Feedly vs start.me

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

start.me

• People who want one visual homepage of links in every browser
• Teachers, researchers and OSINT analysts sharing curated link pages
• Teams that want a simple shared page of tools and resources

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.

start.me

• The Free plan shows advertising and stops at 3 start pages with basic widgets only.
• Bookmark groups, broken and duplicate link detection, document uploads and AI features all require PRO.
• Team is billed annually and starts with 10 user licenses; SAML single sign-on is not part of the personal plans.
• The Android app on Google Play was last updated in November 2024.

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.

start.me

Start pages built from widgets

A page combines widgets such as bookmarks, news feeds, notes, tasks, calendar, weather and embeds, arranged by dragging, and can be set as a browser homepage or new tab.

Bookmark management

Links are saved in one click from the browser extension or mobile app and organized into pages, widgets and groups. PRO adds broken and duplicate link detection.

News (RSS) widgets

An RSS widget follows a news source, blog or industry feed, and new articles show up on the page automatically.

Sharing and collaboration

Pages are private by default and can be shared through an open, password-protected or public link, or by inviting people as viewers or editors. Page collaboration needs PRO.

AI bookmark tools

On paid plans, AI features tidy bookmark titles, sort links into place and suggest useful sites to add.

Team workspace

The Team plan adds a shared workspace with member management, an admin console, a custom subdomain and branding, and SAML single sign-on.

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.

start.me

• Free$0

  For personal use: a maximum of 3 start pages, basic widgets only, and advertising on your pages.

• PRO$25

  per year, for one user license

  Unlimited start pages, no advertisements, 27 PRO features and widgets, and AI features.

• Team$25

  per month, billed annually; includes 10 users

  One team workspace with 10 PRO licenses, a custom subdomain and branding, SAML single sign-on and priority support. More users can be added.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Everything in Team, plus unlimited users, multiple team workspaces, a dedicated support manager and custom invoicing.

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.

start.me

• Education

  Discounted plans for schools and non-profits

  The pricing page's FAQ says discounted plans are offered to schools and non-profit organizations, arranged by contacting the sales team with details of the organization.