ATSFriendly vs Resume Worded

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Cheaper paid plan: ATSFriendly — $7.99/mo vs $49/mo for Resume Worded
Free plan: Both have one
Higher Trust score: Resume Worded — 94 vs 85 for ATSFriendly
Best fit: ATSFriendly: Tailoring one resume to a specific posting before applying · Resume Worded: mid-career professionals sanity-checking a resume before a shortlist of applications
Status: Both up at our last check — ATSFriendly Oct 15, 2026, Resume Worded Oct 16, 2026

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

ATSFriendlyScores a resume against a job description, names the missing keywords, then rewrites it in a guided editor.

Resume WordedScores resumes and LinkedIn profiles against recruiter checks

Side by side

Fact	ATSFriendly	Resume Worded
Category	Resume & Cover Letters	Job Search & Applications
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	$7.99/mo	$49/mo
Trust score	85 / 100	94 / 100
Platforms	Web	Web
Company	B Code Software LLC	Resume Worded
Launched	—	2017
Last verified	Oct 15, 2026	Oct 16, 2026

What our research says

ATSFriendly

The scanner is the honest part of this product: it names the keywords and skills a job description wants and your resume lacks, which is specific enough to act on. The editor and cover-letter generator are ordinary GPT-4 wrappers. Read the pricing framing carefully - the $7.99 headline requires paying three months up front, and the site says outright that there is no trial.

Pros

Scores against a pasted job description rather than giving a generic resume grade
Breaks results into keyword, skills, experience, education, verb-choice and searchability checks
Re-scan after edits is included on paid plans, so you can iterate toward a higher score
Free plan is genuinely usable for a couple of applications a week

Cons

The $7.99 rate requires a $23.99 quarterly prepay; monthly billing is $9.99
The FAQ states plainly that no trial period is offered
The operator is a New Mexico LLC per the about page, yet the terms are governed by Sri Lankan law
Compatibility scores come from the vendor's own model, not from how Workday or Greenhouse actually behave

Resume Worded

Worth it as a structured second opinion on a resume you have already drafted, and the LinkedIn audit is more specific than most rivals bother with. But $49/month is the wrong shape for a task most people do once — take the quarterly or annual plan or nothing.

Pros

feedback maps to named checks instead of an opaque score
large library of sample bullet points taken from resumes that landed interviews
LinkedIn review is a genuinely separate product, not a resume report relabelled
ATS templates are delivered as editable Word and Google Docs files

Cons

monthly price is high relative to how briefly most job seekers need it
no API and no bulk mode for coaches or university career services
checks are rule-based, so advice repeats across different resumes
no in-browser editor — you copy suggestions back into your own document

Which one fits

Choose ATSFriendly if you need

Tailoring one resume to a specific posting before applying
Spotting missing keywords a screener would filter on
Applying in volume and needing PDF and DOCX exports

Choose Resume Worded if you need

mid-career professionals sanity-checking a resume before a shortlist of applications
anyone who wants their LinkedIn headline and About section critiqued line by line
tailoring one base resume against several different job descriptions