Magic Resume vs Teal

Magic Resume is a freemium, web and self-hosted resume workbench that uses AI proposals for editing, tailoring, and translation. It reads a resume and looks up a role before suggesting changes; each suggestion includes a reason and can be accepted or skipped. The editor offers a live preview, 19 templates, applicant-tracking-system optimization, job-description matching, and translation intended to preserve tone and structure. Mock interviews use real-time voice, ask follow-up questions, and produce reports on depth, job fit, expression, and structure. Resumes export as PDF or JSON, and JSON backups can be loaded back. Users can edit local drafts in a browser, then sign in for cloud workspace access and continuation on another device. The MIT-licensed editor can be self-hosted with Docker. The Free plan includes about 22 AI conversations monthly, 30 requests per minute, every template, PDF export, cloud sync, and version history. Pro costs $3.99 a month; Max costs $9.99 a month.

Teal is a career and job-search platform with an AI resume builder for creating resumes and adapting them to job descriptions. Users can start from scratch, upload a PDF or Word document, paste text, or import LinkedIn content. The builder compares a resume with a job description, gives a Match Score, and suggests keywords and content improvements. Its 10 ATS-friendly templates offer controls for layout, fonts, spacing, colors, and section order. Free accounts can create and download unlimited resumes as PDFs and use basic analysis, but AI generation credits are limited. Teal says DOC and DOCX exports are not currently offered. Its Chrome extension saves jobs from supported boards including Indeed, Glassdoor, and Built In, and is for Chrome on desktop or laptop devices. The free plan includes the top five job-description keywords. Paid plans are listed at $13 a month with weekly billing, $29 a month billed monthly, and $79 a month billed quarterly. There is no general free trial.