At a glance
| Feature | Job Puffin | Teal |
|---|---|---|
| Paid plan | From $12 a month billed quarterly, or $15 month to month | Teal+ $29 every 30 days; also $13 a week or $79 every 90 days |
| Free plan | 50 job assessments with every feature, no card, no time limit | Tracker and resume builder, the top five keywords per job, a few AI credits |
| Ranks a whole LinkedIn search against your CV | Every posting in the search scored, and the inbox sorted best first | Saves jobs from LinkedIn and other boards one at a time |
| Scores one posting against your CV | Out of 100 on seven criteria, each with its reason, and a word on whether to apply | A keyword Match Score, on Teal+ only |
| Explains why a job scored as it did | A sentence on each of the seven criteria, and the posting quoted for a dealbreaker | The posting's keywords, all of them on Teal+, and recommendations with the Match Score |
| Checks your dealbreakers | Your musts checked against the posting's own words; a broken one is flagged with the quote | Not a feature its site describes |
| Job tracker | A pipeline from shortlist to closed, with notes and a timeline | Unlimited, saved from LinkedIn and 40 other boards |
| CV builder and tailoring | Works from the CV you already have | Resume builder with a version per job, AI cover letters |
| Fills in applications | Never applies for you: every application is your own | Not a feature its site describes |
| Drafts a message to the hiring team | A first message to the people named on the posting, ready for you to send | A networking tracker and email templates |
Teal's plans and features as its own site described them on 29 October 2026, prices in US dollars before tax. They change, so check Teal's pricing before you buy, and tell us if something here is out of date.
What Teal is
Teal's Chrome extension saves jobs from LinkedIn and some forty other boards into a tracker, with the salary and the posting's keywords pulled out. From there you build or tailor a resume for the job, write a cover letter with AI, and keep track of the people you network with. It also reviews your LinkedIn profile.
On Teal+, each saved job gets a Match Score: how well your resume covers the posting's keywords, with the missing ones listed so you can add them. The free plan shows the top five.
What Job Puffin does that Teal doesn't
With Teal you choose a job, then check it. With Job Puffin the checking is done for the whole search before you choose: the Chrome extension sends every posting in a LinkedIn search in one click, each is scored out of 100 on seven criteria with a sentence on each, and the list comes back in order.
The score is a judgement of fit rather than a keyword count: whether the level is right, whether the posting's screen is something your CV shows, whether the terms suit you. Your musts are kept apart from it, so a job that breaks one (on-site when you need remote, a contract when you want permanent) is flagged with the posting's own words and sorted below the rest. The jobs you pursue go into a pipeline with notes, and Job Puffin drafts a first message to the people named on the posting.
What it costs
Job Puffin Plus is $15 a month, or $12 a month billed quarterly, for 300 assessments a month; Pro, with unlimited assessments, is $24. Teal+ is $29 every 30 days or $79 every 90: nearly twice as much month to month, and more than twice by the quarter.
Both have a free plan. Job Puffin's scores every posting with the reasons, on 50 jobs, with no card. Teal's free plan shows each job's top five keywords; its Match Score is on Teal+ only.
When Teal still makes sense
- You want a resume builder, with a tailored version for each application.
- You save jobs from many boards, not only LinkedIn.
- You want a networking tracker alongside the jobs.
Which to choose
If you already know which jobs you want and need a resume to fit each, Teal is built for that, and they work together: rank the search in Job Puffin, then tailor your resume for the jobs at the top. If you are facing a long list of LinkedIn results and do not know which are worth the effort, Job Puffin answers that first, for about half the price, and answers it free for your first fifty jobs.
Questions
- Is Job Puffin a Teal alternative?
- Yes, if what you need is to know which jobs to go for. Both track the jobs you pursue, but Job Puffin ranks your whole LinkedIn search against your CV and checks your dealbreakers, for about half the price of Teal+. Teal's centre is the resume, tailored to each job.
- Is Job Puffin cheaper than Teal+?
- Yes, at the time of writing. Teal+ is $29 every 30 days or $79 every 90; Job Puffin's paid plans start at $15 a month, or $12 a month by the quarter. Both have a free plan.
- Does Teal score jobs against my resume?
- Yes, on Teal+: a Match Score for your resume against a job you have saved, built from the posting's keywords. The free plan shows the top five keywords. Job Puffin scores every posting in a search on seven criteria, with the reasons, and checks your dealbreakers.
