Feeder and Feedbin are both RSS readers, and the biggest difference is price: Feeder has a free plan with 200 feeds, while Feedbin has one paid plan at $7 a month or $70 a year, after a free 30-day trial. Feedbin suits people who want a quiet, ad-free reader and like to pick their own app. Feeder suits people who want to start free, want an official Android app, or share feeds with a team.
What is Feedbin?
Feedbin is a paid RSS reader made by Ben Ubois and Todd J. Collins in San Francisco, "delivering feeds since 2013." You read it on the web or in Feedbin's app for iPhone and iPad, and many other apps can sync with a Feedbin account. Besides websites, Feedbin collects e-mail newsletters, podcasts, YouTube channels and playlists, and Mastodon. Its pricing page promises "No ads, no tracking," and its code is open source under the MIT license.
What is Feeder?
Feeder is an RSS reader for the web, with extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Edge and apps for iOS and Android. It works in Safari through the web app. It first launched as a Chrome extension in 2010. Paste a site's address in Add feed and Feeder finds its feed. Besides websites, the free plan follows e-mail newsletters, YouTube channels, subreddits and Google News. For a site with no feed, Feeder can create a custom RSS feed or an AI feed.
Feeder vs Feedbin at a glance
Prices are in US dollars, taken from each company's pricing page on September 27, 2026.
| Feeder | Feedbin | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 200 feeds, as many folders as you like, no ads, no time limit | None. A free 30-day trial, no credit card required. |
| Paid plans | Plus: $7.99 a month billed yearly, or $9.99 monthly, for 2,500 feeds Professional: $14.99 per user a month billed yearly, or $19.99 monthly, for 10,000 feeds Enterprise: price on request | One plan: $7 a month, or $70 a year. "There are no tiers and no add-ons." |
| Update speed | Free every 2 hours by default, or as often as every 30 minutes. Plus and Professional every 10 minutes by default, or as often as every 5 minutes on Plus and every minute on Professional | Not stated on Feedbin's site |
| Platforms | Web, iOS and Android, plus extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Edge that show your feeds from the toolbar. Safari through the web app. | Web, and Feedbin for iPhone and iPad. The Subscribe & Save extension for Safari, Chrome and Firefox adds feeds and saves pages to read later. |
| Third-party apps | None. You read Feeder in its own apps and extensions. | Many apps sync with Feedbin, such as Reeder Classic, NetNewsWire, Unread and ReadKit on Apple devices, and Capy Reader, FeedMe and FocusReader on Android |
| Alerts and e-mail | Push and desktop notifications on every plan. E-mail updates per post, or as a daily, weekly or monthly summary, on Plus. | Push notifications through Actions |
| Filters and rules | Rules and keyword filters on Plus: star posts, mark them as read, filter them out or add them to a collection. Duplicate filters on Professional. | Actions star posts, mark them as read or send a push notification. Search syntax and saved searches. |
| Sources beyond RSS | E-mail newsletters, YouTube, Reddit, Mastodon, Bluesky, Google News and Google Alerts on every plan. Telegram on Plus. Custom and AI feeds for sites without RSS. | E-mail newsletters sent to your own Feedbin address, podcasts, YouTube channels and playlists, and Mastodon |
| Teams | Professional: shared feeds, folders and collections, workspaces and user permissions. Posts to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord and webhooks. | No team plan |
| AI features | AI summaries of posts (2 a day on Free, 10 on Plus, 60 on Professional) and AI feeds. On Plus and up, an MCP server connects Feeder to AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT. | None listed on Feedbin's site |
| Open source | No. Feeder is a hosted service. | Yes, under the MIT license |
| API | On Enterprise | Public API, documented on GitHub |
Is Feedbin free?
No. Feedbin has no free plan. You can try it free for 30 days without a credit card, and then it costs $7 a month or $70 a year. There is one plan, so everyone gets the same Feedbin: "There are no tiers and no add-ons."
What is a free alternative to Feedbin?
These readers can be used for free:
- Feeder: up to 200 feeds with no ads, on the web, in Chrome, Firefox and Edge, and on iOS and Android. Newsletters and YouTube channels work on the free plan too. See what's included.
- Inoreader: up to 150 feeds with an ad-free view. Rules, filters and newsletter feeds need Pro, at $7.50 a month billed yearly. See Feeder vs Inoreader.
- NewsBlur: up to 64 sites, with training that filters stories by author, tag and title. See Feeder vs NewsBlur.
- NetNewsWire: free and open source, for Mac, iPhone and iPad only. It can sync your feeds through iCloud.
