| Where the jobs come from | MeridinoOnly companies' own ATS boards: Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, BambooHR, and Teamtailor. Never an aggregator like Indeed, LinkedIn, or ZipRecruiter. | On your ownWherever you look, which for most people means aggregators and their reposts. | AI auto-apply toolsVaries by tool, and typically broad aggregator feeds, since submitting at volume is the point. | Paid application servicesWhatever the assistant working your search happens to find. |
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| Postings that have already closed | MeridinoRefetched and re-verified on a schedule, and a coverage check will not run against a posting we cannot confirm is still open. | On your ownYou find out after you apply, or never. | AI auto-apply toolsVaries by tool. A stale feed spends your applications on dead postings. | Paid application servicesVaries by provider. |
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| Can it put experience on your resume that you do not have | MeridinoNo, and not as a policy: a deterministic gate blocks any employer, title, date, or number that is not already in your record, and keeps unverifiable lines in your original words. | On your ownOnly if you choose to, and you carry that risk in the interview. | AI auto-apply toolsYes. A general-purpose writer will fill a gap with a plausible metric unless something stops it. | Paid application servicesA person writing on your behalf can overstate what you did, and you are the one who has to defend it. |
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| Who submits the application | MeridinoYou do. Meridino prepares the application and never submits one or contacts an employer for you. | On your ownYou do. | AI auto-apply toolsThe tool does, at volume, often without you reading the posting. | Paid application servicesSomeone else does, on your behalf. |
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| What you pay | Meridino$50, $100, or $200 once, for a stated number of checks and resumes. No subscription, no renewal date, no auto-charge, and no card collected at signup. | On your ownNothing but your time. | AI auto-apply toolsTypically a recurring subscription that bills every month whether your search is going well or badly. | Paid application servicesTypically a large upfront package or a per-application fee. |
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| When your search ends | MeridinoYou stop. There is nothing to cancel, and anything you have not used stays yours. | On your ownNothing to stop. | AI auto-apply toolsYou have to remember to cancel, or the month after you get hired bills anyway. | Paid application servicesWhatever the agreement says. |
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| What it promises about the outcome | MeridinoNothing. We do not guarantee an interview, a callback, or a hire, and our Terms say so in the plainest words we could write. | On your ownNothing to promise. | AI auto-apply toolsVaries, and often sold in terms of response or interview rates. | Paid application servicesVaries, and often sold on a hiring outcome. |
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