One tool per stage of the search: HiringCafe to find openings, Teal to tailor your resume, Rezi for cover letters, Dreamwork (our publisher) to apply, Huntr to track applications, Yoodli to practice interviews and Levels.fyi to negotiate the offer. For one tool that finds, tailors, applies and tracks for tech roles, use Dreamwork.
The short answer
The front card of each drawer is our pick, with its price and catch. 36 alternatives are in the drawers.
Free; no paid plan listed
Source: hiringcafe.com (2 pages). Checked November 8, 2026.
Free; Teal+ $29 per 30 days ($13 per 7 days, $79 per 90 days)
Source: tealhq.com (2 pages). Checked November 8, 2026.
Free; Pro $29/month; Lifetime $149 once
Pro $39/month or $99/quarter; 7-day free trial
Source: dreamworkhq.com. Checked November 8, 2026.
Free up to 100 jobs; Pro $40/month
Free for 5 sessions; Pro $8/month, Advanced $20/month, billed yearly
Pay data free to browse; coaching $1,250 to $5,000 flat
Source: levels.fyi (2 pages). Checked November 8, 2026.
Free; Pro $39/month or $99/quarter
All 43 entries for 22 tools in one shelf list, with the price each tool's own site gave on November 8, 2026. Choose a drawer to narrow it.
| Call no. | Tool | Stage | Price | Best for | The catch | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 650.14 1.01 | HiringCafe Pick | Find | Free; no paid plan listed | A wide, free search of company career sites | Search only. You apply on the employer's own posting, and it does not write or send anything. | |
| 650.14 1.02 | Dreamwork | Find | Free; Pro $39/month or $99/quarter | Tech, AI and startup roles ranked against your resume | Listing coverage is thinner outside tech. | |
| 650.14 1.03 | Jobright | Find | Free, with daily limits on some features; paid plan price not published on its site | US job seekers who want matches plus referral leads | Its FAQ says the service is mainly for the United States. | |
| 650.14 1.04 | Simplify | Find | Free; Simplify+ $39.99/month | Students and new grads | Tailoring and Autopilot need Simplify+; matching and the tracker are free. | |
| 650.14 1.05 | Wellfound | Find | Free for candidates | Startup jobs with pay shown up front | Covers only jobs posted on Wellfound, and only most listings show salary and equity. | |
| 650.14 2.01 | Teal Pick | Tailor | Free; Teal+ $29 per 30 days ($13 per 7 days, $79 per 90 days) | Keeping many tailored versions without paying | The free plan shows only the top 5 keywords from a job description and gives a few AI writing credits. | |
| 650.14 2.02 | Jobscan | Tailor | Free, 5 scans a month; $49.95/month or $89.95 per 3 months | Checking keyword match against one posting | Refunds only within 2 days of a billing period starting, only if unused, and minus a 3.5% fee. | |
| 650.14 2.03 | Rezi | Tailor | Free; Pro $29/month; Lifetime $149 once | Paying once instead of every month | The free plan allows 1 resume and 3 PDF downloads. | |
| 650.14 2.04 | Resume Worded | Tailor | Free to start; $49/month, $99 per quarter, $229 per year | Line-by-line feedback on wording | Its terms say first-time buyers cannot get a refund. | |
| 650.14 2.05 | Kickresume | Tailor | Free; $24/month, $54 per quarter, $96 per year | Designed templates on a yearly budget | The AI writer and ATS checker are paid only; the free plan has 4 templates. | |
| 650.14 2.06 | Enhancv | Tailor | Free for 7 days; Pro from $16.50/month | Approving each AI edit one at a time | Monthly payments are non-refundable, and the free version lasts 7 days. | |
| 650.14 2.07 | Huntr | Tailor | Free; Pro $40/month, $90 per quarter, $160 per 6 months | Tailoring inside your job tracker | The free plan includes 2 tailored resumes. | |
| 650.14 2.08 | Dreamwork | Tailor | Free for 5 jobs a day; Pro $39/month or $99/quarter | Tailoring done for you on every tech match | Listing coverage is thinner outside tech. | |
| 650.14 3.01 | Rezi Pick | Letters | Free; Pro $29/month; Lifetime $149 once | Unlimited free cover letters | The free plan still caps resumes at 1 and PDF downloads at 3. | |
