BazQux Reader vs Inoreader

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

Inoreader

• Heavy RSS users who want rules and filters to thin out their feeds
• Monitoring brands, topics or keywords across news and social feeds
• Teams that share curated feeds and articles through channels

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.

Inoreader

• The free plan stops at 150 RSS feeds and leaves out rules, filters, newsletters and offline reading.
• Pro caps several features, such as 20 web feeds, 20 newsletter feeds and 30 monitoring feeds.
• Intelligence reports and email digests are not part of Pro; they are listed with the team plans.
• There is no desktop app: Inoreader runs in a browser, in iOS and Android apps, and has a browser extension.

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.

Inoreader

Feeds beyond RSS

Alongside RSS feeds, Pro can follow email newsletters, websites without RSS, YouTube subscriptions, and public Facebook, Telegram and Bluesky feeds.

Monitoring feeds

Track people, brands, companies and keywords across publicly available sources in 30 languages. Pro includes 30 monitoring feeds.

Rules and filters

Rules act on incoming articles, for example by assigning tags or sending push notifications. Filters hide unwanted or duplicate items. Both need Pro.

Inoreader Intelligence

Generative AI summarizes articles, answers questions and runs custom prompts, with a choice of OpenAI, Mistral AI or Anthropic models. Starts on Pro.

Read later and annotations

Save articles and web pages to a read-later list on any plan. Pro adds highlighting and notes, which can be exported to Readwise.

Team channels and dashboards

Team plans share folders, tags, filters and dashboards, and team channels can post to 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.

Inoreader

• Free$0

  150 RSS feeds, folders and tags, search in your feeds, a read-later list and Google News alerts, without ads.

• Pro$7.50

  per month, billed annually ($89.99), or $9.99 billed monthly

  2,500 RSS feeds, 20 web feeds, 20 newsletter feeds, 30 monitoring feeds, rules and filters, AI article summaries, offline reading and API access.

• Team$44.99

  per month for 3 members; billing basis not shown

  Pro for every member plus team folders, channels, tags and dashboards with shared limits. Tiers run up to 50 members at $374.99 a month.

• Team Intelligence$64.99

  per month for 3 members; billing basis not shown

  The Team plan with AI summaries, prompts and multi-article reports for all members. The 50-member tier is $629.99 a month.

• CustomCustom

  A quoted plan built from add-ons such as extra web feeds, monitoring feeds and boosted feeds, or a different team size.

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.

Inoreader

• Annual discount

  About 25% off Pro with annual billing

  Pro is $7.50 a month billed annually ($89.99 a year) against $9.99 billed monthly, which works out to a saving of about 25%.