ATSHack vs Teal: $1 Resume Tailor vs $29/month (Teal+) or $9/week

Teal is a full job-search platform: resume builder, cover-letter generator, application tracker, LinkedIn rewrite, and an AI tailor — all behind a $29/month subscription. ATSHack is narrower on purpose. You already have a resume; we tailor it to a specific posting for $1.

Side-by-side

Dimension	ATSHack	Teal
Cheapest paid	$1 / resume	$29/month
Subscription	Optional ($15/mo or $99/yr)	$29/month (Teal+) or $9/week
Free tier	Free 0–100 grader, no account	Free tier with daily limits on AI features
Output	Tailored PDF + DOCX	Resume builder with AI rewrite suggestions
File formats delivered	PDF + DOCX	PDF + DOCX (paid tiers only)
Account required	No (for $1 path)	Yes (email + password)
Speed	~60 seconds	Varies (you do the rewrite)
Fabricates experience?	No (hard rule)	No (no rewrite output)

Pricing: $1 per tailor vs $29/month for the bundle

Teal+ runs $29/month for unlimited use of the AI resume tailor, cover-letter generator, and tracker. ATSHack charges $1 per tailored resume with no account. If you're applying to one or two openings, $1 is a no-brainer. If you're sending out 20+ tailored resumes a month and want a tracker, Teal might pencil out.

Scope: focused tool vs full job-search platform

Teal bundles a builder, a tracker, a Chrome extension, AI cover letters, LinkedIn analysis, and resume scoring. ATSHack does one thing: tailor a resume to a posting and deliver a PDF + DOCX. We have a free grader, behavioral-question bank, and follow-up email templates as adjacent tools, but the core wedge is fast tailoring.

Source resume: bring your own vs build from scratch

Teal pulls you into their resume builder — you re-enter your work history into their template, then export. ATSHack accepts whatever you already have (PDF, DOCX, plain text) and works from that. If you've spent years polishing your existing resume, ATSHack respects that. If you're starting from scratch, Teal's builder is more guided.

Account requirement

Teal requires an email-based account before you can do anything. ATSHack's $1 path has no account — you upload, paste the posting, pay, and download. If you want a saved dashboard, you upgrade to ATSHack Pro ($15/month or $99/year) and get history + the STAR coach.

FAQ

Yes for the resume tailor specifically. Teal is a fuller platform with a tracker and builder; ATSHack is a single-purpose $1 tailor. Different bets on what users actually need.

Yes. Add a cover letter to the $1 tailor for an additional $0.50, or get them included in ATSHack Pro at $15/month.

Pro users get a saved-history dashboard with a 30-day file retention window. We don't have a Chrome extension or full kanban tracker yet — that's where Teal's broader product still wins.

We see comparable scores from both because both tools weight job-description keywords. The bigger difference is workflow: Teal asks you to maintain a master profile in their builder; ATSHack starts from your existing file and rewrites once per posting.

Bottom line

ATSHack assumes you already have a resume; Teal is a full builder you start from scratch. If your bottleneck is "I don't know what's wrong with my resume," Teal may help more. If your bottleneck is "I need a tailored file for this specific posting and I need it now," ATSHack is built for that. The $1 price means you can use both without committing to a subscription.

ATSHack vs Teal.