Alternative to Resume.io

A free Resume.io alternativedownload the PDF, pay nothing

Cursus works like the paid resume builders: fill in each section while a real A4 or Letter page updates next to it, pick a template and a colour, add a matching cover letter. The difference is at the end. Download PDF just downloads your PDF, as often as you like, with no trial that renews every four weeks.

CursusPolished CVs and cover letters, downloadable forever, no subscription.

Get Cursus free Choose its name and colour

Free, with no account. Pick its name and colour first if you like.

Free forever
No account
Works offline
Interface in English and French
Unlimited PDF downloads

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Resume.io and Cursusside by side

What you need	Resume.io	Cursus
Step-by-step editor with live page preview	Yes	Yes
Templates	About 40	12
Matching cover letter	Yes	Yes
Pre-written phrases	Yesplus an AI writer	Yesfor 15 job families, no AI
Download as PDF	Partlyneeds the paid trial; free plan is TXT only	Yesunlimited, no watermark
Download as Word (DOCX)	Not listed on the pricing page	No
Several resumes, one per job offer	Partlyone resume on the free plan	Yesunlimited, with Make a copy
Import an existing PDF or Word resume	Yes	No
Shareable link with view statistics	Yes	No
Account and email needed	Required	None
Price	$2.95 for 7 days, then $29.95 every 4 weeks	$0, forever

What Cursus does not do

Cursus cannot read an existing resume file. You start from the example or from a Cursus backup.
No Word (DOCX) export. You get a PDF with selectable text, a plain-text version and a JSON backup.
No AI writer or AI review. The phrase library and the completeness score work offline instead.
No public link with view statistics, job board or auto-apply.

Price

What Resume.io costsand what Cursus costs

Resume.io lets you build for free, then asks you to pay to download the PDF.

Plan	Price	What you get
Free	$0	1 resume and 1 cover letter, download as TXT only
7-day trial	$2.95	Unlimited PDF downloads, renews automatically
Monthly	$29.95 every 4 weeks	What the trial turns into; 13 charges a year
Quarterly	$49.95 every 3 months	Renews automatically

Source: resume.io, checked on 16 October 2026. Kept for a year, the 4-weekly plan adds up to about $389.

$0No plan, no trial, no card, nothing to cancel.

Cursus has no trial to forget to cancel.

Why people switch

Why people leave Resume.io

The $2.95 trial renews
If you do not cancel within 7 days, the trial becomes a $29.95 charge every four weeks. Reviews describe finding the charge weeks later.
Source: resume.io · trustpilot.com
Free means TXT
The free plan lets you build a resume but only download it as a plain-text file, which recruiters rarely want.
Source: resume.io
Thirteen charges a year
Billing every four weeks, not every month, means 13 payments a year. Job hunts often last longer than people expect.
Source: resume.io

Questions

Before you switch

Is Resume.io free?

You can build one resume for free, but the free plan downloads TXT only. A PDF needs the $2.95 trial, which renews at $29.95 every 4 weeks unless you cancel.