TL;DR: Pick Teal if you want a resume that looks well designed, reads cleanly in an employer's hiring system and changes for each job you apply to. Teal's free plan has no time limit and includes 10 templates you can restyle in Design Mode, and Teal+ costs $13 every 7 days or $29 every 30 days. Enhancv's free plan lasts 7 days, and Pro costs $39 a month.
Teal and Enhancv both build a polished resume, write with AI and track your applications for free. The difference that matters over a real search is how long free lasts. Teal's free plan has no time limit, so it lasts as long as your search does. Enhancv's free plan lasts 7 days and adds Enhancv branding.
Say you are applying for marketing roles. It is tempting to pick the most striking template you can find. But for most applications, the best design is one the employer's hiring software can read: one column, your color and type, clean section headings. You can build that resume in either tool. In Teal, each version you tailor stays on the job you saved it for, so you always know which resume went where.
Teal vs Enhancv: how do they compare?
Built around
TealOne workspace that takes your resume from build to check to a version tailored for each saved job, then tracks the application.
EnhancvA design-first resume builder with AI writing, a job description check and a job tracker.
Free plan
TealNo time limit and no credit card. Create and download unlimited resumes for free. Teal+ unlocks additional templates, settings and advanced features.
Enhancv7 days of free access, no credit card. It includes all templates and design tools and the basic sections, with Enhancv branding and a maximum of 12 section items.
Templates and design
Teal10 free templates and the full library on Teal+, in single-column and two-column layouts. Design Mode sets the font, line height, accent color (any hex code), margins and paper size, and Teal+ adds finer type and spacing controls.
EnhancvSingle-column, double-column, with-photo and with-logo designs. The editor adjusts colors, fonts, spacing and layout, and the free week includes every template and design tool.
Photos and extra sections
TealTemplates follow US and Canadian resume standards, so there is no photo. For a section of your own, rename an existing one.
EnhancvTemplates with a photo or company logos, and extra sections such as "My Time", "Books" and "Life Philosophy". Its Pro sections are paid.
Matching a resume to a job
TealThe Job Matcher checks your resume against a job you saved. The free plan shows the top 5 keywords for each job. Teal+ shows every keyword and lets you add your own.
EnhancvThe AI tailors a resume to a pasted job description and gives a match score. Enhancv's help center lists the ATS check against a job offer among the features you get when you upgrade.
Checking the resume
TealThe Resume Checker scores your resume from 0 to 100% with 15+ checks. The free plan shows the top basic issues, and Teal+ adds advanced analysis.
EnhancvIts help center lists real-time content suggestions and the Content Analyzer among the Pro features.
AI writing
TealFree credits for 5 resume bullets, 2 professional summaries and 2 cover letters. Unlimited on Teal+.
EnhancvRewrites bullets, tailors a resume to a job description and writes cover letters.
Job tracker
TealFree, unlimited job tracking, with a Chrome extension that saves jobs from 40+ job boards. A saved job keeps the resume version you sent and that job's keywords.
EnhancvA free tracker with unlimited applications, stages from Bookmarked to Offer, and a Chrome extension.
Import and export
TealImports a .docx or .pdf resume, a LinkedIn profile or pasted text. Exports PDF, with unlimited free downloads.
EnhancvImports a PDF or DOCX resume or a LinkedIn profile. Downloads PDF or TXT.
Which resume designs can an applicant tracking system read?
When you apply through a company's careers page, your resume usually goes into an applicant tracking system first. The system reads the file and fills in your profile: name, contact details, job titles, employers and dates. A recruiter then works from that profile.
Greenhouse, an applicant tracking system, lists the resumes its software may not read correctly: resumes with graphics, photos or word art; complex layouts with tables, headers and footers; a name and contact details placed in a header, footer or text box; and a layout in columns. When it cannot read a resume at all, the file is attached to your profile and the details are entered by hand. That is one system's documentation, not a rule for every system, but it is a safe guide to what to leave out.
