Zety Review
Zety is a Bold LLC brand, the same company behind Resume Now and MyPerfectResume. Here's an honest look at its pricing and templates, and what ResumeFox does differently.
What each one actually costs over twelve months
Zety's prices all undercut ResumeFox's, and by a wide margin on the annual plan. These are not two prices for the same thing, though: Zety sells software, and ResumeFox sells one plan with a career professional included. Read the cards for what each one actually covers, then weigh the gap.
- Free plan includes a resume checker and job matching
- Free resume export is plain text only
- A career coach of your own, a career professional in the US from TopStack.com
- Tailoring, tracking, job sourcing and every download included, plus a 6 month job offer guarantee
Prices are read from Zety's own pricing page on 2026-09-23 and can change or vary by promotion. ResumeFox charges nothing during its 7 free days and $79 a month after them. Confirm the exact price and renewal terms on the checkout screen before entering a card.
The full side-by-side comparison
Grouped by what actually matters: where the writing comes from, whether the file survives the software, whether the resume gets aimed at the job you want, and what it costs to keep using.
A half-filled circle means the feature exists but with a real limitation, described in the cell.
More templates is not the same as more good templates
A large share of the designs these builders promote use two columns, a headshot slot, or skills drawn as dots and bars. Those choices are the reason a resume arrives shredded: the sidebar gets read straight across into the middle of your job history, and a skills graphic says nothing once the picture is gone.
ResumeFox ships 10 templates plus a US federal layout. Not one has a sidebar, a photo or a chart. They differ in typography and emphasis, never in whether they parse.
- Whether a parser reads your name, email, phone and dates
- Whether anything is trapped in a table, column or image
- Named problems, not a grade out of 100
What each one is genuinely good and bad at
The cheapest trial and annual price on this page, and a Bold LLC brand, the same company behind Resume Now and MyPerfectResume compared elsewhere on this site. Its free Basic plan is unusually generous for the category: a cover letter builder and a resume score, not just a locked builder.
- Cheapest trial and annual price compared here: $1.95 and $71.40
- Free Basic plan includes a cover letter builder, resume checker and job matching, not just a locked builder
- Phone support: 800-985-7561
- Template filters include 'Two Column' and 'With Photo' options across a large library
- The $1.95 trial auto-renews at $25.95 every 4 weeks unless you cancel
- Free resume download is plain text only; PDF and Word need a paid plan
- ATS checker returns a numeric score rather than a named fix list
- No LinkedIn help, no per-posting tailoring, no true application tracker
Built by a resume-writing firm rather than a template shop, and sold as one plan with a career coach included. The standards come from real work, not a phrase library, and the plan covers the whole job search: a person to ask, tailoring, tracking and sourcing, not just the document.
- A career coach of your own, a career professional in the US from TopStack.com, with unlimited written messages and a $20 30-minute call whenever you want one
- Standards drawn from 80,000+ hand-written resumes by 100+ CPRW-certified US writers and recruiters
- Built around targeting: per-posting tailoring, a matching cover letter, job sourcing, interview prep, LinkedIn and an application tracker
- 6 month job offer guarantee: If you have paid for our service for 6 consecutive months, and you have not received a job offer, we'll continue to work with you for 6 additional months at no cost.
- $79 a month, a year of it $948 against Zety's $71.40 Annual Package
- 10 templates, not hundreds, deliberately, but it is fewer
- Coaching is written messages; a phone call is a $20 add-on rather than part of the price
- No phone number for billing or account questions; those go by email
See your resume rebuilt against standards from 80,000+ real resumes
Upload the resume you already have. We rewrite it against the standards our writers built over 80,000 resumes, then help you target it, application by application, instead of leaving you with just a document.
Questions people ask before they pick one
Still stuck? Email a human: someone answers, usually within one business day.
Is Zety legit?
Yes. Zety has been operating since 2016 (originally as Uptowork), lists over 10,000 reviews on its own site, and states its contracting party plainly in its Terms of Use: BOLD LLC (352385), the same company behind Resume Now and MyPerfectResume. The site itself is copyrighted to a related company, Works Limited.
How much does Zety cost?
The Basic plan is free (TXT-only resume downloads). The Pro Package is a 14-day trial at $1.95, then auto-renews at $25.95 every 4 weeks unless you cancel. An Annual Package is $71.40 paid once, billed as $5.95/month.
Does Zety give a score?
Yes. Its Resume Checker page is titled 'Score Your Resume Online' and grades an uploaded resume, with keyword suggestions for a job title you pick. It's free on the Basic plan.
Is ResumeFox cheaper than Zety?
No, and we're not going to pretend otherwise. Zety is $1.95 for 14 days, then $25.95 every 4 weeks, about $339 left running for a year, or $71.40 for an Annual Package. A year of ResumeFox is $948, twelve charges of $79 after the 7 free days. What that buys is the same resume work plus a career coach in the US you can write to as often as you like, per-posting tailoring, a matching cover letter, job sourcing, interview prep, LinkedIn optimization, an application tracker and the 6 month job offer guarantee.
Is Zety the same company as Resume Now or MyPerfectResume?
Its contracting entity is, yes. Zety's own Terms of Use name BOLD LLC as the party you contract with, the same BOLD LLC that operates Resume Now and MyPerfectResume, compared elsewhere on this site. The zety.com footer is copyrighted to a related company, Works Limited. The builder, templates and pricing are genuinely different from the other two brands.
Which is best for getting past an applicant tracking system?
Template choice matters more than any score. Zety's own template filters include 'Two Column' and 'With Photo' layouts, either of which a parser can scramble or simply fail to read. ResumeFox offers none that do either. On feedback, Zety's checker returns a numeric score; ResumeFox names twelve concrete problems in your file instead.
Can I download a resume for free from Zety?
As plain text (TXT) only. PDF and Word downloads require its Pro or Annual plan. ResumeFox includes Word, PDF and plain text in its one plan.
What happens if I don't like it?
ResumeFox charges nothing during its 7 free days, so cancelling inside them costs you nothing, and it carries a 6 month job offer guarantee: If you have paid for our service for 6 consecutive months, and you have not received a job offer, we'll continue to work with you for 6 additional months at no cost. Zety's Terms of Use state a refund may be requested if cancellation is requested before the end of the trial period. Read the exact terms on each checkout page before paying, since conditions can change.
How we compared these
Pricing is read from each provider's own checkout or pricing page. Feature claims are checked against each product's live interface. Where we could not confirm something ourselves, it is not on this page.
Where numbers disagree
Entry prices in this category differ across landing pages and promotions. Where that happens we give the observed range rather than one figure, and say so.
Our disclosure
This page is published by ResumeFox, one of the products compared. We have an obvious interest in your choosing it. That is why every claim about a competitor is one you can check on their own site, and why we name the rows they win.
- Zety's pricing page: read 2026-09-23
- Zety's Terms of Use: read 2026-09-23
- Zety's ATS Resume Checker page: read 2026-09-23
- Zety's template gallery: read 2026-09-23
- Zety's About page: read 2026-09-23
- Zety's Reviews page: read 2026-09-23
ResumeFox Full Access is $79 a month, and your first 7 days are free. We take your card to start the trial; cancel before it ends and you are not charged. A 30-minute call with your coach is $20 whenever you want one. Cancel anytime.