Resumecraft and Zety solve the same problem from opposite directions: one is source-available software you can own outright for $19, the other is a subscription at $23.70/mo run entirely on someone else's servers.
Head to head
| 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 |
What Resumecraft does well
- 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.
What Zety still does better
There's a real reason Zety costs what it does: a bigger team, broader integrations and dedicated support behind it. If that ecosystem is genuinely what you need, it's worth paying for.
Which one should you pick
If your workflow depends on Zety's specific integrations or you'd rather not run anything yourself, stay put — that's a legitimate call. If you're comfortable owning the tool and want to stop paying $23.70/mo for a job your own hardware can do, Resumecraft pays for itself and then some: pays for itself in under a month of Zety — and every month after that is pure savings.
Try Resumecraft — $19, once
Local resume builder with 7 templates, ATS-safe mode and real PDF export, fully offline.