FastApply alternatives (2026): pricing and free plans
How FastApply's Auto-pilot, Co-pilot and Apply for Me work and what they cost, compared with AIApply, Simplify, LazyApply, LoopCV, ApplyBoost and Shortlist.
Short answerFastApply is a Chrome extension and server-side service that fills and submits job applications on Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, LinkedIn Easy Apply, Indeed and other sites. Auto-pilot submits on its own and Co-pilot stops for you to review; paid plans start at $14 a month, and the free plan covers 5 jobs a day for 7 days. Alternatives: AIApply and ApplyBoost also apply for you; Simplify fills forms on jobs you choose; Shortlist checks whether each job fits you first, then tailors your resume and fills the form, and leaves Submit to you.
FastApply is an auto-apply tool that works in your browser and on its own servers. People who search for alternatives usually want one of three things: lower cost, more control over what is sent, or a better way to decide which jobs to apply to. We make one of the alternatives, Shortlist, so read this with that in mind. Every fact about FastApply below comes from its own website, help pages, terms and Chrome Web Store listing, which we checked on 4 November 2026; prices and plans were checked again on 6 November 2026. Sources are listed under How we compared. Prices change, so check fastapply.co before you buy.
What FastApply is
FastApply is made by FastApply LTD, a company based in Nigeria. It comes in two parts:
- Browse & Apply, a Chrome extension that works in your own browser while you keep the tab open, including on LinkedIn, Indeed and Naukri.
- Apply for Me, on paid plans, which runs on FastApply's servers around the clock and applies only to jobs above a match score you set.
It names more than twenty application systems and job boards, including Workday, iCIMS, Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Oracle Recruiting Cloud, Taleo, LinkedIn Easy Apply, Indeed, Glassdoor, ZipRecruiter, StepStone and XING.
On 4 November 2026 its Chrome Web Store listing showed 10,000 users and a rating of 3.2 out of 5 from 29 ratings.
Auto-pilot, Co-pilot and Apply for Me
- Auto-pilot fills the application and submits it on its own.
- Co-pilot fills each step, then stops so you can review and edit before you submit.
- Apply for Me applies without your action on each job.
FastApply's privacy policy says forms are filled in cloud browser sessions, that it uses CAPTCHA-solving services, and that OpenAI is used to phrase answers to screening questions. Its terms put the risk of using automation on third-party sites on you, including account suspension by those platforms. Our guide to auto-apply bots explains why that matters on sites like LinkedIn.
FastApply pricing
| Plan | Monthly | 90 days | Applications | AI tailoring add-on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 5 jobs a day for 7 days | ||
| Starter | $14 | $38 | 200 a month | +$7 a month |
| Pro | $29 | $75 | 500 a month | +$12 a month |
| Elite | $49 | $132 | 1,000 a month | +$19 a month |
| Max | $89 | $240 | 2,000 a month | +$29 a month |
Yearly plans are also offered, and prices are shown in local currency in many countries (from ₹599 a month in India, for example). Only applications actually submitted use a credit.
Is FastApply free? Only for a week. The free plan is Browse & Apply for up to 5 jobs a day for 7 days, with no card needed, using your own resume, without Apply for Me or tailoring.
Refunds. FastApply's refund policy says subscription fees are non-refundable except where the law requires otherwise, and only genuine billing errors are corrected.
Why people look for an alternative
- They want every application reviewed. Co-pilot allows that, but the plans are priced by volume.
- They worry about their LinkedIn or Indeed account, since automation runs in their own session and the terms leave the risk with them.
- They want to know whether a job fits before sending anything. Volume does not fix a poor match; see should you apply if you don't meet every requirement?.
- No refunds, which makes trying a paid plan a bigger commitment.
The alternatives
If you want a tool to apply for you
- AIApply has an Auto Apply subscription (from $49 a month for 100 applications) with a Review Mode that asks for approval on every job, alongside resume, cover-letter and interview tools. It is a web app, not an extension. See AIApply alternatives.
- ApplyBoost (applyboost.ai) says it is free for job seekers and submits applications to company career pages without approving each one. See is ApplyBoost really free?.
- LazyApply applies for you on sites such as Greenhouse, Dice, Indeed and ZipRecruiter through its agent and Chrome extension. Its plans are yearly: from $99 a year for 15 applications a day, up to $999 for 1,500. It lists a 30-day refund policy and needs a Gmail address. Its site does not say whether you can review an application before it is sent.
- LoopCV runs on its own servers: it scans more than 30 job boards every day and submits applications in your name. It has a free plan with no time limit and a capped number of applications; paid plans start at €9.99 a month.
If you want to choose the jobs and have the form filled
- Simplify is a browser extension whose free Copilot fills application forms on the career sites you open and leaves submitting to you. Its Autopilot, part of the paid Simplify+ ($39.99 a month or $19.99 a week), submits supported applications with no review step, up to 20 a week.
