Yes. Checking, importing, editing and exporting are unpaid, there is no premium tier and the exported PDF carries no watermark. For what Teal 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. Teal works differently: the tracker is the product, so an account comes first.

Can I use both ATSPrep and Teal?

Yes, and for most people that is the sensible answer. What Teal does better: managing a whole search rather than a single document. If you are running thirty applications and losing track of which version went where, Teal's tracker is the thing ATSPrep does not have. 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.

Job-search platform

ATSPrep vs Teal

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

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	Teal
Account needed	No	Yes
Where the file is read	In your browser	On their servers
Built around	Checking the file you already have	Tracking the search
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 Teal says about your resume

Resume content is collected and stored server-side, and Teal's notice says AI features pass that content to outside providers.

“When you use AI-powered features, your content (such as resume text and job descriptions) is processed by our AI systems. We may use third-party AI service providers (such as OpenAI) to power these features.”

Source: Teal 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 Teal 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 Teal if

You are running many applications at once and need to track them in one place.
You want a tailored resume version saved per role, with the posting attached.
You are comfortable with resume text being processed by third-party AI providers.

Managing a whole search rather than a single document. If you are running thirty applications and losing track of which version went where, Teal's tracker is the thing ATSPrep does not have.

Choose ATSPrep if

You want one document checked properly rather than a pipeline managed.
You would rather your resume content not be sent to an outside AI provider.
You want the parser's actual output in front of you, not a match score.

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

Teal is a job-search operating system and ATSPrep is an instrument. They do not overlap much. The one thing worth reading closely before you commit is Teal's own description of how AI features handle your content, quoted above — it is unusually clear, and it tells you exactly what you are trading for the convenience. If that trade is fine by you, Teal's tracker solves a real problem this site does not touch.

Check your resume free →

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

Questions

ATSPrep and Teal, 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 Teal 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. Teal works differently: the tracker is the product, so an account comes first.
Can I use both ATSPrep and Teal?: Yes, and for most people that is the sensible answer. What Teal does better: managing a whole search rather than a single document. If you are running thirty applications and losing track of which version went where, Teal's tracker is the thing ATSPrep does not have. 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 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.