Feeder suits people who want the bigger free plan: 200 feeds with no ads, plus push notifications and newsletters. Inoreader suits power users who pay for Pro, at $7.50 a month billed yearly, for tools such as monitoring feeds and offline reading. Both run on the web, iOS and Android, and both follow up to 2,500 feeds on their first paid plan.
What is Inoreader?
Inoreader is an RSS reader for the web, iOS and Android, with browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox. It was founded in 2013 and is made by Innologica, an EU-based company. Besides websites, Inoreader follows Google News alerts, YouTube channels, Reddit and podcasts. Pro adds newsletters, feeds for sites without RSS, and Bluesky, Facebook and Telegram. Team plans add Slack, Microsoft Teams and single sign-on.
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. Feeder first launched as a Chrome extension in 2010 and is made in Stockholm, Sweden. 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 Inoreader at a glance
Prices are in US dollars, taken from each company's pricing page on September 27, 2026.
| Feeder | Inoreader | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 200 feeds, as many folders as you like, no ads | 150 feeds, folders and tags, no 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: $7.50 a month billed yearly, or $9.99 monthly Team: from $44.99 a month for 3 members Team Intelligence: from $64.99 a month for 3 members Custom: price on request |
| Feeds on paid plans | Plus 2,500, Professional 10,000 | Pro 2,500. The 3- and 5-member Team plans share 10,000. |
| 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 | At least once an hour by default. On Pro, up to 100 boosted feeds refresh every 10 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, plus extensions for Chrome and Firefox. Also works with apps such as NetNewsWire and Reeder Classic. |
| 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 on Pro. E-mail digests on Team plans. |
| Filters and rules | Rules and keyword filters on Plus. Duplicate filters on Professional. | Pro: up to 30 rules and 50 filters. Not on Free. |
| Sources beyond RSS | Free: YouTube, Reddit, Google News, Google Alerts, Mastodon, Bluesky and e-mail newsletters. Plus adds Telegram and custom feeds for sites without RSS. | Every plan: Google News alerts, YouTube, Reddit and podcasts. Pro adds 20 newsletter feeds, 20 web feeds for sites without RSS, 30 monitoring feeds, and Bluesky, Facebook and Telegram. |
| Teams | Professional: shared feeds, folders and collections, workspaces and user permissions. Posts to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord and webhooks. Single sign-on on Enterprise. | Team plans with public prices: Slack and Microsoft Teams, single sign-on and e-mail digests. |
| AI features | AI summaries of posts (2 a day on Free, 10 on Plus, 60 on Professional) and AI feeds (3 on Free, 30 on Plus). On Plus and up, an MCP server connects Feeder to your AI assistant. | Pro: article summaries, podcast and video transcripts and suggested tags, with a choice of OpenAI, Mistral AI or Anthropic models. Team Intelligence adds Intelligence reports. |
| Integrations and API | Zapier on Professional. API on Enterprise. | IFTTT, Zapier and n8n on Pro. API on Pro, with a limited number of calls. |
| Import and export | OPML import and export on every plan. Import also reads CSV and XLS files. | OPML import on every plan. Automatic OPML backups on Pro. |
Is Inoreader free?
Yes. Inoreader's free plan has no time limit and needs no credit card. It follows up to 150 RSS feeds with no ads.
- Included on Free: folders and tags, search in your feeds, Google News alerts, dashboards, read later and full article text, plus 10 translated articles and 5 text-to-speech articles a day.
- Needs Pro: rules and filters, push notifications, newsletter feeds, web and monitoring feeds, Bluesky, Facebook and Telegram feeds, AI, offline reading, and integrations such as IFTTT and Zapier.
Feeder's free plan follows 200 feeds with no ads, and push notifications, newsletters and Bluesky all work on it. Rules and filters need a paid plan in Feeder too. See what's included in Feeder's Free plan.
How much does Inoreader cost?
Inoreader Pro is $7.50 a month billed yearly, or $9.99 billed monthly. For one person there is also a Custom plan, priced on request. Pro raises the limits to:
- 2,500 RSS feeds
- 30 rules and 50 filters
- 20 web feeds and 20 newsletter feeds
- 30 monitoring feeds, and 30 feeds each from Bluesky, Facebook and Telegram
- 100 boosted feeds that refresh every 10 minutes
Inoreader's team plans have public prices:
| Members | Team | Team Intelligence |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $44.99 a month | $64.99 a month |
| 5 | $74.99 a month | $99.99 a month |
| 10 | $119.99 a month | $169.99 a month |
| 20 | $224.99 a month | $319.99 a month |
| 50 | $374.99 a month | $629.99 a month |
The pricing page shows these as monthly prices and doesn't say whether they are billed monthly or yearly. The 3- and 5-member plans share 10,000 RSS feeds. For larger teams, Inoreader asks you to contact sales.
