§ The result
1 point separates Jobscan and LandEarly.
Jobscan (Resume AI) edges LandEarly (Auto-apply) by 1 point under rubric js-v1.0, 63 to 62. Jobscan and LandEarly each lead 3 of the 7 criteria, with 1 level, though the side of the split Jobscan holds (headed by Employer & ATS Legitimacy) adds up to more weighted points. The heaviest weighted swing runs the other way — LandEarly takes Data & Credential Safety at 20%, Jobscan 52 to LandEarly 66, 57% of the weighted advantage LandEarly holds — while the widest raw gap sits on Support & Accountability, Jobscan 72 to LandEarly 44.
Vendor profile
Jobscan
Jobscan scores a job seeker's resume against a specific job description on a 0-100 ATS match rate, flags missing hard- and soft-skill keywords and ATS formatting problems, and bundles a resume builder, LinkedIn optimizer, cover-letter generator, application tracker and a review-gated Auto Apply that drafts answers to ATS-hosted application forms.
Vendor profile
LandEarly
LandEarly is an AI auto-apply platform that monitors job boards, generates role-tailored resumes and cover letters from a job seeker's real history, and submits applications through supported applicant tracking systems, with a review-before-submit step and an optional autopilot mode.
§ The record
Jobscan is filed under Resume & profile AI, LandEarly under Auto-apply tools. They also share 2 secondary categories: Auto-apply and Tracker.
| Record | Jobscan | LandEarly |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | High | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2013 | 2026 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 27% of the movement so far
Data & Credential Safety
Jobscan 52 · LandEarly 66
2.8 weighted points to LandEarly
15% weight · 49% of the movement so far
Employer & ATS Legitimacy
Jobscan 75 · LandEarly 60
2.3 weighted points to Jobscan
8% weight · 71% of the movement so far
Support & Accountability
Jobscan 72 · LandEarly 44
2.2 weighted points to Jobscan
10% weight · 85% of the movement so far
Pricing & Cancellation Fairness
Jobscan 48 · LandEarly 63
1.5 weighted points to LandEarly
15% weight · 94% of the movement so far
User Control & Transparency
Jobscan 78 · LandEarly 72
0.9 weighted points to Jobscan
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Effectiveness Evidence
Jobscan 45 · LandEarly 50
0.6 weighted points to LandEarly
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +0.5 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 10.3 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +1 beside that +0.5.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Jobscan minus LandEarly.
| Category | Weight | Jobscan | LandEarly | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Honesty | 20% | 68 | 68 | - | - |
| Data & Credential Safety | 20% | 52 | 66 | -14 | -2.8 |
| User Control & Transparency | 15% | 78 | 72 | +6 | +0.9 |
| Employer & ATS Legitimacy | 15% | 75 | 60 | +15 | +2.3 |
| Effectiveness Evidence | 12% | 45 | 50 | -5 | -0.6 |
| Pricing & Cancellation Fairness | 10% | 48 | 63 | -15 | -1.5 |
| Support & Accountability | 8% | 72 | 44 | +28 | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 63 (D) | 62 (D) | +1 | +0.5 |
§ Evidence
Cited sources and documented absences, criterion by criterion.
An absence is a finding, not a blank: the reviewer looked for a named artefact and recorded that it is not located. Where a source sits is a fact about hosting only.
| Criterion | Weight | Jobscan | LandEarly | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Application Honesty | 20% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data & Credential Safety | 20% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| User Control & Transparency | 15% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Employer & ATS Legitimacy | 15% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Effectiveness Evidence | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| Pricing & Cancellation Fairness | 10% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Support & Accountability | 8% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 28 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 10 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Jobscan has 33 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 28 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; LandEarly has 16 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 10 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Jobscan sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 49 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 33 for Jobscan, across 6 distinct source domains, and 16 for LandEarly, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- js-v1.0
- Jobscan last reviewed
- September 4, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- LandEarly last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next
The full profiles
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