The Feedly Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Feedly in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Feedly
The Insider’s Guide
News reader for RSS feeds, with AI filtering on paid plans
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among read-later and bookmark apps, read from Feedly’s own pages.
Made by Feedly Inc. · checked Oct 5, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Feedly’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Feedly’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 5, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.6
GPA, above 11 of the 36 other read-later and bookmark apps we grade
Feedly is a news reader that gathers articles from RSS feeds, news sites, blogs and industry publications into one place, organized into folders. Paid plans add search, notes and highlights, and Pro+ adds Feedly AI features such as AI Feeds, mute filters and deduplication, plus newsletter feeds and an RSS Builder. An Enterprise plan covers team feeds and market and threat intelligence.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Feedly, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Follow a few sources, drop them in folders, read.
- 1
Best for following lots of news sources with AI filtering
Feedly gathers sites, blogs, YouTube channels and podcasts into one reader, with 100 feeds free.
- 2
Paid plans start at $6.99 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $6.99 per month, billed annually (Pro).
- 3
There is a free plan
Free plan on the web and mobile apps: follow up to 100 feeds and organize them into 3 folders.
- 4
It runs on 3 platforms
Web, iOS and Android, with a browser extension too.
- 5
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.
- 6
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.
- 7
Search
Search across the sources you follow to find an article again. Search is listed as a Pro feature on the pricing page.
- 8
A 2.6 GPA, above 11 of 36
That is against the other read-later and bookmark apps we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
The plain part of Feedly you could make: rSS reader, read later and highlights. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
Feedly at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $6.99 per month, billed annually (Pro)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension
- Made by
- Feedly Inc.
- Category
- Read Later & Bookmarks
- Our grade
- 2.6 GPA, good
- Store rating
- 4.6 on the App Store, 26,021 ratings
The report card
Best for following lots of news sources with AI filtering
Feedly gathers sites, blogs, YouTube channels and podcasts into one reader, with 100 feeds free. Search, notes and highlights need Pro at $6.99 a month billed annually, the AI, newsletters and RSS Builder need Pro+ at $12.37 a month billed yearly only, free stops at 3 folders, and there's no desktop app. The API and Slack wait for Enterprise.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D | Pro is $6.99 a month billed annually, twice this category's $3.33 middle, and that's the price of search, notes and highlights. The AI, newsletters and RSS Builder sit on Pro+ at $12.37 a month, yearly billing only, which is miles past the $7.99 where the dearest tenth starts. |
| Free plan and trial | B | A free plan one person could really live on: 100 feeds on the web and in the phone apps, which is more sources than most of us read. The pinch is 3 folders to sort them into, and no search, notes or highlights until you pay. |
| Features | B | It covers the whole job: feeds from news sites, blogs, YouTube, podcasts and Reddit, boards for saving, notes and highlights, search, and on Pro+ AI Feeds that track a topic across the web, mute filters, deduplication and newsletters. Inoreader covers the same ground. |
| Ease of use | B | 4.64 from about 26,000 App Store ratings, a shade under the 4.7 our top mark wants, but from a big crowd. Follow a few sources, drop them in folders, read. There's nothing more to it until you start on the AI filters. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web, iPhone and Android, with Chrome and Firefox extensions, saving to Evernote and OneNote and sharing to LinkedIn, Buffer, IFTTT and Zapier. No desktop app, and the API, Slack and Microsoft Teams are Enterprise only. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Feedly is for
- Fits if you follow lots of news sites, blogs and publications and want them in one reader
- Works for people who track a topic or a company for work and will pay $12.37 a month for the AI filters
Who it is not for
- Pricey if you just want search in your feeds, which needs Pro at $6.99 a month
- Pricey if you want AI Feeds, newsletters or RSS Builder, which need Pro+ at $148.45 a year with no monthly option
- Tight if you're staying free, with 100 feeds, 3 folders and no search, notes or highlights
- Skip it if you want a desktop app, because it runs in a browser and on phones only
- Not for you if you need the API, Slack or Microsoft Teams without an Enterprise deal
Good to know
Good for
- 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
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$6.99
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Feedly has a free plan. Paid plans start at $6.99 per month, billed annually (Pro).
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.
Enterprise
Custom
Up to 7,500 feeds, team feeds and boards, newsletters, Slack and Microsoft Teams, API access, SSO/SAML, and market and threat intelligence.
The free plan
Free plan on the web and mobile apps: follow up to 100 feeds and organize them into 3 folders.
Read from feedly.com on Oct 5, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on feedly.comOther 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.
Stated on feedly.comNonprofit
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.
