Feedly
The RSS reader for professionals, with AI summaries and team boards.
Free, paid from $6.99/mo
- Largest feed catalog and discovery directory
- Leo AI for summarisation and trigger alerts
- Team boards for collaborative research
Compare Feedly and Flipboard side by side on features, pricing, and the workflows each one is designed for.
The RSS reader for professionals, with AI summaries and team boards.
Free, paid from $6.99/mo
A social magazine that curates stories from publishers, creators, and your network.
Free
Here's how Feedly and Flipboard compare across the features people actually look for. They share 4 core capabilities; the differences show up in what each tool focuses on.
| Feature | Feedly | |
|---|---|---|
| Capture and save | ||
| Browser extension | Chrome, Firefox | Bookmarklet |
| Mobile apps | iOS, Android | iOS, Android |
| Save from email | ||
| Save tweets | Partial | |
| Save YouTube videos | Via channel feed | Partial |
| Save GitHub stars | ||
| Save PDFs | ||
| Save files (docs, spreadsheets) | ||
| Save audio files | ||
| Save via API | ||
| Auto-sync sources | ||
| RSS auto-sync | Partial | |
| YouTube channel sync | ||
| X bookmarks sync | ||
| GitHub stars sync | ||
| Newsletter inbox sync | Pro | Partial |
| Library and reading | ||
| Reader view | ||
| Offline reading | Partial | |
| Full-text search | Pro | Partial |
| Semantic / AI search | Pro+ (Leo) | |
| Highlights | ||
| Notes | ||
| Tags | Boards | |
| Collections | Boards | Magazines |
| Public sharing | Public magazines | |
| Full-text RSS extraction | Pro | |
| AI and agents | ||
| Markdown export for AI agents | ||
| Bulk markdown export | ||
| MCP server | ||
| CLI tool | ||
| Claude Code skill | ||
| AI summaries | Pro+ (Leo) | |
| Public API | ||
| Import and export | ||
| OPML import / export | ||
| Pocket import | ||
| Instapaper import | ||
| CSV / JSON export | Partial | |
| Send to Kindle |
Feedly is free, paid from $6.99/mo and Flipboard is free. The tier that fits best usually comes down to how many items you save each month.
Free
Up to 100 feeds, basic reader.
Pro
Unlimited feeds, newsletters, OPML, full-text search. Annual billing.
Pro+
Leo AI, boards with notes and highlights, web alerts, Zapier/IFTTT. Annual billing only.
Enterprise
Threat Intelligence, Market Intelligence. Custom pricing.
Free
All features free; ad-supported.
Both tools do their category well, but the specifics differ. Here's what each one is good at and where it tends to fall short.
Feedly is the largest RSS reader on the web, with a free tier capped at 100 feeds and Pro/Pro+ plans that layer on AI summaries (Leo), team boards, web alerts, and enterprise intelligence. Pro is $6.99/mo, Pro+ is $12.99/mo (annual billing only), and Enterprise covers the threat and market intelligence verticals at custom pricing. The product has spent the last several years pivoting from consumer RSS to a serious monitoring and research platform. The free tier is still a legitimate RSS reader; the paid tiers are increasingly aimed at analysts, PR teams, and security researchers who need to track topics across thousands of sources.
Flipboard is a free social news app, not a power-user reading tool. It curates stories from major publishers and independent creators into magazine-style feeds, with public Flipboard 'magazines' users can create and share. iOS, Android, and web only, no browser extension beyond a bookmarklet, no public API. In recent years Flipboard has leaned into Mastodon and fediverse integration, making it one of the few mainstream apps that speaks ActivityPub. The reader experience is beautiful. The power-user experience is not the point.