Tool profile
Feedbin: cost, fit and limits
Feedbin is a paid web feed reader made by Feedbin in the United States that collects websites, newsletters, podcasts and YouTube channels into one inbox, with full-text extraction and a developer API, and no AI features named on its pages.
What to know first
Feedbin has a single plan: $70 a year or $7 a month, after a 30-day trial that needs no credit card. There are no tiers or add-ons, so the price is the same for every feature. No AI is named on the pages we read, which makes Feedbin a plain reader to pair with an assistant you already use or a separate summary tool.
Feedbin at a glance
| Maker | Feedbin, United States |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Free trial only |
| Entry price | $70 per year, or $7 per month |
| API access | Yes |
| Category | Best AI RSS Readers in 2026, rank 5 of 13 |
| Website | feedbin.com |
Who Feedbin is best for
Newsletter readers
Every account gets a unique email address, so newsletters arrive in the same inbox as blogs instead of crowding email.
Readers who want one price
With no tiers or add-ons, a buyer does not compare feed caps or daily limits, which keeps budgeting simple and makes the yearly cost easy to predict.
Apple app users who want a sync service
Feedbin is a named sync service in NetNewsWire, Unread and others, so it works as a backend for native clients.
Feedbin plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Feedbin annual | $70 per year, saving $14 against monthly | Includes websites, newsletters, podcasts and YouTube, full-text extraction, search, actions and sync with apps, after a 30-day trial without a card. |
| Feedbin monthly | $7 per month | Includes the same full feature set as the annual plan, billed monthly, with no tiers, add-ons or feature differences between the two billing options. |
Checked November 2026.
What Feedbin does
- Full-text extraction
- Pulls the full content of partial feeds into the reader, so you do not leave Feedbin to finish an article from a site that publishes only a snippet.
- Newsletter inbox
- A unique email address per account lets you subscribe to newsletters and read them with the rest of your feeds, so your regular inbox stays free of them.
- Podcasts and YouTube
- Podcasts play in Feedbin or in the Airshow app, and YouTube channels and playlists are followed in order without an algorithm choosing which items appear first.
- Search and saved searches
- A search syntax finds items across your feeds, and searches can be saved, which helps when you follow one topic across many different sources over several weeks.
- Actions
- Rules can star an article, mark it as read or send a push notification when it matches, which automates triage without any AI and keeps the inbox short.
How Feedbin handles your data
The about page names Feedbin as the maker and the United States as its country. The privacy policy page at /privacy returned 404 when we checked, so retention, hosting region and whether any customer content is used for training were not stated on the pages we read. No security certifications are listed. A buyer who needs a data statement should email the vendor before paying, and the vendor's policy was not checked for this.
Where Feedbin falls short in practice
- No AI features. None of the opened pages names a summary, translation or assistant feature, so a reader who wants AI inside the reader has to look elsewhere.
- Privacy page missing. The /privacy path returned 404, which leaves retention and hosting unstated and makes a vendor review impossible from the pages we read. Ask the vendor directly.
- One billing choice. A single plan means no free tier after the 30-day trial, so casual readers pay $70 a year or look at the free readers elsewhere in this ranking.
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Feedbin: common questions
Does Feedbin have AI features?
No AI feature is named on the Feedbin pages we read. The product covers full-text extraction, search, actions, newsletters, podcasts and YouTube. A reader who wants summaries would pair it with a separate assistant or choose one of the readers in this ranking that names AI.
How much does Feedbin cost?
Feedbin costs $70 a year, saving $14 against the $7 monthly price. There are no tiers or add-ons, so every feature is included. A 30-day free trial is available without a credit card, and there is no permanent free plan.
Can I read newsletters in Feedbin?
Yes. Every account gets a unique email address that you can use to subscribe to newsletters, and their issues appear next to your feeds. That removes newsletters from your regular inbox without needing a separate read-later tool. Newsletters then sit beside blogs and podcasts in one place.
Does Feedbin work with native apps?
Feedbin is a named sync service in NetNewsWire and Unread, and the help pages mention the Airshow app for podcasts. Use those apps for a native reading experience on Apple devices while Feedbin handles fetching and storing items. Both apps read the same account, so you can switch between them.
Is there a Feedbin API?
The facts we gathered show an API is available, which is how third-party clients sync with Feedbin. The pages we read did not give rate limits or terms for it, so check the help section before building a tool on it.