| 650.14 3.02 | Kickresume | Letters | Free; $24/month, $54 per quarter, $96 per year | A letter that matches your resume's design | The AI writer is Premium only. | |
| 650.14 3.03 | Huntr | Letters | Free; Pro $40/month | A letter and resume made for the same job at once | The free plan includes 2 application packets. | |
| 650.14 3.04 | Teal | Letters | Free; Teal+ $29 per 30 days | Occasional letters if you already use Teal | The free plan gives 2 AI credits for cover letters. | |
| 650.14 3.05 | Careerflow | Letters | Free (limited); Premium $23.99/month; Premium Plus $44.99/month | Cover letters plus LinkedIn profile work | The free plan's limits are listed only as "limited", with no numbers. | |
| 650.14 3.06 | Enhancv | Letters | Free for 7 days; Pro from $16.50/month | A letter written from your tailored resume | Free access lasts 7 days. | |
| 650.14 3.07 | Dreamwork | Letters | Free for 5 jobs a day; Pro $39/month or $99/quarter | A letter for every tech role, without a blank page | Coverage is thinner outside tech. | |
| 650.14 4.01 | Dreamwork Pick | Apply | Pro $39/month or $99/quarter; 7-day free trial | Hands-off applying to tech roles | If a site does not support automatic submit, the application is ready for you to send yourself. | |
| 650.14 4.02 | Simplify | Apply | Copilot free; Simplify+ $39.99/month, with 20 submissions a week | Free autofill on most career sites | Simplify's help page says Autopilot has no review step before it submits. | |
| 650.14 4.03 | Jobscan | Apply | $49.95/month or $89.95 per 3 months, with 5 Auto Apply credits while in beta | Reviewing every application before it is sent | Auto Apply is in beta with 5 credits on the paid plan. | |
| 650.14 4.04 | Huntr | Apply | Free, unlimited autofills | Free autofill that logs the job in your tracker | Chrome only, and it fills nothing on sites that block the extension. | |
| 650.14 4.05 | LazyApply | Apply | $99/year (15 a day), $149/year (150 a day), $999/year (1,500 a day) | Volume, if volume is the plan | Refunds within 30 days only if you applied to fewer than 100 jobs and it failed to work as advertised. | |
| 650.14 4.06 | AIApply | Apply | Toolkit $29/month or $144/year; Auto Apply sold separately in credit packs, price not published | Auto-apply plus a toolkit of documents | Its FAQ says Auto Apply is non-refundable. | |
| 650.14 4.07 | Wellfound | Apply | Free for candidates | Startup roles where your profile does the work | Works only for jobs posted on Wellfound. | |
| 650.14 5.01 | Huntr Pick | Track | Free up to 100 jobs; Pro $40/month | A visual board for a long search | The free plan stops at 100 tracked jobs. | |
| 650.14 5.02 | Teal | Track | Free, unlimited tracking; Teal+ $29 per 30 days | Unlimited tracking at no cost | The extension works in Chrome on a computer only. | |
| 650.14 5.03 | Simplify | Track | Free | Updating statuses from your inbox | Copilot runs on Chrome and other Chromium browsers; Firefox support is in beta. | |
| 650.14 5.04 | Careerflow | Track | Free (limited); Premium $23.99/month | Tracking people as well as jobs | The extension is available only on Google Chrome. | |
| 650.14 5.05 | Kickresume | Track | Free tracker | Remembering which resume went where | You save jobs into it from Kickresume's own job board. | |
| 650.14 5.06 | Dreamwork | Track | $0; recruiter inbox on Pro $39/month or $99/quarter | Tracking the applications Dreamwork sends for you | A search built mostly on referrals and networking is better served by LinkedIn. | |
| 650.14 6.01 | Yoodli Pick | Interview | Free for 5 sessions; Pro $8/month, Advanced $20/month, billed yearly | Spoken practice with feedback on delivery | The free plan is 5 sessions for life, and paid prices are shown billed yearly only. | |