Design still has a place on a marketing resume. The University of Georgia's career center advises applicants for creative roles that a resume with at least some creative elements is probably the best route, and says that in general they should avoid text boxes, columns, tables and pictures while color, lines and shading are fine. And recruiters skim. In TheLadders' 2012 eye-tracking study of 30 recruiters, the first fit or no-fit decision took about 6 seconds, and almost 80% of review time went to six items: name, current and previous titles and companies, current and previous dates, and education. A design that makes those six easy to find helps you more than one that makes the page memorable.
Now check both tools against Greenhouse's list. Enhancv's photo and logo designs are graphics, and two-column layouts, which both tools offer, are on it too. What both sources leave room for is one column, a deliberate choice of font and an accent color, and the basic settings in Teal's Design Mode cover all three. Teal's marketing manager resume guide says it plainly: "Keep it clean. Avoid graphics and complex designs that confuse ATS systems, even if your creative instincts suggest otherwise." For applications through company portals, pick a single-column template.
How do you make a marketing resume look designed in Teal?
A Teal template is a starting point. Design Mode is where it takes on your font, your color and your layout.
- Start from what you have. Import your current resume as a .docx or .pdf, paste in your LinkedIn profile URL, or paste the text.
- Pick a single-column template. Browse the resume templates and choose one with one column and clear section headings.
- Set your look in Design Mode. Choose the font, line height and accent color. Pick a preset or enter your brand's hex code. Set the skills layout as a comma list or bulleted columns, then the margins and Letter or A4 paper. The Advanced tab, with bullet symbols, text sizes, weights and borders, is on Teal+.
- Check it. Run the Resume Checker and fix the top issues it lists before you tailor anything.
- Tailor it to the job. Save the job to your tracker, attach a resume version, and open the Job Matcher to see the job's top keywords. Work in the ones that describe experience you really have. A keyword you cannot back up will not help you in the interview. Teal's Resume Job Description Match page shows how the check works.
- Tighten the wording. Use your free AI credits to draft bullets, a summary or a cover letter, then edit each draft until it sounds like you.
- Download the PDF and apply. The version you sent stays on the saved job in the Job Tracker.
What does a job search cost on Teal and Enhancv?
In Teal's analysis of 14.5k people who tracked their 2025 search in Teal through to an offer, most landed an offer within about 2 months, with a tailored resume for each application. On Teal's free plan, every one of those resumes and downloads costs nothing. Enhancv's free access covers the first 7 days of it. If you want Teal+ for part of the search, here is the cheapest regular price that covers each length on each tool:
| Search length | Teal+ | Enhancv Pro |
|---|---|---|
| 1 week | $13 (one 7-day period) | $39 (one month, its shortest plan) |
| 1 month | $29 (one 30-day period) | $39 (one month) |
| 2 months | $58 (two 30-day periods) | $69 (3 months; two months is $78) |
| 3 months | $79 (one 90-day period) | $69 (3 months) |
| 6 months | $158 (two 90-day periods) | $99 (6 months) |
Teal also offers a $179 annual plan at checkout. Enhancv's longest plan is 6 months. Prices are in US dollars from the Teal pricing page and Enhancv's pricing page, reviewed October 19, 2026. Enhancv says its prices may vary in currency by region.
Teal+ renews automatically until you cancel, and you keep access until the end of the period you paid for. Refunds are not automatic: email membersupport@tealhq.com within 2 days of a weekly charge, 7 days of a monthly charge, or 14 days of a quarterly or annual charge, and each request is reviewed.
Enhancv's plans also renew automatically unless you cancel, and each charge covers the whole period up front. Its monthly fees are non-refundable. On the quarterly and semiannual plans you may get a partial refund, with the months you used charged at the monthly price, and cancelling does not start a refund request on its own.
Try it on your own resume
Your own resume will tell you more than any comparison, this one included. Bring the resume you already have into Teal, make it yours, and point it at the next job you actually want. No credit card required.
Related Teal resources
- Read Teal's Enhancv review.
- Score your resume with Teal's free Resume Checker.
- Browse single-column and two-column resume templates.
- See what Teal+ adds on the pricing page.