Jobscan reviews: what is free, what it costs, how to cancel

Everything below about Jobscan comes from its own pricing page, cancellation policy, help centre and product pages, read on October 3, 2026. Jobscan is a competitor of the checker on this page, so we stick to what Jobscan says about itself. Prices change: check the checkout page before you pay.

What Jobscan is and who runs it

Jobscan compares your resume with a job description and gives you a match rate, plus tips on keywords and formatting. Its about page says the idea came from its CEO, James Hu: when he was job hunting in 2013, he "discovered that companies were using software to scan resumes for keywords."

Its SaaS agreement names the company as Jobscan Corporation, a Delaware corporation with offices at 89 Yesler Way #203, Seattle, WA 98104.

Is Jobscan free? What the free plan includes

Yes, in part. Its pricing page lists a Free plan at "$0 forever" with:

• "5 Free Resume Scans monthly"
• "5 ATS & Recruiter Findings"
• Job Tracker, Post Interview Thank You Notes, Resume Builder, Resume Manager, Chrome Extension and the Jobscan Learning Center

A scan is one comparison of your resume against one job description, and its help centre says a rescan after you edit counts as another scan. Free scans are added each month on the day you joined, and unused ones roll over up to a maximum of 5. To get them, its help centre says your email must be verified and you must be on the Free Membership plan, so the free scans come with a Jobscan account.

Where payment starts, as of October 3, 2026

Plan on the pricing page	Price shown	How it bills
Quarterly	$29.98 per month	"Billed as $89.95 every 3 months", after a 7-day free trial
Monthly	$49.95 per month	"Billed as $49.95 every month", no trial

The paid plans add "Unlimited Resume Scans", "Unlimited AI Optimizations", an AI cover letter generator, a LinkedIn optimizer and more. A few things worth knowing before you pay:

• The trial is on the quarterly plan only. Its FAQ says that once the trial ends, "you will be billed for the next quarter of your subscription", and that there is no trial if you pick the monthly plan.
• A $1 hold at the start. Its help centre says a trial begins with "a temporary $1 authorization hold" on your card, which is not a charge.
• Over a year, if you never cancel: 4 quarterly charges of $89.95 is $359.80, and 12 monthly charges of $49.95 is $599.40 (our arithmetic from the listed prices).
• Currency and tax. Prices are shown in US dollars, and its help centre says "All subscription charges are processed in USD", so your bank converts them if you pay in another currency. Its FAQ says it adds state and local sales tax based on your billing address.

Jobscan refunds

Jobscan's cancellation policy says: "Refunds will only be granted to Jobscan Premium members who refute their charges within 2 calendar days of the billing period start and have not used the service within the said billing period." It adds that "A fee of 3.5% of the original payment made will be charged", that requests are decided "on a case by case basis", and that "Cancellation does not issue refunds automatically."

To ask, email [email protected] with the subject line "Refund Request", your Jobscan email and your reason. In practice, that means asking within two days of the charge and before you run another scan.

How to cancel Jobscan

1. Sign in and open your Account Details page.
2. If you paid by credit card, its help centre says there is a Cancel Plan button at the bottom of the page. Click it and follow the prompts to the end.
3. If you do not see the option, email [email protected].

To cancel a trial without paying, do it on or before the last day: its FAQ says that if you cancel "on or before your trial expiration date, your account will not be charged". After you cancel a paid plan, you keep the paid features until the end of the period, then move to the Free plan. Its FAQ warns that you then "lose access to paid features and all data associated with those features", so save anything you need first.

What Jobscan does well

To be fair to it: the free plan is a working tool, not a preview, with five scans a month, a job tracker and a resume builder. Comparing your resume with the exact job description you are applying to is a sensible way to spot missing skills. The pricing page states the billing cycle, the trial rules and the cancellation policy in plain words, and you can cancel from your own account.

Some customers report being charged after a free trial or after they believed they had cancelled, and being refused refunds; you can read their accounts on Trustpilot.

Jobscan vs Jobician

Jobscan's column is from its own pages, read October 3, 2026.

	Jobscan	Jobician
Free report	Yes: 5 free scans a month on the Free plan	The full checker report is free
Account needed for the free report	Yes: its help centre ties free scans to a verified email on the Free Membership plan	No account needed
What the score measures	A match rate of your resume against one job description, "based on your hard skills, education level..., job title, soft skills, and other keywords", 1 to 100%	Our estimate of how cleanly your resume parses and how well it is built, from the resume alone. It is not a number any employer sees
Price	$49.95 billed monthly, or $89.95 every 3 months after a 7-day free trial	The report is free; paid plans for fixes and tailoring
Renewal	Both plans bill again each cycle until you cancel	The free report has nothing to renew
Cancel	Cancel Plan button on your Account Details page, or email support	The free report has nothing to cancel

The two answer different questions: Jobscan's score compares your resume with one job description, ours looks at the resume on its own. If you want to see what software reads in your resume, you can check it here without an account.