Roleframe vs Novoresume full layout control, unlimited PDFs
Roleframe hands you section order, fonts, spacing and page breaks on the free plan, in an editor that exports a free PDF at any length. One master branches into a tailored version per job, Remi rewrites any section against the posting as a word-by-word diff you approve, and a tracker, contacts and a one-click capture extension sit beside it, free. Novoresume puts that layout control behind Premium, €19.99 a month before VAT as of 2 September 2026; pick it for a section set decided for you.
carries full layout control, section order included
Any length
how far the free PDF can run
Branches
tailored versions that inherit fixes to the master
No credits
metering on the AI in the paid plan
Feature by feature
Side-by-side breakdown
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Feature
Roleframe
Novoresume
Pricing & access
What can switch the free download off
Yes: Nothing in the editor disables the export.
No: The help center says the Download button does not work while any Premium feature is in use.
Page limit on the free tier
Yes: No page ceiling, and you place the page breaks yourself.
No: Basic allows a maximum of one page, and writing past it is one of the features that blocks the download.
Documents on the free tier
Yes: One master resume, one tailored branch and one cover letter on a free account, each of them downloadable as a PDF.
Partial or qualified: One document and one version, with more than one version listed as a Premium feature.
Refund terms
Yes: A 14-day money-back guarantee (2 days on the 1-week pass) on every Premium purchase, not only the first one, requested by email.
Partial or qualified: 14 days, described as available only at the first upgrade and requested through chat or email.
AI free of a credit meter
Yes: No credit system at all. Premium is unlimited everyday AI under fair use.
No: Interface strings show account AI credits shared across the tools on Premium as well as free.
Free PDF download
Yes: Free, with real selectable text.
Yes: Novoresume states the free plan gives a full formatted PDF with no card.
Editor & templates
Start from a blank page and drag the layout together
Yes: Drag sections onto an empty page and set spacing, columns and page breaks yourself. Every design control is on the free plan.
No: A guided form over a predefined section set.
How you build the resume
Yes: A block editor with drag and drop and the live document in front of you.
Partial or qualified: A guided form with a live preview, which suits plenty of people better.
Choose your own section order on the free tier
Yes: Free on every plan.
No: The Layout tool splits into a free predefined mode and a Premium Custom Layout.
One column or two on the free tier
Yes: Both, chosen with the template and free on every plan, though two-column templates do not paginate across pages.
No: Switching between one column and two is part of Custom Layout, which is Premium.
Design assets on the free tier
Yes: Every template, with full control of fonts, colors and spacing.
Partial or qualified: 8 of 16 templates, 3 of 12 fonts and 30 of 74 color themes on Basic.
Structure handed to a first-time writer
Yes: 40 section layouts and custom sections with use-case presets give you a shape to start from, though nothing picks the sections for you.
Yes: Five experience levels produce a default section set with the mandatory sections marked.
Tailoring & ATS
How a tailored version is created
Yes: A branch off the master, so fixes to the master flow into it.
Partial or qualified: Duplicate the document, with no link between a duplicate and its source documented.
Where the tailoring happens
Yes: Remi works in the live document, having read your resume, its checks and the posting, and each rewrite lands as a word-by-word diff only when you approve it, with Fix with AI on every finding.
Partial or qualified: The Resume Rewriter returns formatted text you copy back into a builder template.
What the resume check returns
Yes: Each block checked on its own, with the reason a finding costs points and a Fix with AI button on every finding.
Partial or qualified: A score out of 100 across five areas, from job match to technical elements.
Interview prep from your own experience
Yes: Interview prep builds questions from the history already on the page, and Remi runs a practice interview from the resume as it stands, one question at a time, scored at the end.
Partial or qualified: Premium adds call prep inside the job tracker boards rather than in the resume check.
Keyword gaps named against the posting
Yes: The job match names the specific missing terms, each one a finding you can fix or dismiss, and Remi closes a named gap with wording from your own experience.
Yes: The Job Matcher returns a match score with critical gaps and a fix list.
Export & sharing
Cover letter builder on the free tier
Yes: Included, written in the same editor and downloaded as a PDF.
No: The Cover Letter Builder is one of the rows marked unavailable on Basic.
Tracker holding the version you sent
Yes: Saved through offer with the exact branch attached, on a free account.
Partial or qualified: A Kanban board with custom stages and linked documents, and Basic gets three job cards.
Recruiters and hiring managers kept as people
Yes: A contact tracker on the free plan, where one person links to every role you have with them and carries your own tags.
Partial or qualified: The documented job card carries stages, links, salary, notes, reminders and linked documents, with no separate contact record documented.
Private link for collecting feedback
Yes: A private share link sends the resume out for comments without a file attachment.
Partial or qualified: One builder feature list offers to share directly, and no feedback flow is documented.
Roleframe hands you the document, the layout and the export on the free plan, with Remi beside the page, where a guided builder splits each of them into a free half and a paid one.
