# VisualCV review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Resume and CV builder with online resume sites and view tracking Checked Oct 24, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA. VisualCV is a resume and CV builder from Workstory with more than 30 templates, a cover letter builder and an AI writer for work experience and summaries. Pro accounts can publish a resume as a personal website or shareable link and see who viewed it, with the date and rough location of each view. A Career Journal keeps a running record of achievements to draw on later. - **Category:** Resume Builders - **Made by:** Workstory Inc. - **Website:** https://www.visualcv.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a free PDF, as the free account can't download or share a resume. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 24, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 24, 2026, VisualCV has a free plan, and paid plans start at $16 per month, billed quarterly. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free account: try every template and keep 1 resume, 1 website, 1 cover letter and 1 Career Journal entry; PDF downloads and online sharing need Pro. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Test drive all templates and build a first resume, with no PDF download, sharing link or cover letter builder. | | Pro Quarterly | $16 per month, billed quarterly | Up to 100 resumes, unlimited PDFs, a personal website, shareable links, cover letters and view analytics. Monthly billing costs more. | Read from https://www.visualcv.com/pricing/ on Oct 24, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with VisualCV before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **36% off with quarterly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page's Monthly and Quarterly switch marks quarterly billing at 36% off the monthly rate, which gives the $16 a month price. Source: https://www.visualcv.com/pricing/ ## Key features - **Templates for resumes and CVs:** More than 30 templates, including an ATS-friendly one and full-width designs, with LinkedIn profile import to start from. - **AI Resume Writer:** Writes or rewrites a work experience entry from a job title and optional company and description, and drafts a summary. - **Online resume and personal website:** Publish a resume at its own URL, set a custom domain and share it by link. Pro only. - **Resume view tracking:** Logs each view of an online resume with the date, IP address and approximate location, per resume. - **Cover letters and downloads:** A cover letter builder, unlimited PDF downloads and a Word download in beta, all with Pro. - **Career Journal:** A place to record achievements as they happen; free accounts get a trial and one entry, Pro is unlimited. ## Good for - Job seekers who want an online resume and to know when it is viewed - People keeping many versions of a resume or CV - Applicants outside the US who need a CV rather than a resume ## Worth knowing - The free account cannot download a PDF or share a resume online, so in practice Pro is needed to send one. - Pro is priced at $16 a month when billed quarterly; the monthly option costs more and its price is not in the page text. - VisualCV refunds Pro within the first 30 days on request by email, per the pricing page. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 24, 2026. VisualCV builds resumes and CVs from more than 30 templates and can publish one as a web page that logs each view. The free account is only a test drive, though: no PDF, no sharing link and no cover letter, so sending a resume means Pro at $16 a month billed quarterly, and nothing on record checks your resume against a job ad. - **Value for money: C.** Pro is $16 a month billed quarterly, so $48 every three months. That's just under this category's middle ($16.50) and double its cheaper quarter ($8). Monthly billing costs more, and the page doesn't say how much. - **Free plan and trial: C.** The free account lets you try every template and build one resume, but it can't download a PDF or share the resume online. To send it anywhere, you pay. A 30-day refund on request by email isn't a trial. - **Features: C.** More than 30 templates with LinkedIn import, an AI writer for experience and summaries, cover letters, a Career Journal, and an online resume that logs each view's date and rough location. The gap: nothing on record scores a resume against a job ad, and Word download is still in beta. - **Ease of use: C.** No App Store rating on record. It's a web builder where you fill in each section yourself, with LinkedIn import or the AI writer to get you started. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with LinkedIn import. No phone or desktop app, and no other integrations on record. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from VisualCV'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 - VisualCV'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 $16 a month, against a middle price of $16 for the category: 5 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 VisualCV 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 $192 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. ## Works with LinkedIn **Tags:** Resume builder, Templates, AI features ## Alternatives - [Kickresume](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kickresume): Resume, cover letter and personal website builder with an AI writer. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kickresume-vs-visualcv) - [Novorésumé](https://toolgpa.com/tools/novoresume): Resume builder sold as one-time passes, with free AI writing tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/novoresume-vs-visualcv) - [Enhancv](https://toolgpa.com/tools/enhancv): Designed resume builder with AI feedback, tailoring and a job tracker. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/enhancv-vs-visualcv) - [Resume.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/resume-io): Resume and cover letter builder with AI writing and an ATS score. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/resume-io-vs-visualcv) - [Zety](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zety): Resume and cover letter builder with expert-written content. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/visualcv-vs-zety) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 24, 2026: - https://www.visualcv.com/pricing/ - https://support.visualcv.com/article/60-what-is-the-difference-between-free-and-pro - https://support.visualcv.com/article/23-can-i-subscribe-for-just-1-month - https://support.visualcv.com/article/143-using-the-ai-resume-writer - https://support.visualcv.com/article/13-what-is-resume-tracking - https://support.visualcv.com/category/142-ai-resume-writer Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/visualcv Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).