What Simple CV costs
$0
Forever. No trial, no freemium, no paywall at export. Others charge up to $12 a month for the same thing.
Build and download in minutes. No account, no paywall. Ever. Your data stays on your device.
Build My CVNo signup · No credit card · No surprises
How it works
From blank page to polished PDF, in minutes.
No account, no forms. One click and you're inside the editor.
Work history, education, skills. Your CV updates live as you type.
One click. A formatted, recruiter-ready PDF is yours. No paywall.
Why Simple CV
Every other free CV builder has a catch. We don't.
What Simple CV costs
$0
Forever. No trial, no freemium, no paywall at export. Others charge up to $12 a month for the same thing.
Your CV never leaves your browser. We use local storage, so we literally cannot see your data, sell it, or lose it in a breach.
Watch your document update with every keystroke. What you see is exactly what downloads, no surprises.
Clean, semantic structure that applicant tracking systems parse correctly and recruiters enjoy reading.
Tailor one CV per role: a startup version, a corporate version, all kept side by side and free to download.
No account, no email to verify, no onboarding wizard. Click once and you are already in the editor.
Every field updates your document in real time. What you see is what you download.
Templates
A few carefully built layouts, every one free to download. Right now you're looking at
Experience
Senior Marketing Manager
2020–PresentBrightfield Media · London
Led end-to-end campaigns across paid and organic channels, growing quarterly revenue by 34%.
Marketing Executive
2017–2020Apex Digital · Manchester
Managed SEO, email automation, and social strategy for B2B SaaS clients.
Education
BA Marketing & Communications
2014–2017University of Leeds
Skills
Experience
Lead UX Designer
2021–PresentFenix Labs · Bristol
Shaped product direction for a 0–1 fintech app. Led user research and delivered a design system used across 4 products.
UX Designer
2018–2021Helix Studio · London
Designed responsive web apps for NHS and government clients, improving task completion rates by 28%.
Education
MDes Interaction Design
2016–2018Royal College of Art
Skills
Tom Reid
Software Engineer
Experience
Senior Software Engineer
2022–PresentOrbital Systems · Edinburgh
Built distributed data pipelines processing 2M events/day. Reduced infrastructure costs by 40% through service consolidation.
Software Engineer
2019–2022Cove Technologies · Edinburgh
Developed backend APIs in Go and TypeScript, maintaining 99.97% uptime across production services.
Education
BEng Computer Science
2015–2019University of Edinburgh
Skills
How we compare
Sign up, confirm your email, pick a plan
Click once. You're in the editor.
7-day trial, then $12 a month
Free today. Free in a year. No card needed.
Download locked behind a paywall
Download your CV in one click. Always.
Your CV data stored on their servers
Your CV stays on your device. We can't see it.
Why free?
Not "free with a paywall at 2am when you're applying for the job you actually want."
Not "free then $12 a month when you come back six months later."
Not "free but we sell your data to recruiters."
Free. Done. No asterisk. We make money from unobtrusive ads, not from you.
Yes. 100%. No trial period, no hidden costs. Download unlimited CVs without ever seeing a price tag.
Non-intrusive ads. That's it. We show ads and that keeps the lights on. Your CV content is never used for advertising or shared with anyone.
On your device only. We use your browser's localStorage; we literally cannot access your CV data. It never touches our servers.
You can back up your CV anytime and restore it later. Your data is always in your control.
Yes. Our templates use clean, semantic structure that ATS can parse correctly. No fancy graphics that confuse robots, just professional formatting that works.
The download button is visible from the start. Test it with a blank CV if you're skeptical. No paywall will appear. Ever.
No account needed. Free to use, free to download.
Build My CVYour data stays on your device. Always.