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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. ResumeUp publishes a starting price ($29); Kickresume does not. Both have a free tier.

KickresumeResume templates with the writing help locked behind the paywallResumeUpResume builder with an ATS scorer, LinkedIn review and mock interviews in one account

Side by side

FactKickresumeResumeUp
CategoryJob Search & ApplicationsResume & Cover Letters
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at—$29 month
Public APINoNo
PlatformsWebWeb, Chrome Ext
CompanyKickresumeResumeUp.AI
Launched20132024
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 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

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