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FreshRSS vs NewsBlur

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FreshRSS compared with NewsBlur
DetailFreshRSSNewsBlur
What it doesA free, self-hostable feed aggregator Personal News Reader with Intelligence Training
StageEstablished Established
FoundedNot given 2009
Based inNot given US
Pricing modelfree freemium
PricingNot given Free plan with up to 64 sites. Premium $36/year for 1,024 sites, search, and river of news. Premium Archive $99/year for full archive, Ask AI, and 4,096 sites. Premium Pro $29/month for 10,000 sites and 5-minute feed fetching. All new accounts include a 30-day free premium trial with no credit card
Key features
  • RSS and Atom feed aggregation
  • Follow websites, podcasts and video channels
  • Real-time feed synchronization via WebSub
  • Web scraping to generate feeds
  • Search and save queries
  • OPML import and export
  • Mobile support
  • Themes and extensions
  • Highly configurable
  • Feed generation based on filters
  • Intelligence Training - Train stories by author, tag, title, and keyword to highlight or hide matching stories
  • Full-Text Training - Train on the actual content of stories to filter based on what's being said
  • Ask AI - Ask questions about stories using Claude, GPT, Gemini, or Grok
  • Daily Briefing - AI-generated summary of top stories delivered daily, customizable by interests
  • Web Feeds - Follow any website even without RSS by generating custom feeds
  • Full-Text Search - Elasticsearch-powered search across all subscriptions and saved stories
  • Story Archive - Every story archived and searchable forever with complete feed backfill history
  • Native iOS and Android Apps - First-class native apps built specifically for each platform
  • Real-Time Updates - Stories pushed as they publish with real-time notifications
  • Story Clustering - Group duplicate stories across feeds using semantic duplicate detection
What makes it different
  • Self-hosted solution that gives you control over your data
  • Free software under AGPL 3 license
  • Available in more than 15 languages
  • Intelligence Training lets you control what you see by training on authors, tags, titles, and full text
  • AI-powered features including Ask AI and Daily Briefing with multiple model options
  • Web Feeds capability to follow any website without requiring RSS feeds
  • Independent, sustainable business model charging for premium accounts since 2010
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)68 no change since last check75 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)3159
Citation Flow (Majestic)3853
Referring domains (Majestic)25995417

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