Everything below about Enhancv was read from enhancv.com pages in November 2026 and is hedged where those pages were vague or disagreed with each other. Everything about CVder comes from CVder's own product, its pricing page and its privacy page. CVder is our product, so read our side with that in mind and check the sources at the end.
At a glance
| Enhancv | CVder | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A resume and CV builder with AI tools: checker, tailoring, translation, tracker, cover letters | A resume editor focused on tailoring and checking a resume against a job ad |
| Who runs it | Enhancv R&D, registered in Sofia, Bulgaria, per its privacy notice | Its founder, Evgeny Savochkin, based in Poland |
| Free option | A free plan that its pricing page says is valid for 7 days: all templates, basic sections, Enhancv branding, a maximum of 12 section items | A free plan for the life of the account, with caps (see limits) |
| Paid price | Pro, billed monthly, quarterly or every six months; its page title says "starting from $16.50" (read from Poland, the quarterly plan showed zł215 billed every three months) | EUR 9 a week, 14 a month, 45 for six months or 84 a year |
| Account | Its pages lead to Sign in and Get started; its tailoring page says the 7-day free plan needs no credit card | Needed for the editor; the free ATS checker works without one |
| ATS-related checks | Resume Checker: 27 checks, an ATS score in two parts, optionally against a job description; ATS check is listed in Pro | Scores a resume against one job description and lists the posting's keywords your resume does not show |
| Tailoring to a job ad | Paste a job ad or upload a resume; it says it shows keywords to add and mirrors the posting's language | You paste a job description and it suggests edits for that posting |
| Languages | Translation to and from English, 30 languages, with localization (photo, length, date format) | Section headings in 10 languages; you write the content |
| Export | Its pricing page says resumes download as PDF; no Word export stated | PDF on every plan; DOCX, TXT and Google Docs on paid plans |
| Limits | Free: 12 section items, branding; Pro lists 300 resumes and cover letters, unlimited section items, no branding | 1 main resume; 7 each of resume imports, AI tailorings, AI Improve sessions, ATS checks and PDF exports; CVder branding on free exports; paid plans remove the caps |
| Data location | Its privacy notice says its servers are located in the United States and data may be transferred to other countries | Hosted in the EU (Hetzner, Germany); AI features send text to OpenAI (USA) under a data processing agreement |
What Enhancv does well
Enhancv covers a wider range than a single-purpose editor. Its pricing page lists real-time content suggestions, an ATS check, a mistake checker for grammar and wording, tailoring to a job ad, cover letters, and a "Pro" plan that bundles them. Its navigation also lists an interview practice tool, a job application tracker, a Chrome extension and a job board.
Its resume checker is free to try on its own page: it says it runs 27 checks on content, layout and design, accepts PDF or DOCX up to 2 MB, and builds its ATS score from two parts, how much of your content it can interpret and how well the content is written. The same page is candid that no online tool gives an actual ATS score, which matches how CVder describes its own score. Its translation page describes a localization layer on top of translation, for example whether a photo is expected and how long the document should be in a given country, which CVder does not offer. It also says that translated layouts remain ATS-safe.
Design is the other strength. Its pricing page describes hundreds of templates, tens of resume sections and design tools on every plan. If the look of the document matters to you and you want guidance on wording as well, Enhancv is built for it. Its FAQ, however, says it offers "a couple of different layouts" rather than prescriptive templates, so the page copy is not consistent on this.
One caution: the free plan is time-limited (7 days, per its page), and resumes download as PDF only per its pricing page, so check before you subscribe if you need a DOCX file.
What CVder does differently
CVder starts from a resume you upload (PDF, DOCX or TXT) or paste, and a job ad you paste:
- Tailoring to one posting. It reads the job description and suggests edits to your resume for that role. You decide what to accept, and the usual advice applies: only add what is true.
- An ATS-style score. It compares your resume with the job description and lists keywords the posting uses that your resume does not show. That is an estimate from CVder's own formula, not what any employer's system will display. See what an ATS resume checker does.
- A free plan that does not expire. The caps are on counts, not on time: 1 main resume and 7 each of imports, tailorings, AI Improve sessions, ATS checks and PDF exports, with CVder branding on free exports.
- A tracker, and cover letters on paid plans. Every plan has a job application tracker; cover letters, recruiter emails, AI writing help in the builder and interview practice are paid-only.
- Export formats. PDF on every plan; DOCX, TXT and Google Docs on paid plans.
What CVder does not do: it is not a design-led builder, it offers fewer visual options than Enhancv, it has no translation tool (only section headings in 10 languages), and it does not guarantee interviews.
Data and privacy, compared fairly
For Enhancv, its privacy notice (last updated July 23, 2024) names Enhancv R&D, Sofia, Bulgaria, and says its servers are located in the United States, with information possibly transferred to, stored in and processed in the United States and other countries, and mentions Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers from the EEA, UK and Switzerland. It lists OpenAI under AI technologies, HrFlow.ai for resume parsing and Paddle and Braintree for payments. It says it keeps personal information only as long as necessary and no longer than users hold an account, then deletes or anonymizes it. We found no statement about AI model training in the privacy notice itself, but its checker, tailoring and translation pages each say, in marketing copy, that your data is not used to train AI models. Its pricing page says it never shares your information with third parties except trusted partners.
For CVder, the privacy page says the service is hosted in the EU (Hetzner, Germany), resume content is kept until you delete it from your account, and account data until you delete the account. AI features send your resume text to OpenAI (USA) under a data processing agreement, and the privacy page says that content is not used to train OpenAI's models under those agreements. Both products use OpenAI for AI features, per their own pages, so if that is a deal-breaker neither fits.
See what your resume is missing — before you apply.
CVder reads the job posting and your resume side by side, then shows the exact terms to add and the formatting a parser would trip on.
When to choose Enhancv
- You want a visually designed CV with content suggestions and a wording and grammar check.
- You want translation and localization of your resume into other languages.
- You want an all-in-one subscription: checker, tailoring, cover letters, interview practice and tracker.
- A PDF is all you need, and you are happy with a short free trial before paying.
When to choose CVder
- You apply to many jobs and want each resume matched to its posting, within a free plan that never expires.
- You want to see which keywords from a job ad your resume does not yet show, before you apply.
- You want DOCX or Google Docs files as well as PDF (paid plans).
- You want your data hosted in the EU, with a named individual as the operator.
You can also use both: run your resume through Enhancv's free checker for a second opinion, and keep a tailored version from CVder for each application. Each upload to CVder counts as one of the free plan's seven imports.