LiveCareer review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Resume, CV and cover letter builder with ready-made phrases
LiveCareer report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 24, 2026
Best for prewritten bullet points to start from
LiveCareer reads in an old resume and offers more than 50,000 prewritten skills and bullet points by job title. Building is free, but PDF and Word downloads need Premium Access: $71.40 for a year up front, or $2.95 for 14 days that turns into $23.95 every four weeks unless you cancel.
Who LiveCareer is for
- Fits if you'd rather start from prewritten bullet points than a blank page
- Works for anyone who only needs a plain-text resume, which is free
Who LiveCareer is not for
- Skip it if you want a free PDF or Word file, as free downloads are TXT only
- Watch out: the $2.95 14-day access renews at $23.95 every four weeks unless you cancel
- Pricey if you only need it for a month or two, since $5.95 a month means $71.40 up front, renewed yearly
- Not for you if you tailor each resume to a job ad, since nothing on record matches it against one
Why LiveCareer gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyAnnual Premium Access works out at $5.95 a month, inside this category's cheaper quarter ($8), but it's one $71.40 charge that renews each year. Otherwise it's $23.95 every four weeks after the $2.95 start.
- CFree plan and trialFree Basic Access gives you the builder, the cover letter generator, ready-made content and ResumeCheck, but downloads plain text only. The 14-day access costs $2.95, so it isn't a free trial.
- CFeaturesAn upload parser, more than 50,000 prewritten skills and bullets, AI summary and skills generators, ResumeCheck with an ATS check, templates, cover letters and a CV maker. The gap: nothing on record tailors a resume to a job ad.
- CEase of useNo App Store rating on record. A web builder where you search by job title and pick phrases, or upload an old resume to start.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no phone or desktop app and no integrations on record.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read on 24 October 2026 from a copy of LiveCareer's home page saved by the Internet Archive, as LiveCareer's site would not answer our reader. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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LiveCareer's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 4 of the 13 other resume builders we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 9 of 13) and worst on free plan and trial (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $5.95 a month, against a middle price of $16 for the category: 0 of the 10 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 14 resume builders we grade, cut by the letter each got. LiveCareer’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 9 of 13, level with 3
- CFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 13, level with 9
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 13, level with 7
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 13, level with 11
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 13, level with 10
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 11 resume builders. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep LiveCareer, or make your own?
Your call
You could make the core of LiveCareer for yourself: resume builder and templates.
What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $71.40 a year.
What you could make
- Resume builder and templates: an app builder makes these well.
- It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.
What you could not
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. LiveCareer’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is LiveCareer?
LiveCareer is an online resume, CV and cover letter builder that has been around since 2005. It reads an uploaded resume into a new template, offers tens of thousands of ready-made phrases and skills by job title, writes a summary with AI and runs a ResumeCheck for common problems. Building is free, but PDF and Word downloads need Premium Access.
Worth knowing
- Free accounts download only plain text (TXT); PDF and Word need Premium Access.
- The $2.95 14-day access renews at $23.95 every four weeks unless cancelled first.
- The annual plan is one $71.40 charge that renews each year; the page says it saves 77%.
Key features
- Resume upload and AI parser
- Upload an old resume and the parser maps your work history into a new, ATS-friendly template.
- Ready-made phrases and skills
- Search by job title and pick from more than 50,000 prewritten skills and bullet points, then edit them.
- AI summary and skills generators
- Writes a professional summary from your experience and suggests skills for a job title.
- ResumeCheck and ATS checker
- Scans a resume for common problems and checks whether it is likely to get through applicant tracking systems.
- Templates and formatting
- Dozens of ATS-friendly templates whose fonts, colors and layouts can be changed, with automatic formatting.
- Cover letters and CVs
- A cover letter generator and a separate CV maker, alongside resume and cover letter examples by job.
LiveCareer pricing
As of Oct 24, 2026, LiveCareer has a free plan, and paid plans start at $5.95 per month, billed yearly ($71.40).
- Starts at
- $5.95 per month, billed yearly ($71.40)
- Free plan
- Free Basic Access: the resume builder and cover letter generator with ready-made content and ResumeCheck, with downloads in plain text (TXT) only.
- Free trial
- 14 days of Premium Access for $2.95; it renews at $23.95 every four weeks unless cancelled
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free Basic Access | $0 | Resume builder and cover letter generator, ready-made content and ResumeCheck. Downloads in TXT only. |
| Annual Premium Access | $5.95per month, billed yearly as $71.40 | Paid up front for the year and renews each year. Unlimited PDF and Word downloads, all templates and a Bold.pro profile. |
| 14-Day Premium Access | $23.95per 28 days, after 14 days for $2.95 | Starts at $2.95 for 14 days, then bills $23.95 every four weeks. Unlimited PDF and Word downloads. |
LiveCareer’s own pricing page could not be read, so these figures come from web.archive.org, checked Oct 24, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with LiveCareer before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 77% with annual renewal
LiveCareer labels Annual Premium Access, $71.40 billed yearly, as saving 77% against the four-weekly plan at $23.95.
Stated on web.archive.org
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Common questions
Does LiveCareer have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 24, 2026. LiveCareer is listed for Web.
Does LiveCareer have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 24, 2026. LiveCareer is listed for Web.
Is LiveCareer open source?
LiveCareer is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 24, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 24, 2026.