HR Breakers vs hh.ru: which one to use for your job search

At a glance

The short version:

• hh.ru: a job board and candidate profile; one resume shown to every employer who opens it.
• HR Breakers: a separate one-page PDF tailored to each specific vacancy, from your career profile.
• hh.ru is free for candidates for the basics, with paid promotion services; HR Breakers is free for 3 tailored resumes a week.
• They work together: paste an hh.ru vacancy link into HR Breakers and attach the tailored PDF.

What hh.ru is built for

On hh.ru you fill in a structured resume form that employers search and filter. It is essential for visibility — recruiters find candidates there — but the same text is seen by everyone, whatever the role.

hh.ru also offers paid services for candidates, such as promoting a resume in search results; check its current price list in your account.

What HR Breakers is built for

HR Breakers does one job: it rewrites your real experience for one specific vacancy. You add the posting (a link or pasted text), pick your career profile, and get a one-page, ATS-readable PDF built around what that employer asked for — usually in about a minute.

The engine is constrained to the facts in your profile. It reorders, rephrases and emphasises what you have actually done, but it does not invent employers, dates, metrics or skills. Every vacancy you add also becomes a card on a Kanban board, so the tailored resume, the original link and the application stage stay together.

Paste an hh.ru vacancy link (or its text if the page does not open) into HR Breakers, and you get a resume that leads with the experience that specific employer asked for. Attach that PDF to the response or send it to the recruiter — and keep your public hh.ru profile as the broad version.

Pricing models

Creating a resume and responding to vacancies on hh.ru is free for candidates; paid promotion services are optional and priced in your account. HR Breakers’ pricing is independent of it.

HR Breakers is free for 3 tailored resumes every week (they refresh on Monday, no card needed). Pro removes the limit for $3.99 a month by card or 300 ₽ for 30 days via SBP; the SBP option never renews by itself, and the card subscription can be cancelled any time.

Competitor pricing is summarised from public pricing pages and reviews as of October 2026. Prices, trials and regional rates change — check the current terms on hh.ru’s own site before you pay.

When hh.ru is the better choice

• You need recruiters to find you — that is what a complete hh.ru profile is for.
• You want to browse and filter the largest set of vacancies in Russia.
• You respond with one click to many similar roles where a general resume is enough.

When HR Breakers is the better choice

• You apply to specific vacancies and want each resume rewritten for that posting, not just a nicer template.
• You want an ATS-safe, single-column, one-page PDF without fighting a layout editor.
• You want the tool to stay within your real experience.
• You want to try it properly for free before paying anything.

Verdict

This is not either/or. Keep a strong general profile on hh.ru so recruiters can find you, and use HR Breakers for the vacancies you really want — a tailored PDF lifts the response that matters most.