# Novorésumé review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Resume builder sold as one-time passes, with free AI writing tools

Checked Oct 24, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Novorésumé is a resume and cover letter builder from Copenhagen with recruiter-reviewed, ATS-friendly templates. Premium is sold as a pass for one, three or twelve months that is paid once and does not renew. A set of AI tools, free to start, writes resumes, cover letters, summaries and bullet points, checks ATS compatibility and matches a resume against a job posting.

- **Category:** Resume Builders
- **Made by:** Novorésumé ApS (since 2014)
- **Website:** https://novoresume.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free: one version, one page and no cover letter.
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 24, 2026

## Pricing

As of Oct 24, 2026, Novorésumé has a free plan, and paid plans start at $23.99 for 1 month, paid once with no renewal.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Basic plan: one resume version, a 1-page limit, predefined layouts, 3 fonts and 30 color themes, with no cover letter.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Basic | $0 | One resume version up to 1 page, predefined layouts, 3 fonts and 30 color themes. No cover letter. |
| Premium Month | $23.99 for 1 month, paid once, with no renewal | Multiple versions, resumes up to 10 pages, custom layouts, a matching cover letter, 12 fonts, 74 color themes and no branding. |
| Premium Quarter | $49.99 for 3 months, paid once, with no renewal | The same Premium features for 3 months. Marked most popular; the page shows it as saving 30% against monthly passes. |
| Premium Year | $199.99 for 12 months, paid once, with no renewal | The same Premium features for 12 months, shown as saving $87, or 30%, against twelve monthly passes. |

Read from https://novoresume.com/page/pricing on Oct 24, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Novorésumé before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 30% with a 3- or 12-month pass** (Annual discount): The pricing page shows the 3-month pass saving $21 and the 12-month pass saving $87, each about 30%, against buying monthly passes. Source: https://novoresume.com/page/pricing

## Key features

- **Recruiter-reviewed templates:** ATS-friendly resume and CV templates in modern, creative, simple and two-page styles. Premium adds custom layouts, backgrounds and picture styles.
- **AI resume and cover letter writing:** AI tools write resume sections, summaries, objectives and bullet points, and draft a cover letter from a job description and your resume.
- **ATS Resume Checker:** Upload a resume for an ATS compatibility score that checks formatting, keyword density, section structure and other common problems.
- **Resume Job Matcher and Rewriter:** Paste a job posting to see exact matches, partial matches and gaps, or have the AI rewrite your bullets for that role.
- **Matching cover letters:** Premium includes a cover letter designed to match the resume. The free Basic plan has no cover letter.
- **No automatic renewal:** Premium is bought as a fixed pass paid by card through Stripe, so it ends without a charge, and your documents stay saved afterwards.

## Good for

- Job seekers who do not want a subscription that renews by itself
- Students who need one single-page resume for free
- People who want a resume and matching cover letter with a designed look

## Worth knowing

- The free Basic plan allows one version of a 1-page resume and no cover letter.
- Documents download as PDF only, according to the pricing FAQ.
- Premium features can be tried on Basic, but a document that uses them cannot be downloaded without Premium.
- Refunds can be requested in the first 14 days after buying a pass.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 24, 2026. Novorésumé sells Premium as a pass for one, three or twelve months that ends without renewing, and its AI tools write sections and match a resume to a job posting. The free plan stops at one single-page resume with no cover letter, downloads are PDF only, and a single month costs $23.99.

- **Value for money: C.** The 3-month pass is $49.99, about $16.66 a month, at this category's middle ($16.50), and a year is $199.99. One month is $23.99, close to the dear end. None of the passes renew on their own.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** Basic keeps one resume version of up to one page, predefined layouts, 3 fonts and 30 colour themes, with no cover letter. You can try Premium features, but a document that uses them won't download.
- **Features: C.** Recruiter-reviewed ATS templates, AI writing for sections and cover letters, an ATS checker, and a job matcher that shows matches and gaps against a posting. The listing's gap: downloads are PDF only.
- **Ease of use: C.** No App Store rating on record. It's a web editor with templates to fill in, and the AI tools are free to start.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with no phone or desktop app and no integrations on record.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Novorésumé's own pages on 24 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among resume builders

- Novorésumé's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 0 of the 13 other resume builders we grade, and level with 3.
- Its paid plans start at $23.99 a month, against a middle price of $16 for the category: 7 of the 10 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/resume-builders

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Your call.** You could make the core of Novorésumé 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 $287.88 a year.

- You could make: Resume builder and templates: an app builder makes these well.
- You could make: It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

**Tags:** Resume builder, Templates, AI features

## Alternatives

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## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 24, 2026:

- https://novoresume.com/page/pricing
- https://novoresume.com
- https://novoresume.com/about-us
- https://novoresume.com/career-ai-tools

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