Jobscan Premium costs $49.95/month (~£40) · the most expensive tool in the space. Here are 4 alternatives that cost less and do more, with GBP pricing, a free ATS resume checker (no sign-up), and UK job-board support.
| Feature | ApplyArc | Teal | Rezi | Jobscan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro price | £19/mo | ~£23/mo | $29/mo | ~£40/mo |
| Free ATS check | ✅ no sign-up | ❌ | Limited | 5 scans/mo |
| AI tools | 18 | CV only | Builder | Scan-focused |
| Cover letters | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | Premium |
| Interview prep | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Kanban tracker | ✅ 6 stages | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ basic |
| Fact-checked AI | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| GBP pricing | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
Best overall Jobscan alternative for UK. Pro: £19/mo
Best for CV building + light tracking. Pro: $29/mo (~£23)
Best for ATS-optimised resume building. Pro: $29/mo
Best for pure pipeline tracking. Pro: $40/mo (~£32)
Jobscan Premium lists at $49.95/month · the priciest tool in the category. Here's what that actually costs a UK job seeker.
$49.95/mo
Advertised price
Roughly £40 at current rates · your bank sets the exchange rate, not Jobscan.
1.5-3%
Currency conversion fee
Most UK banks add a foreign-transaction fee on USD charges · another £0.60-£1.20 a month.
~$299/yr
Annual plan
Even the discounted annual works out near $24.95/month ($299.40/year). ApplyArc annual is £180/year.
~£40-42
Real monthly cost
After conversion fees, Jobscan can cost more than double ApplyArc's flat £19.
A great ATS score gets your CV read · it doesn't get you hired. Jobscan optimises keywords; ApplyArc does the ATS check free, then handles everything after it.
Jobscan tells you if your CV passes the filter. ApplyArc passes the filter, then tracks the application, drills the interview, and writes the salary script · for less than half the price.
Sign up for ApplyArc (free) and paste your CV + a job description into the ATS resume checker. Get a match score in seconds · no scan limit on the basics, no card.
Add jobs from Reed, Totaljobs, CV-Library, Indeed UK or LinkedIn to your 6-stage kanban board. A Chrome extension for LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor is launching soon · join the waitlist.
Optimise a CV against a specific job description, generate a tailored cover letter, and let the fact-checker make sure every number is real.
The Coach knows your active applications and gives daily briefings: who to follow up with, which interviews to prep for, and which roles need attention.
We're biased. Obviously. But here's when Jobscan is the better pick:
Jobscan's keyword-match engine is best-in-class for pure resume optimisation. If a granular ATS score is all you want, it's excellent at that one job.
If you tailor and re-scan a CV for every single role at high volume, Jobscan's unlimited Premium scans may suit you · though ApplyArc's checker covers most seekers free.
Jobscan is US-centric and priced in USD with no FX penalty for you. The GBP advantage that makes ApplyArc cheaper for UK users won't apply.
Pick: ApplyArc (free)
Free ATS checker plus 5 AI cover letters a month and 100 tracked jobs · more than enough for a first search, with no card and no scan paywall.
Pick: ApplyArc Pro (£19/mo)
Unlimited AI, CV optimiser for each application, and salary scripts that pull UK market data · for less than half Jobscan's price.
Pick: ApplyArc Pro (£19/mo)
Each application counts · fact-checked CV optimisation, tailored cover letters in your voice, and interview prep covering competency and leadership frameworks.
ApplyArc is the best Jobscan alternative for UK job seekers. Its ATS resume checker is free with no sign-up, the full suite is £19/month flat (vs Jobscan's $49.95/month ≈ £40), it adds 18 AI tools (cover letters, interview prep, salary scripts) on top of ATS scoring, and it tracks your whole pipeline on a kanban board. Jobscan is a strong resume scanner, but it's the most expensive tool in the space and priced in USD.
Yes. ApplyArc's ATS resume checker is genuinely free and needs no sign-up · paste your CV and a job description and get an ATS match score in seconds. Jobscan's free plan caps you at 5 scans a month before the $49.95 paywall. If all you need is an honest ATS check, ApplyArc's free checker covers it with no card and no scan limit on the basics.
Three reasons: 1) Price · Jobscan Premium is $49.95/month (~£40), more than double ApplyArc's £19. 2) USD pricing means foreign-transaction fees on top. 3) Jobscan is scan-first · once your CV passes the ATS, you still need a tracker, cover letters, and interview prep. ApplyArc does the ATS check plus all of that, in GBP.
Yes · Jobscan added a Job Tracker (and a basic resume builder) and both are available even on the free plan. We won't pretend otherwise. The difference is focus: Jobscan is built around its ATS resume scanner, with tracking as a companion feature. ApplyArc is built around a 6-stage kanban tracker and 18 AI tools, with a free ATS checker as one part of the suite.
ApplyArc, by a wide margin. ApplyArc Pro is £19/month flat (£15/month billed annually). Jobscan Premium is $49.95/month ≈ £40 plus currency-conversion fees, and even the annual plan works out around $24.95/month ($299.40/year). ApplyArc's annual is £180/year. You save roughly half and get a free ATS checker with no sign-up.
Jobscan's tools are CV/ATS-focused and US-centric · they work on any CV text you paste, but there's no deep UK job-board integration. ApplyArc is built for UK seekers: track roles from Reed, Totaljobs, CV-Library, Indeed UK and LinkedIn, with a Chrome extension for LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor launching soon.
They solve different problems. Jobscan optimises your CV's keyword match against a job description · its core strength. ApplyArc does ATS scoring too, and adds a fact-checker (metricVerifier) that blocks the AI from inventing metrics you never achieved, plus an AI-tell scanner so your CV doesn't read like ChatGPT wrote it. Optimised keywords that are also true and human-sounding.
Yes. ApplyArc lets you tag roles by visa sponsorship status and filter your board to show only sponsor-licence holders · useful if you're on a Skilled Worker visa. Jobscan has no equivalent UK-specific tracking. This is one of the clearest reasons UK seekers pick ApplyArc as home base.
No, and we won't pretend otherwise. Jobscan has a basic resume builder; ApplyArc is an optimiser · it improves the CV you already have (ATS scoring, bullet rewrites, fact-checked numbers) rather than building one from a blank template. If you want a from-scratch builder, Jobscan or a dedicated builder fits; if you want to optimise and run the whole search, ApplyArc.
Yes. Civil Service applications use competency-based (STAR) formats. ApplyArc's AI helps structure your examples using Situation, Task, Action, Result, and the interview prep tool drills Civil Service behaviours questions · something a pure resume scanner like Jobscan doesn't cover.
£19/mo for the full suite. Or start free: ATS resume checker, 100 jobs, and 5 AI generations. No card.