Feedbin vs NewsBlur
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Feedbin
Paid RSS reader for feeds, newsletters, podcasts and YouTube
NewsBlur
Open-source RSS reader with trainable story filters
Where they differ
- Feedbin starts at $7 per month, or $70 per year. NewsBlur starts at $36 per year (Premium).
- NewsBlur has a free plan. Feedbin does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Feedbin lists a browser extension.
- Only NewsBlur lists an Android app.
- NewsBlur is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- NewsBlur also covers read later.
At a glance
| Feedbin | NewsBlur | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $7 per month, or $70 per year | $36 per year (Premium) |
| Free plan | None | Follow up to 64 sites with real-time updates, training by author, tag and title, saved stories, a public blurblog, and the iOS and Android apps. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial, no credit card required | 30-day premium trial on every new account, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Feedbin, Inc. | NewsBlur, Inc. |
| Price read from | feedbin.com | newsblur.com |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Feedbin
- Reading RSS, newsletters, podcasts and YouTube in one web reader
- People who use Reeder, NetNewsWire or Unread and need a sync service
- Readers who want a single paid plan with no ads or tracking
NewsBlur
- Readers who want to train their own filters rather than rely on an algorithm
- People who prefer open-source software or want to self-host
- Professionals who need feeds polled every few minutes
Worth knowing
Feedbin
- There is no free plan: after the 30-day trial it costs $7 a month or $70 a year.
- Feedbin's own apps cover the web, iPhone and iPad; Mac and Android use relies on third-party apps.
- It stores the 400 most recent articles per feed and is not meant as an archive.
- The code is open source, but Feedbin does not recommend running it yourself and offers no install support.
NewsBlur
- The free plan is limited to 64 sites.
- Search, River of News and text view start at Premium; web feeds, Ask AI and the archive need Premium Archive.
- Premium and Premium Archive are priced per year only, while Premium Pro is priced per month.
- Native apps are listed for iOS and Android; desktop use is through the web app or third-party clients.
Key features
Feedbin
- Feeds, newsletters, podcasts and YouTube
- Follow any website with RSS, receive newsletters at a personal Feedbin email address, listen to podcasts, and follow YouTube channels and playlists in order.
- Full-text extraction
- When a feed offers only partial content, Feedbin can pull in the full article so reading continues without leaving the reader.
- Actions
- Rules that automatically star an incoming article, mark it as read or send a push notification, based on what you want to catch.
- Search and saved searches
- A search syntax for finding articles across feeds, with frequent searches saved so their results stay one click away.
- Updated articles
- Articles are refreshed when the original changes, and a difference view shows what was altered.
- Sync with third-party apps
- An API lets apps such as Reeder, NetNewsWire, Unread and ReadKit sync with a Feedbin account on iOS, Mac and Android.
NewsBlur
- Intelligence Training
- Mark authors, tags and title keywords with a thumbs up or down to highlight matching stories or fade them out. Full-text training needs Premium Archive.
- Web Feeds
- On Premium Archive, NewsBlur builds a feed for a web page that has no RSS by monitoring the page for changes.
- Search and story archive
- Premium adds full-text search across subscriptions. Premium Archive keeps every story indefinitely and back-fills the history of newly added feeds.
- Ask AI and Daily Briefing
- Premium Archive can ask questions about a story using Claude, GPT, Gemini or Grok, and receives an AI-written daily summary of top stories.
- Email newsletters
- Forward newsletters to a personal NewsBlur email address and they appear as a feed that can be trained, tagged and searched like any other.
- Open source and open API
- The server and both mobile apps are open source on GitHub, and the API supports third-party clients such as Reeder, ReadKit and Unread.
Plans
Feedbin
Feedbin$7
per month, or $70 per year
One plan with everything: websites, newsletters, podcasts, YouTube, full-text extraction, search, actions and app sync. No tiers or add-ons.
NewsBlur
Free$0
Follow up to 64 sites, with real-time updates, training by author, tag and title, saved stories, a public blurblog, and the mobile apps.
Self-Hosted$0
The open-source code from GitHub, run on your own server with a single Docker command. Hosting is your own responsibility.
Premium$36
per year
1,024 sites, feeds updated up to 5x more often, River of News, search, text view, tagged saved stories, and blurblog privacy options.
Premium Archive$99
per year
4,096 sites, web feeds for sites without RSS, a permanent searchable archive, Ask AI, daily briefing, story clustering, and the MCP server and CLI.
Premium Pro$29
per month
10,000 sites, every feed fetched every 5 to 15 minutes, training with regular expressions, and priority support.
Ways to pay less
Feedbin
- Annual discount
Save $14 with yearly billing
The pricing page marks the yearly plan as saving $14: $70 a year instead of twelve monthly payments of $7.
NewsBlur
No public discounts listed.
