Novorésumé vs Tailr

Novorésumé is a web-based tool for creating resumes and cover letters, with templates designed to be ATS-friendly. Users can download formatted resumes or CVs as PDFs, and PDF downloads are available on all plans. The AI toolkit includes resume building, ATS checking, job matching, cover-letter generation, and professional bios. Free users get two uses per month for each AI tool; Premium users get 10. Each tool can be used once without signing up, while an account saves results and provides unlimited access to each tool.

The free Basic plan allows one version and a one-page resume. Premium is listed at $23.99 a month, billed once with no recurring billing, and allows a resume or CV of up to 10 pages. The CV maker works on phones, tablets, and desktops, synchronizing CVs across devices. Novorésumé uses OpenAI and Anthropic for some AI features and says those providers do not use user data to train their models. Personal data is retained on its servers as long as needed, up to six years after last use.

Tailr is a web app for tailoring a resume to a particular job opening. Users import a document and provide a job-posting link or its text; the app matches the resume to the role and proposes rewrites intended for applicant tracking systems. Users approve each rewrite before export. Tailr offers six templates and produces a one-page, single-column PDF with selectable text, designed for parsing by systems including Workday, Greenhouse, Taleo, and iCIMS. A customer testimonial mentions DOCX export. A free account, which requires registration, allows 10 tailored resumes per day; daily caps reset at midnight UTC, and managed plans use fixed 28-day cycles. Go costs $2.99 a month, billed every 28 days, for up to 500 resumes per cycle. Pro costs $6.99 a month, billed every 28 days, for up to 1,100 per cycle. BYOK costs $20 a year and supports connecting a supported model provider key, with 60 resumes per day. Tailr says it does not sell resume data or train AI models on resumes.