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A Teal alternative with no subscription
Teal is a resume builder and job tracker you subscribe to; Sochen builds the resume with you in a chat, finds open jobs that fit it, and checks any posting requirement by requirement, quoting the line of your resume that proves each one. Teal+ is $29 every 30 days; Sochen’s Job Pass is ₹499 in India or $19, paid once.
Free: 1 resume, 3 fit checks and 1 full job search. No card.
Side by side
| Sochen | Teal | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ✓The Job Pass: ₹499 in India or $19 elsewhere ($12 or $9 in lower-income countries), paid once, for life. Nothing renews. | Teal+: $13 every 7 days, $29 every 30 days or $79 every 90 days, until you cancel. |
| Free | 1 resume, 10 chat turns, 1 full job search and 3 fit checks. The ATS checker and resume builder pages are free with no sign-up. | ✓Unlimited resumes and job tracking, 10 templates, top-5 keyword matching, basic analysis, and a few AI credits (10 bullets, 2 summaries, 2 cover letters). |
| Writing the resume | Tell Sochen about your work in a chat and watch the page fill in beside it, as the PDF you'll send. It never adds a skill or number you didn't give it. | A resume builder with AI bullets and summaries, real-time analysis, and Design Mode with dozens of templates. |
| Checking a resume against a job | Each requirement in the posting is checked against your resume and marked shown, partly shown or missing, with the line that proves it. | Job description keyword matching that highlights the posting's keywords (the top 5 free, all on Teal+). |
| Finding jobs | Open jobs in any field and city, from Google's job listings and about 150 companies' own career pages, ordered by fit to your resume. | Unlimited job tracking: bookmark jobs, set goals, take notes and track each application's status. |
| ATS check | A free page shows exactly what a parser reads from your PDF and what goes wrong, in your browser: no upload, no score. | Real-time feedback in the resume builder on structure, format and content (basic on the free plan). |
| GitHub | ✓Imports your GitHub: merged pull requests become resume lines, each with a link that proves it. | Not described on Teal's pricing page. |
| Cover letters and emails | Not part of the Job Pass. | ✓An AI cover letter generator and email templates for each stage of the job search. |
Checked 13 Oct 2026 on Teal’s pricing page. Plans and features change; check there for the latest.
Where Teal is ahead
A generous free plan
Unlimited resumes and unlimited job tracking cost nothing, with 10 templates and some AI credits.An application tracker
Bookmark jobs, set goals, take notes and follow each application's status. Sochen doesn't track applications.Templates and design
Design Mode has dozens of templates and many settings; Sochen has three looks.Cover letters and emails
An AI cover letter generator and email templates for each stage of the search come with it.
Questions
Is Sochen cheaper than Teal?+
Unless you need it for only a week, yes: the Job Pass is ₹499 in India or $19 elsewhere ($12 or $9 in lower-income countries), paid once, for life, while Teal+ is $13 every 7 days, $29 every 30 days or $79 every 90 days. In India the pass (₹499) costs less than Teal's 7-day plan. It includes 100 chat turns, 20 job searches and 30 fit checks every month.
Does Sochen track my applications?+
Not yet: Sochen finds the jobs, builds and tailors the resume and checks each posting. Teal's free plan tracks applications without limit, so the two work well together.
Can I try it before paying?+
Yes: 1 resume, 10 chat turns, 1 full job search and 3 fit checks, with no card. The ATS checker and the resume builder pages need no account at all.
More that Sochen does
Your job hunt, paid for once.
Free to try, then ₹499 in India or $19, once. Nothing renews.