§ The result
VisualCV leads LazyApply on all 7 criteria.
Rubric js-v1.0 puts 26 points between VisualCV (Resume AI) and LazyApply (Auto-apply): 63 (D) for VisualCV, 37 (F) for LazyApply. VisualCV leads every one of the 7 criteria and 4 of them by 20 raw points or more, Employer & ATS Legitimacy among them; LazyApply leads none. Employer & ATS Legitimacy is the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing at once (LazyApply 25, VisualCV 74, 15% weight), but it accounts for only 28% of the weighted advantage VisualCV holds across the 7 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
LazyApply
LazyApply is a Chrome extension that automatically mass-applies to jobs on LinkedIn, Indeed, ZipRecruiter, Dice and Greenhouse by auto-filling application forms from a saved profile, and tracks the submitted applications in an analytics dashboard.
Vendor profile
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.
§ The record
LazyApply is filed under Auto-apply tools, VisualCV under Resume & profile AI. They record no secondary category in common.
| Record | LazyApply | VisualCV |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Mid |
| Headquarters | IN | CA |
| Founded | 2020 | 2014 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
15% weight · 28% of the movement so far
Employer & ATS Legitimacy
LazyApply 25 · VisualCV 74
7.3 weighted points to VisualCV
20% weight · 51% of the movement so far
Application Honesty
LazyApply 32 · VisualCV 62
6.0 weighted points to VisualCV
15% weight · 73% of the movement so far
User Control & Transparency
LazyApply 33 · VisualCV 72
5.8 weighted points to VisualCV
20% weight · 86% of the movement so far
Data & Credential Safety
LazyApply 50 · VisualCV 66
3.2 weighted points to VisualCV
8% weight · 96% of the movement so far
Support & Accountability
LazyApply 42 · VisualCV 76
2.7 weighted points to VisualCV
12% weight · 99% of the movement so far
Effectiveness Evidence
LazyApply 35 · VisualCV 42
0.8 weighted points to VisualCV
10% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Pricing & Cancellation Fairness
LazyApply 42 · VisualCV 44
0.2 weighted points to VisualCV
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -26.2 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 26.2 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -26 beside that -26.2.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is LazyApply minus VisualCV.
| Category | Weight | LazyApply | VisualCV | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Honesty | 20% | 32 | 62 | -30 | -6.0 |
| Data & Credential Safety | 20% | 50 | 66 | -16 | -3.2 |
| User Control & Transparency | 15% | 33 | 72 | -39 | -5.8 |
| Employer & ATS Legitimacy | 15% | 25 | 74 | -49 | -7.3 |
| Effectiveness Evidence | 12% | 35 | 42 | -7 | -0.8 |
| Pricing & Cancellation Fairness | 10% | 42 | 44 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Support & Accountability | 8% | 42 | 76 | -34 | -2.7 |
| Total | 100% | 37 (F) | 63 (D) | -26 | -26.2 |
§ 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 | LazyApply | VisualCV | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Application Honesty | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data & Credential Safety | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| User Control & Transparency | 15% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Employer & ATS Legitimacy | 15% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Effectiveness Evidence | 12% | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Pricing & Cancellation Fairness | 10% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Support & Accountability | 8% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 14 | 3 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 34 | 3 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
LazyApply has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 14 with a source URL, 3 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 LazyApply sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 54 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 17 for LazyApply, across 4 distinct source domains, and 37 for VisualCV, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- js-v1.0
- LazyApply last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- VisualCV last reviewed
- September 4, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next
The full profiles
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