Feedbin vs selfoss (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Feedbin grades higher than selfoss: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Feedbin grades higher on features, ease of use and platforms. selfoss grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money.
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
Which one is for you
Pick Feedbin if
- Fits if you want RSS, newsletters, podcasts and YouTube in one reader on one plan
- Works for people using Reeder, NetNewsWire or Unread who need a service to sync through
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a free reader, as there's only a 30-day trial and then $7 a month
- Skip it if you want Feedbin's own app on Mac or Android, where you'll need a third-party one
- Too light for keeping an archive, since it stores the 400 most recent articles per feed
- Pricey if you set it against this category's $3.33 middle, as $70 a year works out at $5.83 a month
- Watch out: the code is open source, but Feedbin doesn't recommend running it yourself and gives no install help
Pick selfoss if
- Fits if you already run a PHP server and want your feeds on it
- Works for someone who wants to own their reading data
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you do not want to install and update software yourself
- Skip it if you want a hosted service: there is none
- Watch out: it needs a PHP web server and a database
- Watch out: the Android app is third party, not from the selfoss project
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAFeedbinFair | 2.0GPAselfossFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$70 a year works out at $5.83 a month, towards the dear end of this category, where the middle is $3.33; pay by the month and it's $7. For that you get one plan with everything, with no tiers or add-ons. | CThe software is free, but only if you host it yourself, which needs a server, so it sits at the ordinary C. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan at all. You get 30 days with no credit card asked for, and then it's $7 a month or you stop. | BFree and open source, with no paid plan. You pay only for your own hosting, and there is no hosted version to try. |
| Features | BIt covers the whole job: feeds, newsletters at your own Feedbin address, podcasts and YouTube channels in one list, full text pulled in for partial feeds, rules that star, mark read or notify, saved searches, and a diff view when an article is edited. Inoreader and Feedly do much the same. | CAggregates feeds, takes plug-in sources, imports and exports OPML and has a JSON API. It does the reader job with a light install, but nothing in the listing shows reading extras like search across a library. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and a reader is only as useful as the feed list you build, which is your job: subscriptions to gather, actions to write, searches to save. Newsletters arrive at a Feedbin address instead of your inbox. | DNo store rating on record, and it needs a PHP web server, a database, setup and your own updates. |
| Platforms and integrations | BFeedbin's own apps cover the web, iPhone and iPad, and its API brings in Reeder, NetNewsWire, Unread, ReadKit and others for Mac and Android. Plenty of choice, none of it Feedbin's own. | CA web app only. The Android app is third party, not from the selfoss project, and no other integrations are listed. |
| Best for | feeds, newsletters and YouTube in one paid reader | a self-hosted RSS reader you run yourself |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Feedbin and selfoss. How we grade
Price against what you get
Feedbin starts at $5.83 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. selfoss has no paid plan and scores 1.7.
Feedbin scores higher, and starts $5.83 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other read-later and bookmark apps on the chart, 10 score higher than Feedbin for less, and none scores higher than selfoss for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- selfoss is self-hostable, according to its own site.
At a glance
| Feedbin | selfoss | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free |
| Starts at | $7 per month, or $70 per year | Free |
| Free plan | None | Everything: the software is free and open source; you pay only for your own hosting. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial, no credit card required | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Feedbin, Inc. | Tobias Zeising |
| Price read from | feedbin.com | selfoss.aditu.de |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
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.
selfoss
- There is no hosted service: you install, configure and update it yourself.
- It needs a PHP web server and a database.
- The Android app is third party, not from the selfoss project.
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.
selfoss
- Universal aggregator
- Collects feeds, tweets and other posts into a single stream.
- Light install
- A PHP application of around 25 MB that you upload and run, with MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite as the database.
- Plug-in sources
- An open plug-in system lets you write your own data connectors, called spouts.
- OPML import and export
- Bring feeds from other readers by importing an OPML file.
- JSON API
- A RESTful JSON API for developers; the site also lists a third-party Android app.
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.
selfoss
Self-hosted$0
Download the release and run it on your own PHP server; there is no hosted version.
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.
selfoss
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Feedbin or selfoss?
As of Nov 13, 2026, selfoss is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $5.83 a month when paid by the year for Feedbin. Feedbin starts at $7 per month, or $70 per year, and selfoss is free.
Which has a free plan, Feedbin or selfoss?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only selfoss has a free plan. Feedbin does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Feedbin and selfoss run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Feedbin lists an iOS app and a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.