01Editor
The layout is yours from minute one
Roleframe opens on a block editor where section order, spacing, fonts and page breaks are free on every plan. Novoresume's Layout tool asks which of five experience levels describes you and lays out a default section set; deciding which sections appear and where they sit is Custom Layout, which is Premium.
40 section layouts across the section types, so one Experience block can be arranged several ways.
Custom sections with use-case presets, and page breaks you place where you want them.
Every template and every design control on the free plan.
02Branches
One master, a version per job
Roleframe's document is event-sourced, so a branch stays tied to its master: rewrite a bullet on the master in week three and the branches you already made inherit it. Novoresume's documented tailoring path is Duplicate, and its help center documents no link between a duplicate and its source.
Editing a branch leaves the master and every sibling untouched, so nothing you already sent moves under you.
A workspace per role or career direction, each with its own master resume and its own branches.
The tracker holds the exact branch you sent to each company, beside the recruiter you sent it to, on a free account.
03Scoring
Checked block by block, with the reason
Roleframe checks every block on its own, naming the weak wording and the figures missing behind every deduction, so what comes back is a list of edits rather than a grade. Novoresume's ATS checker returns a score out of 100 across five areas, from job match to technical elements.
Deterministic checks run beside the AI review: headings, dates, titles and layout parse risk.
The summary, the skills block and a single bullet each get their own findings.
An imported resume is checked as soon as you open it, without being asked, and every finding it raises carries a Fix with AI button that hands it to Remi.
Resume score74/100Almost there
1Must fix3Should fix5Nice to have
Should fixExperience · StripeThis bullet has no measurable result.“Responsible for the checkout migration”Fix with AIJump to blockDismiss
04Keywords
Remi tailors the document you are about to send
Remi, the assistant in Roleframe's editor sidebar, works inside the document you are about to send. It reads any section of your resume by name, its checks and the posting itself, then rewrites a section or a single bullet as a word-by-word diff, and nothing lands until you approve it. Novoresume's Resume Rewriter reads an uploaded file against a posting, returns the rewritten version as formatted text, and tells you to paste it into a template in its builder.
The job match arrives with the specific gaps named, and Remi closes a named gap with wording drawn from your real experience, never invented.
Fix with AI sits on every finding. Apply it and the block is checked again, and the live score moves by exactly what the finding cost.
Remi runs a practice interview written from the resume as it stands, one question at a time, feedback on each answer, a score at the end, beside the interview prep a tailored version already builds from the posting you pasted.
The posting asks for it and your resume never mentions it.
Fix with AIDismiss
Meet Remi, your career copilot
An AI assistant that has read your resume and your report, and still asks before it changes a word.
Remi lives in the editor sidebar with your live checks already loaded: the score, every open finding, the keywords the posting asks for that you are missing, and the job itself. Ask what to fix first and it answers like a recruiter who switched sides, plainly, with a number instead of an adjective, and ends with the one thing worth doing next. Then it does it, one approved change at a time.
It reads the resume itself
No pasting into a chat box. Remi opens any section of the document you are about to send, by name.
It starts from your report
The score, every open finding and the reason behind each point come with it, so it knows what to fix first.
It knows the gaps by name
The keywords the posting asks for that your resume never uses, so a rewrite closes a specific one instead of guessing.
Fix with AI on every finding
One button hands a finding to Remi. Apply the fix and the block is checked again, and your score moves by exactly what the finding cost.
Every edit is a diff you approve
Word by word, what goes and what arrives, before anything touches the page. Approval is enforced in the tool, not by convention.
Practice interviews on demand
Questions written from your resume as it stands today, one at a time, with feedback on each answer and a score at the end.
Type or dictate. Nothing on the page changes until you press Apply edit
05Privacy
Your history, and your approval on every edit
Roleframe runs in the EU under the General Data Protection Regulation, does not sell user data, and never uses your resume content to train general-purpose AI models. Novoresume is a Danish company under the same law, so the difference is the edit model: its rewriter returns a finished draft to paste, while every change Remi proposes waits for your approval.
Every change Remi proposes is a word-by-word diff you accept or discard, one at a time, and discarding costs nothing.
Live checks read each block as you edit; every other AI feature fires on an explicit action.
You can export and delete your data, and requests go to an EU company.
Your content
Where it runsEU, under the GDPR
Your resume as training dataNever
Every AI editYou approve it
06Export
A real PDF on every plan
Nothing in the Roleframe editor turns the export off: run to three pages, use anything on the canvas, and the PDF still comes out with real selectable text. Novoresume's help center says the Download button carries a star and does not work while any Premium feature is in use, and writing past one page is one of those features.
A free account opens the editor with no card.
Novoresume states its free PDF is full formatted, and for a one-page resume that is a genuine tie.
The PDF is a true render of the document you laid out, so the file matches the editor rather than approximating it.
Every application, and the resume that went with it.
