ChatGPT can write
a cover letter.
Clevedon AI remembers
which job it's for.
Both tools use the same kind of model underneath, so the real difference is everything around it: where the listing comes from, where your CV lives, and what happens once the draft exists.
Reads the job listing
You paste the full description into the chat each time.
The extension reads it off LinkedIn, Seek or Indeed as you scroll past.
auto-detectedRemembers your CV
You re-attach or re-paste your CV every conversation.
Stored once and used on every role, so every rewrite stays in your voice.
Tracks each application
Conversations vanish into your history, and nothing persists.
Every application gets a status, dates, the CV version you sent, and notes.
pipeline trackerTailors to the listing
Generic unless you write a careful prompt, and the tone drifts from one chat to the next.
Lifts the role’s exact asks into bullets you can verify line by line.
Multiple drafts side-by-side
Each new draft replaces the last.
Save versions per role and compare any two side by side.
Cost
ChatGPT Plus is $20/month.
Free plan is enough for most weeks. Pro is $12/month.
For a one-off,
ChatGPT is enough.
If you're writing a single cover letter, paying $20 for ChatGPT Plus and not planning to do it again, then ChatGPT is genuinely enough and you won't miss the things Clevedon AI adds.
Clevedon AI starts to pull ahead the moment there's more than one application in play, with three versions of your CV, six roles in flight and an offer somewhere in the next month, because once you're tracking and tailoring at the same time the chat-history model starts to break down.
You can also use both, letting Clevedon AI write the draft while ChatGPT helps you rehearse the interview, since they don't have to compete.
Try Clevedon AI on your next listing.
Free plan, no credit card, and three minutes to install.