Kickresume vs ResumeUp

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

Free plan: Both have one
Higher Trust score: Kickresume — 83 vs 78 for ResumeUp
Best fit: Kickresume: Candidates who want a clean, well-typeset resume without fighting a word processor · ResumeUp: Active job seekers who want resume, LinkedIn and interview prep together
Platforms: Kickresume: Web · ResumeUp: Web, Chrome extension
Status: Both up at our last check — Kickresume Oct 15, 2026, ResumeUp 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

KickresumeResume templates with the writing help locked behind the paywall

ResumeUpResume builder with an ATS scorer, LinkedIn review and mock interviews in one account

Side by side

Fact	Kickresume	ResumeUp
Category	Job Search & Applications	Resume & Cover Letters
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	—	$29/mo
Trust score	83 / 100	78 / 100
Platforms	Web	Web, Chrome extension
Company	Kickresume	ResumeUp.AI
Launched	2013	2024
Last verified	Oct 15, 2026	Oct 16, 2026

What our research says

Kickresume

A good-looking resume builder whose free tier is a template gallery and nothing more — the writer, the cover letter tool, the ATS checker and the career map are all paid. Buy it for one month while you are actively applying and cancel; the annual plan only pays off for a job hunt measured in quarters.

Pros

Free downloads are genuinely unlimited, which several competitors gate
The output covers resume, cover letter and a hosted page from one set of content
A long-established company rather than a recent launch, founded 2013 in Bratislava
The ATS checker addresses the specific failure mode that sinks well-written resumes

Cons

Every generative feature is paid, so the free tier cannot demonstrate the product's premise
Month-to-month at EUR 24 costs three times the yearly rate of EUR 8/month
Pricing is euro-only with no USD figures shown, making the true cost currency-dependent
Four free templates against 40-plus paid ones makes the free gallery a shop window

ResumeUp

Six job-hunt tools behind one subscription, which beats paying separately for a builder, a scanner and an interview coach. The quarterly re-testing against named applicant tracking systems is a more concrete claim than most rivals make. Against that: no company entity is published, and $29 a month is real money for a search that may last weeks.

Pros

Six tools — builder, ATS checker, cover letters, LinkedIn scorer, interview coach, tracker — in one subscription
ATS checks are re-tested quarterly against five named applicant tracking systems
Chrome extension pulls postings straight off job boards
Free tier keeps the tracker and LinkedIn optimiser rather than locking everything
20+ resume templates with ATS-oriented layouts

Cons

$29 a month is at the top of the resume-tool range
No company entity or address is published; the footer lists three country flags for a distributed team
Free credits run out after 20 AI actions, which is a handful of tailored resumes
No API or integration beyond the browser extension

Which one fits

Choose Kickresume if you need

Candidates who want a clean, well-typeset resume without fighting a word processor
Applicants wanting the same content as a resume, a cover letter and a personal page
Anyone in an active search who will use the paid features within a single month

Choose ResumeUp if you need

Active job seekers who want resume, LinkedIn and interview prep together
People applying through Workday, Greenhouse or Lever pipelines
Anyone who wants an ATS score before submitting rather than after rejection