Folo vs Inoreader

Folo

• Readers who want AI summaries and translation inside their feed reader
• People following sites that have no feed through RSSHub routes
• Anyone who needs one reader across web, desktop and mobile, Linux included
• People who prefer open-source software

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

Folo

• The Free plan allows 150 feed subscriptions and 3 AI summaries a day, with no AI translation.
• Integrations, private subscriptions and the secure image proxy start on Basic; AI model selection, bring your own key and AI tasks start on Plus.
• Paid plans offer a free trial, but the pricing page does not say how long it lasts.
• The download page offers Linux only as a direct AppImage download.

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.

Folo

Feeds, RSSHub routes and inboxes

Subscribe to any RSS, Atom or JSON feed, or follow sites without a feed through RSSHub routes. OPML import and export are supported, and an inbox with its own email address receives newsletters.

AI summaries and translation

Summarizes an article on demand or automatically and shows a translation in English, Chinese, Japanese or French beside the original. Daily caps apply on the Free and Basic plans.

Folo AI

Ask questions about one article, a feed, a folder or everything you follow, and connect MCP services. Choosing the AI model and bringing your own API key start on the Plus plan.

Timeline summary and AI tasks

A timeline summary condenses new entries into one digest. Scheduled AI tasks write daily or weekly briefings and deliver them to chat or email; they are included from Plus.

Layouts for each format

Articles, social posts, pictures, videos and podcasts each get their own layout, a reader view fetches full article text, and text-to-speech reads articles aloud.

Actions and integrations

Rule-based Actions filter, star, rewrite, notify or summarize new entries. Articles can be sent to Obsidian, Readwise, Instapaper, Zotero and other tools on paid plans.

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.

Folo

• Free$0

  150 feed subscriptions, 30 RSSHub subscriptions, 1 list, 1 inbox, 1 action, 3 AI summaries and 1 text-to-speech a day.

• Basic$4.17

  per month, billed yearly ($49.99); $4.99 billed monthly

  1,000 feed subscriptions, 5 lists, 10 inboxes, 5 actions, 30 AI summaries and 300 AI translations a day, private subscriptions and integrations.

• Plus$8.33

  per month, billed yearly ($99.99); $9.99 billed monthly

  2,500 feed subscriptions, unlimited AI summaries, translations and text-to-speech, curated AI models, bring your own key, AI tasks and 5M AI credits.

• Pro$83.33

  per month, billed yearly ($999.99); $99.99 billed monthly

  25,000 feed subscriptions, 100 lists, 200 inboxes, 100 actions, all high-end AI models and 50M AI credits.

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.

Folo

• Annual discount

  Save 17% with yearly billing

  Folo's pricing page labels yearly billing as saving 17%: Basic is $49.99 a year against $4.99 a month, and Plus is $99.99 a year against $9.99 a month.

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%.