Yes. Checking, importing, editing and exporting are unpaid, there is no premium tier and the exported PDF carries no watermark. For what Resume Worded 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. Resume Worded works differently: the scoring flow asks you to create a free account before it returns anything.

Can I use both ATSPrep and Resume Worded?

Yes, and for most people that is the sensible answer. What Resume Worded does better: line-by-line writing critique, and a large library of sample bullet points to copy phrasing from. ATSPrep's Proof Engine flags weak and unevidenced claims, but it does not hand you a rewritten sentence. 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 scorer and feedback tool

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 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	Resume Worded
Account needed	No	Yes
Where the file is read	In your browser	On their servers
Built around	Checking the file you already have	Critiquing the wording
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 Resume Worded says about your resume

The file is posted to Resume Worded's servers for analysis. Their policy says the data you provide is used solely to deliver those reviews, and the account can be deleted on request.

“Any data you provide is solely used to provide the features available on this site”

Source: Resume Worded privacy policy

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 Resume Worded 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 Resume Worded if

You want written feedback on phrasing, sentence by sentence.
You want a library of sample lines to model your own bullets on.
You also want your LinkedIn profile reviewed by the same tool.

Line-by-line writing critique, and a large library of sample bullet points to copy phrasing from. ATSPrep's Proof Engine flags weak and unevidenced claims, but it does not hand you a rewritten sentence.

Choose ATSPrep if

You want the parser's extracted text, not a graded critique of the prose.
You do not want to create an account to see your result.
You want the rule behind every flag stated, so you can check it by hand rather than trust a grade.

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

Resume Worded is a writing coach; ATSPrep is a measuring instrument. Its critique is genuinely useful if your problem is that the bullets read like a job description. But a resume can be beautifully written and still arrive at the employer with its columns interleaved and its dates detached, and a wording score will never tell you that. Use one for the prose and the other for the file.

Check your resume free →

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

Questions

ATSPrep and Resume Worded, 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 Resume Worded 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. Resume Worded works differently: the scoring flow asks you to create a free account before it returns anything.
Can I use both ATSPrep and Resume Worded?: Yes, and for most people that is the sensible answer. What Resume Worded does better: line-by-line writing critique, and a large library of sample bullet points to copy phrasing from. ATSPrep's Proof Engine flags weak and unevidenced claims, but it does not hand you a rewritten sentence. 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 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.