Saved, applied, interviewing, offer. The board comes with a free account, and so does the contact list and the extension that fills it.
The version you actually sent, attached
Each role holds the tailored branch that went to it, so a callback three weeks later does not start with guessing which resume they read.
The people, beside the jobs
A contact tracker rather than a notes field: a recruiter links to every role you have with them, carries your own tags, and edits in place.
One click from the posting
The free Chrome extension files the job you are reading straight into the board, with the full description and the recruiter contacts kept alongside it.
The honest verdict
Which one is right for you.
Roleframe gives you the shape of the resume along with the file, free, and puts Remi beside the page to tailor it, where Novoresume decides the shape for you and charges to change it.
RRoleframeBest overall
Choose Roleframe if
The download never switches off: any length, real selectable text, and the section order, the fonts, the spacing and the page breaks yours before you pay for anything.
You are applying to enough roles that a duplicate per posting has stopped keeping up with your own edits, and you want the tracker, the contacts and the one-click capture extension on the same free account.
You want Remi, which has read your resume, its checks and the posting, to rewrite the weak section as a word-by-word diff you approve. Fix with AI sits on every finding, the score moves as each one lands, and a practice interview is written from the resume as it stands.
You want the ATS read to name the sentence losing points rather than score you across five areas.
Choose Novoresume if you have never written a resume and want the sections chosen for you: five experience levels produce a default section set with the mandatory ones marked.
Choose Novoresume if one page is your target anyway, where its free tier is a finished product: it states a full formatted PDF with no card and no watermark.
Choose Novoresume if you want no card kept on file after you buy: its periods end, the account drops back to Basic and no card is kept.
Where it stops
Choosing your own section order, and one column or two, is Custom Layout, which is Premium.
Basic is one document on a maximum of one page with 8 of 16 templates and 3 of 12 fonts, and the help center says the Download button stops working while any Premium feature is in use.
The Resume Rewriter hands back formatted text and tells you to paste it into a template in its builder, and the AI tools share a credit meter that applies to Premium accounts as well as free ones.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is Roleframe free?
Yes. A free account opens the resume editor with every template and every design control included, and the PDF that comes out has real selectable text at any length. No card is needed, and the free account never expires. That account also saves your work and carries the job tracker, the contact tracker, the Chrome extension that saves a posting in one click, one tailored branch, one cover letter and a few full runs of Remi. Everyday AI without limits is Premium, a one-time payment for a week, a month or three months, with no auto-renewal.
What does Novoresume cost in practice?
As of 2 September 2026, the EU pricing page shows Premium at €19.99 a month, €39.99 a quarter and €139.99 a year, with VAT added at checkout. The US figures are $21.99, $39.99 and $139.99, the monthly corroborated live and the other two taken from a 12 August 2026 archive capture. None of them renew: the period ends, the account drops back to Basic, and no card is kept. Prices move, so check the page on the day.
Can I move my Novoresume resume into Roleframe?
Yes, once you can download it. Roleframe imports a resume PDF and returns it as editable blocks, with roles, dates and bullets in the right places, then checks every block as soon as you open it, with Fix with AI on each finding it raises. Novoresume's pricing FAQ says documents are saved as PDFs, and on Basic the download stops working while a Premium feature is in use, so export before you add one. A free Roleframe account includes one import.
Will a Roleframe resume pass an ATS?
Yes. An applicant tracking system (ATS) reads the file, and the file is the document you built: the PDF renders that document rather than a second, approximate layout. It exports as real selectable text, not a picture. Every template keeps standard headings and a clean reading order, and every template is on the free plan. Roleframe checks every block for parse risk, structure, headings and keyword alignment against the posting you paste, so problems are fixed before you send, and Remi fixes any finding as a diff you approve.
What does Remi do inside Roleframe's editor?
Remi is the assistant in the editor sidebar, working on the document you have open. It reads any section by name, the checks behind the score, and the linked posting, then rewrites a section or a single bullet as a word-by-word diff that lands only when you approve it. Fix with AI hands any finding to Remi; apply it and the live score moves by what the finding cost. It runs a practice interview from the resume as it stands, one question at a time.
Is Novoresume ever the better choice?
Yes, for one reader. If you have never written a resume, being handed a default section set for your experience level beats a canvas, and Roleframe writes from the history you already have. If one page is your target, their free tier is a finished product, and like Roleframe's Premium periods, their fixed periods end without renewing. Past that first draft, Roleframe is the default: the layout is yours free, nothing switches the download off, and Remi rewrites against the posting as a diff you approve.
Do I lose anything by starting free?
Not in the editor. Every template, full design control, section order and page breaks are identical on the free tier and the paid one, PDF downloads are unlimited at any length on both, and the job tracker, the contact tracker and the Chrome extension come with a free account. What free caps is volume: one master resume, one tailored branch, one cover letter and a few full AI runs, Remi included, enough to judge the output. Everyday AI without limits sits on Premium, and there is no credit meter anywhere.