Which is cheaper, Feeder or Inoreader?
For one person, Inoreader Pro is slightly cheaper when you pay yearly: $7.50 a month, against $7.99 for Feeder Plus. Billed monthly, both cost $9.99. Both follow up to 2,500 feeds.
For teams, it depends on size. Feeder Professional is $14.99 per user a month billed yearly, so 3 people pay $44.97 a month and 5 pay $74.95, about the same as Inoreader's Team plan ($44.99 and $74.99). From 10 people up, Inoreader costs less: $119.99 a month for 10 members, against $149.90 for 10 Feeder users.
On the free plans, Feeder gives you more room: 200 feeds against 150, with push notifications and newsletters included.
Which one checks feeds faster?
On the paid plans, Feeder. Plus checks feeds every 10 minutes by default, and you can set a feed to update as often as every 5 minutes. Professional goes as often as every minute. Inoreader says its feeds refresh at least once an hour by default, and Pro lets you boost up to 100 feeds to refresh every 10 minutes.
On the free plans, it is closer. Feeder checks every 2 hours by default, and you can set any feed to update as often as every 30 minutes. Some sites announce each new post the moment they publish it, and Feeder picks those up right away on every plan. More in How often Feeder checks your feeds.
When Inoreader is the better choice
- You want the most automation for the price. Pro, at $7.50 a month billed yearly, includes 30 rules, 50 filters, 30 monitoring feeds and 20 web feeds for sites without RSS.
- You want reading tools on the free plan. Search in your feeds, tags and dashboards work on Inoreader Free, with a few translations and text-to-speech articles a day.
- You read offline or follow Facebook pages. Pro adds both.
- You want to pick your own app. NetNewsWire and Reeder Classic can sync with Inoreader. Feeder only syncs with its own apps and extensions.
- You want to choose your AI model. Pro summarizes articles, transcribes podcasts and videos, and lets you pick OpenAI, Mistral AI or Anthropic.
- You run a team of 10 or more. Inoreader's team plans cost less per person at that size, and they include single sign-on, which Feeder keeps for Enterprise.
When Feeder is the better choice
- You want a bigger free plan. 200 feeds with no ads, and as many folders as you like, folders inside folders too.
- You want alerts without paying. Push and desktop notifications work on Free. Plus, at $7.99 a month billed yearly, adds e-mail for each new post or as a daily, weekly or monthly summary. See Get notifications for new posts.
- You follow newsletters and social accounts for free. E-mail newsletters, Mastodon, Bluesky, YouTube, Reddit and Google News all work on the free plan.
- You want faster updates by default. Plus checks feeds every 10 minutes by default and as often as every 5 minutes. Professional goes as often as every minute.
- You read from your browser toolbar. Feeder's extensions show your feeds and new posts in Chrome, Firefox or Edge.
- You want to try AI for free. The free plan includes 3 AI feeds for sites without RSS and 2 AI summaries a day. On Plus, you can also connect Feeder to your AI assistant.
Both have free plans, and both import OPML, so you can try each one with your own feeds.
How do I move from Inoreader to Feeder?
- Get an OPML file from Inoreader. OPML is the file readers use to move your list of feeds. In Inoreader, go to Preferences, then Import, Export, Backup, and download your feeds as OPML. On Pro, Inoreader also keeps automatic OPML backups there.
- Import it 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.
- Set up what the file doesn't carry. OPML moves feeds and folders, not your read or saved articles, tags or rules. For newsletters, choose Newsletters in Add feed to get your Feeder address, then subscribe with it. Rules can be set up again on Plus.
The free plan updates up to 200 feeds. If your file has more, Feeder imports them all, tells you, and only the first 200 update until you upgrade. Plus follows 2,500, the same as Inoreader Pro. Details in Import and export your feeds with OPML.
Common questions
Does Inoreader have ads?
No. Inoreader's free plan is ad-free, and so is Feeder's. Feedly's free plan, by contrast, shows sponsored ads.
Is Inoreader better than Feedly?
On the free plans, Inoreader gives you more: 150 feeds with no ads, against Feedly's 100 feeds in 3 folders with sponsored ads. Feedly Pro is cheaper, at $6 a month billed yearly for 1,000 feeds. The full comparison is in Feedly vs Inoreader.
Can I use Inoreader with NetNewsWire or Reeder?
Yes, with NetNewsWire and Reeder Classic, which both list Inoreader as a sync service. The newer Reeder app doesn't sync with outside services. Feeder doesn't work with third-party apps: you read in Feeder's own apps and extensions.
What is a free alternative to Inoreader?
Feeder's free plan follows 200 feeds with no ads. NetNewsWire, for Apple devices, and FreshRSS and Miniflux, which you host yourself, are free and open source. See more in Inoreader alternatives.
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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