Pass the ATS,
or build the authority?
Resume Worded is a rigorous resume and ATS tool, and its LinkedIn Review scores your profile for visibility and searchability so recruiters can find you. LinkedIQ asks a LinkedIn-first question instead: does your profile read as a credible, coherent extension of the work you actually publish? If you are building authority rather than optimizing an application, that is the difference that matters.
A LinkedIn brand-intelligence platform for senior technical professionals. Upload your LinkedIn PDF and it audits your headline, About, and experience against your own brand DNA — the topics and voice in the posts you publish — then gives you voice-grounded rewrites, a keyword coverage map from your content pillars, a guided fix queue, and a coherence check between profile and posts. No live account access; you copy approved changes yourself.
A resume and ATS platform. Score My Resume, Targeted Resume, and line-by-line analysis grade a resume for applicant tracking systems and recruiters, backed by recruiter insights and templates. Its LinkedIn Review scores your profile for visibility and searchability and returns optimization tips. The output is an ATS-ready resume and a more discoverable profile.
| Feature | LinkedIQBRAND AUTHORITY | Resume Worded |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | LinkedIn profile authority + coherence | Resume / ATS + profile searchability |
| LinkedIn profile score | ✓ Graded on your brand DNA | ✓ Visibility & searchability |
| Graded against | Your own posts, voice & pillars | Recruiter searchability best practices |
| Voice-grounded rewrites (from your writing) | ✓ | ~ Generic tips & suggested lines |
| Profile ↔ post coherence check | ✓ | ✗ |
| Keyword map from your content pillars | ✓ | ~ Recruiter keywords |
| Resume / ATS scoring | ✗ | ✓ Core product |
| Line-by-line resume analysis | ✗ | ✓ |
| Targeted-to-job-description tailoring | ✗ | ✓ |
| Access method | PDF upload — no account access | Paste / upload for review |
| Built for | Senior engineers, founders, tech leaders | Job seekers optimizing applications |
| Free tier | ✓ Full audit, no card | ~ Basic score free; Pro for full review |
| Starting price | $0 / $29/mo Pro | Free / $49/mo Pro |
The real difference: searchability vs. earned authority
Resume Worded is, at its core, a resume and ATS tool — and a good one. Its LinkedIn Review extends that same lens to your profile: it measures visibility and searchability so recruiters can find you, and returns concrete optimization tips. If your immediate goal is to get discovered and shortlisted, that is a sound, well-built approach.
LinkedIQ is LinkedIn-first and authority-first. Rather than scoring your profile against generic searchability rules, it grades it against your own brand DNA — the themes and voice in the content you publish — and checks whether your profile and your posts tell one coherent story. Its rewrites are grounded in your actual writing, so the profile still sounds like you, not like an optimized template.
Resume Worded’s honest advantages: the resume itself. ATS scoring, line-by-line analysis, and targeting a resume to a specific job description are things LinkedIQ does not do at all. For the application document, Resume Worded is purpose-built.
LinkedIQ’s honest advantages: grading against your own content and voice, the profile-to-post coherence check, voice-grounded rewrites, and a no-account-access model. If you care about durable credibility on LinkedIn rather than a searchability score, that is the edge.
When Resume Worded is the right choice
- Your priority is the resume and getting past ATS filters
- You want line-by-line resume feedback and recruiter insights
- You are tailoring applications to specific job descriptions
- A searchability-focused LinkedIn score is enough for now
When LinkedIQ is the right choice
- You are building LinkedIn authority, not optimizing an application
- You want your profile judged against your own posts and voice
- Profile-to-post coherence and voice-grounded rewrites matter
- You prefer no live-account access — upload a PDF instead
- You are a senior IC, founder, or technical leader
Can you use both?
Yes — they barely overlap. Use Resume Worded for the resume and ATS pass-through, and LinkedIQ to make your LinkedIn profile a coherent, credible extension of the work you publish. New to the underlying craft? Start with how to build a LinkedIn profile that builds authority or the profile optimization guide.
- A LinkedIn profile audit graded on your own brand and voice
- Voice-grounded rewrites, not generic tips
- A coherence check between your profile and your posts
- No live-account access — upload a PDF
- A free tier with a full audit to start
- Rigorous resume and ATS scoring
- Line-by-line resume analysis and recruiter insights
- Resume tailoring to specific job descriptions
- A searchability-focused LinkedIn Review
See your profile graded against your own brand.
Free audit, no LinkedIn connection, no credit card. Upload your profile PDF and see where it is coherent with the work you actually publish — and where it is not.