Yes. Checking, importing, editing and exporting are unpaid, there is no premium tier and the exported PDF carries no watermark. For what Jobscan 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. Jobscan works differently: scanning runs in the Jobscan web app, which opens with a log-in or sign-up.

Can I use both ATSPrep and Jobscan?

Yes, and for most people that is the sensible answer. What Jobscan does better: depth of job-description matching, and breadth of everything around it — LinkedIn optimisation, a job tracker, and a browser extension that follows you across job boards. ATSPrep matches a posting too, but it is not trying to be a job-search suite. 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.

Resume-to-job-description scanner

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 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	Jobscan
Account needed	No	Yes
Where the file is read	In your browser	On their servers
Built around	Checking the file you already have	Matching one posting
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 Jobscan says about your resume

You upload the resume file and paste the posting, and the comparison runs on Jobscan's servers. Its pricing lives inside the same logged-in app.

Source: Jobscan resume scanner

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 Jobscan 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 Jobscan if

Keyword match rate against a specific posting is the number you want to optimise.
You want LinkedIn review, a tracker and a browser extension in the same subscription.
You are applying at volume and want tooling that follows you across job boards.

Depth of job-description matching, and breadth of everything around it — LinkedIn optimisation, a job tracker, and a browser extension that follows you across job boards. ATSPrep matches a posting too, but it is not trying to be a job-search suite.

Choose ATSPrep if

You want to see the extracted text itself, not a percentage derived from it.
You would rather not sign up to check one document.
You want to know the export survives conversion — columns, headings and dates intact — before keywords are even the question.

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

Jobscan answers "does this resume contain the words in this posting?" ATSPrep answers "does a parser get this resume out in one piece?" Keyword coverage is worth very little if the section headings collapsed during extraction, because the keywords end up attached to the wrong role or lost entirely. Check the structure first; optimise the wording second. ATSPrep also matches a pasted job description, so for a single application you may not need both.

Check your resume free →

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

Questions

ATSPrep and Jobscan, 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 Jobscan 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. Jobscan works differently: scanning runs in the Jobscan web app, which opens with a log-in or sign-up.
Can I use both ATSPrep and Jobscan?: Yes, and for most people that is the sensible answer. What Jobscan does better: depth of job-description matching, and breadth of everything around it — LinkedIn optimisation, a job tracker, and a browser extension that follows you across job boards. ATSPrep matches a posting too, but it is not trying to be a job-search suite. 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 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.

ATSPrep vs Enhancv

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

All of them side by side

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