Feedly is the 800-pound gorilla of RSS readers. It's powerful, feature-rich, and trusted by millions.
It's also overwhelming.
AI prioritization. Leo assistant. Threat intelligence feeds. Enterprise workflows. Board views. Skills. Mute filters. Power searches.
If you just want to read your newsletters and RSS feeds without chaos, Feedly is overkill.
That's why any-feeds exists.
Philosophy: Simple vs Powerful
Feedly's philosophy: More features, more control, more AI any-feeds' philosophy: Less UI, less friction, just the content
Feedly builds for power users — people who manage hundreds of feeds, curate content for teams, and need advanced filtering.
any-feeds builds for calm readers — people who want their newsletters and feeds in one place without learning a complex system.
Neither is better. They solve different problems.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | any-feeds | Feedly | |---------|-----------|--------| | Price | Free (forever) | Free tier limited; Pro $6-8/mo | | Feed limit | Unlimited | Free: 100 feeds; Pro: unlimited | | UI complexity | Minimal (one feed, chronological) | High (boards, views, filters, AI) | | Newsletter support | Native (email-to-RSS built-in) | Via third-party services | | Social discovery | Built-in feed sharing | Community feeds (Pro only) | | Chrome extension | Yes (one-click subscribe) | Yes | | Mobile apps | Web-based (mobile responsive) | iOS, Android native apps | | Offline reading | No | Yes (mobile apps) | | AI features | None | Leo assistant, summarization, prioritization | | Team collaboration | No | Yes (Pro+) | | Integrations | Minimal | 30+ (Slack, Evernote, Buffer, etc.) | | Search | Basic | Advanced (boolean, filters, saved searches) | | Reading view | Unified chronological feed | Multiple views (list, cards, magazine, etc.) | | Annotations | No | Yes (Pro) | | OPML import/export | Yes | Yes |
When to Choose any-feeds
Choose any-feeds if you:
- Want one unified feed for newsletters + RSS (no categories, no complexity)
- Prefer chronological reading (newest first, simple and predictable)
- Value simplicity over features (less UI = more focus on content)
- Read casually (not managing feeds for a team or publication)
- Want 100% free with no limitations on feed count
- Like social discovery (follow other people's public feeds)
- Don't need offline reading or mobile apps (web is enough)
Best for: Knowledge workers escaping newsletter overload, casual readers who want RSS without learning a new system, digital minimalists.
When to Choose Feedly
Choose Feedly if you:
- Manage hundreds of feeds across multiple topics
- Need AI prioritization to surface the most important articles
- Want multiple reading views (cards, magazine layouts, etc.)
- Require team collaboration (shared boards, annotations, workflows)
- Use integrations (save to Notion, share to Slack, schedule to Buffer)
- Need offline reading on mobile
- Want advanced search and filtering (boolean queries, mute filters, etc.)
- Monitor news and threats for work (security, PR, competitive intelligence)
Best for: Content curators, researchers, teams, security analysts, power users who live in their feed reader.
The "Too Much vs Too Little" Problem
Most feed readers fall into one of two camps:
- Too much: Feedly, Inoreader (overwhelming features, complex workflows)
- Too little: Basic readers with no discovery, clunky UIs, or abandoned projects
any-feeds aims for just right:
- Enough features to be useful (unified feed, social discovery, Chrome extension)
- Few enough features to stay simple (no AI, no views, no integrations)
- Actively maintained (not an abandoned side project)
- Free forever (no freemium tiers, no upsells)
Migration: Feedly → any-feeds
If you're curious about switching, test with a subset:
- Export your feeds from Feedly (Settings → OPML export)
- Pick 10-15 feeds you actually read (newsletters + blogs)
- Import them to any-feeds (OPML import)
- Read from any-feeds for one week
- Decide:
- If you miss Feedly's features → stick with Feedly
- If you feel less overwhelmed → migrate fully
You can also run both: Feedly for work research, any-feeds for personal reading.
The Real Question: How Do You Want to Read?
Feedly is a content management system. any-feeds is a reading app.
If you're managing feeds for a team, curating content for publication, or monitoring hundreds of sources — Feedly is built for you.
If you're just trying to read your newsletters and favorite blogs without inbox chaos or UI overload — any-feeds is built for you.
Different tools, different jobs.
Try Both (They're Both Free)
The best way to decide? Try both for a week.
- Feedly free tier: 100 feeds, all core features, no time limit
- any-feeds: Unlimited feeds, no restrictions, free forever
Pick 10 feeds. Add them to both. Read from each for 3 days. See which one you actually open.
The right tool is the one you'll actually use.
Ready for calm, simple feed reading?
Try any-feeds — no AI, no algorithms, no complexity. Just your content in one chronological feed.
Free forever. Install the Chrome extension and start reading in 2 minutes.
Or stick with Feedly if you need the power. No judgment — use what works.