BazQux Reader vs Feedly

BazQux Reader

• Readers who want article comments next to the articles
• People following Facebook, Telegram or VK pages alongside blogs
• Users of clients such as Reeder or NetNewsWire who need a sync service

Feedly

• Following many news sites, blogs and publications in one reader
• Professionals who track topics or companies and want AI filtering
• Teams that need shared feeds, boards and intelligence tools

BazQux Reader

• There is no free plan: the FAQ says free accounts will not be added, and only paying and trial users have their feeds updated.
• BazQux offers desktop and mobile web interfaces but no apps of its own; apps and offline reading come from third-party clients.
• An account can hold up to 3,000 feeds, and each feed keeps at most 500 articles, read and unread together.
• The service is a one-person project, and VAT or GST may be added to the listed price depending on country.

Feedly

• The free plan stops at 100 feeds and 3 folders.
• Search, notes and highlights need Pro; newsletters, RSS Builder and Feedly AI need Pro+.
• Pro+ is listed with yearly billing only, while Pro can also be paid monthly at $8.99.
• There is no desktop app: Feedly runs in a browser and on iOS and Android, with Chrome and Firefox extensions.

BazQux Reader

Comments inside the reader

Article comments are shown in the reader itself, and new comments can be followed in the same way as new articles, so there is no need to open the site to check them.

Social pages as feeds

Facebook, Telegram and VK pages can be followed by entering the page URL, and they then sit alongside ordinary websites and blogs.

Full-text articles

Truncated articles and linked pages can be expanded to their full content inside the reader, and summary-only feeds can be converted to full-text ones.

Filters and smart streams

Filters hide unwanted articles and smart streams collect the ones to watch, with up to 500 of the two combined. Search covers feeds and tagged articles.

View modes, themes and typography

Each feed can use a list, mosaic, magazine or expanded view, and feeds with different views can be read together in a mixed view. Colors, fonts and layout are adjustable.

Google Reader and Fever APIs

Third-party apps connect through Google Reader compatible and Fever APIs. The apps page lists clients such as Reeder, NetNewsWire, Fiery Feeds and FeedMe, which also provide offline reading.

Feedly

Feeds and folders

Follow news sites, blogs, publications, YouTube channels, podcasts and Reddit feeds in one reader. The free plan allows 100 feeds in 3 folders.

Boards, notes and highlights

Save articles to personal boards to come back to later. Adding notes and highlighting sentences is part of the Pro plan.

Search

Search across the sources you follow to find an article again. Search is listed as a Pro feature on the pricing page.

Feedly AI

On Pro+, Feedly AI Feeds track topics across the web, mute filters hide unwanted subjects and deduplication removes repeated stories.

Newsletters and RSS Builder

Pro+ can receive email newsletters and Google News feeds inside Feedly, and RSS Builder creates feeds for websites that do not offer RSS.

Sharing and team tools

Pro saves to Evernote and OneNote and shares to LinkedIn, Buffer, IFTTT and Zapier. Enterprise adds team boards, newsletters, Slack and Microsoft Teams.

BazQux Reader

• Annual$30

  per year

  The full service: up to 3,000 feeds, filters and smart streams, full-text articles and API access. VAT or GST may be added depending on country.

• Annual, supporter price$50

  per year

  Identical to the $30 option. The FAQ describes the higher price as a way to give the developer more support.

• Lifetime$249

  one-time payment

  A lifetime subscription to the same service for a single payment.

Feedly

• Free$0

  Follow up to 100 feeds and organize them into 3 folders, on the web and in the mobile apps.

• Pro$6.99

  per month, billed annually ($83.88), or $8.99 billed monthly

  1,000 feeds, notes and highlights, search, saving to Evernote and OneNote, sharing to LinkedIn, Buffer, IFTTT and Zapier, and no sponsored ads.

• Pro+$12.37

  per month, billed annually ($148.45); no monthly option listed

  Everything in Pro, plus up to 2,500 feeds, Feedly AI Feeds, mute filters, deduplication, newsletter and Google News feeds, and RSS Builder.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Up to 7,500 feeds, team feeds and boards, newsletters, Slack and Microsoft Teams, API access, SSO/SAML, and market and threat intelligence.

BazQux Reader

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime subscription for $249

  The FAQ lists a one-time $249 lifetime subscription as an alternative to paying $30 or $50 a year.

Feedly

• Annual discount

  About 22% off Pro with annual billing

  Pro costs $83.88 a year on annual billing, shown as $6.99 a month, against $8.99 billed monthly. That works out to about 22% less.

• Other savings

  Pro+ discounted for the first year

  The pricing page shows Pro+ at $8.93 a month billed annually ($107.17) instead of $12.37 ($148.45), labels it a 30% saving and puts the first-year saving at $41.

• Nonprofit

  Nonprofit and academic discounts on Enterprise

  Feedly's help center says discounts for nonprofit and academic organizations are available on the Enterprise plan only, on request by email.