Yes. Checking, importing, editing and exporting are unpaid, there is no premium tier and the exported PDF carries no watermark. For what Enhancv costs today, read their own pricing page — prices change too often for a figure here to stay accurate.

Do I need an account to use ATSPrep?

No — there is nothing to sign up for, and the resume file is read in your browser rather than uploaded. Enhancv works differently: the editor runs behind a signup, including registration through a social account.

Can I use both ATSPrep and Enhancv?

Yes, and for most people that is the sensible answer. What Enhancv does better: making a resume look designed. Enhancv's templates are far more visual than anything ATSPrep exports — though visual layout is also the thing most likely to confuse a parser, which is the trade-off the rest of this site is about. If you write the resume there, drop the finished PDF into the ATSPrep importer: it reads that file with a real PDF text extractor and reports what came out of it — whether the text layer is machine-readable, whether the layout resolves to one column, and whether your contact details survived.

Design-led resume builder

ATSPrep vs Enhancv

A resume builder aimed at visual design, with an ATS check and tailoring tools built into the editor.

ATSPrep is not that. It reads your existing PDF the way a parser does and shows you what came back out of it, then verifies the file it exports for you the same way — free, with no account, and without the file leaving your browser.

Comparison point	ATSPrep	Enhancv
Account needed	No	Yes
Where the file is read	In your browser	On their servers
Built around	Checking the file you already have	Designing the layout
Price	Free, no paid tier	See their pricing page

No price is quoted here on purpose. Vendors run promotions and regional pricing, so a number copied into this page would be stale within weeks. The link always resolves to today's figure.

From their own documentation

What Enhancv says about your resume

Enhancv's privacy notice describes collecting, storing and processing the information you provide through the Services, and the builder itself runs on their servers rather than on your machine.

Source: Enhancv privacy notice

None of that is a criticism. Storing the document server-side is what makes an account, saved versions and cross-device editing possible, and those products could not work any other way. ATSPrep made the opposite trade: it parses and exports in the browser, which is why it can be free and why there is nothing to sign up for — and also why it cannot save your work to the cloud.

What you actually get

The extraction, not a grade for it

Bring the PDF Enhancv produced and ATSPrep runs it through a PDF text extractor, then shows you what came back out. The same check runs again on the file it exports for you.

ATSPrep import dialog reading an uploaded PDF: it lists 216 words recovered, 2 roles, 7 bullets and 15 skills, the name, email, phone and location it pulled out, then a How your current file reads panel with six passing checks including machine-readable text, single-column layout and glyph encoding. — An imported PDF, read the way a parser reads it. A two-column layout or an image-only export fails these checks immediately — which is the thing a score out of 100 cannot tell you.

The actual decision

Which one you should use

Choose Enhancv if

Your field expects a visually designed document — design, marketing, some creative roles.
You are applying somewhere that reads the PDF by eye rather than through a parser.
You want photos, sidebars, icons and colour handled for you.

Making a resume look designed. Enhancv's templates are far more visual than anything ATSPrep exports — though visual layout is also the thing most likely to confuse a parser, which is the trade-off the rest of this site is about.

Choose ATSPrep if

Your applications go through an applicant tracking system that parses the file.
You want to see what a parser recovers from a sidebar-and-column layout before you send it.
You want a linear, single-column PDF with real text and no watermark, free.

The 6 ATS guides on this site document what each system accepts, sourced to the vendor.

Verdict

You can use both, and most people should

This is the sharpest trade on the page. Multi-column layouts, sidebars and text in graphics are exactly what turns a clean resume into scrambled extracted text — the ATS guides on this site document which systems handle what. That does not make design-led builders wrong; it makes them a considered choice for the situations where a human reads the PDF directly. If you use one, import the finished PDF here before you send it: the importer runs your actual file through a PDF text extractor and tells you whether it resolved to one column or two, while you can still change it.

Check your resume free →

No account, no payment, and the file is read in your browser.

Questions

ATSPrep and Enhancv, briefly

Is ATSPrep free?: Yes. Checking, importing, editing and exporting are unpaid, there is no premium tier and the exported PDF carries no watermark. For what Enhancv costs today, read their own pricing page — prices change too often for a figure here to stay accurate.
Do I need an account to use ATSPrep?: No — there is nothing to sign up for, and the resume file is read in your browser rather than uploaded. Enhancv works differently: the editor runs behind a signup, including registration through a social account.
Can I use both ATSPrep and Enhancv?: Yes, and for most people that is the sensible answer. What Enhancv does better: making a resume look designed. Enhancv's templates are far more visual than anything ATSPrep exports — though visual layout is also the thing most likely to confuse a parser, which is the trade-off the rest of this site is about. If you write the resume there, drop the finished PDF into the ATSPrep importer: it reads that file with a real PDF text extractor and reports what came out of it — whether the text layer is machine-readable, whether the layout resolves to one column, and whether your contact details survived.

Other comparisons

How ATSPrep compares elsewhere

ATSPrep vs Rezi

An AI resume builder that drafts and rewrites content for you, then scores the result against its own ATS criteria.

ATSPrep vs Jobscan

A scanner that compares one resume against one job posting and returns a match rate plus the keywords it thinks are missing.

ATSPrep vs Teal

A job tracker with a resume builder attached: bookmark roles from job boards, then tailor a resume version per application.

ATSPrep vs Resume Worded

Upload a resume and get a score with line-by-line written feedback on the wording, plus a LinkedIn profile review.

All of them side by side

One table, every tool, and the reason no prices appear on any of it.