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Involve Resume vs Teal: An Honest Comparison
Teal is a well-loved resume builder and job tracker with a generous free plan. Involve Resume is built for students applying in Europe. Here is where each one wins.
Checked on 25 Sep 2026The short answer
If you want a free job tracker and a Chrome extension that saves jobs from many boards, Teal is very good at that. Its free plan is generous and its extension is highly rated.
If you apply in Europe, want your CV in the right format for each country, and want to find jobs in the same place, Involve Resume does more of that. We also check every rewrite against your own CV, so nothing is invented.
Where Teal is better
- A very generous free plan: unlimited resumes and unlimited job tracking.
- A popular Chrome extension. It is rated 4.9 from about 3,200 ratings on the Chrome Web Store. We have no ratings yet.
- A big, mature tracker with contacts and email templates.
- A lower weekly price if you only need it for a short time ($13 a week).
Where Involve Resume is better
- Our own job index. Teal has no job board of its own; you save jobs from other sites.
- CV formats for 13 countries. We did not find country formats on Teal.
- The app works in English, French, German and Spanish. Teal is in English.
- A never-invents check in code, plus your approval before any change is kept. We found no such claim from Teal.
- Interview practice with questions from your CV. Teal has an interview tracker, not practice.
Who each one is for
Pick Teal if…
People who mainly want a free tracker and a job-saving extension, and who apply in English.
Pick Involve Resume if…
Students and graduates applying in Europe who want the right CV format per country, a job search, and no invented lines.
Side by side
| What | Involve Resume | Teal |
|---|---|---|
| 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. Teal+ is $13 a week, $29 per 30 days or $79 per 90 days. |
| 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. | Unlimited resumes and job tracking, 10 templates, top 5 keywords, small AI credit allowance. |
| Country CV formats | Yes, 13: UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Spain, the Nordics, US, Canada, India, UAE/Gulf, Singapore. | Not found. |
| 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. | English. |
| Job search | Yes. Our own job index, read from employers’ career sites. Each job says where it came from. | No own job index. You save jobs from other boards. |
| Never-invents check + your approval | Yes. Every new word is checked against your CV in code. Nothing is kept until you approve it. | No public claim found. |
| Browser extension | Yes (Chrome). 5 free form fills a month, unlimited from the €32 plan. Never runs on LinkedIn. | Yes, free. Saves jobs and fills in forms. |
| Application tracker | Yes, with Excel export. | Yes, free and unlimited. Its main strength. |
| Interview practice | Yes, from the €32 plan. Questions from your CV, voice or video practice, case interviews. | Interview tracker. We did not find practice. |
“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 often praise the free plan, the tracker and the job-saving extension. (Trustpilot)
- A few users on Trustpilot complain about billing and cancelling. (Trustpilot)
These are single reviews or small groups of reviews, paraphrased. They are not a verdict.
Questions
Is Teal free?
Teal has a free plan with unlimited resumes and job tracking. The paid plan, Teal+, was $13 a week, $29 per 30 days or $79 per 90 days when we checked on 25 Sep 2026.
Can I use both?
Yes. Some people keep their tracker in Teal and use Involve Resume for country CV formats and tailoring. Involve Resume also has a tracker with Excel export.
Does Involve Resume have a free extension like Teal?
Our Chrome extension gives a free account 5 form fills a month, and unlimited fills from the €32 plan. Teal’s extension is free without that limit. That is a real difference, and we say so.
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
- Teal pricing
- Teal 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.