Stated on docs.feedly.com
What the app costs elsewhere
Each country’s App Store price for “Feedly Pro Monthly”, against $7.99 in the United States, in dollars at the day’s rate. The four cheapest and the four dearest of 11.
| Country | Price there | In dollars | Against the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | ₺53,99 | $1.10 | 86% less |
| Brazil | R$ 32,90 | $6.57 | 18% less |
| Indonesia | Rp 119ribu | $6.66 | 17% less |
| Philippines | ₱ 419.00 | $6.67 | 17% less |
| Mexico | $159.00 | $8.74 | 9% more |
| Germany | 7,99 € | $8.95 | 12% more |
| Australia | $12.99 | $9.07 | 13% more |
| United Kingdom | £7.49 | $9.90 | 24% more |
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
4
Places it runs: Web, iOS, Android and Browser extension
News reader for RSS feeds, with AI filtering on paid plans. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, read later, rSS reader, highlights.
No desktop app, and the API, Slack and Microsoft Teams are Enterprise only.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
- iOS
- Android
- Browser extension
What it works with
- Evernote
- OneNote
- Buffer
- IFTTT
- Zapier
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
Feedly is made by Feedly Inc.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
11/36
Other read-later and bookmark apps it is graded above
Feedly's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 11 of the 36 other read-later and bookmark apps we grade, and level with 4.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 15 of 36) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $6.99 a month, against a middle price of $3 for the category: 21 of the 24 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 5 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 37 read-later and bookmark apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Feedly’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 36
- BFree plan and trialAbove 15 of 36
- BFeaturesAbove 10 of 36
- BEase of useAbove 15 of 36
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 10 of 36
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 33 read-later and bookmark apps. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Feedly is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
The plain part of Feedly you could make: rSS reader, read later and highlights. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 21 of the 36 other read-later and bookmark apps grade higher. It costs $83.88 a year.
What you could make
- RSS reader, read later and highlights: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, Evernote, OneNote and LinkedIn among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Feedly’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Inoreader, NewsBlur, Feedbin, The Old Reader and Folo
The 5 tools Feedly is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 3.0GPA
Inoreader
Free plan · from $7.50/mo
- 3.0GPA
NewsBlur
Free plan · from $36/yr
Open-source RSS reader with trainable story filters.
- Only Feedly lists a browser extension.
- NewsBlur is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Feedly also covers highlights.
- 2.4GPA
Feedbin
Free trial · from $7/mo
Paid RSS reader for feeds, newsletters, podcasts and YouTube.
- Feedly has a free plan. Feedbin does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Feedly lists an Android app.
- Feedbin is open source, according to its own site.
- 2.4GPA
The Old Reader
Free plan
Web-based RSS reader with sharing among friends.
- Only Feedly lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only Feedly lists a browser extension.
- Feedly also covers read later and highlights.
- 3.0GPA
Folo
Free plan · from $4.17/mo
Open-source RSS reader with AI summaries and translation.
- Only Feedly lists a browser extension.
- Only Folo lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps.
- Folo is open source, according to its own site.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Feedly free?
Feedly has a free plan. Free plan on the web and mobile apps: follow up to 100 feeds and organize them into 3 folders.
How much does Feedly cost?
Feedly lists 4 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Feedly work on?
Feedly is available on Web, iOS and Android. It also has a browser extension.
Does Feedly offer any discounts?
Feedly publicly lists the following: About 22% off Pro with annual billing; Pro+ discounted for the first year; Nonprofit and academic discounts on Enterprise.
How is Feedly rated?
Feedly's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.6 out of 5 from 26,021 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Oct 5, 2026.
Does Feedly have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Feedly is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Feedly have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Feedly is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Feedly open source?
Feedly is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 5, 2026.
What does Feedly integrate with?
Feedly's listing names Evernote, OneNote, LinkedIn, Buffer, IFTTT, Zapier, Slack and Microsoft Teams.
Who makes Feedly?
Feedly is made by Feedly Inc.
What are the alternatives to Feedly?
The closest alternatives to Feedly in our directory are Inoreader, NewsBlur, Feedbin, The Old Reader and Folo.
How does Feedly compare with other read-later and bookmark apps?
Feedly's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 11 of the 36 other read-later and bookmark apps we grade, and level with 4.
Is Feedly good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Feedly D for value for money. Its paid plans start at $6.99 a month, against a middle price of $3 for the category: 21 of the 24 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Feedly?
The plain part of Feedly you could make: rSS reader, read later and highlights.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Feedly’s own pages on Oct 5, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Feedly's own pages on 5 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-02-15.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Feedly Inc. Prices change, so check feedly.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Feedly, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/feedly
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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