What is the best CV checker?

For the US market, Jobscan and Resume Worded are the most mature. For Swiss applications something else matters: whether language levels, work permit and workload percentage are checked at all — points a US checker does not know about.

Does a robot really reject my CV?

Applicant tracking systems rarely auto-reject; they sort and search. More important than "ATS optimisation" is that the terms and evidence the advert asks for actually appear in the CV.

Comparisons

Best CV checker for Switzerland

In short

Jobscan and Resume Worded are the best-known ATS checkers and good at what they do: they compare your CV with a job advert and show missing terms. Their reference point is the US market. SwissJobs.app checks the same fit against Swiss expectations instead — language levels, work permit, workload percentage, reference letters — and is usable on the free tier, Premium CHF 15 a month.

The tools compared here

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1. SwissJobs.appOur tool
Swiss format built in: the photo convention, the work-permit line, language levels as A1–C2 rather than "fluent", room for Arbeitszeugnisse.
Why choose this one
Price
Check without an account; Premium CHF 15 a month or CHF 95 a year.
Swiss
The check runs against Swiss conventions and the advert you paste in, not a US template.
Export
After the check, PDF and Word without a watermark from the same editor.
Reach
Four languages; no LinkedIn profile review and no ATS database.
What only this one does · best for
- The report does not stop at a score: missing terms and phrasings go into the editor on a click.
- The comparison is with the advert you are applying to — role, languages, permit, workload.
Best for: Having a finished CV and tailoring it to one specific Swiss vacancy.
checked 2026-09-10
SwissJobs.app →
2. Jobscan
A very mature advert-to-CV match, with deep experience of large ATS systems.
Why choose this one
Price
"$0 forever" with 5 scans a month; unlimited is $49.95 a month or $89.95 every three months, in US dollars.
Swiss
No Swiss conventions; the ATS list and examples come from the US market.
Reach
Beyond the scanner: AI Optimize, Resume Builder, LinkedIn Optimization, Job Tracker and Auto Apply.
What only this one does · best for
- "Resume Scanner — score your resume in seconds" and "AI Optimize — tailor your resume with AI".
- Jobscan became known for its list of ATS systems and the resume-against-posting match.
Best for: Optimising deliberately against an applicant-tracking system, working from English postings.
checked 2026-09-05
Jobscan →
3. Resume Worded
Strong line-level wording feedback, especially for English CVs.
Why choose this one
Price
"Get a free expert resume review, instantly", the basic check is free; the full report is Pro: $49 a month or $229 a year.
Swiss
No Swiss angle; it scores against anglophone recruiting criteria.
Export
No editor and no export — the CV is uploaded and scored.
Reach
The LinkedIn profile too: "LinkedIn Review — get personalized feedback on your LinkedIn profile".
What only this one does · best for
- Three tools on one page: Score My Resume, Targeted Resume and LinkedIn Review.
- "Tailor your resume to a job description in seconds" — matching against a posting is its own product.
Best for: English CVs, and reviewing the LinkedIn profile in the same pass.
checked 2026-09-05
Resume Worded →

What they do better

Jobscan: a very mature advert-to-CV match, with deep experience of large ATS systems.
Resume Worded: strong line-level wording feedback, especially for English CVs.

Where we differ

Swiss format built in: the photo convention, the work-permit line, language levels as A1–C2 rather than "fluent", room for Arbeitszeugnisse.
Your CV is checked against a specific advert, not against a generic template.
Four languages with their own pages — German, French, Italian, English.
Free with no account at all, up to and including the first download: write the CV, tailor it to a specific advert, and take it away as PDF or Word — no email, no card. It is the second download that asks for an account and the trial.
The fit report does not just list what is missing — it applies the fixes and the missing terms into the editor on a click. For the next role you repeat that in minutes, instead of sending one CV everywhere.

Why SwissJobs.app

Not one more tool, but the whole application in one place — and re-tailored to each advert instead of written once.

Optimised per advert, in minutes. The CV check reads your CV against that specific posting, shows the missing terms and the fit score — and applies the fixes into the editor with one click. For the next role you repeat it in minutes, instead of sending one CV everywhere.
Everything in one account. Job search, CV, motivation letter, CV check, interview prep, interview practice and the RAV record all work off the same advert and the same CV. No copying between four tools, no four subscriptions.
Live AI interview practice. A spoken mock interview with the panel you actually expect — HR, a domain expert, whoever you name — rated per answer, with a pass-probability at the end.
The RAV job-search record, filled from your tracker. What you already log fills the official form, instead of reconstructing it by hand at month end. It is a Swiss form that international trackers do not model.
An editor that looks like a Swiss CV. Three typefaces, nine accent colours, two layouts — and underneath, the format that actually gets looked at here: work permit, language levels A1–C2, room for Arbeitszeugnisse.
Our own job index alongside it. Over 21,000 Swiss roles in four languages — the advert you are optimising for lives in the same product.

What our index says about the Swiss market

Computed live from our own job index, not quoted from a study. Shares only — as of today.

Language the advert is written in

Deutsch: 60%
English: 23%
Français: 13%
Italiano: 3%

Of adverts that state a language requirement, the share asking for

Deutsch: 70%
English: 43%
Français: 21%
Italiano: 3%

19% posted in the last 7 days · Largest markets: Zürich 18% · Bern 10% · Genève 5% · Basel 5%

Use another tool if

You are applying in the US or UK market, or want to polish English wording.

Use SwissJobs.app if

You are applying in Switzerland and want to know whether your CV answers this advert’s requirements.

Prices and free tiers

checked on the vendors’ own pages on 17 September 2026

SwissJobs.app: Build 1 CV, tailor it with 5 AI edits, preview it — and download it once: all free, with no account at all. No email, no card. It is the second CV and the second download that ask for an account and the 7-day trial, then CHF 15 a month or CHF 95 a year.
Jobscan: The free plan is, on the pricing page, "$0 forever" and includes "5 Free Resume Scans monthly". Unlimited scans cost $49.95 a month, or $89.95 billed every three months ($29.98 a month), the quarterly plan starting with a 7-day free trial. All prices are in US dollars. (Source)
Resume Worded: The scan is free: "Get a free expert resume review, instantly", on their own page. The full report is not, it is Pro that, in the page's words, unlocks the "full resume analysis", line-by-line analysis included. Pro costs $49 a month, $99 billed every three months ($33 a month) or one payment of $229 for a year ($19 a month), in US dollars. (Source)

About the numbers

About the numbers: every figure about another vendor comes from that vendor’s own page, fetched on 2026-09-17, and is kept as a quote. Where a vendor did not answer, that is what this page says instead of a number — prices copied out of comparison articles go stale and are often wrong on the day they are published. Our own figures come from the code rather than from marketing copy: CHF 15 a month, CHF 95 a year, 7 days free, and a free tier that costs nothing at all — not even an email address, until you want to keep the document.

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FAQ

What is the best CV checker?: For the US market, Jobscan and Resume Worded are the most mature. For Swiss applications something else matters: whether language levels, work permit and workload percentage are checked at all — points a US checker does not know about.
Does a robot really reject my CV?: Applicant tracking systems rarely auto-reject; they sort and search. More important than "ATS optimisation" is that the terms and evidence the advert asks for actually appear in the CV.