NextRoles vs Scriberly.
Scriberly is a UK CV and cover letter builder. NextRoles goes further, with interview practice, Skills Review, Career Finder and evidence-based job checks, plus a school offer.
NextRoles vs Scriberly at a glance.
- £4.99
- NextRoles Starter, billed monthly
- £9.99
- Scriberly Pro per month, after a 4-day free trial
- 14 days
- NextRoles right to cancel a first purchase, with a fair deduction for use
Scriberly is a UK CV builder. You answer guided questions or upload a CV, and it helps you build a tailored CV and cover letter, with a job tracker. Details checked on 29 October 2026; check each company’s own site before you buy.
NextRoles vs Scriberly: features and pricing.
| Feature | NextRoles | Scriberly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | £4.99, £9.99 or £19.99 a month | Free plan; Pro £9.99 a month after a 4-day free trial; Premium £124.99 a month |
| Free option | First month of Starter free at launch; no permanent free tier | Free plan with 1 CV, 1 cover letter, basic templates and a tracker |
| Billing | Monthly, cancel from Manage billing, a reminder before each renewal and a 14-day right to cancel | Pro starts with a 4-day free trial, then monthly; cancel any time |
| Job Check | Compares your CV with the advert and shows the evidence for each requirement. Not an ATS score | Tailors your CV to an advert, with a separate version for each application |
| Cover letters | A tailored cover letter with every job check | Generates a matching cover letter from your CV |
| CV Builder | CV Builder with AI drafts, downloads as PDF or Word | Guided questions or upload, AI rewriting, many templates and PDF export |
| Application tracker | Eight stages and up to 100 live entries | Yes, including on the free plan |
| Interview practice | Interview Prep with feedback, and voice interviews rolling out (1, 3 or 6 a month) | Not listed on its site when checked |
| Career paths | Career Finder with pay information, plus Skills Review | Career advice on its £124.99 Premium tier; no career tool listed on Pro |
Scriberly alternative: where NextRoles is better.
What you get with NextRoles that you may not with Scriberly.
- Interview practice, Skills Review and Career FinderIncluded in every NextRoles plan. Scriberly’s site lists CV, cover letter and tracker tools but no interview practice.
- The evidence behind each requirementJob Check shows which requirements your CV evidences and which need a clearer example, and says plainly that it is not an ATS score. You are asked to check every fact.
- PDF and Word downloadsNextRoles exports your CV as a PDF or a Word document, as text-based files.
- Built for schoolsStudent, teacher and admin accounts, safeguarding checks on job adverts and a data processing agreement.
What to know about Scriberly.
- Scriberly’s site describes its templates as recruiter-designed and ATS-friendly and shows a five-star rating, but no independent testing or review sample size.
- These details come from Scriberly’s own website. Check it for its current prices and plans.
Details were checked on public vendor pages and review sites on 27 October 2026. Prices are as listed by each company or, where marked “reported”, by third-party sources, and may change or differ by country, plan or offer. Check each company’s own site before you buy. Spotted something out of date? Email support@nextroles.org and we will correct it.
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NextRoles opens to everyone at 9am UK time on 16 November 2026. Looking for schools? See NextRoles for schools.