| 650.14 6.02 | Aced (formerly Exponent) | Interview | Free basic; Pro $79/month or $12/month yearly; Expert AI $99/month or $20/month yearly | Software, product and data interviews at tech companies | AI mock interviews are only on Expert AI, and coaching is extra with no price listed. | |
| 650.14 6.03 | Big Interview | Interview | $39 for 30 days; $99 for 3 months; $299 lifetime | Structured lessons plus practice, with a 30-day refund | No free plan for individuals beyond a free course. | |
| 650.14 6.04 | Final Round AI | Interview | Free basic; paid from $62.50/month billed yearly ($125/month billed every 2 months) | Practice tied to each job you are interviewing for | No free trial, and monthly plans and renewals are non-refundable. | |
| 650.14 7.01 | Levels.fyi Pick | Negotiate | Pay data free to browse; coaching $1,250 to $5,000 flat | Tech offers where level and stock matter | The coaching is done by people, not AI, needs a year of experience, and does not guarantee increases on new-grad offers. | |
| 650.14 7.02 | Payscale | Negotiate | Free salary report | Pay ranges for roles outside tech | The full report needs a survey about your job, and the tool pages do not explain their method. | |
| 650.14 7.03 | Yoodli | Negotiate | Free for 5 sessions; Pro $8/month billed yearly | Rehearsing the conversation | Its pages mention salary negotiation practice but show no dedicated scenario for it. | |
| 650.14 7.04 | Final Round AI | Negotiate | Free basic; paid from $62.50/month billed yearly | A set negotiation scenario to practice against | No free trial, and monthly plans are non-refundable. | |
| 650.14 7.05 | Rora | Negotiate | A share of the increase, rate not published; no increase, no fee | AI researchers and senior engineers with a big offer | Only for that audience, you apply to join, and the percentage is not published. | |
| 650.14 7.06 | Big Interview | Negotiate | $299 lifetime (Interview Pro) | Negotiation lessons bundled with interview prep | Negotiation material comes only in the $299 plan, as lessons rather than help on your offer. |
A stack of single-stage tools costs less, and most of the picks above have a free plan. One tool saves the copying between them: the job you found is the job your resume is tailored for, the application goes out from the same place, and the tracker fills itself in.
For a tech search where you want applications sent for you, the all-in-one pick is Dreamwork. For a free stack, HiringCafe, Teal, Rezi, Simplify's Copilot, Huntr and Yoodli's free sessions cover every stage except submitting. See the full comparison.
We read each tool's pricing page, help center and product pages on November 8, 2026, and kept only what those pages say. Each card links its sources; 52 pages in all are on the sources page.
We did not test the tools hands-on, survey users or measure outcomes. Picks go to the tool whose own pages show the best fit for that stage at that price. Read the method.
No single tool is best at every stage. Our picks: HiringCafe to find openings, Teal to tailor a resume, Rezi for cover letters, Dreamwork to apply, Huntr to track applications, Yoodli to practice interviews, and Levels.fyi to negotiate. For one tool that finds, tailors, applies and tracks for tech roles, use Dreamwork.
Yes. HiringCafe and Wellfound are free for job seekers. Teal's free plan has unlimited resumes and job tracking, Rezi's free plan has unlimited cover letters, Simplify's Copilot autofill is free, Huntr is free up to 100 tracked jobs, and Levels.fyi's pay data is free to browse.
Dreamwork, Simplify+ Autopilot, Jobscan Auto Apply, LazyApply and AIApply submit applications. Simplify's free Copilot, Huntr, Rezi and Careerflow fill in the form and leave the submit button to you. Jobscan and Dreamwork let you review before an application is sent; Simplify says Autopilot has no review step.
No. We read each tool's pricing page, help center and product pages on November 8, 2026, and every price and limitation here links to the page it came from. We did not run hands-on tests, surveys or user interviews.