Feeder and Feedly are both RSS readers: you follow the websites you choose and read their new posts in one list. Feeder has the bigger free plan (200 feeds, no ads) and alerts you when a feed posts something new. Feedly's Pro plan costs less, and its higher plans are built around Feedly AI.
What is Feedly?
Feedly is an RSS reader for the web, iOS and Android, first released in 2008. Feedly calls its reader Feedly News Reader, and the company also sells AI tools for businesses: Market Intelligence and Threat Intelligence. Feedly grew fast in 2013, when Google announced it would close Google Reader.
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. For a site with no feed, Feeder can create a custom RSS feed or an AI feed.
Feeder vs Feedly at a glance
Prices are in US dollars, taken from each company's pricing page on September 26, 2026.
| Feeder | Feedly | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 200 feeds, as many folders as you like, no ads | 100 feeds in up to 3 folders, with sponsored ads |
| Paid plans | Plus: $7.99 a month billed yearly, or $9.99 monthly Professional: $14.99 per user a month billed yearly, or $19.99 monthly Enterprise: price on request | Pro: $6 a month billed yearly ($72 a year), or $8 monthly Pro+: $12 a month, billed yearly only ($144 a year). The first year was $99 when we checked. Enterprise: price on request |
| Feeds on paid plans | Plus 2,500, Professional 10,000 | Pro 1,000, Pro+ 2,500, Enterprise up to 7,500 |
| 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 | Free every 30 minutes to once a day, depending on the site. Pro every 15 to 60 minutes. Pro+ and Enterprise as often as every 7 minutes. |
| 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, iOS and Android. The Feedly Mini extension for Chrome and Firefox adds content to Feedly while you browse. |
| Alerts and e-mail summaries | Push and desktop notifications on every plan. E-mail updates per post, or as a daily, weekly or monthly summary, on Plus. | No in-app or e-mail notifications for new articles, according to Feedly's help center. Enterprise teams can send scheduled newsletters. |
| 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. | Mute filters and deduplication with Feedly AI on Pro+ and Enterprise |
| Teams | Professional: shared feeds, folders and collections, workspaces and user permissions. Posts to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord and webhooks. | Enterprise: team feeds and boards, newsletters, Slack and Microsoft Teams, API access and single sign-on |
| 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. | Feedly AI on Pro+: AI Feeds that track a topic across the web, plus AI mute filters and deduplication. Enterprise adds threat and market intelligence. |
| E-mail newsletters and Google News | Follow both on every plan | Pro+ and Enterprise |
| Import and export | OPML import and export on every plan. Import also reads CSV and XLS files. | OPML import and export in the web app. The export leaves out AI Feeds, Reddit feeds, Boards and Read Later. |
What does Feedly do well?
- A low price for Pro. At $6 a month billed yearly, Feedly Pro costs less than Feeder Plus. It suits you if 1,000 feeds and updates every 15 to 60 minutes are enough.
- Finding new sources. Feedly suggests bundles of sources for a topic, and you can sort them by followers, articles per week or relevance.
- Feedly AI. On Pro+, AI Feeds scan millions of articles for the topics you care about, and AI mute filters and deduplication cut the noise and the repeats.
- Saving and sharing. Pro adds notes and highlights, and sends articles to tools like Evernote, OneNote and Zapier.
- Intelligence for companies. Enterprise adds threat intelligence and market intelligence for security and research teams.
Where is Feeder different?
- More on the free plan. 200 feeds, as many folders as you need (folders inside folders too), and no ads. Feedly Free stops at 100 feeds and 3 folders.
- Alerts for new posts. Feeder notifies you on your phone and desktop on every plan. Plus, at $7.99 a month billed yearly, adds e-mail for each new post or as a summary.
- Faster updates for the price. Plus checks your feeds as often as every 5 minutes. Professional as often as every minute.
- More sources for free. E-mail newsletters and Google News work on the free plan. Feedly puts both on Pro+.
- Reading from your toolbar. Feeder's browser extensions show your feeds and new posts right in Chrome, Firefox or Edge.
- A per-user price for teams. Professional is $14.99 per user a month, billed yearly. Feedly's team features are on Enterprise, priced on request.
Which one is right for you?
- Choose Feedly if a lower price for a paid plan matters most and 1,000 feeds are enough, if you want Feedly AI to track a topic for you, or if your company needs threat or market intelligence.
- Choose Feeder if you want a free plan with 200 feeds and no ads, alerts when a feed posts something new, updates as often as every 5 minutes on Plus ($7.99 a month, billed yearly), or a team setup priced per user.
Both have free plans, and both import and export OPML, so you can try each one with your own feeds.
How do I move from Feedly to Feeder?
- Export from Feedly. Sign in to Feedly on the web, open
feedly.com/i/opmland save the OPML file. The export only works in Feedly's web app, not in the mobile apps. - Import into Feeder. Sign in to Feeder on the web, open Library, then Import & Export, and choose Import from file. Your folders come across as they were.
- Add what the export skips. Feedly's export leaves out AI Feeds, Reddit feeds, Boards and Read Later. Add your subreddits again with Add feed, as shown in Reddit RSS feeds.
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 Feedly free?
Yes. Feedly's free plan follows up to 100 feeds in 3 folders on the web, iOS and Android. Paid plans start at $6 a month, billed yearly.
Is Feedly an RSS reader?
Yes. Feedly follows websites through their RSS feeds and calls its reader Feedly News Reader. Its business plans add AI tools on top.
What is the difference between Google News and Feedly?
Google News is Google's free news app: its algorithms pick the stories and group them for you. Feedly, like Feeder, is an RSS reader: you choose the sources and see everything they publish. Google News also offers RSS feeds for searches, which you can follow in Feeder on the free plan. The full comparison is in Feedly vs Google News.
How does Feedbin compare with Feedly?
Feedbin is a paid RSS reader with a single plan: $7 a month or $70 a year, after a free 30-day trial. Feedly has a free plan and several paid plans.
Try Feeder
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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