BazQux Reader vs Feedreader
BazQux Reader
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| Figure | BazQux Reader | Feedreader |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4.17/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 11 |
| Spec score · RSS Reader Software | 8.6 (#9) | 9.2 (#2) |
Plans
BazQux Reader
- Annual subscription$50 a year
- Lifetime subscription$249, paid once
Feedreader
- Feedreader Standard EditionFree
- Standard EditionFree
- Feedreader MySQL Edition€29, paid once
- Feedreader Connect Personal Edition€39, paid once
- Feedreader Connect Server (MSSQL or MYSQL) — up to 100 feeds€490, paid once
- Feedreader Connect Server (MSSQL or MYSQL) up to 100 feeds€490, paid once
- Feedreader OEM unlimited license€500, paid once
- Feedreader Connect Server 1000 feeds and more€990, paid once
- Feedreader Connect Server (MSSQL or MYSQL) — up to 1000 feeds€990, paid once
- Feedreader Connect Server (MSSQL or MYSQL) up to 1000 feeds€990, paid once
In their own words
BazQux Reader
BazQux Reader brings website feeds and selected social pages into one place for reading without ads and tracking. Alongside websites, users can follow Facebook, Telegram and VK pages. The reader can show full content from truncated articles and social links, and lets users read and follow article comments. Search covers feeds and tagged articles; filters and smart streams help organize them, with list, mosaic, magazine, expanded and mixed views. Articles can be starred or tagged, shared by email, Twitter or Facebook, or saved to Pocket, Instapaper or Pinboard. Offline reading is supported, as are Google Reader and Fever APIs and third-party clients for listed mobile and desktop systems. The service supports up to 3,000 feeds and 500 combined filters or smart streams. Unread articles are kept indefinitely, subject to a 500-article total per feed. Refresh intervals vary from 15–45 minutes to over three hours depending on the latest article; WebSub feeds update in real time. Pricing starts at $30/yr with a 30-day trial; listed plans are $50 a year and $249, paid once.
Feedreader
Feedreader is a feed aggregator for reading website subscriptions in one online stream, with a desktop product that downloads updates and organizes syndicated content. Smart feeds watch for keywords or phrases and surface matching articles. Readers can choose a River of News view, group headlines by source, date, or tag, and combine feeds. It supports mainstream feed formats, nested folders, Unicode, and SSL connections, and can download article enclosures and podcasts automatically. Intelliupdate learns each feed’s update frequency and refreshes when needed. Feedreader Connect can upload feeds to a remote FTP server, forward articles by email, publish feeds to an intranet or extranet, and send articles to Windows Live Messenger users through an instant messaging gateway. The product dates to 2001 and is described as accessible to people with little technical knowledge. Listed platforms are Linux, web, and Windows. Standard Edition is free, while MySQL Edition is €29, paid once and Connect Personal Edition is €39, paid once. Connect Server editions and an OEM license are also listed; Connect Server’s free version has limits on subscriptions and archived articles.