- Shortlist reads each job's requirements against your profile and shows the evidence for each, so you see in seconds whether it is worth applying. For the jobs you choose, it writes a one-page resume only from facts in your profile, fills the form on Workday, Greenhouse, Lever and the other big systems, and stops at Submit. Autofill from your profile is unlimited on the free plan.
If you mainly want organisation and writing help
- ApplyArc (applyarc.com) is a job tracker with AI writing tools that never submits for you. See ApplyArc alternatives.
Side by side
| Tool | Submits for you | Works as | Free option | Paid from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FastApply | Yes (Auto-pilot, Apply for Me), or fills and stops (Co-pilot) | Chrome extension, server-side | 5 jobs a day for 7 days | $14/month |
| AIApply | Yes (Auto, Hybrid or Review mode) | Web app, iPhone app | Limited free account, no trial | Auto Apply from $49/month |
| Simplify | Copilot: no, you submit. Autopilot (Simplify+): yes, with no review step | Browser extension, web app | Copilot autofill, resume builder, job tracker | $19.99/week or $39.99/month (Simplify+) |
| LazyApply | Yes | Chrome extension, web dashboard | None listed | $99/year (15 applications a day) |
| LoopCV | Yes, in your name, from its servers | Web service | Free plan, no time limit, capped | €9.99/month |
| ApplyBoost | Yes, without approving each one | Web app | Free, no paid plan listed | None listed |
| ApplyArc | No | Web app | 100 tracked jobs, 5 AI generations a month | £19/month |
| Shortlist | No: autofill stops at Submit. The optional Pro browser agent presses Submit only in a task where you allow it | Browser extension | 40 job scores and 5 resumes a month; unlimited autofill | ₹499 or $12 for 30 days, no auto-renew |
Prices as listed on each product's own site on 6 November 2026, in the currency each one shows ($ is the site's dollar price). Shortlist's 30-day passes and ApplyArc's 7-day pass do not renew; check each site for how the others bill.
How to choose
- Decide who presses Submit. If it should always be you, use a fill-and-stop mode or a tool that never submits.
- Think about your accounts. Automation that runs inside your own LinkedIn or Indeed session puts that account at risk: LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits bots and other automated activity, and FastApply's terms leave the risk of suspension with you. On a company's own career site (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever) you usually have no long-lived account at stake, but the employer still reads every answer, so a wrong one costs you the same.
- Spend the first hour on fit. Ten applications to jobs you match usually beat a hundred to jobs you do not; our checklist for getting no interviews shows where applications usually fail.
How we compared
We did not buy or test the other products. Each fact about them comes from the company's own pages, checked on 4 November 2026, with prices and plans checked again on 6 November 2026:
- FastApply: pricing, help pages, terms, privacy policy and Chrome Web Store listing
- AIApply: how Auto Apply works, pricing, help centre and terms
- Simplify: Simplify+ features and pricing and Autopilot
- LazyApply: pricing
- LoopCV: pricing
- ApplyBoost: home page and FAQ, terms and privacy policy
- ApplyArc: pricing and consumer-rights page
Where a site does not say something, we say so rather than guess. Shortlist's details come from our own product and pricing page. Prices and features in this market change within weeks; if something here is out of date, tell us through the contact page and we will correct it.
FAQ
Is FastApply free?
Only for a week. The free plan covers up to 5 jobs a day for 7 days in the Chrome extension, with one job profile and one resume and no card; it does not include Apply for Me or AI tailoring. Paid plans start at $14 a month.
Is FastApply safe to use?
It depends on where it runs. FastApply fills forms in your browser and in its own cloud browser sessions, uses CAPTCHA-solving services, and its terms leave the risk of account suspension by other sites with you. On LinkedIn and Indeed that risk is to your own account; on company career sites the main risk is an answer you did not check. Co-pilot mode, which stops before submitting, lowers the second risk.
What is the best free alternative to FastApply?
It depends on what you want for free. Simplify's Copilot is free and fills forms on jobs you choose, and you submit. LoopCV's free plan applies for you, with a cap. ApplyBoost says it is free and applies for you. Shortlist's free plan checks 40 jobs a month against your profile, writes 5 tailored resumes and fills forms without limit, and you submit.
Does FastApply submit applications automatically?
In Auto-pilot mode and with Apply for Me, yes. In Co-pilot mode it fills each step and stops so you can review and submit yourself.
Which sites does FastApply work on?
It names more than twenty, including Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, iCIMS, Taleo, SmartRecruiters, LinkedIn Easy Apply, Indeed, Glassdoor and ZipRecruiter.
What is a good FastApply alternative that does not submit for me?
Shortlist fills application forms and leaves submitting to you, and so does Simplify's Copilot mode (its Autopilot mode submits). Shortlist also checks how well each job fits your profile before you apply and writes a tailored resume from your own experience.
Arivu builds Shortlist, a browser extension that checks each job against your profile before you apply. When a guide says how a parser or a form behaves, it was tested in Shortlist; when it describes another company's product, the facts come from that company's own pages.
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