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AI Apply vs LazyApply

LazyApply is built for volume: even its Basic plan allows 15 applications a day, mostly on job boards and LinkedIn Easy Apply. AI Apply sends fewer, targeted applications on company careers sites, including Workday, and you can try it free before paying.

At a glance

AI Apply

LazyApply

What it does

AI Apply

Fills out and submits a job application for you on the company's own careers site, with a cover letter written for that job. You pick each job on the refer.me job board.

LazyApply

An auto-apply bot ("Job GPT") that applies to jobs on job boards and some application systems, sends referral emails to employees at the companies you apply to, and shows an analytics dashboard.

Submits applications for you?

AI Apply

Yes. AI Apply presses Submit, then emails you how each application went.

LazyApply

Yes. LazyApply says its agent "handles the entire application process".

Workday & company career sites

AI Apply

Yes. Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby and more, including creating an account when the site needs one. It can't finish a site that shows a CAPTCHA.

LazyApply

LazyApply names Greenhouse, Dice, Indeed, ZipRecruiter and LinkedIn Easy Apply. Workday is not mentioned on its site.

Employee referrals

AI Apply

Yes. refer.me Premium includes 40 referral requests a month to employees at the company.

LazyApply

It sends referral-request emails to employees at companies you apply to.

Price

AI Apply

Premium is $39 a month, or $149 a year with a 7-day free trial. It includes 5 AI Apply credits a month.

LazyApply

Billed yearly: Basic $99 (15 applications a day), Premium $149 (150 a day), Ultimate $999 (1,500 a day).

Free tier

AI Apply

Yes. 1 AI Apply credit a month. An application AI Apply can't finish doesn't use a credit.

LazyApply

No. LazyApply says it does not offer a free trial.

When to choose LazyApply

  • ✓

    Volume matters most to you: up to 150 or 1,500 applications a day.

  • ✓

    Most of the jobs you want are on Indeed, ZipRecruiter, Dice or LinkedIn Easy Apply.

When to choose AI Apply

  • ✓

    The jobs you want are on company careers sites, including Workday.

  • ✓

    You want to try it before paying: free accounts get 1 AI Apply credit a month.

  • ✓

    You'd rather send a few careful applications than hundreds.

  • ✓

    Answers work authorization and sponsorship questions from where you live and what you saved, and asks you once when it needs to.

  • ✓

    Applies only to the job you picked. A posting retitled under the same requisition still counts; a merely similar title never does.

  • ✓

    Pairs each application with a referral request to an employee at the company, from the same account.

AI Apply vs LazyApply: questions

Sources, as of October 2026: lazyapply.com/, lazyapply.com/faq, lazyapply.com/job-application-automation/bot-to-apply-for-jobs.

LazyApply details come from LazyApply's own website and may have changed since. If something here is out of date, tell us at support@refer.me and we'll fix it.

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