Teal is one of the most polished job-search organizers around: a genuinely good free resume builder, an unlimited job tracker, and keyword matching against postings, used by millions of job seekers. If your main problem is staying organized — many resume versions, many applications in flight — Teal is a strong choice.
ForgeApply focuses on a different problem: doing the work, not just organizing it. It autofills the actual application on Greenhouse, Lever, Workable and Ashby, rewrites your resume for that specific posting with strict no-fabrication rules, finds the right people at the company to reach out to, and preps you for the interview when it lands — about a minute per application, with you reviewing everything before it goes out.
| Feature | ForgeApply | Teal |
|---|---|---|
| Application autofill | Yes — Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, Ashby; you review every submit | Yes — Chrome extension autofill with AI-drafted answers, one application at a time |
| Resume tailored to each specific posting | Yes — rewritten per job with a preview you approve | Keyword matching + AI resume tools (top-5 keywords free; unlimited on Teal+) |
| Tailored cover letters | Yes | Yes (limited AI credits free; unlimited on Teal+) |
| Recruiter / hiring-team outreach | Yes — finds relevant people and drafts the message | No — contact CRM is manual storage |
| Interview prep | Yes — per-job practice questions with feedback | No dedicated interview-prep product |
| Job tracker | Yes | Yes — flagship feature, unlimited on free |
| Job search / matching | Yes — semantic matching against 60,000+ live listings | Saves jobs from other boards into the tracker |
| Pricing | Free trial (no card); paid from $29/mo | Generous free tier; Teal+ $29 per 30 days ($13 weekly, $79 quarterly) |
You want the best free resume builder and tracker available, you enjoy managing the process yourself, and keyword suggestions are enough tailoring for you. Teal's free tier is genuinely useful, not a demo.
You want the tailoring, the form-filling, the outreach and the interview prep done for you — per posting, in about a minute — rather than tools to do each step yourself. If callbacks per application matter more to you than applications tracked, that's the trade ForgeApply makes.
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