FreshRSS vs Inoreader
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Inoreader
RSS reader with rules, filters and keyword monitoring
Where they differ
- FreshRSS is free. Inoreader starts at $7.50 per month, billed annually (Pro).
- Only Inoreader lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only Inoreader lists a browser extension.
- FreshRSS is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Inoreader also covers read later and highlights.
At a glance
| FreshRSS | Inoreader | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free plan |
| Starts at | Free | $7.50 per month, billed annually (Pro) |
| Free plan | Free software under the GNU AGPL 3 license, installed on your own server. The project has no paid plan; hosted instances come from independent providers. | Free forever plan: 150 RSS feeds, folders, tags, search in feeds and a read-later list, with translation capped at 10 articles a day and text to speech at 5. |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day trial when creating an account, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | FreshRSS community | Innologica Ltd |
| Price read from | freshrss.org | inoreader.com |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Who each one suits
FreshRSS
- People who want to run their own RSS reader on a small server
- Households or groups sharing one multi-user installation
- Following sites that publish no feed, using the built-in scraping
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
Worth knowing
FreshRSS
- You install and maintain it yourself: it needs a web server, PHP 8.1 or newer and a PostgreSQL, SQLite, MariaDB or MySQL database.
- The project runs no hosted service of its own; public and managed instances come from independent providers with their own prices.
- Reading in a native app depends on third-party clients that connect through the Google Reader or Fever API.
- The README says the web interface works on mobile browsers except for a few features.
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.
Key features
FreshRSS
- Feeds, podcasts and video channels
- Follows websites, podcasts and video channels in one place, imports and exports OPML, and receives instant updates from sources that support the WebSub standard.
- Web scraping and generated feeds
- Creates feeds for sites that offer none by scraping pages with XPath or reading JSON documents, and can generate new feeds from your own filters.
- Search, saved queries and tags
- Articles can be searched, searches can be saved as queries for quick access, and custom tags organize what you want to keep.
- Multi-user with several login methods
- One installation serves several users and offers an anonymous reading mode, with login by web form, HTTP authentication or OpenID Connect.
- APIs for mobile and desktop apps
- Google Reader and Fever compatible APIs let third-party apps on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows sync with a FreshRSS server. A command-line interface is included.
- Themes, extensions and sharing
- Themes and extensions from a dedicated repository customize the reader, and selections of articles can be reshared as HTML, RSS or OPML.
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.
Plans
FreshRSS
FreshRSS$0
The complete aggregator, self-hosted on a web server with PHP and a PostgreSQL, SQLite, MariaDB or MySQL database.
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.
Ways to pay less
FreshRSS
No public discounts listed.
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%.
