Free, with the catch stated upfront

Free, in full

• Fifteen free templates, including designs with a photo.
• Unlimited editing, and as many different resumes as you want.
• PDF download at A4, with no watermark of any kind.
• Word (.doc) export, for portals that demand it.
• The live ATS score and its suggestions.
• No account required, and no card at any point.

What costs money

The builder itself, nothing. No subscription, no per-download charge, no watermark, no account needed. Five of the twenty templates are premium at Rs 19 each, paid once — the other fifteen are free and are not a crippled subset. The site also sells programming study notes, which is a completely separate product; nothing in the builder is gated behind it.

Worth saying plainly, because "free resume builder" usually is not: you can write a complete resume, put your photo on it, run the ATS score and download a clean PDF without paying anything or handing over a card. The paid designs are five extra layouts, not the missing half of the product — and ATS Classic, the most parser-safe template on the site, is one of the free ones.

Where your data goes

The builder keeps your draft in your own browser's local storage while you work, which is why you can close the tab and come back to it. That also means clearing your browser data clears the draft, so use the download or the save-to-file option in the toolbar if you are going to be away from it for a while.

Getting a usable resume in about twenty minutes

1. Pick a template first, not last. Two minutes on the gallery. Switching later costs nothing, but writing into a layout you can see keeps you honest about length.
2. Fill contact details and job title. The target job title matters more than people think — it is often the first thing matched against.
3. Write the experience bullets before the summary. The summary is easier to write once you can see what you have. Reach for the examples if a bullet is not coming.
4. Add numbers to at least three bullets. Any three. This is the single change that most improves a weak resume.
5. Write the summary last, using these openings as a model for tone rather than as text to copy.
6. Check the score, fix the top two suggestions, download. Chasing 100 is not worth your evening.

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