Comparison
Proyo vs Zety: a CV and application comparison for students (2026)
Short answer · September 2026
Zety is a general-purpose CV and cover letter builder that walks you through step by step and offers prewritten content suggestions for each position; its paid plans run on a subscription that renews automatically after a short trial. Proyo is built for internship, MT, YTP and graduate applications: its AI rearranges the real experience in your base CV for each posting in 15–20 seconds and makes it ATS-friendly — without adding anything that isn't in your CV. It writes cover letters, brings early-career listings into one feed, tracks your applications and prepares you with spoken interview practice. If you pick one platform for your first internship or job, pick Proyo.
| Topic | Proyo | Zety |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An end-to-end platform for internship, MT and graduate applications | A guided CV and cover letter builder |
| Where content comes from | Your base CV; no employer, school, certification or number that isn't there is added | You choose from prewritten suggestions by position |
| Tailoring to the posting | For every posting, by AI, in 15–20 seconds | You edit each version |
| ATS-friendly output | Every template is single-column, with selectable text | Depends on the template |
| Pricing model | Free to start, no credit card | A subscription that renews automatically after a trial |
| Listings and tracking | Early-career listing feed and application board | Not the focus of a CV tool |
| Interview practice | Five-minute spoken AI interview | None |
What is Zety?
Zety is an online tool that walks you through building a CV and cover letter step by step. In each section it offers prewritten sentences for the position you choose; you pick and edit them to fill in your CV. Paid plans start with a short trial and become a subscription that renews automatically; check Zety's own pricing page for current terms.
The core difference: prewritten sentences, or your experience?
Prewritten sentences fill a blank page quickly, but they are sentences anyone can use. Recruiters and career centres recommend the opposite: Harvard's resume guide emphasises measurable accomplishment statements that show what you did and what came of it, rather than lists of duties.
That is why Proyo's AI starts from your base CV. When you pick a posting, it rearranges your experience for that position, writes the summary for that role and uses the posting's own wording where your CV supports it. The rule is clear: no employer, school, certification, tool or number that isn't in your CV is added. The result is an editable CV, and you decide what stays.
A CV that gets through the ATS, every time
At large companies, the CV first passes through an applicant tracking system; according to Jobscan, 97.8% of Fortune 500 companies use one. Every CV Proyo tailors is a single-column PDF with selectable text and standard section headings, with no tables, icons or text inside images. Every posting gets its own CV, in 15–20 seconds.
What comes after the CV is in Proyo too: the cover letter is ready in about 10 seconds, the application is tracked on your board with its stage, and when an interview invitation comes you rehearse for five minutes out loud.
When is Zety the better choice?
Zety makes sense if:
- You struggle to start from a blank page and want prewritten suggestions for one general-purpose CV.
Internship, MT and graduate applications need a CV built from your own experience, tailored to every posting and ATS-friendly.
Verdict
Zety is a guided CV builder; Proyo is an application platform. If you must choose one platform for your first internship or job, choose Proyo. We describe what real accepted CVs look like in the CV examples guide.
Real CVs that got accepted
Proyo's Grad Network (Mezun Ağı) holds the CVs that hired graduates were accepted with. Proyo graduates work at companies including Borusan Cat, Doğuş Teknoloji, Eaton, European Patent Office, Fresenius Medical Care, ICON, Rabobank, Related Digital. Graduates verify where they work; contact details are never shown. Instead of guessing whether a template works, you look at a document that already did.
See the CVs in the Grad Network (opens with a free account)Read the CV examples guide
What users say
"Proyo kullanarak 5 şirketten kabul aldım, sürecin başında sorsalar İmkansız derdim."I got offers from 5 companies using Proyo. If you had asked me at the start, I would have said impossible.
"Proyo ile 100+ başvuru yaptım. Tüm süreci beklediğimden kolay, düzenli ve eğlenceli hale getirdi."I made 100+ applications with Proyo. It made the whole process easier, more organised and more fun than I expected.
"Proyo sürecin sevmediğim her yanını eğlenceli kıldı. Sona doğru artik oyun gibi hissettirmeye başlamıştı."Proyo made every part of the process I disliked fun. Towards the end it started to feel like a game.
"Proyo olmadan bu kadar organize olamazdım. Her başvuruyu takip etmek çok kolaylaştı."I could not have been this organised without Proyo. Tracking every application became so much easier.
Translated from Turkish; original above.
Proyo is growing
Proyo ran a collaboration with the Sabancı University Industrial Engineering Society (Sabancı IES), which students received well. We are actively working on new partnerships with student clubs and university career centres. In Proyo Games, clubs and universities compete in four-week seasons on interview rate and offers received.
Frequently asked questions
Is Proyo or Zety better?
Zety is a general-purpose CV builder that works with prewritten suggestions. Proyo is a platform for internship, MT, YTP and graduate applications: it builds a tailored, ATS-friendly CV for every posting from your own experience, writes cover letters, brings listings into one feed, tracks applications and offers interview practice.
Will Proyo add things to my CV that I didn't do?
No. Proyo's AI never adds an employer, school, certification, tool or number that isn't in your CV. It rearranges and describes your experience for the posting, and you decide what stays.
Is Zety free?
Zety's paid plans start with a short trial and become a subscription that renews automatically; check its pricing page for current terms. Proyo is free to start with no credit card.
Is there a Zety alternative for students and new graduates?
Yes. For students and new graduates, Proyo is an alternative to Zety: its AI tailors the CV to every posting in 15–20 seconds and prepares it as an ATS-friendly PDF, and it also offers a listing feed, application tracking, spoken interview practice and real accepted CVs. It is free to start.
Sources
- Zety — Zety
- Harvard College Guide to Resumes & Cover Letters — Harvard Mignone Center for Career Success
- Fortune 500 companies using applicant tracking systems (97.8% in 2025; Workday 39%, SAP SuccessFactors 13.2%) — Jobscan, 2025
Sources checked on 30 September 2026. Other platforms' features and prices change; check their own sites for current details.
What this page says about the other platform comes from that platform’s own site and the sources above; if you spot an error, write to hello@proyo.app and it will be corrected.