.
What users report
Read on 17 October 2026, Teal's Trustpilot reviews are mostly positive, and the praise is specific. Teal had replied to every negative review, typically within 24 hours.
Praise centers on the tracker. Reviewers from April to October 2026 call it easier than a spreadsheet, credit it with keeping applications organized by stage at high volume, and like the notes, contacts and the lack of a cap on saved jobs. Several mention the keyword analysis as useful, including one director-level job seeker this month.
Complaints fall into a few groups:
- AI writing needs editing. A four-star May 2026 review likes the tracker and keyword gap flags but says the AI cover letters need heavy editing and can sound robotic. Teal replied that users can now choose the model used for AI generation.
- Billing. A May 2026 one-star review describes being caught by a subscription after forgetting to cancel. Teal replied offering cancellation and refund support. Given the weekly plan and the 2-day refund window above, this is the complaint to plan around.
- Email volume. A June 2026 reviewer reports daily marketing emails and an unsubscribe link that did not work.
- Job listings. A May 2026 reviewer says listings seemed stale or inactive.
- Automation. A July 2026 four-star review asks for more automation in adding keywords to resumes.
On Reddit, two threads come up when people ask whether Teal is worth it. A r/jobsearch thread titled "Teal HQ is garbage", about a year old, complains about Teal's job board rather than the tracker (thread). In r/ResumeExperts, a poster who used Careerflow and Teal for about two months finds Careerflow less polished but more generous for free (thread). Both are single users; read them as themes, not verdicts.
Is Teal worth it?
Use the free plan if you:
- apply by hand and want one place to track every job, contact and stage,
- save jobs from several boards and want them in one list,
- want to see the top keywords of a posting before you edit your resume.
Pay for Teal+ if you:
- write many tailored resumes and cover letters and will use the unlimited AI,
- want every keyword and a Match Score for each posting,
- can commit to 30 or 90 days. The quarterly plan is the lowest rate per day, and the weekly plan is the highest.
Look elsewhere if you:
- want applications filled or submitted for you, since Teal does neither,
- want a published scoring method, which Jobscan offers,
- tend to forget renewals, given a weekly plan and a 2-day refund window on it.
For other resume tools, the Enhancv review covers a builder with a stronger design focus, and Jobscan versus Teal compares the two most common keyword tools head to head.
Where ApplyEze fits
ApplyEze does a different job. It finds roles on employers' own career boards, builds a resume for each posting, writes 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), from a desktop app on your own machine with the browser visible. Your employers, job titles, dates, schools, degrees and certifications come from your own record. ApplyEze brings the posting's named skills and tools onto your skills line, even when your own record does not list them. There is no step to remove one before a live run, so use a dry run to see what it writes, and be ready to discuss anything on the page. New accounts get 50 free credits, once per email address with no card, and a credit is used only when an application is confirmed as Submitted. Plans are listed at $19 a month for 700 applications and $99 a month for 3,000. If you mostly need to stay organized, Teal's free tracker is the better start.