Feedly

Feedly is a news reader alongside AI-powered products for threat and market intelligence. It suits people who want a single stream for publications and newsletters, as well as teams that need to gather and share industry or security signals. The personal reader and team intelligence tools serve different needs, so choosing well depends on whether you are organizing reading or equipping a team.

Overview

The News Reader brings followed news sites, blogs, industry publications, email newsletters, and Google News feeds together. Search across sources, saved articles, Boards, notes, and sentence highlights support a more deliberate reading workflow than simply scanning a feed. Feedly also offers full-text extraction and filter rules, with a feed limit of 100.

Its other products move beyond personal reading. Market Intelligence is built around discovering and sharing information about industries and trends; Threat Intelligence is aimed at CTI teams collecting and investigating security signals. Feedly was founded in 2008 and shifted toward B2B and AI/ML in 2016.

Key features

Reading and organizing

Search and annotation tools help readers find and retain useful material across a mix of sources. Boards provide a place to collect articles, though the free plan allows only three personal Boards. That is workable for a small number of ongoing interests, but a reader who organizes research into many distinct collections will need to consider the cap.

Market and threat intelligence

Market Intelligence combines AI Feeds, trend dashboards, insights cards, and Ask AI to help teams find and share industry intelligence. The Standard plan has 100 AI Feeds and up to 10 seats; Advanced doubles the feed allowance and raises the seat limit to 25, while adding Ask AI, API access, and single sign-on.

Threat Intelligence targets CTI teams with AI models, feeds, Ask AI, and report-building tools. Feedly says its Intel Agents collect signals from more than 10,000 trusted clear and dark web sources, and that deep citations link AI responses to their original sources. Those features address research traceability and breadth, but this product is a team intelligence offering rather than an upgrade for ordinary news reading.

Integrations, API, and security

Listed integrations include Cortex XSOAR, MISP, OpenCTI, Microsoft Sentinel, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zapier, Dropbox, Evernote, and OneNote. Feedly documents REST APIs for sharing intelligence, alongside Feed, Search, and STIX APIs for retrieving content. These connections make the intelligence products more relevant to teams working across security and collaboration tools.

Feedly says its production data centers are in the United States and physically and digitally secured, and browser traffic is encrypted over HTTPS. Its security practices say customer data is used to provide the service and related support, then deleted 30 days after an agreement ends. The company states that it is SOC 2 Certified.

Pricing

Feedly is freemium, with a free trial and paid plans. News Reader Free costs nothing, requires no credit card, and includes up to three personal Boards. It is the sensible starting point for individual reading, but does not include the larger team-oriented Market Intelligence plan features.

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. This suits a smaller team focused on discovering and sharing industry intelligence, but it does not include the Advanced plan’s Ask AI, API access, or single sign-on.

Market Intelligence Advanced costs $2,400 a month, billed annually. It includes 200 AI Feeds, Ask AI, 20 Newsletter Templates, up to 25 seats, API access, and single sign-on. The higher price is easier to justify for a larger team that needs those capabilities; smaller teams may be paying for capacity they do not need.

Threat Intelligence Standard and Advanced have custom pricing. Standard includes 1,000+ Threat Intelligence AI Models, 50 AI Feeds, five Newsletter Templates, Ask AI and Report Builder, and whole-team access. Advanced includes Standard, 100 AI Feeds, OpenCTI, XSOAR, MISP, Slack, and Microsoft Teams integrations, plus a Threat Graph STIX API. Dark Web Agents and Commercial Access are available as add-ons. The team access and specialist integrations make these plans relevant to CTI operations, not general-purpose personal reading.

Platforms

Feedly supports web, Android, and iOS, as well as a browser extension and API. That mix covers reading on mobile and desktop, while the API gives teams a route to integrate intelligence workflows.

Who it's for

Feedly is a strong fit for readers following a varied set of publications who want search, saved articles, notes, and highlights in one place. It is also suited to organizations that need dedicated tools for market or threat intelligence and can make use of team seats, AI Feeds, integrations, or API access. Readers who only need a lightweight, free RSS reader may find the intelligence product range unnecessary.

Pros and cons

• Pros: One reader can combine sites, newsletters, and Google News feeds, with search, Boards, notes, highlights, full-text extraction, and filter rules for managing what comes in.
• Pros: Separate market and threat intelligence products add team-focused AI research tools, integrations, and APIs beyond basic feed reading.
• Cons: The free News Reader caps personal Boards at three, and the feed limit is 100; readers who need more room should weigh those limits before committing to a workflow.
• Cons: Market Intelligence has substantial annual-billing prices, while Threat Intelligence uses custom pricing, so neither is a simple low-cost extension of the free reader.

Alternatives

For a broader comparison, see RSS Reader Software.

• Fluent Reader is a free, open-source desktop RSS reader for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows; choose it if that platform range and open-source desktop focus better fit your needs.
• FreshRSS is a free, self-hosted RSS and Atom feed aggregator with web, mobile, and desktop platform support; it is an option for readers who want a self-hosted service.
• Feeder offers a free plan for 200 feeds, 30-minute updates, 50 posts of history per feed, and two AI summaries per day; consider it if those defined free-tier limits suit your reading needs.
• Feedreader has a free Standard Edition and a MySQL Edition priced at €29, paid once; choose it if those editions better match your requirements.
• Passman is a free product with Android, API, extension, iOS, self-hosted, and web support; consider it if those platforms suit your needs.
• CommaFeed offers a free public instance with up to 1,000 feeds per account, 500 entries per feed, and entries kept for 365 days; it may suit readers prioritizing those public-instance allowances.
• FeedBro offers a free plan and supports Android, extension, and web; consider it if that platform mix is a better fit.
• Inoreader includes a free plan for 150 RSS feed subscriptions and a Pro plan priced at €6.67 a month; it is an alternative for readers who want those subscription and pricing terms.

Verdict

Choose Feedly if you want a cross-source reader with useful tools for collecting and annotating articles, or if your organization needs dedicated market or threat intelligence workflows. Its breadth across personal reading and team research is the central advantage. Look elsewhere if you need a simpler free reader with fewer constraints, or if the annual Market Intelligence pricing and custom-priced Threat Intelligence plans do not fit your needs.