Feedly vs Inoreader

Updated October 2026 · AppBreakup editorial

Feedly

A popular hosted RSS reader that also sells AI-driven intelligence products to businesses.

Free plan + paid

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Inoreader

A feature-rich hosted RSS reader with rules, filters, social feeds and newsletters.

Free plan + paid

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The short answer

Both are hosted, cross-platform feed readers with free plans and paid Pro tiers. Pick Inoreader if you follow many sources and want rules, filters and keyword monitoring; its free plan alone covers 150 feeds. Pick Feedly if you want a widely known, simpler reader with Boards for saving articles and broad third-party app support. The biggest difference is depth: Inoreader is built for power users, Feedly for straightforward reading.

Feedly or Inoreader: our take

Feedly is the reader many people moved to when Google Reader closed, and it still covers the basics well: follow sites and publications, pull in email newsletters and Google News keyword feeds, and save articles to Boards with notes and highlights. Inoreader covers the same ground and then goes further. It can follow websites that have no feed, track posts from Facebook, Reddit, Mastodon and Telegram, and run rules that tag, highlight, hide or route articles automatically. The cost of that depth is a dense interface that takes time to learn.

The free plans differ more than the paid ones. Feedly's free account needs no credit card but is limited, and many useful features sit behind Pro. Inoreader's free plan is unusually generous at 150 feeds with search and Google News alerts, though it shows ads. Inoreader Pro costs $7.50/month billed yearly or $9.99 monthly and raises the limit to 2,500 feeds, removes ads and unlocks rules, full-text search and integrations; AI summaries are also on paid plans. Feedly also sells AI features on higher tiers, and its company focus has shifted toward business intelligence products, which some individual readers notice.

Both run on the web with iOS and Android apps and browser extensions, and both work as sync backends for many third-party readers, so you can pair either with an app you prefer, such as NetNewsWire or Reeder Classic on Apple devices.

Choose Inoreader if you are a researcher, journalist or heavy reader who wants automation and a lot of feeds without paying. Choose Feedly if you follow a modest number of sources, like its cleaner reading and Boards, and value how many apps support it.

Choose Feedly if…

People who want a widely supported hosted reader that many third-party apps sync with
Free account to start, no credit card
Newsletters and Google News feeds alongside RSS

Choose Inoreader if…

Power users and researchers who follow hundreds of sources and want automation
Generous free plan with 150 feeds
Rules, filters and keyword monitoring

What is Feedly?

Feedly became the default RSS reader for many people after Google Reader closed in 2013, and its News Reader is still one of the most widely used. You follow websites, blogs and industry publications, pull email newsletters into the reader, add Google News keyword feeds, and save articles to Boards with notes and highlights. Search covers your sources, and there are iOS and Android apps plus Chrome and Firefox extensions. A free account covers a limited number of sources and needs no credit card; paid Pro tiers add more feeds, search, newsletters and integrations, and an AI assistant on higher plans. The company's focus has shifted towards Market Intelligence and Threat Intelligence products for companies, which now lead its homepage, so individual readers sometimes find the consumer reader gets less attention and that useful features sit behind upgrades. It suits people who want a well-known, cross-platform reader that many third-party apps can sync with.

What is Inoreader?

Inoreader is a hosted feed reader aimed at people who follow a lot of sources. Beyond RSS it can follow websites that have no feed, subscribe to newsletters as feeds, monitor keywords and brands, and track posts from Facebook, Reddit, Mastodon and Telegram. Rules and filters can tag, highlight, hide or route articles automatically, and an AI layer summarises articles on paid plans. You can save pages, annotate them, send articles to email or other services, and read offline in the mobile apps. The free plan is unusually generous, covering 150 feeds with search and Google News alerts, though it shows ads. Pro, billed monthly or yearly, raises the limit to 2,500 feeds, removes ads and unlocks rules, full-text search and integrations; team and enterprise plans add collaboration. It runs on the web with iOS and Android apps and browser extensions, and many third-party readers can sync with it. The interface is dense, which suits power users more than casual readers.

Side by side

Attribute	Feedly	Inoreader
Pricing	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Open source	No	No
Self-hostable	No	No
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension	Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension
Best for	People who want a widely supported hosted reader that many third-party apps sync with	Power users and researchers who follow hundreds of sources and want automation
Status	Active	Active