NewsBlur vs Feedly

Two of the most popular RSS readers, compared feature by feature. Here's how they differ.

Feature	NewsBlur	Feedly
Intelligence Training	✓ Train by author, tag, title, text, URL, regex	✓ AI-based topic prioritization
User-Controlled Filtering	✓ You decide what to focus and hide	✗ Algorithm decides for you
Regex Classifiers	✓ Title, text, and URL patterns (Pro)	✗
Ask AI (Query Stories)	✓ Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok	✓ AI Assistant (Feedly AI)
Full-Text Search	✓ Elasticsearch-powered	✓ Pro+ plans
Story Archive (Forever)	✓ Archive plan ($99/yr)	✗ Stories expire
Track Changes / Diffs	✓ See how stories evolve	✗
Web Feeds (Any Website)	✓ Follow sites without RSS	✗ RSS only
Email Newsletters	✓ Forward to NewsBlur	✓ Forward to Feedly
Social / Blurblog	✓ Public blurblog with comments	✓ Team boards (paid)
Open Source	✓ Fully open source on GitHub	✗ Proprietary
Self-Hosted Option	✓ Docker one-command install	✗
Third-Party App Support	✓ Reeder, ReadKit, Unread, etc.	✓ Reeder, ReadKit, etc.
Free Plan	64 sites	100 sources, 3 feeds
Cheapest Paid Plan	$36/year (1,024 sites)	$72/year (Pro)
Power User Plan	$29/month (Pro: 10K sites, 5-min fetching)	$144/year (Pro+) / $18/month (Enterprise)
OPML Import/Export	✓	✓
Keyboard Shortcuts	✓ Comprehensive	✓ Basic
Dark Mode	✓	✓
iOS & Android Apps	✓ Native	✓ Native

You're in control, not an algorithm

The biggest difference between NewsBlur and Feedly is philosophy. Feedly uses AI to decide what's important for you. NewsBlur puts you in control with its intelligence training system. You explicitly tell NewsBlur what to highlight and what to hide, by author, tag, title keyword, full text, URL, or regex pattern. There's no black box — you always know why a story is highlighted or hidden.

Open source and self-hostable

NewsBlur is fully open source under the MIT license. You can inspect the code, contribute features, or run your own instance with Docker. Your data is truly yours. Feedly is a proprietary, closed-source service with no self-hosted option. If Feedly shuts down or changes pricing, you have no alternative but to export and leave.