Side-by-side · Rubric js-v1.0
Jobscan vs VisualCV
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.
Concerning
Resume AI
VisualCV
VisualCV is an online resume and CV builder that uses GPT-based AI to draft and rewrite resume summaries and work-experience bullets against a target job title or job description, alongside 30+ ATS-oriented templates, a cover letter builder, optional hosted public resume pages, and view/download analytics.
Concerning
Resume AI
The result
Jobscan and VisualCV tie at 63.
Jobscan and VisualCV tie at 63 under rubric js-v1.0 inside the Resume AI cohort, arriving there from different criteria. Jobscan leads 5 of the 7 criteria and VisualCV 2, yet the two totals land on the same number. One criterion, Data & Credential Safety, is both the widest raw gap (Jobscan 52, VisualCV 66) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 20% weight it makes up 90% of the weighted advantage VisualCV holds across the 2 criteria it leads.
Criteria won
7 criteria
- Jobscan5
- VisualCV2
- Widest raw gap
- Data & Credential Safety52 vs 66
- Heaviest weighted swing
- Data & Credential Safety20% weight
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The record
Categories, scope and company facts.
Jobscan and VisualCV are both filed under Resume & profile AI. They record no secondary category in common.
| Record | Jobscan | VisualCV |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | High | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | CA |
| Founded | 2013 | 2014 |
What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
- 1
Data & Credential Safety
20% weight46% of the movement so far
Jobscan52VisualCV662.8 weighted points to VisualCV
- 2
Application Honesty
20% weight65% of the movement so far
Jobscan68VisualCV621.2 weighted points to Jobscan
- 3
User Control & Transparency
15% weight80% of the movement so far
Jobscan78VisualCV720.9 weighted points to Jobscan
- 4
Pricing & Cancellation Fairness
10% weight86% of the movement so far
Jobscan48VisualCV440.4 weighted points to Jobscan
- 5
Effectiveness Evidence
12% weight92% of the movement so far
Jobscan45VisualCV420.4 weighted points to Jobscan
- 6
Support & Accountability
8% weight98% of the movement so far
Jobscan72VisualCV760.3 weighted points to VisualCV
- 7
Employer & ATS Legitimacy
15% weight100% of the movement so far
Jobscan75VisualCV740.1 weighted points to Jobscan
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -0.1 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 6.1 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads 0 beside that -0.1.
Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Jobscan minus VisualCV, coloured for whichever of the two it favours.
| Category | Weight | Jobscan | VisualCV | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Honesty | 20% | 68 | 62 | +6 | +1.2 |
| Data & Credential Safety | 20% | 52 | 66 | -14 | -2.8 |
| User Control & Transparency | 15% | 78 | 72 | +6 | +0.9 |
| Employer & ATS Legitimacy | 15% | 75 | 74 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Effectiveness Evidence | 12% | 45 | 42 | +3 | +0.4 |
| Pricing & Cancellation Fairness | 10% | 48 | 44 | +4 | +0.4 |
| Support & Accountability | 8% | 72 | 76 | -4 | -0.3 |
| Total | 100% | 63D | 63D | - | -0.1 |
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 | VisualCV | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Application Honesty | 20% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data & Credential Safety | 20% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| User Control & Transparency | 15% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Employer & ATS Legitimacy | 15% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Effectiveness Evidence | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Pricing & Cancellation Fairness | 10% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Support & Accountability | 8% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 28 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 34 | 3 | 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; VisualCV has 37 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 34 with a source URL, 3 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 70 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 33 for Jobscan, across 6 distinct source domains, and 37 for VisualCV, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- js-v1.0
- Jobscan last reviewed
- September 4, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- VisualCV last reviewed
- September 4, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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