Start with what you use Teal for
Teal does several jobs: a resume builder with templates and keyword matching, a job tracker, and a Chrome extension that saves postings from 40+ job boards (Teal). Its free plan includes unlimited resumes and tracking with a few AI credits; Teal+ is billed every 7, 30 or 90 days (Teal pricing).
The right alternative depends on which of those you need. No single tool below does all of them the same way.
For resumes and tracking
- Huntr. The closest match: a board to track applications, a resume builder with tailored resumes, AI cover letters and an autofill extension. The free plan tracks up to 100 jobs; Pro adds unlimited AI (Huntr pricing).
- Simplify. Free autofill, tracker, job matches and a basic resume builder, with AI writing in a paid subscription (Simplify pricing).
- Jobright. Resume tailoring and job matching built on its own job database, for US roles (Jobright).
For filling applications
Barista, by Guap, is built for the forms: it fills application forms on careers sites from your Guap profile, including custom dropdowns, Yes/No buttons and the CV upload, and saves each application it fills to a tracker with its date. You press submit. Filling and tracking are free; AI drafts are paid per use. Guap makes Barista and wrote this page; Barista vs Teal compares the two in detail.
For your CV, Guap does not have a template builder. It checks the CV you already have: the free ATS CV checker tests the layout rules that break parsing, with no account, and the full CV check inside Guap grades it against a job.
Barista and Teal on the points people switch for
The rows that usually decide it, as of 13 October 2026.
| What is compared | Barista | Teal |
|---|---|---|
| Paying for AI | Per draft, from credit you buy once, which never expires. Nothing renews. | Teal+ at $13 every 7 days, $29 every 30 days or $79 every 90 days. Source |
| Main job | Filling application forms on careers sites, and tracking what you send. | Building resumes, tracking jobs and saving postings from job boards. Source |
| Collecting postings | Saves the jobs you apply to as Barista fills them. | Saves jobs from 40+ job boards, including LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor. Source |
| Resume | Checks and fixes the CV you have; no template builder. | A resume builder with templates and keyword matching. Source |
When Teal is the better choice
If you are building a resume from scratch, or collecting postings from many job boards before you decide where to apply, Teal does more of that than Barista. You can keep Teal for the resume and use a form-filling tool for the applications themselves.
