LiveCareer and ClearHire, side by side
A resume builder whose free version downloads TXT only, with a 14-day trial that renews every four weeks.
Who is better served by which
Better served by LiveCareer
Choose LiveCareer if you want ready-made content and an RTF file, and a paid plan is already your plan.
Better served by ClearHire
Choose ClearHire if you want the PDF and Word file on the free plan, and a role a company has countersigned.
What each one charges
LiveCareer’s prices are copied as its pages print them, with the plan name and the page. Ours come from the same list our pricing page reads.
| Plan | Price | Note | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 a month | Free downloads as TXT file format | livecareer.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) |
| 14-day trial | $2.95 for 14 days | After 14 days, auto-renews at $23.95, billed every four weeks | livecareer.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) |
| Annual Premium Access | $71.40 a year | $5.95/month, paid up-front, auto-renews each year | livecareer.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) |
ClearHire’s plans
- Free
- No cost. Not a trial, and it does not end.
- Pro
- $9 a month, or $90 a year.
- Team
- $7 a seat a month, or $70 a seat a year. At least 3 seats, so from $210 a year.
How a paid plan is bought today is on the pricing page.
Feature by feature
A row that reads “not stated” means the pages we read did not say. It does not mean no, and we did not guess.
| What | LiveCareer | ClearHire |
|---|---|---|
| A free plan that does not end | LiveCareerYeslivecareer.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) | ClearHireYes |
| Downloads a PDF | LiveCareerPartlylivecareer.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) | ClearHireYes |
| Downloads a Word file | LiveCareerPartlylivecareer.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) | ClearHireYes |
| Exports JSON, HTML, Markdown and XML | LiveCareerNot stated on the pages we checked | ClearHireYes |
| Free downloads carry no vendor line | LiveCareerNot stated on the pages we checked | ClearHireNo |
| Cover letters | LiveCareerNot stated on the pages we checked | ClearHireYes |
| A named company countersigns a role, and the record is then locked | LiveCareerNot stated on the pages we checked | ClearHireYes |
What ClearHire does not do
This list is the same on every page here, and it is true today.
Only resumes leave in six formats
Cover letters copy out as plain text, and a portfolio has no export.
Free exports name us
A resume exported on Free carries one “built with” line. A paid plan removes it.
No career path on your record
The roadmap and skills-gap pages are reading, not a plan we keep for you.
A company’s answer stays private
What a company writes about a person is read by that person and the company’s admins. Nobody else sees it.
Check us
We read these pages on 7 November 2026. Prices move, and this page only knows what was true that day.
The pages we read
Open LiveCareer’s site (opens in a new tab)Moving from LiveCareer to ClearHire, in the docs (opens in a new tab)