Comparison
MatchRadar vs Jobscan
These two tools sit at opposite ends of the same job search. Jobscan starts from a vacancy you have already found and tells you how well your resume matches it. MatchRadar starts from your CV and tells you which vacancies are worth your time. Neither replaces the other, and the honest question is which half of the problem you have.
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The difference in one sentence each
Jobscan is an ATS-oriented resume checker. You upload a resume, paste a job description you found yourself, and it returns a match rate, the keywords and skills it judges missing, and formatting problems that could trip an applicant tracking system. Everything around it, the resume builder and the AI optimisation, serves that same loop.
MatchRadar is a discovery and prioritisation tool. You upload one CV and confirm your preferences once; it then scans fresh postings on weekdays, scores them against that CV, and emails a short list with the reasoning attached: what met each requirement, what only partly met it, and what is missing.
The tempting summary — Jobscan needs you to bring the job, MatchRadar needs you to bring the CV — is only half right, and the half it gets wrong matters. MatchRadar also checks a single posting you bring: a fit check reads a job you paste and scores it against your CV, 35 a month with a burst limit of 12 a day on the paid plan.
So the real difference is not who supplies the posting. It is that one of the two also runs unattended: a weekday scan you did not start, whose output arrives whether or not you opened anything.
Jobscan does find jobs now — here is how
Jobscan is not purely reactive. It matters what shape its job finding takes, because it is the part most easily overstated in a comparison like this one.
Its Auto Apply finds matching jobs on Greenhouse, Lever, Workable and more than 20 other applicant tracking platforms, and nothing is submitted without your approval: the submit button stays yours. It runs on credits. Premium members are topped up to two a month, and more cost from $8.50 for five.
So both tools find jobs, for different ends. Jobscan finds them to build a queue of applications for you to approve. MatchRadar finds them to explain them, e-mails them every weekday with the requirements you meet and miss, and never applies on anyone's behalf at any price, which is a deliberate limit rather than a missing feature.
What MatchRadar does not do, and Jobscan does
This is the part a comparison page usually skips. Jobscan's core competence is genuinely absent from MatchRadar, and if it is the thing you need, the rest of this page does not matter.
- No resume builder or rewriting — MatchRadar never edits your CV
- No ATS formatting checks against named tracking systems
- No keyword injection or per-application resume tailoring
- No cover-letter generation and no LinkedIn profile optimisation
- No application tracker with stages, contacts or notes — you can save or dismiss a card inside your radar, and that is all
- No autofill and no browser extension
Which problem do you actually have?
A useful test: count where your evenings go. If they go into rewriting the same resume for the tenth posting and you are still not hearing back, the constraint is how your application reads to a screening system, and a resume tool is the right purchase.
If they go into scrolling boards, opening thirty tabs and closing twenty-eight of them, the constraint is discovery, and no amount of resume optimisation shortens it.
They are also not exclusive. Jobscan's free tier includes five resume scans a month, which is enough to check the applications you actually send, and it costs nothing alongside a discovery tool.
Side by side
| MatchRadar | Jobscan | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting input | Your CV and confirmed preferences | Your resume plus a job description you found |
| Finds jobs for you | Yes — an unattended weekday scan, emailed | Auto Apply finds jobs on 20+ ATS platforms |
| Check one job you paste | Yes — 35 fit checks a month, 12 a day | Yes — its core loop |
| Explains each match | Met, partial and missing requirements | Match rate, missing keywords, formatting issues |
| Resume writing and ATS checks | No | Yes — this is its core |
| A person reads your CV | 2 human reviews a year on a paid plan | No |
| Applies on your behalf | No, by design | Auto Apply, with your approval, on credits |
| Tracking | Save or dismiss cards in your radar | Application tracker with stages |
| Free tier | 7-day full trial, no card | $0 forever, 5 resume scans a month |
| Paid price | USD 9.00 a month | $49.95 a month, or $29.98 a month billed $89.95 quarterly |
Competitor details read on 2026-09-30 from Jobscan pricing, Jobscan Auto Apply. Prices and limits change without notice — check the source before deciding.
Common questions
Can I use both?
Yes, and for many people that is the sensible answer. They solve different halves: one decides what to apply to, the other improves the application you send.
Does MatchRadar check my resume against an ATS?
No. It never rewrites or scores your CV for formatting. It compares the evidence in your CV with the requirements in a posting and shows you the gaps.
Is Jobscan more expensive?
On the prices read on 2026-09-30, yes: $49.95 a month monthly, or $29.98 a month on the quarterly plan, against USD 9.00. They are also not the same product, so compare what you need rather than the number alone.
Which has the better free option?
They differ in kind. Jobscan's free tier is permanent but narrow — five resume scans a month. MatchRadar's is the whole product for 7 days with no card, and then it stops.