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Involve Resume vs Kickresume: An Honest Comparison
Kickresume is a European resume builder known for good-looking designs. Involve Resume focuses on fitting your CV to each country and each job. Here is the honest picture.
Checked on 25 Sep 2026The short answer
Kickresume is based in Slovakia and hosts data in the EU. Its designs are its strength, and it has a big review base: 4.6 on Trustpilot from about 3,860 reviews.
Involve Resume adds what Kickresume does not have yet: a live job search and help applying. Kickresume’s auto-apply bot is marked “Coming soon”.
Where Kickresume is better
- Designs. Kickresume is known for polished templates, with 40+ on paid plans.
- A large review base on Trustpilot. We have none yet.
- A cheap yearly plan ($96 a year) and mobile apps.
- Its site says it is free for students with ISIC or UNiDAYS verification.
Where Involve Resume is better
- A live job search. Kickresume’s job bot is marked “Coming soon”.
- CV formats for 13 countries, with photo, length and personal-detail rules.
- A never-invents check in code, with your approval before anything is kept.
- Help applying, with an honest label for each job, and a tracker with Excel export.
- Our plans are monthly and you cancel yourself from your account.
Who each one is for
Pick Kickresume if…
People who care most about a beautiful document and want a cheap yearly plan.
Pick Involve Resume if…
Students who want the CV right for each country and job, and want to find and apply to jobs in one place.
Side by side
| What | Involve Resume | Kickresume |
|---|---|---|
| Price | €3 one-off for one resume, or €21, €32 or €48 a month. No weekly plans, no trial that turns into a bill. | Free plan. $24 a month, $54 every 3 months, or $96 a year. |
| Free tier | Job search, the editor, every design and country format, PDF and Word download, the Target my CV check, and 5 extension form fills a month. A free account is needed for your own CV; no card. | 4 resume and 4 cover letter templates, unlimited downloads. |
| Country CV formats | Yes, 13: UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Spain, the Nordics, US, Canada, India, UAE/Gulf, Singapore. | Not found as country presets. |
| Languages | App in English, French, German and Spanish. Your CV can be written in 10 languages: English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Hindi and Arabic. | Several; multi-language is on paid plans. |
| Job search | Yes. Our own job index, read from employers’ career sites. Each job says where it came from. | Not yet. The AI Career Bot is marked “Coming soon”. |
| Never-invents check + your approval | Yes. Every new word is checked against your CV in code. Nothing is kept until you approve it. | No check advertised. |
| Browser extension | Yes (Chrome). 5 free form fills a month, unlimited from the €32 plan. Never runs on LinkedIn. | Not found. |
| Application tracker | Yes, with Excel export. | Yes, a free tracker. |
| Interview practice | Yes, from the €32 plan. Questions from your CV, voice or video practice, case interviews. | Not found. |
“Not found” means we looked at their public pages on 25 Sep 2026 and did not see it. They may still have it. Prices are in the currency each company shows.
What users say
- Users praise the templates and how easy the editor is. (Trustpilot)
- Some users on Trustpilot report surprise renewals and slow support. (Trustpilot)
These are single reviews or small groups of reviews, paraphrased. They are not a verdict.
Questions
How much does Kickresume cost?
When we checked on 25 Sep 2026: $24 a month, $54 every 3 months, or $96 a year, with a 14-day money-back guarantee. There is also a free plan.
Does Kickresume find jobs for me?
Not yet. Its AI Career Bot page says “Coming soon”. Involve Resume has a job index you can search today, for free.
See how your CV fits a real job
Add your CV and a job ad. You get a match score and the words the job asks for that your CV does not show yet. Free: try it on our sample CV, or make a free account (no card) to use your own.
Sources, checked on 25 Sep 2026
- Kickresume pricing
- Kickresume AI Career Bot
- Kickresume on Trustpilot
- Our prices
- How the never-invents check works
- Why nothing is final without you
- Refunds and cancelling (section of our terms)
We make Involve Resume, so read this with that in mind. We tried to be fair. If something here is wrong or out of date, write to [email protected] and we will fix it. Product names belong to their owners and are used only to say which product we mean.