ATS resume checker
To check if your resume is ATS friendly, score it with a checker that reads both the applicant tracking system and the job you are applying to. Folio does exactly that, free: paste or upload your resume, paste the job description, and get a match score, your missing keywords, and the specific fixes. Unlike a standalone scanner, Folio sits in the same free account where you build, fix, and host the resume, so every fix is one click and the ATS-clean PDF is yours to download.
Score your resume free. Fix it in the same window.
Score against any job and fix in the same window, with no per-scan counter. Use email, a Google account, or a passkey to sign in. It is free in beta with no card, and the ATS-clean PDF you submit is never paywalled.
First, what an ATS is
An applicant tracking system, or ATS, is the software an employer uses to collect, parse, and rank applications. When you hit apply, the ATS pulls the text out of your file, sorts it into fields like experience and skills, and matches it against the role before a recruiter ever opens it. If it cannot read your file cleanly, or the keywords the job calls for are not there, your resume can sink in the stack without a person seeing it.
Most job seekers assume the large companies they are applying to run one, and for good reason: enterprise hiring at volume is hard to do by hand. We do not claim a precise market share, and you should be skeptical of anyone who states a tidy percentage as fact. The practical takeaway holds either way. If a single employer in your search uses an ATS, your resume needs to be one a machine can parse and one that speaks the language of the job. That is the gate a checker helps you clear.
How the check works
No upload limits to count, no separate tool to learn. The score and the editor are the same screen.
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Paste your resume text or upload the file you already have. Folio reads it the way an ATS would, so you see your resume through the parser, not just through your own eyes.
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Drop in the job description you are targeting. The check is always against a specific role, because there is no such thing as an ATS score in a vacuum: the keywords that matter are the ones that job asks for.
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Get a match score with the parts broken out: keyword coverage against the job, how cleanly the document parses, and whether the expected sections are complete. Every gap is named, not hand-waved.
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Because the resume builder is right there, you act on each fix in one click instead of copying notes into a separate editor. Edit toward the filter, rescore, and export the ATS-clean PDF when the number looks right.
What the checker surfaces
A grade with no instructions is just anxiety. Folio tells you what is wrong and where, so the next edit is obvious.
Keyword match
Folio compares your resume against the pasted job description and lists the skills, tools, and titles the role calls for that your resume is missing or under-using. You add the ones that are genuinely true of you, in your own words.
Formatting parse
Tables, text boxes, and graphics that look fine to you can scramble in a parser. Folio flags structure that an ATS may not read correctly and points you to a clean layout that survives the import intact.
Section completeness
Recruiters and their software look for predictable sections: contact details, experience with dates, skills, education. Folio checks that each is present and machine-readable, so nothing critical gets dropped on the way in.
Match score
The headline score rolls up keyword coverage, parseability, and completeness into a single figure, then shows the components so you know exactly which lever to pull next rather than guessing at a black box.
Targeted fixes
Instead of telling you to "use more keywords," Folio names the missing terms and the weak sections and lets you apply each change in the builder beside the score. You stop guessing and start editing toward the role.
Clean export
A score is only useful if you can submit a document that holds up. Folio exports a clean, ATS-ready PDF for free, every time, so the version that clears the filter is the one you actually send.
How it compares
Standalone scanners report the gap and send you elsewhere to close it. Folio reports the gap and the editor is right there, free.
| Capability | Folio | Jobscan | Enhancv | Teal |
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| Score against a job description | Built in, free | Limited free scans | Basic check | Matching on paid tier |
| Fixes applied in the same builder | One click, in place | Edit elsewhere | Edit in its builder | Edit in its builder |
| Free ATS-clean PDF export | Yes, always free | Not a builder | Paid plan to export | Limited on free tier |
| Matching cover letter | From the same content | Separate tool | Separate builder | Add-on feature |
| Portfolio site and custom domain | Included, free during beta | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
Competitor behavior reflects each vendor published free and paid tiers and can change. Scan limits, export gates, and matching access in particular move between plans, so verify current terms on each vendor pricing page before you decide.
Why it adds up
The whole loop in one place, with nothing held back at the download.
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to run the check
no scan counter, no paywall
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to export the PDF
ATS-clean download, always free
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screen to score and fix
the checker and builder are one
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things the score breaks out
keywords, parse, completeness
The honest caveat
No checker can promise a callback, and you should distrust any that does. An ATS score tells you whether your resume is likely to parse cleanly and whether it matches the role on paper. It cannot speak to the hundred human factors that decide who actually gets the interview. What a strong score does is remove a real reason to get filtered out before a person ever reads you, so the resume is judged on its substance instead of dying in the import.
It is also worth being clear about what the ATS reads. It parses a downloadable file, not a web page, so a clean resume document is the artifact that clears the filter. That is why Folio keeps the PDF export free and ATS-clean on purpose. The portfolio site Folio also builds is the page a recruiter opens after the score gets you through, the place for the case studies and work that never fit on one page. The two work together: the file gets you past the machine, and the portfolio wins the human.
FAQ
Yes. Throughout the beta it costs nothing, so you can run the check, see your keyword gaps and parse issues, apply the fixes in the builder, and export the ATS-clean PDF with no card. There is no per-scan counter and the download is never paywalled. If paid plans launch later, the resume and content you made remain yours.
Folio does not impersonate one named vendor. It checks the things every applicant tracking system relies on: whether the text extracts cleanly from your file, whether the expected sections are present and machine-readable, and how well your keywords cover the specific job you paste in. Because those fundamentals are shared across systems, fixing them helps you regardless of which ATS a given employer runs.
A strong score means your resume is likely to parse cleanly and matches the role on paper, which removes a common reason resumes get filtered out before a human reads them. It is the gate, not a guarantee. No honest tool can promise a callback, because the interview decision involves human factors a parser never sees. Folio gets you past the machine so you are judged on substance.
Yes, and that is by design. There is no universal ATS score, because the keywords that matter are the ones a specific job asks for. Folio always checks against the job description you paste, so the same resume can score differently for different roles. Tailoring is fast here because the fixes apply in the builder beside the score, so you adjust, rescore, and export without leaving the page.
Yes, free, every time. The ATS parses a file, not a website, so a clean resume document is what clears the filter. Folio exports a PDF built to survive that parse, with no tables or graphics that scramble on import, and it is the same content you scored, so the version you submit is the version you fixed.
A standalone scanner grades your resume and then sends you somewhere else to fix it. Folio puts the score and the resume builder on the same screen, so each gap is a one-click edit instead of a note to act on later. The same account also builds your matching cover letter, portfolio site, and custom domain, so the whole search lives in one place.
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