Which is cheaper, Feeder or Feedbin?
It depends on how many feeds you follow. Up to 200 feeds, Feeder is free. Past that, Feedbin costs less: $70 a year against $95.88 for Feeder Plus billed yearly, or $7 a month against $9.99.
The plans give you different things for the money. Feeder Plus follows up to 2,500 feeds, checks them as often as every 5 minutes, and adds e-mail summaries and Rules. Feedbin's single plan includes all of Feedbin, from newsletters and podcasts to full-text extraction, and lets you read in the app of your choice.
Can I use Feedbin or Feeder with other RSS apps?
This is Feedbin's biggest strength. Many apps can sync with a Feedbin account: Reeder Classic, NetNewsWire, Unread, ReadKit, lire and Fiery Feeds on Apple devices, and Capy Reader, FeedMe and FocusReader on Android. Feedbin also has a public API.
Feeder does not work with third-party apps. You read Feeder in its own apps: the web app, the browser extensions and the iOS and Android apps, all signed in to the same account. If reading in a particular app, such as NetNewsWire, matters most to you, Feedbin is the better fit.
When Feedbin is the better choice
- You want to pick your own app. Many reader apps can use Feedbin as their sync service.
- You want a quiet, ad-free reader on the web. Feedbin promises "no ads, no tracking" and has run since 2013.
- You follow feeds that only send a summary. Full-text extraction fills in the whole article, and when an article changes, Feedbin shows you what changed.
- You want newsletters, podcasts and YouTube next to your feeds. Each newsletter goes to your own Feedbin address, and Feedbin also makes Airshow, a podcast app for iPhone and iPad.
- You want one simple price. $70 a year or $7 a month, with no tiers and no add-ons, which costs less than Feeder Plus. The code is open source, too.
When Feeder is the better choice
- You want a free plan. 200 feeds, no ads and no time limit. You pay only if you need more.
- You want an official Android app. Feeder has its own apps for iOS and Android, and extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Edge that show new posts from your toolbar. Feedbin's own app is for iPhone and iPad, so on Android you use a third-party app.
- You want more kinds of sources. Reddit, Google News, Google Alerts and Bluesky work on every plan, and Telegram on Plus. For a site with no feed, Feeder can create one.
- You work in a team. Professional, at $14.99 per user a month billed yearly, shares feeds, folders and collections across workspaces and posts news to Slack or Microsoft Teams.
You can try both without paying: Feedbin for 30 days, Feeder on its free plan for as long as you like.
How do I move from Feedbin to Feeder?
- Get an OPML file of your feeds. OPML is the file RSS readers use to move a list of feeds. Look for Export or OPML in the settings. If you read Feedbin in NetNewsWire, you can also export the list from there.
- Import into Feeder. Sign in to Feeder on the web, click Library, open Import & Export and choose Import from file. Your folders come across as they were. Step-by-step help is in Import and export your feeds with OPML.
- Move your newsletters. Newsletters sent to your Feedbin address arrive in Feedbin. In Feeder, click Add feed, choose Newsletters to get your own Feeder address, and subscribe with that address instead. See Read your e-mail newsletters in Feeder.
The free plan updates up to 200 feeds. If your file has more, Feeder tells you after the import, and only the first 200 are updated until you upgrade.
Common questions
Is Feedbin worth it?
For many readers, yes. For $7 a month or $70 a year you get a quiet reader with no ads, newsletters, podcasts and YouTube in one place, and the freedom to read in apps such as Reeder Classic or NetNewsWire. If you follow fewer than 200 feeds and are happy in one app, a free plan such as Feeder's may be all you need.
Does Feedbin have an Android app?
Feedbin's own app is for iPhone and iPad. On Android, you read Feedbin in a third-party app such as Capy Reader, FeedMe or FocusReader. Feeder has its own apps for Android and iOS, and they work on the free plan.
How does Feedbin compare with Feedly?
Feedly has a free plan for up to 100 feeds in 3 folders, with sponsored ads, and Feedly Pro costs $6 a month billed yearly or $8 monthly. Feedbin has no free plan and one paid plan at $7 a month or $70 a year, with no ads. Read the full Feedly vs Feedbin comparison.
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Feeder is an RSS reader for the web, iOS and Android, with extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Edge. The free plan follows up to 200 feeds, updated as often as every 30 minutes, with no ads. Plus is $7.99 a month, billed yearly, for 2,500 feeds, updates as often as every 5 minutes and e-mail summaries.
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