Teal vs roasted.cv: a tracker you fill vs one the agent fills
Teal organizes the hunt. Roasted runs it and leaves the pipeline organized behind it.
Teal is a job-search command center with a strong browser extension, tracker, and resume builder. If your system is manual and the immediate problem is organization, its free tracker is hard to beat.
Roasted Autopilot removes the work that creates tracker maintenance. The agent finds matching jobs, tailors the resume, writes grounded cover letters, fills browser forms with explicit consent, and records each application automatically.
Teal helps you remember what you did. Roasted helps you do more of the work without losing quality, so the tracker becomes a reliable view of a hunt already in motion. See Autopilot or read the workflow docs.
What Teal does well
- Job tracker. The best free job tracker in this category. Unlimited bookmarking, statuses, notes, and a clean Kanban-style pipeline.
- Chrome extension. Save jobs from LinkedIn, Indeed, and company sites with one click. This is Teal's standout.
- Unlimited resumes and templates. Build and store as many resume versions as you want, even on the free plan.
- AI bullet writing and summaries. Speed up writing tailored bullet points and professional summaries (gated behind Teal+).
- Matching mode. Compare a resume against a job description to surface keyword gaps (a Teal+ feature).
If your problem is organization, tracking 40 applications across 6 stages, Teal is excellent and the free tier is generous.
Where Teal falls short
- Weekly pricing that adds up. Teal+ is marketed as a per-week price, around $9 to $13 per week depending on plan. We think a weekly sticker price makes the real cost easy to underestimate: it works out to roughly $39 or more per month.
- It is a tracker first, a feedback tool second. Teal will tell you which keywords are missing, but it does not deliver a blunt, recruiter-voice critique of your content. It organizes and assists; it does not roast.
- The best AI features are gated. The free plan is strong for tracking but throttles the AI matching and writing that improve the resume.
- No deep ATS roast. Matching mode is keyword overlap, not a judgment on whether your achievements land. (ATS is the applicant tracking software that screens resumes.)
Common complaints in critical reviews
The complaints that come up again and again in critical reviews on Trustpilot (June 2026). Most reviews are positive; these are the recurring gripes.
Ghost job listings
Critical reviews describe job listings that feel like ghost or expired postings, with no replies after applying.
Spam emails
Daily marketing emails and an unsubscribe that reviewers say does not actually work.
Charged after cancelling
Reports of charges continuing after attempts to cancel, and a refund window that differed from what support enforced.
roasted.cv offers a $19 one-time resume fix or Hunter Pass at $35/month or $69 for 3 months for the full agent-run hunt.
How roasted.cv gets you to interviews
- 1The tracker fills itself. Jobs and statuses are recorded because the agent found and handled the application, not because you copied another row.
- 2Matching leads to action. Job Matcher filters for plausible roles, then Autopilot prepares the tailored resume and grounded cover letter.
- 3Forms are part of the workflow. The agent can fill browser applications with explicit consent and stop when your judgment is needed.
- 4The pipeline is available on your phone. Remote Control lets you check progress and steer Claude Code without returning to the desk.
- 5The goal is application volume without quality collapse. The system is built to create more credible chances at interviews, not a prettier board.
The products can coexist, but the distinction is simple: Teal is a workspace for a manual hunt; roasted.cv is an agent that runs the workflow and produces the tracker as a record.
What the agent adds
A hunt that keeps moving
The agent finds matching roles, prepares each application, and keeps the pipeline current instead of waiting for you to move data between tools.
A resume for each posting
Every application gets a resume tailored to the job description and a grounded cover letter based only on your saved experience.
Applications with consent
The agent can fill browser forms, but it asks before any consequential action. You stay in control of what gets submitted.
A tracker that fills itself
Jobs, documents, and application status are logged as the agent works. Open Remote Control on your phone to check or steer the hunt.
Side by side
| Feature | Teal | roasted.cv |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Job tracker plus builder | Agent-run job hunt |
| Job tracker / pipeline | Excellent (best in class) | Automatic as the agent works |
| Chrome extension | Yes (standout) | No |
| Resume feedback / roast | Keyword matching only | CV Roast plus job-specific tailoring |
| Rewrites your bullets | AI suggestions (Teal+) | CV Roast plus job-specific tailoring |
| Job-description tailoring | Matching mode (Teal+) | Tailored resume, grounded letter, application |
| ATS-tested templates | ATS-friendly | Checks fit, tailors, then applies |
| Free tier | Generous tracking, AI gated | Free plugin install; paid application generation |
| Entry paid price | ~$9-13/week (~$39+/mo) | $19 resume fix; Hunter Pass $35/mo |
| Billing transparency | Weekly price, ~$39+/mo actual | $35/mo or $69/3 months |
Pricing, side by side
Teal (2026)
- Free Forever: unlimited job tracking, unlimited resumes and templates, basic features
- Teal+: marketed from about $9 to $13 per week, billed in multi-week blocks, which works out to roughly $39 or more per month. Unlocks AI matching, AI writing, and analysis.
roasted.cv (2026)
- Hunter Pass: $35/month or $69 for 3 months. Includes Autopilot, CV Roast, Job Matcher, and the application tracker.
- Fix my resume: $19 one-time for a complete resume rewrite.
- Install the Claude Code plugin free. A Hunter Pass is required when the agent starts generating applications.
Teal sells premium features around a tracker. Hunter Pass costs $35/month or $69 for 3 months and includes the agent workflow, CV Roast, Job Matcher, and the tracker.
Pricing checked June 2026. Vendors change tiers often, so confirm on their site before you buy.
Who should pick Teal
- Your bottleneck is organization, not the resume. You are juggling many applications and want one place to track them all.
- You want the best free job tracker and Chrome extension and will live in it daily.
- You want AI bullet help inside a builder and are fine with the weekly subscription.
Teal is the right tool when the problem is keeping your search organized.
Who should pick roasted.cv
- You want the tracker populated by completed work instead of manual updates.
- You want matching, tailoring, cover letters, browser forms, and tracking in one agent workflow.
- You want explicit control over submissions without doing every mechanical step.
- You want to spend more time preparing for interviews than maintaining the search.
When not to pick roasted.cv
If you only need a free Kanban tracker and browser bookmarker for a fully manual search, Teal is purpose-built for that. Pick roasted.cv when the organizational burden comes from doing the hunt yourself and you want the agent to remove it.
FAQ
- How much does Teal really cost?
- Teal+ is marketed with weekly pricing and the exact billed amount depends on the plan. Hunter Pass is $35/month or $69 for 3 months.
- Is Teal worth it?
- Teal's free tracker is valuable if organization is the bottleneck. roasted.cv is worth considering when the bigger burden is doing the applications and updating the tracker yourself.
- What is the best Teal alternative for fixing my resume?
- roasted.cv is not only a tracker alternative. Its agent finds matches, tailors materials, fills forms with consent, and creates the tracking record automatically.
- Teal vs Jobscan vs roasted.cv?
- Teal organizes a manual search. Jobscan measures ATS overlap. roasted.cv uses matching and ATS checks inside an agent-run application workflow.
The best tracker is the one that fills while applications go out.