Reactive Resume and ClearHire, side by side
An open-source resume builder under the MIT licence, free to use or self-host, exporting PDF, Word, Markdown and JSON.
Who is better served by which
Better served by Reactive Resume
Choose Reactive Resume if you want to run the builder on your own server and keep every byte under your control.
Better served by ClearHire
Choose ClearHire if you want HTML and XML beside the other formats, a job board, and a countersigned role on the page.
What each one charges
Reactive Resume’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everything | $0 a month | There is no paid tier; hosting funded by optional donations | rxresu.me (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 | Reactive Resume | ClearHire |
|---|---|---|
| A free plan that does not end | Reactive ResumeYesrxresu.me (opens in a new tab) | ClearHireYes |
| Downloads a PDF | Reactive ResumeYesrxresu.me (opens in a new tab) | ClearHireYes |
| Downloads a Word file | Reactive ResumeYesrxresu.me (opens in a new tab) | ClearHireYes |
| Exports JSON, HTML, Markdown and XML | Reactive ResumePartlyrxresu.me (opens in a new tab) | ClearHireYes |
| Free downloads carry no vendor line | Reactive ResumeNot stated on the pages we checked | ClearHireNo |
| Cover letters | Reactive ResumeYesrxresu.me (opens in a new tab) | ClearHireYes |
| Tracks your applications | Reactive ResumeYesrxresu.me (opens in a new tab) | ClearHireYes |
| A named company countersigns a role, and the record is then locked | Reactive ResumeNot 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 Reactive Resume’s site (opens in a new tab)Moving from Reactive Resume to ClearHire, in the docs (opens in a new tab)