Jobscan review (2026): Jobscan pricing, what the match score means, and who it suits

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Everything about Jobscan below comes from their plan page, resume scanner page, auto-apply page, terms and their Trustpilot and Chrome Web Store listings, all checked on 17 October 2026. Prices change, so click through before you pay either of us.

Is Jobscan legit?

Yes. Jobscan's terms describe it as "a company registered in Washington, United States", with a Seattle address. Its plan page says "1,000,000+ job seekers rely on Jobscan".

The reviews are good. On 17 October 2026 Trustpilot rated it 4.3 out of 5 from 345 reviews, labelled Excellent, and Jobscan had replied to 60% of negative reviews. Its Chrome extension showed 4.3 out of 5 from 44 ratings, with 20,000 users.

On cancelling, their plan page says you can cancel any time, in Jobscan or through support, and keep paid features to the end of your subscription period. We didn't find refund terms on the plan page. One thing to watch is the trial. Their terms, read on 17 October 2026, say "We offer a 7-day free trial to new users who register with the Services." An FAQ answer on their plan page says 30 days. Go by what checkout tells you, and note that after the trial you're billed for the whole quarter.

The short version

With Apiva, you approve a job and our AI fills in the application and submits it, with your résumé tailored to the role. Paid plans charge a monthly fee up front, and a credit from your allowance is only used once a submission is confirmed. 25 applications a month are free, no card.

Jobscan is a résumé scanner first, and a good one. It scores your résumé against a posting and tells you which keywords you're missing. It also has an Auto Apply feature that drafts applications for you, but you press submit on each one, and the credits are bought separately.

So it comes down to your problem. If your résumé isn't getting through, Jobscan is a sensible place to spend money. If you know your résumé is fine and you just can't face filling in another fifty forms, that's what Apiva does, and for most people in the thick of a search we think that's the bigger time saver.

What you get with Apiva

You approve jobs from a feed built from a corpus of 50,000+ US company career pages, rescanned on a daily cycle. You can also paste a link to a US job you found yourself. Nothing goes out without your yes.

Our AI fills in the application from your details and rewrites your résumé for that role from your real experience. You can see what changed before it goes.

If a form asks something only you can answer, it shows up as "Needs your answer", and the application finishes once you reply. An attempt that stops is marked "Will be retried" and doesn't use a credit.

Each confirmed application has a saved confirmation. It's there to open whenever you want.

What the Jobscan score actually is

You paste in your résumé and a job description, and Jobscan gives you a match rate. Their scanner FAQ says the number is based on hard skills, education level (when the job asks for an advanced degree), job title, soft skills and other keywords, and that the scanner runs "over 30 checks".

The target they give is modest: "A Match Rate of 75% or higher is the target".

And they're straight about what the number is. On their resume scanner page they write: "Keep in mind, your Match Rate is a Jobscan visualization tool, not a score assigned by the employer's ATS."

So the employer's system doesn't hand a recruiter a score out of 100 with your name on it. Jobscan's number is their own gauge, a checklist to run before you apply. The list of keywords a posting uses and your résumé doesn't is the part most reviewers praise.

Jobscan Auto Apply

Jobscan added Auto Apply. Their page summary calls it an "AI job application tool: it finds matching jobs, drafts a tailored application for each, and waits for your review before submitting." It pulls jobs from "Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, and 20+ ATS platforms", by their count.

You stay in charge of sending. Their page says "The Submit button is always yours." Asked whether it submits on its own, their FAQ answers: "No. Every application goes through a review step before submission."

That's an honest design if you want to check every application. It also means you're still the one finishing each one.

Credits are separate from the subscription. One credit is used for each job you choose to Auto Apply to. Per their auto-apply page, packs cost:

Monthly subscribers get 2 free credits a month, and subscribers get 20% off credits. On the quarterly plan, the discount starts after the trial.

Jobscan pricing (checked October 2026)

From their plan page, read 17 October 2026:

The free plan is a real free plan, not a trial. Five scans a month with no card is a good deal if you're applying yourself and want to tighten your résumé.

What the subscription buys is résumé work. It doesn't include a set number of applications sent.

Apiva pricing

Each plan is the full product, and the tiers only differ by volume. Quarterly prices ($49, $79 and $239) are published, but quarterly billing isn't open yet. Credits reset monthly and don't roll over. You can cancel any time and keep the plan until the end of the period you paid for, but a part-used month isn't refunded. Details are on the pricing page.

The lowest it gets is roughly 10 cents a confirmed application, and that's only when all 200 Starter credits get used in the month. Fewer, and each one costs more.

Side by side

When Jobscan is the better pick

Your résumé is the problem. The scanner names the keywords a posting uses that your résumé doesn't. That's useful, and it's what reviewers keep coming back to.

You want to approve every application before it goes. Auto Apply is built around that review step.

Free résumé help is enough for now. Five scans a month cost nothing.

A long track record matters to you. 345 reviews averaging 4.3 says a lot, and we're much newer.

When Apiva is the better pick

If filling in and sending applications is what's eating your evenings, that's the job we do. You approve the job, and the application gets filled in and submitted for you.

You can see where each one stands. A stopped attempt is retried and doesn't use a credit, and a question only you can answer comes to you in the app.

Sponsorship questions are answered only from what you've told us. So are identity questions like disability disclosure. When you haven't said, it picks the form's decline option or asks you.

The résumé tailoring comes with each application, too. You don't need a separate scanner to get a version written for the role.

Bottom line

If you want to know why your résumé isn't landing, Jobscan is a legit, well reviewed way to find out, and the free plan is enough to start.

If your résumé is fine and the applications themselves are the grind, try Apiva. You approve the job, our AI submits it, and credits are used only on confirmed submissions. 25 a month are free, no card.

One practical tip, whatever you end up using: run a free Jobscan scan on your résumé against a job you really want before you send anything. Five free scans a month is enough to catch the obvious gaps.

Checked 17 October 2026. Spot something outdated or wrong about either service? Tell us and we'll fix it.

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