Zety charges $23.70 a month, forever, just to let you fill out a form and download the PDF of your own resume. Resumecraft is $19 once. Pick one of 7 templates, fill structured sections with a live preview, flip on ATS-safe mode, and export a real PDF — 100% local, zero cloud, zero telemetry. Your job hunt is not a subscription.
If you've searched for a Zety alternative, Resumecraft is the pay-once option worth putting at the top of the list: Resumecraft is $19, one time, and covers the same core job Zety charges $23.70/mo for.
What makes Resumecraft the pick for 2026
- 7 bundled templates — Classic, Modern, Minimal, Executive, Compact, Tech and Elegant — swap any time without losing a word of your data.
- ATS-safe mode — One toggle strips columns, colors and decoration into a plain single-column layout that applicant tracking systems parse cleanly.
- Plain-text portal export — Export or copy a clean text version for pasting into Workday and Greenhouse-style job portal forms.
- Real PDF export — Headless Chromium print to US Letter, with a live one-page overflow warning in the preview so you know before you export.
- Structured sections — Contact, summary, experience with reorderable bullets, education, skills, projects and unlimited custom sections.
Resumecraft vs Zety, at a glance
| Resumecraft | Zety | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19 once | $23.70/mo |
| Cost after 3 years | $19 | $853.20 |
| Your resume lives | On your machine | Their cloud |
| Works offline | Always | No |
| Account required | No | Yes |
| Download your own PDF | Always | Paid tier only |
| Telemetry | None | Analytics + upsell emails |
| Source code | MIT, on GitHub | Closed |
Pays for itself in under a month of Zety — and every month after that is pure savings.
Common questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — Resumecraft is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/resume-builder-mvp. The $19 buys the signed Windows installer and 1-click setup; building from source is free.
Does my resume data get uploaded?
Never. Resumecraft makes no network calls at all — your resumes live in a human-readable resumes.json under your OS app-data folder for you to back up yourself.
Does it do everything Zety does?
It builds, tailors and exports resumes locally with ATS-safe mode. What it does not do is charge you $23.70 every month to download your own PDF.
The bottom line
Resumecraft won't out-feature Zety on every axis — no subscription tool with a bigger team and a bigger roadmap loses on everything. But for the core job, $19 once against $23.70/mo forever is a trade most people should at least look at. Resumecraft is part of OneTimeSuite, a catalog of pay-once apps that replace subscription SaaS.
Try Resumecraft — $19, once
Local resume builder with 7 templates, ATS-safe mode and real PDF export, fully offline.