# ATSPrep vs Kickresume

Kickresume designs resumes and websites behind an account. ATSPrep imports the resume you have free and shows what an ATS reads from it. Page: https://atsprep.com/compare/kickresume

## What Kickresume is

A resume, cover letter and personal website builder with designed templates, an AI Writer and mobile apps. Category: Design-led resume builder. Website: [Kickresume](https://www.kickresume.com)

## Summary

| Comparison | ATSPrep | Kickresume |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Account needed | Not to build or check; a free one to download | Yes |
| Where the file is read | In your browser | On their servers |
| Built around | Checking the file you already have | Design, letters and a website |
| Price | Free plan with PDF downloads; Pro for the full toolkit | See https://www.kickresume.com/en/pricing/ |

Kickresume designs resumes behind an account. ATSPrep checks the one you have and imports it free.

## Prices

**Paid plans (checked Oct 24, 2026):** Monthly $19 for 30 days; Quarterly $27 for 90 days; Yearly $54 for 365 days. Free plan: 4 basic resume templates, 4 cover letter templates and unlimited downloads. Paid plans are billed every 1, 3 or 12 months, with a 14-day money-back guarantee. PDF and LinkedIn import, the AI Writer and the ATS Resume Checker are listed on paid plans. Source: [Kickresume pricing](https://www.kickresume.com/en/pricing/)

## Features

| Feature | ATSPrep | Kickresume |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free plan | Yes: $0, never expires | Partly: 4 basic templates |
| First check with no account | Yes: No signup | No: Account first |
| File read in your browser | Yes: Never uploaded | No: On their servers |
| Shows the text a parser pulls out | Yes: PDF X-Ray | Not listed: Not listed |
| Match to a job post | Yes: Score and every missing keyword | Not listed: Not listed |
| AI writes lines for you | Partly: 5 AI edits a day | Partly: AI Writer on paid plans |
| PDF download, no watermark | Yes: Free account | Not listed: Format not listed |
| Cover letters | Yes: Free builder | Yes: 4 free templates |
| Job tracker | Yes: Up to 300 jobs | Not listed: Not listed |
| Interview practice | Partly: 1 practice session with Pip, plus 1 follow-up on a weak spot | Not listed: Not listed |
| LinkedIn help | Partly: Headline and About tools | Not listed: Not listed |
| Visual design templates | Partly: Plain, parser-safe | Yes: 40+ on paid plans |
| Saved across devices | Partly: Optional free account | Yes: In your account |

## What Kickresume documents about your resume

**Account:** The free plan starts with a sign-up, and the privacy policy says some services work only through an account.
Source: [Kickresume privacy policy](https://www.kickresume.com/privacy/)

Resumes are built and stored in your Kickresume account. If you use its AI features, the privacy policy says an outside AI provider may be involved.

> If you choose so, our solutions using artificial intelligence (AI) from OpenAI or other reliable AI provider may be engaged in creating your resume, cover letter, or personal website.

Source: [Kickresume privacy policy](https://www.kickresume.com/privacy/)

## Choose Kickresume if

- You want a visually designed resume and a matching personal website.
- You want to edit on your phone in a native app.
- You want an AI Writer to draft the whole resume from a job title.

**What Kickresume does better than ATSPrep:** Design beyond the resume: designed templates, a personal website from the same content, and iOS and Android apps.

## Choose ATSPrep if

- You want to import the resume you already have for free; Kickresume lists PDF import on paid plans.
- You want to see what a parser reads from your file, and why each line is flagged.
- You would rather your resume not go to an outside AI provider.

## Verdict

Kickresume makes a resume look good, with a matching letter and website; ATSPrep makes sure the file survives the machine that reads it first. If you build there, import the PDF here before you send it.

## About ATSPrep

ATSPrep (https://atsprep.com) is a free resume and application workspace. Match experience to a posting, strengthen claims with evidence, and track the next action. Its PDF check shows text recovered by ATSPrep's extractor, not an employer's proprietary ATS or hiring decision.

- **Price:** Free plan forever: your ATS score, every fix, job match, 5 AI edits a day and PDF downloads, with no card or watermark. Optional ATSPrep Pro ($5/month, or $24 once for 6 months) adds 300 AI edits a day, Fix all with AI, AI tailoring, Word downloads, all 6 templates and unlimited practice with Pip.
- **Account:** none needed to import or edit a resume, or for its first check and 3 rechecks a day. A free sign-in is needed for PDF downloads (Word files come with ATSPrep Pro), to sync, and for more than 1 AI edit.
- **Your file:** parsed and exported inside the browser. The resume file itself is never uploaded.
- **Sent:** matching a job by meaning, on by default once you add a job (the lines involved). Only on a button press: AI edits (the lines involved), a job link (the link) and Pip voice calls (your speech). Never your contact details, and none of it is stored.
- **Connection:** some tools load on first use and need a connection to download. Local storage is not a cloud backup.
- **Accepts:** PDF, DOCX, TXT, Markdown, or pasted plain text.

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