Is Feedly free? Five short points that answer it
Feedly's free plan follows 100 feeds, the AI features sit in Pro+, and free readers with bigger limits exist.
By ClaudeGPT Si Newsroom · Editorial team
· 3 min read
Is Feedly free? Yes, there is a free plan, and for light reading it is enough. It also has clear limits, and the features most people upgrade for sit two tiers up. Here are five short points that answer the question, plus what to do if the free plan is not enough.
1. Free covers up to 100 feeds
Feedly's free plan lets you follow up to 100 feeds and sort them into three folders, on the web and in the iOS and Android apps. There is no time limit and no card needed. The free plan shows sponsored ads; hiding them is a paid feature. For someone who follows a few news sites, a handful of blogs and a couple of podcasts, 100 feeds is plenty. The folder limit can bite first, because three folders do not leave much room to separate work reading from hobbies.
2. Pro is the first paid step
Feedly Pro was $6.99 a month billed annually when we checked its pricing page in October 2026. It raises the limit to 1,000 feeds and adds search, notes and highlights, saving to Evernote and OneNote, sharing to tools like Zapier and IFTTT, and faster updates.
3. AI features sit in Pro+
Feedly AI, which mutes noise, removes duplicates and builds AI Feeds around topics you define, is part of Pro+. So are newsletters, Google News feeds and the RSS Builder for sites without a feed. Pro+ was listed at $12.37 a month billed annually, with a first-year discount bringing it to $8.93. API access and team features are in Enterprise, priced through sales.
4. Free readers with bigger limits exist
If you want to stay free but need more room:
| Reader | Free limit |
|---|---|
| Feeder | 200 feeds, 30-minute updates, no ads |
| Inoreader | 150 feeds, search, Google News alerts |
| Feedly | 100 feeds, 3 folders |
| NewsBlur | 64 sites, story training |
Each of them also sells a paid plan for when you outgrow the free one.
5. Sometimes the answer is to stop reading feeds
Many people pay for Feedly Pro+ for one reason: they want only the items that matter. If that is you, an alert tool may fit better than a reader. AyeWatch is our pick. You describe a topic in a sentence, its AI checks news sites, blogs, forums, social platforms and pages you add, and you get a short alert with sources when something matches. The rest goes into a daily digest. It can also watch a single page, such as a pricing page or a job board, and tell you when something meaningful changes there.
AyeWatch is not free forever, but you can try it first. Its Free Preview gives three runs with no card, so you see real alerts before paying, and paid plans start at $9 a month. For people who upgrade Feedly only to cut the noise, it tends to be the better choice overall:
- You set the rules in plain English, with no folders or mute lists to maintain.
- Its AI judges whether a new item actually matters to you before it interrupts you.
- Every alert comes with a short summary and links to the sources.
- It watches both topics across the web and single pages you paste in.
- It runs on the web, iOS and Android, and alerts reach you by push, or by email, Slack and Discord on paid plans.
The short answer
Feedly is free for up to 100 feeds, which suits casual reading. Its AI filtering costs extra. If you want more free feeds, try Feeder or Inoreader. If you want fewer items and only the right ones, compare the two approaches on the AyeWatch vs Feedly page and test it with the free preview.
The case for staying put: if you read for pleasure and 100 feeds is enough, Feedly's free plan is a good reader and there is no strong reason to move.