Feedly

Feedly is a cross-source news reader that also extends into AI-assisted threat and market intelligence. It suits individual readers who want publications, newsletters and Google News together, as well as security and research teams that need structured intelligence workflows. The right choice depends on whether you need a personal reading system or the considerably more specialized team products.

For ordinary reading, Feedly’s combination of search, full-text extraction, filtering and saved research is more capable than a simple headline list. Its intelligence products add substantial team tooling, but their costs and audience are very different from the free reader.

Overview

The News Reader combines followed websites, blogs, industry publications, email newsletters and Google News feeds in one stream. Search works across those sources, while Boards store articles for later reference. Notes and sentence highlights preserve your own context alongside saved material, making Feedly practical for ongoing research rather than only quick reading.

Feedly also sells AI-powered Market Intelligence and Threat Intelligence products. The company was founded in 2008 and moved toward B2B and AI/ML in 2016. Its stated security practices include US production data centers, HTTPS encryption in transit, use of customer data only to deliver the service and related support, and deletion of customer data 30 days after agreement termination. Feedly’s site states that it is SOC 2 Certified.

Key features

Reading and organizing

Feedly supports up to 100 feeds, full-text extraction and filter rules. Those limits and tools suit a reader tracking many publications or trying to reduce noise before saving important items. The free account allows up to three personal Boards, which is workable for a small number of topics but restrictive for readers who maintain many separate projects or archives.

Threat intelligence

Threat Intelligence is built for CTI teams rather than casual news consumption. Intel Agents collect signals from more than 10,000 trusted clear- and dark-web sources. Ask AI supports threat research, and Feedly says deep citations connect AI responses to original sources, an important safeguard when analysts need traceability. Tailored intelligence delivery makes the product relevant to teams turning incoming signals into reports.

Market intelligence

Market Intelligence combines AI Feeds, trend dashboards, insights cards and Ask AI for discovering and sharing industry information. It is a better fit for coordinated competitive or market research than the personal News Reader, especially where multiple people need common outputs and reusable templates.

Integrations and APIs

Integrations include Cortex XSOAR, MISP, OpenCTI, Microsoft Sentinel, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zapier, Dropbox, Evernote and OneNote. Feedly documents REST APIs for sharing intelligence, plus Feed, Search and STIX APIs for retrieving content. These options matter most to organizations fitting Feedly into existing security, collaboration or automation systems.

Pricing

News Reader Free

The free account costs nothing, requires no credit card and allows up to three personal Boards. Feedly offers a free trial and a freemium model; paid News Reader access starts from 7 /mo. The free tier is a sensible starting point for personal reading, but the Board cap is the main constraint for organized long-term use.

Market Intelligence

Market Intelligence Standard costs $1,600 a month, billed annually. It includes 100 AI Feeds, five Newsletter Templates, up to 10 seats, and Company and Trend Insights Cards. Advanced costs $2,400 a month, billed annually, and raises capacity to 200 AI Feeds and 20 Newsletter Templates, with up to 25 seats, Ask AI, API Access and Single Sign-On. Standard fits smaller teams that need shared intelligence basics; Advanced is for larger groups requiring AI research, identity integration and API connectivity.

Threat Intelligence

Threat Intelligence Standard uses custom pricing and includes more than 1,000 Threat Intelligence AI Models, 50 AI Feeds, five Newsletter Templates, Ask AI, Report Builder and whole-team access. Advanced also uses custom pricing, adds 100 AI Feeds, OpenCTI, XSOAR and MISP integrations, Slack and Microsoft Teams integration, and Threat Graph STIX API access. Dark Web Agents and Commercial Access are available as add-ons. These plans target professional CTI operations, not budget-conscious individual readers.

Platforms

Feedly offers Android and iOS apps, a web app, a browser extension and an API. Mobile support covers reading away from a desk, while the web and extension options suit desktop monitoring and source capture. Team sharing is supported.

Who it's for

Choose Feedly’s News Reader for a broad personal feed that needs search, filtering, full-text content and saved research. Choose Market Intelligence when teams need shared trend and company analysis, templates and seats. Choose Threat Intelligence when CTI work requires large-scale signal collection, AI-assisted investigation, citations and security-system integrations. Readers wanting more than three personal Boards on a free account should plan for a paid tier or another reader.

Pros and cons

Pros

• One reader covers sites, newsletters and Google News, reducing the need to monitor separate sources.
• Search, full-text extraction, filter rules, notes and highlights support disciplined research rather than headline scanning.
• Threat Intelligence connects AI research with cited source trails and extensive clear- and dark-web collection.
• Market and threat products offer team seats, APIs and integrations with major security and collaboration tools.
• US data centers, HTTPS in transit, stated 30-day post-termination deletion and SOC 2 certification address common organizational concerns.

Cons

• The free News Reader is capped at three personal Boards, limiting complex personal filing systems.
• Market Intelligence pricing is high for individual users and is billed annually.
• Threat Intelligence plans use custom pricing, making budgeting less straightforward.
• The ordinary reader and specialist intelligence products serve very different audiences, so casual users may find the broader offering more than they need.

Alternatives

Fluent Reader is a free, open-source BSD-3-Clause desktop RSS reader for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows; pick it when local, open-source reading matters more than Feedly’s intelligence products.

FreshRSS is a free, self-hosted RSS and Atom aggregator with web, mobile, API and desktop-platform support; choose it when you want to host the service yourself.

Feeder offers a free tier with 200 feeds, 30-minute updates, 50 posts of history per feed and two AI summaries daily, making it preferable when feed capacity matters more than Feedly’s 100-feed limit.

Feedreader provides a free Standard Edition and a 29.00 EUR one-time MySQL Edition; it suits readers seeking a simpler desktop or web RSS product.

Passman is a free, open-source option with no paid plan or stated usage limits; select it when those terms are the priority.

Inoreader has a free tier with 150 RSS subscriptions and a 6.67 EUR monthly Pro plan; choose it when a larger free subscription allowance is more important.

NewsBlur offers a free tier for up to 64 sites with real-time updates and story-training tools; it is a better fit when those specific reading features outweigh Feedly’s broader feed limit.

Newsboat is a free MIT-licensed RSS/Atom reader for Linux and macOS text terminals, suited to keyboard-driven terminal users.

For a wider category comparison, see RSS Reader Software.

Verdict

Feedly is a strong choice for readers who want one place for varied sources and for organizations that need AI-assisted market or threat intelligence with integrations and APIs. Its main reasons to look elsewhere are the free account’s three-Board limit, the high annual Market Intelligence prices and custom-priced Threat Intelligence plans. Start with the free News Reader for personal use; move to a paid intelligence product only when your team needs its specialized research and delivery tools.