A Teal alternative with no subscription
Teal and cvagent.ai both help you fit a resume to a job, in different ways and at very different prices. This page says plainly what each does, what each costs, and when Teal is the better choice.
What Teal does
Teal is a resume builder and job search organizer. The free plan includes unlimited resumes and job tracking, keyword matching for up to 10 job descriptions and a small number of AI credits. Teal+ unlocks unlimited AI writing, a match score and advanced design settings.
What cvagent.ai does
You upload your resume once and paste a job post. cvagent.ai lists what the post asks for, marks which of those your resume shows, and rewrites your resume for that job using only what's in it. Every change is shown next to your original, anything it can't trace back to your resume is flagged, and the requirements you don't show are listed as gaps instead of being added. You download a PDF or a Word file, and it reads the PDF back the way a parser does to tell you whether every line came through.
Price
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Two months of Teal+ is $58 on the 30-day plan, or $79 for 90 days. On cvagent.ai, $19.99 covers twenty-one tailored resumes: the first is free, then a pack of twenty. Nothing on cvagent.ai renews, so there's nothing to cancel when your search ends.
Teal's prices as listed on its pricing page on 15 October 2026, before tax. Prices change; check there before you decide.
How cvagent.ai is different
One step instead of an editor
Teal gives you tools to edit a resume for each job. We do the tailoring: upload your resume once, paste the job post, and get a rewritten version for that job with every change shown next to your original.
Nothing added that isn't yours
We only work from what's in your resume, and flag any wording we can't trace back to it. If the job asks for something you don't show, it goes on a list of gaps, not into your resume.
You pay per resume, once
Your first tailored resume is free, including the download. Then it's $2.99 for one, $9.99 for five or $19.99 for twenty. Nothing renews, so there's nothing to cancel when you get the job.
When Teal is the better choice
- You want to build a resume from scratch in a visual editor with many templates.
- You want a job tracker, contact notes and email templates for the whole search.
- You're happy to write and edit bullets yourself with AI suggestions, using the free plan.
cvagent.ai doesn't build a resume from scratch, write cover letters or track applications. It needs a resume to start from, and it does one job with it.
Try it on one job
The quickest way to compare is to try both on the same job post. The free resume check needs no account and saves nothing, and your first tailored resume is free. For more on the method, see how to tailor your resume to a job description.
Teal is a trademark of its owner. cvagent.ai isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Teal. Other comparisons: Jobscan, Rezi.