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A Jobscan alternative built for tailoring

Jobscan is known for scanning a resume against a job description and showing a match rate. Cooked does one thing: you paste a job link, and it rewrites your existing CV for that role, writes a matching cover letter and scores the result against ATS checks.

Choose Jobscan if…

  • You want to edit your resume yourself and only need a match report.
  • You use its LinkedIn and job-tracking extras.

Choose Cooked if…

  • You want to paste a job link and get a tailored CV and cover letter in one step.
  • You'd rather pay $2.99 for the one CV you send than start a subscription.
  • You want the AI to use only your real experience and flag gaps instead of inventing skills.

What you get with Cooked

  • Paste a job link or description: no copying requirements by hand
  • Rewrites your summary, skills and bullets using only your real experience
  • Matching cover letter for the same role
  • ATS score: keyword coverage plus 16 format checks, before and after
  • Honest gap list for skills the job wants that your CV doesn't show
  • 8 single-column, ATS-safe templates with 6 accent colours and 6 fonts
  • Interview questions for each job (Pro)
  • Free to try; $2.99 per CV, $9.99/month or $59 lifetime

Features and prices of other tools change often. Check Jobscan's own website for its current plans. Cooked isn't affiliated with Jobscan.

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Questions

Is Cooked a good Jobscan alternative?

If you mainly want to tailor an existing CV to specific jobs, yes. Cooked rewrites your CV and writes a cover letter from a job link in under a minute, with an ATS score. Jobscan is known for scanning a resume against a job description and showing a match rate, which may suit you better if that's your priority.

Is Cooked free?

You can tailor up to 3 CVs a day for free and see an ATS score and a preview. Downloading a CV costs $2.99, or $9.99/month for unlimited CVs and the remote job board, or $59 once for lifetime access.

Does Cooked make up experience?

No. It only rephrases and reorders what's in your CV, and lists skills the job asks for that your CV doesn't show as gaps.

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